Neil Bates, persuades us that local history features in our Key Stage 3 curriculum. Not only does Neil provide a strong argument, he also gives some thoughtful and practical tips on how you could go about planning your own local history enquiry.
In this practical article, Simon gives you a handful of different ways that you can use historical scholarship with your students.
An inside view on how teachers could help pupils improve their answers in the Thematic Study. We need to focus more on the meaning of those factors highlighted in the spec. This is a really thoughtful and insightful short article and is a must read for all who want to see an improvement in student exam responses.
Why should you bother listening to your students? Neil Bates and Robbie Bowry describe how their students helped to guide and shape some of the department’s lessons and historical enquiries.
How the structure that many history teachers use to support their students written responses, could actually be hindering them. John Hough outlines the issues and offers some clever, practical solutions.
Colleagues Tom Cox and Jake Watts discuss how they tried to use the written work of historians to help deepen their students’ contextual knowledge. The results of their study are most revealing.
Tim Jenner, Ofsted’s National Lead for History summarises the recently published Research Review and provides you with 10 key findings.
Including archaeology in your curriculum may first appear daunting. However, Neil Bates explains that it is easier than you think. It engages pupils and helps them understand what the historical process actually is.
Lou Cash provides a compelling argument as to why it’s important to make the most of the historic environment. Lou offers loads of practical ideas to use on any visit, but focuses on one of the country’s most historic buildings.
Simon Beale explains how he formed his rationale for his history departmental vision. This provides you with stimulus to think about your own.
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