Linking history with numeracy; a Tudor enquiry Key question 3 part 2
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Keystage 2 Smart tasks
Using a Victorian census to discover what life was like 100 years ago
There are 4 separate ways of approaching this topic, each becoming increasingly more ambitious. Stage 1 is featured below. Stages 2-4 are to follow, though draft material is available to view on request.
Stage 1: Featured here, for younger children needing some structured support and working...
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History and literacy – Making sense of a letter from Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn
Pupils are given a copy of a letter from Henry to Anne Boleyn. It appears, at first glance to be impossibly hard to read - so many old-fashioned words, such an old-fashioned way of writing, and so long! But if the text is attacked in...
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Assessment of interpretations of Boudicca
Below is an account of an assessment task on Boudicca , with downloadable resources, just one of many assessed tasks on the site. You will find at least one for each history-led topic covering the full range of skills and concepts. They tell you...
