KS1 History Resources, Lessons & Planning

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Explore our KS1 History Resources by Topic

Explore expert-created KS1 history resources, lesson plans, medium-term planning,PowerPoints, assessments, quizzes and knowledge organisers for Years 1 and 2.

You will find masses of advice on how to make KS1 history lessons fun and how to help pupils to take their first steps into the fascinating world that is the past. You will be helped to design and plan an exciting primary history curriculum in line with the requirements of the National Curriculum taking into account the difficult areas of assessment and progression in history.You also will be helped to make the most of history’s contribution to the whole curriculum by being shown cutting edge practice in the areas of cross-curricular planning, literacy, thinking skills and creativity.

If it is imaginative ideas for KS1 history lessons you are looking for, then you will definitely want to spend time in the teaching section with its hundred great primary history teaching strategies and in the learning section with its wide range of imaginative approaches and brilliant ideas for products that children will love.As a subject leader, you will find easily accessible advice that is ‘right on the money’. Years of helping hundreds of infant teachers with their history planning, resourcing, and monitoring in history, has enabled me to know exactly what is needed, and which support strategies really work.

KS1 History Topic	Resources include
Amelia Earhart KS1	Amelia Earhart lessons, flight history, assessment, quiz and significant-person resources
Amy Johnson KS1	Amy Johnson lessons, flight and exploration activities and significant-person enquiries
Castles KS1	Castle history lessons, chronology, change over time and enquiry activities
Caxton & Bell KS1	William Caxton and Alexander Graham Bell lessons, planning and significant-person resources
Christopher Columbus KS1	Columbus lessons, planner, knowledge organiser, assessment and exploration enquiries
Florence Nightingale KS1	Florence Nightingale lessons, historical enquiries, planning, assessment and resources
Grace Darling KS1	Grace Darling lessons, enquiry activities, planner, assessment and resources
Great Fire of London KS1	Great Fire lessons, PowerPoints, scheme of work, assessment, quiz and knowledge organiser
Gunpowder Plot & Guy Fawkes KS1	Guy Fawkes and Gunpowder Plot lessons, historical sources, role play and enquiry activities
Louis Braille KS1	Louis Braille lessons, planner, significant-person enquiries and classroom resources
Mary Anning KS1	Mary Anning lessons, medium-term planning, assessment, quiz and knowledge organiser
Mary Seacole KS1	Mary Seacole lessons, planner, assessment, historical interpretation and resources
Moon Landing KS1	First Moon Landing lessons, planning, enquiries, assessment and classroom resources
Nursery Rhymes EYFS and KS1	Reception history activities using nursery rhymes to explore past and present
On the move (transport) EYFS and KS1	Transport activities using to explore past and present
Queens KS1	Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria and Elizabeth II lessons exploring monarchy and change over time
Reception History Topics	EYFS and Reception activities introducing children to past and present, chronology and historical vocabulary
Remembrance Day KS1	Remembrance Day, poppies and First World War history lessons and activities
Rosa Parks KS1	Rosa Parks lessons, Civil Rights history, enquiry activities, assessment and quiz
Scott of the Antarctic KS1	Captain Scott lessons, exploration history, enquiry activities, assessment and quiz
Seaside Holidays KS1	Seaside holidays through time, lesson plans, historical sources, comparison and planning
Titanic KS1	Titanic lessons, historical enquiries, planning, assessment, quiz and knowledge organiser
Toys Past & Present EYFS and KS1	Toys past and present lessons, chronology, historical comparison, planning and assessment
Wright Brothers KS1	Wright Brothers lessons, history of flight, planner, assessment, quiz and resources

Creativity in History at KS1 and KS2

BookmarkWhat follows below is an attempt to summarise the key points from recent research and to illustrate them with lively…

Thinking skills in history at Key Stage 1

BookmarkThere is nothing particularly radical about using a thinking skills approach to history at Key Stage 1, but there are…

Linking history and literacy

BookmarkThere is now a considerable amount of advice available to schools on how to link history with literacy, but OFSTED…

Opportunities for Citizenship Education in KS1 History

BookmarkHistory offers an excellent context for developing many of the worthwhile skills and understanding that form part of the citizenship…

Curriculum models for KS1 history

BookmarkIt seems a logical extension of the advice on long-term planning of the curriculum to offer you some models of…

Curriculum Rationale

BookmarkRationale for KS1 history planning The KS1 history curriculum offers you considerable choice in which topics you choose and how…

KS1 | Great Fire interactive resource

BookmarkJust thought I’d bring to the attention of those who haven’t yet seen it the interesting resource put together by…

Using De Bono’s Thinking Hats to develop thinking skills at Key Stage 1 via the topic the Great Fire of London. Smart Task

BookmarkTwo infant teachers from southern Hampshire, Julie Syms from Crofton Hammond Infants and Nicola Beazley from Sarisbury Green Infants, have…

Louis Braille – evaluating the video

BookmarkThis lesson comes at the end of the sequence of lessons which explore Louis Braille’s life and achievements. Rather than…

Smart Task: KS1 – Assessment in history

BookmarkKey Stage 1 assessment in history It is really hard to find quality examples of assessment tasks at Key Stage…

History for pupils with EAL in Key Stages 1 and 2

BookmarkMost of you will be well-versed in strategies for helping children with EAL access other subjects in the curriculum and…

S.E.N. in history at Key Stage 1 and 2

BookmarkBy inclusion we mean three things here: setting suitable learning challenges, responding to pupils’ diverse needs, and overcoming potential barriers…