KS2
Teaching Life in Tudor Times for KS2
The Tudors from Key Stage 2 history, it is too good a learning experience for pupils for them to miss out on. if you want to see how you could…
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Teaching Anglo Saxons & Vikings Outstanding lessons for KS2 history
The National Curriculum has afforded separate status for individual units of work on the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. Whilst this may be applauded in some circles, it has increased the amount…
Read MoreTeaching Anglo-Saxons & Vikings for Key Stage 2
The current National Curriculum has afforded separate status for individual units of work on the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. Whilst this may be applauded in some circles, it has increased the…
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Primary History: Teaching Victorian Britain Key Stage 2
Astonishingly, at a stroke, the Victorians were removed from the KS2 history curriculum where it had reigned supreme for decades. Most primary teachers will not give up this topic without…
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Teaching Roman Britain for Key Stage 2
Teaching the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain at KS2 Drafting the history content proved highly controversial. Many of us felt that too much content that traditionally had been…
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How to teach Ancient Greece to Key Stage 2
To all intents and purposes, the ancient Greek planning and all the outstanding lessons fit just as perfectly with the current curriculum as well as the existing one. The only…
Read MoreWritten by Neil Thompson
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.