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.

  • Class Review

    Class Review

    Evaluate progress and achievement over the past school year and select targets for improvement in the autumn term

  • Topic Launches

    Topic Launches

    Select and utilise effective ways of launching a new curriculum topic covering a range of subjects in the classroom

  • 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

  • Subtraction Differences

    Subtraction Differences

    Explain and model some of the informal and formal written calculations skills that can be used to find the difference between pairs of two and three digit numbers

  • Fraction Equivalence

    Fraction Equivalence

    Investigate, compare and record the values of different non-unit fractions using equivalence between their sets of matching numerators and denominators

  • Twos, Threes and Fives

    Twos, Threes and Fives

    Investigate some of the calculation techniques that can be used when solving problems by dividing numbers into equal groups of twos, threes and fives with no remainders

  • Robot Movements

    Robot Movements

    Practise selecting and using the correct vocabulary words to describe and control the position and movements of a robot character around a grid or other locations