Ideas and practical activities to create a local history study and support other curriculum areas.<br /> Use your local history as a teaching resource for cross-curricular work covering history, literacy, art, geography and maths; wherever you live and whatever period or geography your local history may include. <br /> <br /> Written 2015, with the new national curriculum KS2 in mind but adapts to KS1 and KS3 in places. <br /> <br /> Includes five example case studies of projects by schools and museum or heritage sites working together to test out activity responding to the new curriculum, covering these overarching themes:<br /> - Investigating a heritage site (through the ages and a timeline)<br /> - Investigating a local street (in this instance Victorian but transferable to other periods)<br /> - Investigating a historical period (Stone, Bronze and Iron ages)<br /> - Creative engagement with maths (using the art / design of Blackpool Illuminations to cover the full KS1 &amp; 2 maths curriculum)<br /> - Exploring the local town (in this instance a coastal town with a migratory mining history)<br /> <br /> Each case study includes<br /> - Description of a topic or activity<br /> - Objectives and outcomes of the activity<br /> - Practical activity suggestions to include in topics / lesson plans<br /> - Top tips<br /> - Links to further resources<br /> <br /> Current History links<br /> - the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements<br /> - significant historical events, people and places in their own locality<br /> - changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age<br /> - a study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066<br /> - ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901<br /> <br /> The resource was originally commissioned by Curious Minds and is freely available to download.<br />