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

  • Traditional Fables

    Traditional Fables

    Explore and model the events and characters that feature in traditional tales written as fables to teach the reader a moral lesson

  • The Dove and the Ant

    The Dove and the Ant

    Plan and write a story with animals as the central characters based on a fable read by the class which is used to teach the reader a moral lesson about life