Inclusion for keystage 3 history

There is not enough good advice on teaching history to pupils with Special Educational Needs. It has almost been assumed that teachers in mainstream schools would automatically know how to teach pupils who previously might have been taught in a Special School. My experience suggests that teachers need more support in this area, and not just on a theoretical level. Having worked alongside colleagues in special schools for 18 years I have developed a detailed understanding of what works and what does not. I have learned a lot from excellent colleagues who have willingly shared their outstanding practice with me and have allowed it to feature on this site.

Gifted and talented in history at Key Stage 3

Provision for gifted and talented pupils has never been more in the spotlight than now. For all the work that has been going on for years, many schools are still at the early stages of identification, guidelines and general provision rather than very specific subject-based...

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Using history puzzles to encourage deep cross-curricular thinking.

I would strongly urge you to consider throwing in a few of these from time to time. Here is a puzzle (PowerPoint in resources section) you might want to use with your gifted and talented historians to encourage deep thinking about the nature of truth and...

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Personalised learning in history at KS 3

This is certainly one of the key areas to be focusing on in the next few years and lies at the heart of the government’s Every Child Matters agenda. Put simply, personalised learning and teaching means taking a highly structured and responsive approach to each...

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Gender issues in history at Key Stage 3

For all the research that has taken place recently to try to close the gender gap it is probably safe to say that gender and achievement is a complex area and that generalisations about boys and girls conceal as much as they reveal.  It is...

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Motivating pupils in history at Key Stage 3

Much work has recently been done on engaging pupils in the early years of Key Stage 3, largely because of the so-called 'performance dip' in Years 7 and 8.  Indeed, the National Secondary Strategy has devoted a whole module to this topic. Where history is...

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History for pupils with English as an Additional Language at Key Stage 3

Much of this article draws on the KS3 National Strategy document Access and Engagement in history: Teaching pupils for whom English is an additional language (DFES 0656/2002) and more recently published work.  Unlike other areas of the site, there is little classroom-based research to back...

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S.E.N. in history at Key Stage 3

We would all agree that history is a subject which is both accessible and has relevance to all pupils, including those with learning difficulties.  Not only does it provide interest and colour, it also develops important skills concerning evidence which are going to be so...

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