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Using fiction in KS2 history. What can we read with our pupils during our Ancient Egypt topic?
For many years I have been advocating the use of fiction at KS2 to help pupils to realise the importance of creative imagination, disciplined by evidence, to fill the gaps…
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Moon Landing story book to use with Year 2
Those of you teaching Man’s First Moonlanding at KS1 but like to know that there is a cute fiction title you might want to use called They Raced to the…
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Why Learn History (When It’s Already on Your Phone)
Why Learn History (When It’s Already on Your Phone). Sam Wineburg’s just-published book in which he makes it clear that the current hand-wringing over U.S. students’ ignorance of history is nothing…
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Great new read for your incoming Y7 pupils studying Battle of Hastings
You know how keen your Y7 pupils are when they arrive, so why not strike while the iron’s hot and encourage them to read a novel about the Battle of…
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All content on Keystage history is written and quality assured by Neil Thompson, a former history teacher, county history adviser and Ofsted inspector with more than 30 years’ experience in history education.