The opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb KS2: KQ3 part 1
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Outstanding lessons
If life was so hard in Victorian cities, why did Wilf move his family there?
If life was so hard for families in the towns why did so many leave the countryside and move to the towns in Victorian times? - a history mystery
Starting a lesson with an apparent contradiction is a good way of engaging pupils interest. This 'history...
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Henry VIII on the money. The strange case of the one pound coin
This is not so much a full lesson as an introduction to the Break with Rome. It revolves around the use of a pound coin. Pupils do a rubbing and try to decipher the letters on a modern one pound coin . But what does...
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Extending the BBC website on Eric the evacuee KQ2
The BBC children’s history section has been in touch with the school asking for their help in extending their website section on Eric the evacuee. There is nothing wrong with it: indeed, it is very popular. That’s why they want to make it longer. There...
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The mystery of the empty Saxon grave. Anglo-Saxons KQ2
This highly engaging lesson places pupils in the role of detectives. After a short briefing they have to work out the significance of the various clues found in the bodiless ship burial. They then use their deductive power to work out which of 4 suspects...
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