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BBC Primary History www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ The BBC have created a brand new website to support primary history. “It covers 6 primary history topics - Ancient Greeks, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Children in Victorian Britain and Children...
Heritage Explorer - Images for Learning www.heritageexplorer.org.uk Heritage Explorer is an image-based resource for teaching history, citizenship and many more subjects. Teachers can access classroom-ready materials at the click of a button. Choose from...
The Children's Museum www.childrensmuseum.org The Children's Museum of Indianapolis has a website with some very fun games and activities. Play Games Our favourite is - Bones: An exhibit inside you. www.childrensmuseum.org/special_exhibits/bones...
The Kent Dig IT project is an exciting opportunity for Key Stage 2 pupils to investigate and write about the people and events associated with some of Kent's most famous historical sites. Schools on the project have chosen to take part in an activity...
Pupils from 6 Dover primary schools attended the Dover Castle Writing project Celebration at Lydden primary school To remember the famous siege of Dover Castle in 1216 the pupils created with Michele Gregson (ASK Art and Design Advisory Teacher) a tapestry...
More than 2,000 clips from BBC programmes on Learning Zone Broadband ready to play in your classroom. BBC Class Clips www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/ See also: Britain From Above See your world from the air. Great resources for geography, history and...
Images of England is a ‘point in time’ photographic library of England’s listed buildings, recorded at the turn of the 21st century. You can view over 300,000 images of England’s built heritage from lamp posts to lavatories, phone boxes to toll booths...
Pick and mix from the English Heritage's images and resources to create your own learning experience! http://www.heritageexplorer.org.uk/ Teaching Resources http://www.heritageexplorer.org.uk/web/he/teachingactivities.aspx Interactive whiteboard resources...
Dig IT is a joint project involving The Advisory Service Kent and English Heritage (EH.) An opportunity for Key Stage 2 pupil’s to become history detectives and discover who has lived and settled in Kent over the past 2000 years. Dig IT! Project Launch...
Hopping down in Kent www.hoppingdowninkent.org.uk We have chosen Hopping Down in Kent because hopping is mentioned in Nigel Hinton's story " Beavers Towers: Mission to Kent " which he wrote especially for Kent schools. On Thursday 23 October...
Heritage Explorer www.heritageexplorer.org.uk Heritage Explorer provides classroom resources and accessible information to create a one-stop shop for teachers seeking to inspire classes at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3. All the information can be downloaded and...
The clock will be turned back to Victorian times again at the Museum of Kent Life in October. Children will take part in a carousel of 6 workshops with a Victorian theme. This year's workshops are The Victorian Dinnertable, Meet the Toymaker, Victorian...
From 31 July 2008 the national contract which provides the British Pathe film archive to schools at zero cost will end. Schools may continue to use downloaded film material to the end of August 2009. After that date such material will have to be deleted...
Here are some useful websites on Kent Kent TV Contains historical videos as we as other Kent interests http://www.kenttv.com Heres Hstory Kent An archive of historical material relating to Kent Parishes and Towns. Contains old photographs and maps which...
The West Sussex 'Learn about the Victorians' website provides 'classroom-ready' learning activities for teachers of History Key Stage 2 based on two QCA Schemes of Work: Unit 11 'What Was it like for children living in Victorian times...
Stonehenge a hospital? A team for the BBC series Timewatch has begun the first excavation inside the ring at Stonehenge for more than forty years. You can follow the once-in-a-lifetime archaeological dig on the BBC website right now. www.bbc.co.uk/history...
Today, I would like to bring your attention to fantastic webquest that helps pupils understand the pitfalls of the intenet. The website looks, at first, to be fairly well put together and seems to be the ideal site to find out about Explorers. However...
Dull Literacy and History lessons! Why not bring in some film clips to your lesson. Screenonline provides short video clips of films. These can only be viewed in school through the regional broadband connection (KCN)- for Kent schools). Be aware to check...