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National Curriculum Online: History
Information about the National Curriculum for History, QCA and DfEE schemes of work, pupils' work and information about standards and support materials.

The Standards site: History: Primary: Schemes of Work
This Department for Education and Skills site has materials and guidance to help teachers create their own Schemes of work for History.

QCA History
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) History section.

Teaching History Ideas
Ideas for history lessons.

Lesson Plans
From the Primary Resource Site

The Anglo Saxons
Worksheets to print

• Clothes, Jewellery and Writing
• The legacy of the Ancient Egyptians
• Ideas for Display

Ancient Egypt Lesson Plans
A selection of cross-curricular lesson plans created by teachers

Aztecs
Ideas and Resources to support a Primary Project about Aztecs using the Internet

The Tudors
Internet activities and work sheets which can be printed off and used to find information from the web.

Victorian Britain - from the learning curve website.
An exhibition of Public Record Office materials to encourage students to look critically at documentary evidence of the past; to investigate and challenge interpretations and views of the past and to reach balanced conclusions based upon the evidence.

Worksheets for studying the Victorians

How Do We Find Out About 19th Century People?
Photographs have immediate visual impact and natural curiosity leads everyone to think ‘Who were these people? What were they called?’ The exercise aims to give pupils the opportunity to use 2 historical sources to answer these basic questions.

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General Links

Kings and Queens of England
Information and pictures

Schools Teachers Resources
Links to Lesson Plans, Notes and Worksheets for teachers covering Key Stages 1 and 2.

History Essentials - Channel 4
A colourful and entertaining website which allows primary age children to explore the key issues and history at Key Stage 2. Bright, child-friendly navigation, interactive quizzes that test your knowledge and creative activities for children to do themselves. All the content is designed to support the Learning Outcomes for the QCA Schemes of Work.
Contains Image Banks

A Victorian Diary
The diary of a young woman living and growing up in late Victorian Britain brings to life the history of the period. TV series supporting literacy

Old Maps
Providing access to Britain's most extensive digital historical map archive. Find out where your ancestors used to live or check out what your neighbourhood looked like over a hundred years ago.

Learning Curve
An on-line teaching resource, structured to tie in with the History National Curriculum from Key Stages 2 to 5. It contains a varied range of original sources including documents, photographs, film and sound recordings.

1901 Census of England and Wales Online

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History and ICT

Walk Through Time
Explore streets, people and houses of the Roman, Viking, Tudor, Victorian times and the 1950s. Compare and contrast using games and activities.

	A 1950s living room What is wrong?		A Viking House What is wrong?
	A Roman Street What is wrong?		A Tudor Street What is wrong?

ICT in History
Using ICT in history lessons. Visit our ICT links page.

ICT Cross Curricular Activities - Visit the Hugo Meynell School website where you can download computer-based activities for use with KS 2.

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