Planning and resources for primary teachers from http://www.ks2history.com. Our history topics include Stone Age to Iron Age, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Victorians, Shang Dynasty etc and the list is expanding each month, with literacy units to link to the topics too.
Our popular resources have been tried and tested in hundreds of classrooms.
Planning and resources for primary teachers from http://www.ks2history.com. Our history topics include Stone Age to Iron Age, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Victorians, Shang Dynasty etc and the list is expanding each month, with literacy units to link to the topics too.
Our popular resources have been tried and tested in hundreds of classrooms.
Give your pupils a reading challenge over the holidays with this new Summer Reading Bingo, created in partnership with the booksfortopics.com team.
Instructions
1. Print out the bingo cards for pupils to take home over the summer holidays.
2. When pupils return to school after the holidays you can award prizes, housepoints or certificates for a completed line or for a full house!
A full lesson for KS2 about the Anglo-Saxons invaders, including a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and pupil resource sheets.
Who were the Anglo-Saxon invaders?
This lesson introduces the Anglo-Saxons and explores where the different invaders came from. Pupils will look at maps to trace the origins of different tribes and make a profile of a Saxon invader, including a Saxon selfie.
There is also an opportunity for pupils to link what they have learned about movement of people in Anglo-Saxon times to the topic of modern day immigration.
Objectives:
To find out where the Anglo-Saxons came from
To think about what it might have been like to be an Anglo-Saxon invader coming to Britain
The lesson plan includes differentiation ideas to adapt the activities for the needs of your class.
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Reading comprehension based on visiting a Iron Age Hillfort. Great alongside the Stone Age to Iron Age topic or for a guided reading text!
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This pack contains the information text, two pages of questions, an additional challenge and an answer key.
The questions are aimed at Year 3 and Year 4 but could be used by other year groups too. This is a useful resource for English lessons, guided reading, independent research or homework.
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Reading comprehension based on an information text about the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. Great alongside the Stone Age to Iron Age topic or for a guided reading text!
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This pack contains the information text, two pages of questions, an additional challenge and an answer key.
The questions are aimed at Year 3 and Year 4 but could be used by other year groups too. This is a useful resource for English lessons, guided reading, independent research or homework.
Check out our other popular Stone Age resources:
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A full lesson for KS2 about Anglo-Saxon clothing, including a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and pupil resource sheets.
What kind of clothes did the Anglo-Saxons wear?
In this lesson, pupils think about how their own clothing choices compare to the clothes available to Anglo-Saxons. Pupils will find out about typical clothing for Anglo-Saxon men and women and they will have a go at colouring wool using natural materials for dyes. Finally, pupils will have the opportunity to reflect on the sources of evidence that might inform historians about Anglo-Saxon clothing.
Objectives:
To find out what Anglo-Saxon clothing looked like
To discover how Anglo-Saxons made clothes out of natural materials
The lesson plan includes differentiation ideas to adapt the activities for the needs of your class.
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New for 2017! Download this printable Iphone-themed pupil booklet to use as a fun end-of-year activity.
Pages include:
A selfie
4 x text messages for end-of-term reflections
My profile
Contact List (my friends)
Playlist (favourite songs)
This activity booklet can be used with a range of different year groups. Great for the end of term as pupils think back over memories from their last year and think about hopes for their next class.
A full lesson for KS2 about Stone Age hunter-gatherers, including a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and pupil resource sheets.
How did hunter-gatherers survive in the Stone Age?
In this lesson pupils find out who the ‘hunter-gatherers’ were and how they survived in Stone Age Britain. Pupils will learn the difference between ‘threats’ and ‘assets’ provided by the natural habitat and then they go on their own survival treasure hunt around the school grounds.
Objectives:
To find out about how hunter-gatherers lived in Stone Age Britain
To explore how Stone Age people survived against threats
The lesson plan includes differentiation ideas to adapt the activities for the needs of your class.
This is the second lesson in the popular Stone Age to Iron Age Unit for KS2.
This primary history resource was created by kS2History.
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Iron Age Lesson Plans for KS2.
These plans belong to our popular
Stone Age to Iron Age Resource Pack
Includes full lesson plans with Powerpoint slides and pupil resources/worksheets. Topics include Iron Age hill forts and Iron Age art.
1 . Introduction: What does Prehistory Mean?
This lesson puts the Iron Age in context by introducing the period of British history from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Pupils will make a timeline to set this period into the wider context of British History and they will discover how we break up this period into distinct Ages.
2. What was life like in an Iron Age hill fort?
Pupil will discover what life was like in an Iron Age hillfort in Britain. This lesson encourages pupils to engage imaginatively with this historical setting and reflect on how life in this period might have been different to life today, making a storyboard to record their ideas. As an extension activity pupils are challenged to find out about archaeological sites like Maiden Castle.
3. What was Iron Age art like?
Pupils will consider what kind of artefacts tell us about life in the Iron Age. They will investigate the designs found in Celtic art and use these ideas to make their own Celtic design.
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This resource will allow pupils to find out how to make their own oracle bones from clay and they will use a symbols key to write their own questions on them using Shang ideograms. The sheet includes a set of instructions for making clay bones and a handy key to Shang symbols.
Pupils read and sort the statements arguing for or against the return of the Benin Bronzes. This activity is good preparation for a class debate or for planning a written argument.
This is a five-lesson English unit of shape poetry planning for Years 3 and 4, based on creating shape poetry and giving a poetry performance.
In this unit, pupils will investigate shape poetry and begin to understand the relationship between the language used in the poems and the shape of the words on the page. Pupils will research different olympic sports and work on developing vocabulary to describe the different movements involved. There is also a grammar focus on adding suffixes to form comparative adjectives. At the end of the unit the pupils will work towards a visual performance of a poem that is created in the shape of the olympic rings.
The objectives of the unit for pupils are:
• To investigate shape poetry
• To retrieve information from non-fiction
• To apply grammar rules for adding suffixes
• To prepare a group poetry performance
• To create a shape poem
The PDF file contains 5 full literacy lesson plans and all accompanying pupil resources.
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Very popular Christmas resource! Get sorted for the festive season with three fun Christmas literacy activities for primary classrooms.
1. Christmas Riddles - a fun activity lesson where pupils write riddles about Christmas presents and then make a lift-the-flap present.
2. Christmas Tree Kennings - pupils learn what kennings are and use them to make a Christmas tree poem.
3.Christmas Performance Poetry - a five-day literacy unit leading up to a poetry performance, adaptable to different age groups.
Please follow the download instructions at the bottom of the page to make sure you get all of the 5 files (2 X PPT and 3 x PDF files) included in this resource. Problems downloading? Click here for download help.
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1. Return to this page and click on each resource to go to the product listing.
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Download this fun KS1 English lesson revising the four types of sentence: statement, command, question and exclamation.
In this lesson pupils will recap the different sentence types and then create ‘Who Am I’ poems about animals and transport using the four different types of sentences, supporting the TAF statements for Y2.
This resource contains a full Powerpoint presentation that takes you through the lesson including revision, main activities and a plenary. There is also an accompanying worksheet for pupils.
This activity is great for revising SPAG objectives at in Year 2 and can also be adapted for other year groups.
Lesson 8. Who was Fu Hao?: Why is Lady Fu Hao's tomb significant to historians?
Pupils will investigate who Lady Fu Hao might have been by looking at some of the artefacts found in her tomb. They will learn about how people in Shang times were often buried with a tomb full of treasures to take with them to the afterlife. Pupils will engage imaginatively with a scenario about a slave being taken to the grave with his master and they will write a persuasive letter to escape such an unfortunate destiny.
The PDF file contains the full lesson plan and a pupil activity sheet.
For upper KS2.
Celebrate Chinese New Year with this mini history project on the Shang Dynasty of Ancient China. This bundle includes lessons plans, pupil resources and teacher's guide. It is designed for KS2 and includes cross-curricular activities like cooking Shang recipes, investigating ancient tombs and designing oracle bones with ancient Chinese messages on.
This nine-lesson unit covers the following questions:
1. What was the Shang Dynasty?
2. What was it like in settlements around the Yellow River Plain?
3. How did Shang farmers provide food for their society?
4. What were the religious beliefs of the Shang Dynasty?
5. What was the Shang system of writing like?
6. What did the rulers of the Shang Dynasty do?
7. What do archaeological findings tell us about the Shang Dynasty?
8. Why is Lady Fu Hao’s tomb significant to historians?
9. Why did the Shang Dynasty fall in 1046 BC?
Lesson 7. Piecing it Together: What do archaeological findings tell us about the Shang Dynasty?
Pupils will become familiar with the different types of artefacts that help us to know about life in the Shang Dynasty. They will be introduced to the concept of making deductions from evidence and they will fill in a table to show what information different artefacts give us about the Shang period.
The PDF file contains the full lesson plan and two pupil activity sheets.
For upper KS2.
Perfect for Anti-Bullying Week 2018! This Anti-Bullying iPhone Booklet makes a fun activity that helps pupils to think about some of the key issues about bullying and this year’s theme ‘Choose Respect’. All templates and Powerpoint slides required are included.
Pupils will create an iPhone-shaped booklet in which they write or draw to answer text messages about different issues relating to bullying.
The Powerpoint provided guides you though different discussion points and offers 3 different challenge levels for each question, allowing you to easily adapt this resource for your year group. Then pupils can use the templates provided to create their own antibullying booklets, making an excellent classroom display or handheld project to take home!
This resource includes:
- A full lesson powerpoint including differentiated discussion points
- A resource pack including teacher instructions and templates for the activity.
This is a fun and through-provoking activity easily adapted across KS1 and KS2.
Please note that due to terms of use in the images used, the Powerpoint file is not editable.
A full lesson for KS2 exploring popular leisure activities in Ancient Egypt. The resource includes a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and pupil resource sheets.
What did the Ancient Egyptians do for fun?
This lesson looks at popular leisure activities in Ancient Egyptian culture. Pupils will think about their own hobbies and then work in groups to look at a range of historical sources to find clues about Ancient Egyptian pastimes. They will then have a chance to play a version of an Ancient Egyptian board game called Senet.
Objectives:
To find out which pastimes were popular in Ancient Egypt
To learn about an Ancient Egyptian board game
The lesson plan includes differentiation ideas to adapt the activities for the needs of your class.
This lesson is part of the KS2History Ancient Egyptians Planning Pack for KS2.
This primary history resource is created by KS2History.
Download our popular Roman Britain lesson planning bundle containing 10 full lesson plans for KS2.
This resources contains a bundle of history lessons that make up a complete unit covering the topic Roman Britain. Each file contains a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint slides and pupil resource sheets. There are also there extra comprehension resources included.
Lessons in this unit include:
Where did the Roman Empire come from?
How did the Roman army help to expand the Roman Empire?
What was Britain like before the Romans invaded?
How did Britain become part of the Roman Empire?
Who was Boudica and how did she rebel against the Romans?
What did the Romans build after they settled in Britain?
What were houses like in Roman Britain?
What can archaeological sites tell us about Roman Britain?
How did bathhouses provide leisure for Romans in Britain?
What lasting impact did the Romans leave in Britain?
This lesson is brought to you by KS2History,
Updated for Spring 2018!
Download our five-lesson literacy unit of poetry planning for Years 1 and 2, based on performing Spring poetry and built around the KS1 new curriculum literacy objectives.
In this unit, pupils will read a classic Spring poem about a fast white bunny and they will consider how the sounds and language patterns come alive when the poem is read aloud, particularly reflecting on the use of verbs and similes. Children will work towards creating their version of the Easter poem and turning it into an effective performance.
The aims of the unit for pupils are:
• To listen to a classic Spring poem being read aloud
• To identify verbs and similes
• To prepare a poetry performance including actions
• To perform a poem to an audience
The PDF file contains 5 full literacy lesson plans, copies of the poem and all accompanying pupil resources.
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