Drawing on the new History Curriculum and focussing on Aims: Strands 4 and 5 this resource includes: A collection of ten quotes from contemporary sources, An explanation of five activities that can be carried out using these resources Planning Templates to support arguments and a chart to help summarise arguments about the Abolition of Slavery. Learning Objectives • To understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, • To make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically-valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses • To understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed. Learning Outcomes: Pupils will be able to: • recognise and discern between arguments made for and against the Abolition of Slavery. • draw on primary resources to produce a reasoned debate on the pros and cons of slavery. • produce their own persuasive argument in favour (or against) the abolition of slavery. • produce a balanced argument on the advantages and disadvantages of slavery. • Produce their own written narrative of what led to the Abolition of Slavery

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To use skimming and scanning to answer questions about the opening section of a story. To emphasise with the children in the story. To use skimming and scanning to make sense of a text. To understand how an author can use a letter to summarise a story. To make predictions based on what you have read to date. To be able to empathise with the main characters as they reach the end of their journey. To reflect upon a completed novel / to produce a piece of biographical writing.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To make predictions based on information provided in the cover, blurb and introduction. To use inference and deduction to explain the main character’s current circumstances. To emphasise with the main character. To understand what life was like in Victorian London. To empathise with the main character at the lowest point of the novel. To make predictions based on inference and deduction. To reflect on a completed story.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To form opinions about a text based on its opening chapter. To understand how an author shifts her narrative in time. To understand how an author builds a sense of tension. To understand how the author uses background information to further develop characters. To empathise with the main character. To use inference and deduction to understand how the main characters feel upon receiving unexpected news. To reflect upon a completed story.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To be able to scan and skim pages to find evidence from a text. To be able to understand the relationship between characters To infer and interpret information from a text. To understand how the author shows the similarities between the German and English soldiers. To understand how and why an author links characters’ fates together. To respond to a completed text.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To make predictions based on the blurb and cover of a book To make predictions based on what has been read already. To understand how an author can convey impatience in a character. To understand how an author interweaves real life with fantasy To identify key turning points in a story. To understand how an author uses language to convey hidden meanings.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To make predictions about a text. To empathise with a character To use skimming and scanning to find evidence that a book was written in the past. To understand how events are perceived differently by children and adults. To reflect upon a completed text.

This is a first in a series of resources designed to develop children's understanding of time-lines and their appreciation of where a particular historical period fits into the chronology of history. Learning Objective: To know and understand the history of these islands (Great Britain) as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day. A series of activities designed to begin any history topic linked to the British Isles including: Resource 1: Time-line of the British Isles – with dates Resource 2: Definition cards BC / AD. Resources 3: Timeline of the British Isles – without dates. Resource 4: Time-line Cards Resource 5: Interactive Time-line without dates. A Word document detailing some suggested activities for working with time-lines. Learning Outcomes: Children will be able to: • Understand how the islands of Britain have changed over time. • Understand the difference between AD and BC • Understand the difference between BC, First millennium and Second millennium. • Understand that dates before Christ are older the bigger the number (cf negative numbers) • Sequence a series of BC and AD dates. • Compare and contrast key events in British history. Any feedback on these resources, their effectiveness, additions and areas in which they can be improved would be very welcome. (Update - corrects 1 incorrect link in Resource 5 - Interactive Timeline of British isles)

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To identify how the key features of a book can make it distinctive. To use inference and deduction to understand the point of view of secondary characters. To explore the relationships in a family. To draw conclusions about the main character in relationship to the title of the book. To empathise with the main characters’ feelings in a range of situations.

A series of questions, answers and reading journal activity based around all areas of reading. Great alternative to SATs tests or written comprehensions. LOs To form and revise opinions about the Romans To make comparisons between past and contemporary entertainment. To make comparisons between today and the past. To use skimming and scanning to find information for research. To gather information in order to write persuasively. To reflect on a completed text

Key Stage 2 comprehensions. Text includes a range of non fiction, fictionalised, historical texts and short poetry. Questions include whole range of SAT style questions such as: inference and deduction, prediction and factual recall. Ideal for Guided groups, homework or whole class activities.

Key Stage 2 comprehensions. Text includes a range of non fiction, fictionalised, historical texts and short poetry. Questions include whole range of SAT style questions such as: inference and deduction, prediction and factual recall. Ideal for Guided groups, homework or whole class activities.