More Ideas, Activities & Resources for KS3
Plans
These represent the variety of approaches that SHP schools take to planning courses and units of work. Some plans cover a whole course or key stage while others might focus on a particular unit such as a GCSE depth study or a thematic study at Key Stage 3. Each plan is accompanied by a rationale that explains the thinking behind it.
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Plan A Thematic Approach to KS3
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A Key Stage 3 plan, developed by Michael Riley, organised around the three themes of: living and believing; power and protest; conflict and co-operation. 
Enquiries
Engaging students in the process of historical enquiry is a core principle of SHP. Each of the enquiries outlines a challenging and engaging sequence of learning and illuminates the thinking that lies behind it.
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Enquiry Roanoke
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Enquiry Richard Whiting
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Enquiry Local History - An End of KS3 Enquiry
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This enquiry, developed by Michael Riley, focuses on the fascinating story of England’s first colony: Roanoke. It helps students to construct complex causal explanations for the failure of the colony. 
In 1539 the Abbot of Glastonbury, Richard Whiting, was executed for treason. In this enquiry, Michael Riley, helps students to explain the murder...and the causes of the English reformation
An end of KS3 enquiry, by Jo Philpott, reflecting on the impact of the taught KS3 course on the pupils’ locality.
Activities/Resources
Motivating learning activities that engage students and stimulate their thinking are central to SHP principles and practice. The activities include accompanying notes explaining when, how and why they were used. Linked resources are sometimes included for you to adapt and use with your own students.
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Activity Interview a Commonwealth Migrant
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Activity Write ‘King’ Cromwell's Biography
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Activity Create a Holocaust Website
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Activity Investigate Some Medieval Deaths
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Linked to the SHP publication, 'King Cromwell?' by Andy Harmsworth and Ian Dawson, this resource provides a template for students to create their own biographies.
Help pupils build their own website and encourage them to evaluate the material provided in the SHP book, ‘The Holocaust’. 
An activity from Michael Riley uses coroner’s inquests to provide an intriguing start for an enquiry into the lives and beliefs of medieval people.
Guidance
This is a mix of inspiration and advice from some of the country’s most successful teachers and history educators. Many of the guidance items are the outcome of workshops and plenary sessions at the SHP conference.
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Guidance Images of India
SHP Conference 2008 |
Guidance Teaching about historical change and continuity
SHP Conference 2008 |
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Guidance Independent Enquiry
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Guidance from Jamie Byrom and Michael Riley on using images to reveal Britain’s changing relationship with India.
Guidance from Christine Counsell on helping pupils to get better at discussing and analysing change and continuity.
Guidance from Martyn Ellis on helping Key Stage 3 students to become independent enquirers.
Websites
These websites generally support SHP content and approaches.
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Websites England’s Past for Everyone
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Websites Their Past – Your Future
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Websites Thinking History Website
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Websites Bangla Stories
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England’s Past for Everyone provides case-studies of engaging local history enquiries to support learning outside the classroom.
Their Past – Your Future is the Imperial War Museum’s website for schools. It provides history teachers and students with wealth of resources for exploring the course, cause and consequence of conflict in the twentieth century.
The Thinking History website, by Ian Dawson, provides guidance on how to use kinaesthetic activities to deepen students’ knowledge and understanding – and a wide range of examples for KS3.
Bangla Stories, a new website for Key Stage 3 pupils explores post–1947 migration from the state of Bengal.
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