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KS3 – Guidance and Plans

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Guidance

Planning for the 2014 National Curriculum

Guidance from Jamie Byrom on planning for the revised National Curriculum at KS3.

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Guidance

Illustrated Holocaust Glossary

Sharon Artley’s detailed and fascinating glossary is a useful resource for developing your knowledge of different aspects of the Holocaust.

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Guidance

Starters and Plenaries

Guidance from Jamie Byrom on effective starters and plenaries, based on his workshop at the 2012 SHP Conference: I’ve started so I’ll finish.

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SHP Conference 2012

Guidance

Teaching the Industrial Revolution

Two items by Ian Dawson on Teaching about the Industrial Revolution:

• What would we like students to remember about it? More …

• What kinds of stories should we tell about it? More …

This guidance and the accompanying outline activities are on Thinking History, Ian's (free) website.

SHP Conference 2011

Guidance

Images of India

Guidance from Jamie Byrom and Michael Riley on using images to reveal Britain’s changing relationship with India.

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SHP Conference 2008

Plan

A Thematic Approach to KS3

Devised for the 2008 NC, a KS3 plan, developed by Michael Riley, organised around the three themes of: living and believing; power and protest; conflict and co-operation.

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About 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

Guidance

The Power of Two

Guidance from Donald Cumming and Dan Lyndon on motivating students through collaborative enquiry.

 

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SHP Conference 2012

Guidance

Independent Enquiry

Guidance from Martyn Ellis on helping Key Stage 3 students to become independent enquirers.

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SHP Conference 2009

Guidance

Teaching about historical change and continuity

Guidance from Christine Counsell on helping pupils to get better at discussing and analysing change and continuity.

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SHP Conference 2008

About 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.