History Teaching Resources
Discover some schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in history for Key Stage Two using enquiry skills to explore significant societies and periods in the past including the Romans, Ancient and Modern Britain, Ancient Greece. the Maya and the Vikings
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Ancient Egyptian Life
Investigate the growth and development of the Ancient Egyptian civilization by exploring and recording information about historical artefacts using primary and secondary sources
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Ancient Egyptian Pyramids
Explore how and why the Ancient Egyptians constructed and used different pyramids and tombs to reflect their beliefs about the afterlife
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Ancient Greece Daily Life
Investigate the growth and development of Ancient Greece by researching daily life in different city states that formed the civilization in the past
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Ancient Greece Legacy
Investigate the growth and development of the Ancient Greek civilization including architecture, education and government and explore how these features impact the modern world
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Ancient Greek Games
Explore the development of the Olympic Games that began during the history of Ancient Greece and make comparisons with modern competitions
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Britain at War
Investigate and record the impact of the Second World War on Britain and how the conflict changed family life at this time in world history
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Bronze Age
Research and illustrate how life in Britain developed and changed during the Bronze Age including the growth of communities and trade
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Cities, Towns and Villages
Research and present the history of a range of different buildings and people that are part of the local community using a school exhibition
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Iron Age
Investigate how Britain developed and changed during the Iron Age by exploring how historians find out about the past using primary sources including archaeology
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Roman Invasion
Investigate some of the reasons for the growth of the Roman Empire in the past and why the Romans invaded ancient Britain
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Roman Settlement
Explore and record what happened when the Romans settled in Ancient Britain and how it impacted the population and made changes to ways of life
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Space Race
Explore how the space race in the 1950s and 1960s heralded a number of technological, cultural and political changes and advancements in the world
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Theme Park Visit
Practise identifying and calculating the timing and duration of rides and events when visiting a theme park on a special family trip
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Family Holiday Trips
Identify and record how to compose and publish recounts using adverbials of time and place to describe family holidays to different places in the world
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Money Multiplication
Explain and model how to use standard written calculation methods to multiply money amounts in pounds and pence when solving number problems
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Sport Teams
Explain and model how to use brackets and dashes to add extra information to sentences describing how to play sports and games as part of a team