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Our stylish posters will help your GCSE class explore key themes and make connections across a thousand years of people’s health in Britain.
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This is an alphabetical list of all our Key Stage 3 teaching materials, interactive resources and ideas for use in the classroom. They're organised in alphabetical order by topic. If there's…
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Ancient World: pre-1000
KS3 Ancient World History teaching resource library
Browse the topics below to find KS3 Ancient World history teaching resources, created by experienced teachers. Download tried and tested activities, games and worksheets.
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British studies
KS4 British studies
These resources focus on specific periods of British history.
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Cause and consequence
History teaching resources on cause and consequence
From the classic ‘why did war break out in 1914?’ to the intriguing ‘why did the Cold War end?' These resources tackle the causes of events, and their impacts.
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Change and continuity
History teaching resources on change and continuity
Progress, transformation, regression, stagnation ... History is a roller coaster! Challenge your class to explain the extent of past changes and reasons for continuities.
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Chronology
History teaching resources on chronology
It's just one thing after another! Help your students to use dates and conventions appropriately, gain a sense of period and fit their learning into a broad historical context.
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Chronology
Chronology
Get those dates, decades and centuries all in order with an interactive Magnet task and a whole-class giant card sort.
Communicating about the past
History teaching resources on communicating about the past
Once they understand it they need to tell everyone! Help your students to communicate their ideas to others using the correct vocabulary and conventions.
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Focus in detail on a period of history in a country other than Britain and help your students gain understanding of the complexity of historical situations within that country.
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Diversity
History teaching resources on diversity
Whose History? Investigate the lived experiences, ideas and beliefs of men, women and children of past societies and the impact which they have had on our modern world.
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Early Modern: 1500-1750
KS3 Early Modern History teaching resource library
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History teaching resources on essay writing
Does what it says on the tin! A selection of resources to help your students write better History essays.
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History teaching resources on interpretation
If History is like ‘looking through a glass, darkly’, why do historians see the past so differently? Check out these resources to help your students understand the history of History.
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Find our most recent history teaching resources. These resources have just been added and cover key areas of the history curriculum for key stage 3-5.
Literacy in History
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It's always central to our teaching in History, but sometimes you might want to bring a more explicit literacy focus to your History lesson. Here are some ideas ...
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Literacy in History
Literacy in History
Set up for the year with these useful, literacy boosting tools, including literacy mats and etymology posters.
Literacy posters
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Medieval Period: 1000-1500
KS3 Medieval History teaching resource library
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KS4 Modern world studies
These resources cover periods of conflict and tension across the modern world.
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Modern World: 1900-present
KS3 Modern World History teaching resource library
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The history and geography of canals
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Why do we remember certain events and people while others fade from memory? Why does it matter how we commemorate/celebrate our past and what does it say about our values today?
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Thematic studies
KS4 Thematic studies
Develop your students’ understanding of change and continuity across time.
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Using evidence
History teaching resources on using evidence
At the heart of our lovely subject is the process of selecting and learning from a wealth of evidence. Avoid dull source sheets by bringing chronicles, diaries, photos, music, artefacts, newspapers, paintings,…
What is history?
What is History?
Introduce the core concepts of our brilliant subject. Activities include games and puzzles.
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What is history?
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These PowerPoint presentations accompany the What is history? unit. Each presentation supplements a specific lesson within the teaching notes, and is designed to be used alongside the teaching material within the notes.
Word gap
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