Teaching Ideas for History

Classroom teaching ideas and lesson planning advice to support busy primary school teachers in Key Stages One and Two and the Foundation Stage. Discover a fantastic range of primary resources to excite and inspire pupils on different topics and themes for history.

  • Topic Tree

    Topic Tree

    Demonstrate prior understanding of a new classroom topic and identify questions for further research

  • Local History

    Local History

    Develop cross-curricular skills by exploring the history and location of different buildings found in the local area

  • Lesson Puzzles

    Lesson Puzzles

    Create engaging and exciting lessons by devising a series of puzzles to match different learning objectives for a range of curriculum subjects

  • History Days

    History Days

    Experience and understand different time periods in the past using drama and role-play classroom activities

  • School Trips

    School Trips

    Prepare for and manage a school trip to support curriculum learning in different subjects and topics

  • Money Division

    Money Division

    Model and record how to divide a selection of money amounts by different numbers with quotients using remainders

  • Money Division Tens

    Money Division Tens

    Practise selecting and dividing a range of different money amounts by ten with matching remainders in the number quotients

  • Number Doubles

    Number Doubles

    Model and record how to double different numbers to twenty using concrete equipment and pictorial diagrams to support calculations

  • Zoo Animal Doubles

    Zoo Animal Doubles

    Practise doubling different numbers of animals that might be seen at a zoo recorded in words and digits to ten using diagrams and number lines to model each product