A range of quizzes that are useful for the end of the year or as general activities. Quizzes include: A quiz that gets children to try and identify 30 different flags from around the world. A fun geography activity for the end of the year or as a general activity to check knowledge of different flags. A British History quiz that includes 20 questions about British history, including a range of topics and spanning over 1000 years. Also included is a bonus round worth up to an extra 23 points. This is useful for some end of term fun or as a general quiz to check children's general knowledge of British history and can be done individually or in teams. A European History quiz that includes 20 questions about European history, including a range of topics and spanning over 2000 years. Also included is a bonus round worth up to an extra 28 points. This is useful for some end of term fun or as a general quiz to check children's general knowledge of European history and can be done individually or in teams. A multiple choice quiz that children can do in teams as a fun end of year activity looking at various events in 2016-2017. Round One- Sporting events Round Two- Film questions Round Three- Picture Round Round Four- Song Round - Name the artist and name of the song with a point for each (Freedom in this round of selecting a number of songs yourself from 2016-2017 to quiz children on) Round Five- Music Round Round Six- Television Round A multiple choice general knowledge quiz that has 26 questions before finishing with 2 bonus rounds with a point per answer available.

A six lesson sequence focussing on the history of Nottingham, particularly with focus to the castle, that has been written for KS2 children with the planning, resources and presentation all included. During the six lessons, children also briefly cover key historical events such as the Third Crusade, the English Civil War and elements of the Industrial Revolution. As well as the lesson resources and planning, there is a Nottingham history knowledge organiser and a diamond 9 activity where children can decide what was most important and least important from events at the castle.

A range of potential activities linked to key images and information about hill forts in the Iron Age. Included is a text about hill forts that can be read through and discussed (information and images courtesy of BBC Bitesize) with four potential activities including: Quiz Multiple-choice quiz Mind-map activity Changes from the Neolithic period to the Iron Age at Maiden Castle There is also a document that includes images of Maiden Castle and Old Oswestry (again courtesy of BBC Bitesize) with three different choices for a comparison activity with a table, Venn diagram or more graphically organised version of a Venn diagram that has less responses.

Six lessons that focus on the geography of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Included are all the resources needed to run the lessons including the presentations, differentiated resources and unit of work planning.

A ten lesson sequence of lessons for a unit on the Stone Age through to the Iron Age that are fully planned and resourced. Lessons include: Lesson 1 -Introduction to prehistory Lesson 2 -Middle Stone Age Lesson 3 -Late Stone Age Lesson 4 -Skara Brae and Stonehenge Lesson 5 -Bronze Age Lesson 6 -Compare Stone and Bronze Age Lesson 7 - Iron Age Lesson 8 -Comparing the Stone, Bronze and Iron Age Lesson 9 -Roman invasion of Britain Lesson 10 - Review Lesson PowerPoints are included as well as a booklet that includes supporting information and all the activities for the ten lessons. Also included are three recap tasks for the different periods as well as a knowledge organiser for the period. Lots of information, images and video links are courtesy of BBC BItesize.

A handbook that hopefully acts as a helpful guide to anybody leading history within a primary school setting with things to consider as well as then thinking about how to develop history further within your school setting.

An activity that requires children to label a Viking raider, labelling up different parts of clothing/ equipment.

A collection of schemes of work and resources for KS2 History in one easy place. Included so far are schemes of work for: Maya Industrial Revolution (Combined with Geography) Battle of Britain Local Study of Nottingham Castle Skills sessions The Interwar Years Also included are assessment grids that work as best fit and a range of fact files/ knowledge organisers that can be stuck in books at the start of a topic.

Two fact files that show key dates of measures against the Jewish people in Nazi Germany. They run from 1933-38 and from 1939 to 1945, focussing on key dates and key vocabulary that is involved. Useful for revision/ introducing the overview as they show key events over the 12 year rule of the Nazi party.

A help mat for writing paragraphs in response to questions, following the PEAK paragraph model with an example and different phrases included that children may want to include in their own writing.

Attached are mini-skill sessions for History. These are 30 minute sessions planned for mixed Year 5/6 children but are easily adaptable to Year 7. Each week a new session will be added that looks at a particular skill or area of knowledge that is then followed up by a differentiated mini-activity/ assessment activity for children to complete. 1st session - Time - Look at the different ways of judging time, ordering these before then looking at a timeline. Finish by looking at the years that make each Century. 2nd session - Sources - Looking at the difference between primary and secondary sources as well as then briefly looking at bias and getting children to look at example sources. 3rd session - Sources - Analysing sources for validity and also what they literally show us and what we can infer from them. 4th session - Sources - Analysing sources with prompt sheets to help children. 5th session - Chronology - Being able to place events in chronological order on a timeline/ consider when events may have happened.

A PowerPoint that introduces World War One, looking at why it started, who was involved and how many people died as a result.

A range of questions that children can be thinking about when they are analysing historical sources. These are differentiated and have been created with Year 5/6 in mind but can just as easily be used higher or lower.

A knowledge organiser for a local history study about Nottingham. Included within this is a timeline with a brief history of Nottingham as well as a key vocabulary section for some of the words children may come across during the topic. These are useful for either sticking in books at the start of the topic to refer back to or to enlarge and have on display.

A British History quiz that includes 20 questions about British history, including a range of topics and spanning over 1000 years. Also included is a bonus round worth up to an extra 23 points. This is useful for some end of term fun or as a general quiz to check children's general knowledge of British history and can be done individually or in teams.

A sample of the following resource: A fact file about Remembrance Day that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 12 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Remembrance Day at the same time. Find the full resource at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/remembrance-day-reading-comprehension-11754572

Two different quizzes that can be used for a bit of fun as well as checking historical knowledge. 1st quiz - A British History quiz that includes 20 questions about British history, including a range of topics and spanning over 1000 years. Also included is a bonus round worth up to an extra 23 points. This is useful for some end of term fun or as a general quiz to check children's general knowledge of British history and can be done individually or in teams. 2nd quiz - A European History quiz that includes 20 questions about European history, including a range of topics and spanning over 2000 years. Also included is a bonus round worth up to an extra 28 points. This is useful for some end of term fun or as a general quiz to check children's general knowledge of European history and can be done individually or in teams.

A unit of work (11 lessons) that focuses on the Battle of Britain. It begins by building up to World War 2, looking at the advancement of technology and the build up to war. This is then followed up by some geography work on Europe, the Battle of Britain itself and why it was significant. It is all rounded up by a quiz at the end for a bit of fun and to see what children can remember. Included is everything needed to run the lessons including the planning, slide show and differentiated resources. It is written with 5/6 in mind but can easily be adapted.

A brief knowledge organiser for the interwar years in Europe. Included within this is a timeline for the period as well as a key vocabulary section for some of the words children may come across during the topic. It has been written with KS2 children in mind for a topic but is easily adaptable for KS3 and 4. These are useful for either sticking in books at the start of the topic to refer back to or to enlarge and have on display.

A word bank sheet that children can have in front of them/ on display to help them with their writing. Included are a range of conjunctions for a range of features including: to add to something, to sequence, as a consequence, to contrast, to offer certainty or condition, to define, to sum up, to offer examples, reasons and time.