Implementing the new primary history curriculum Using digital resources to enhance the Teaching and Learning of key historical skills and concepts Presenter: Phil Bracegirdle (South East Learning Associates)

Neolithic 1200 – 2750 BC (includes Stone Age) Bronze Age 2750 – 750 BC Iron Age 750 BC – 43 AD Roman 43 – 410 AD Anglo-Saxons 449 – 1066 AD includes Vikings TIMELINE

“understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and use them to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically-valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses.” “understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed” gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between local, regional, national and international history; between cultural, economic, military, political, religious and social history; and between short- and long-term timescales. National Curriculum Key Stages 1 and 2 Aims “know and understand the history of these islands as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day: how people’s lives have shaped this nation and how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world.”

National Curriculum Key Stages 1 and 2 Aims Pupils should be taught about: Key Stage 1 significant historical events, people and places in their own locality Key Stage 2 changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor

Using digital resources to enhance teaching and learning What evidence exists to tell us what life was like in Stone, Bronze and Iron Age Britain? Cave Art Jewellery weapons Hill Forts Household objects Burial mounds

Using digital resources to enhance teaching and learning Examining artefacts Celtic Art Key Stages 1 and View on the website photos of real artefacts and learn what the objects were made from and what they were used for.

Using digital resources to enhance teaching and learning Examining artefacts – Everyday objects Teaching History with 100 objects British Museum One hundred objects from museums across the UK with resources, information and teaching ideas to inspire your students’ interest in history.

Examining homes The Historical Association &id= &id=13744 Houses from Stone to Iron Age. This activity is designed to look specifically at continuity and change Using digital resources to enhance teaching and learning Iron and Stone Age Homes

Using digital resources to enhance teaching and learning What did people eat? Prehistoric Food Cook IT How healthy were Stone and Bronze Age men and women?

Using digital resources to enhance teaching and learning What did people wear – jewellery? Celtic Jewellery BBC Wales Design a Torc for a male Celtic warrior.

Using digital resources to enhance teaching and learning Cave Art Create a Prehistoric Cave Painting BBC ory/ancients_art.pdf What subjects did stone age settlers paint and draw. Create your own cave painting to tell the story of a tribe of hunters and gatherers.

How can archaeology inform our understanding about the past? “Working with artefacts can provide opportunities for pupils to develop the skills that help them to learn. Handling museum objects provides opportunities to develop imagination, creativity and language skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing which can assist in the development of the skills of enquiry and investigation.” Reading Museum Service

History around us – Learning about the past A total of 840 gold coins of the Iron Age period have been found in a field in south-east Suffolk, near to Wickham Market Sedgefield Iron Age Village, Norfolk Cambridgeshire dug out canoes Harston (Cambridgeshire) Stone and Iron Age excavation) Hadleigh Park, Essex Iron Age Roundhouse

Acquiring Artefacts and visiting Bronze and Iron Age sites? Who can we contact for help and advice? See County Council website (Staff, Pupil Workshops, School Visits, Loan Boxes.) Historical Society Local Museums and Records Office Royal Opera House Bridge

Working in partnership with your local Records Office The Keep – East Sussex Record Office Opened in 2013 The Keep offers schools access to its collections via its layered online Interactive map.

The Keep – East Sussex Record Office Research the Past The Interactive map designed by staff at The Keep lists all historical sites in the county dating from the Neolithic period. To research a location in detail and find out what exists or was found on the past click on the pins.

The Keep – East Sussex Record Office Step 1 Select period Iron Age

Step 2 Select location Use slider to zoom in and out How many archaeological settlements can you find close to your school/home town?

Step 3 Click on your chosen pin to discover what was found on this site? South Malling What does the interactive map tell us about who lived here in the past?

Researching the Past Can we adapt and use these map work and research skills in the classroom?

We can create our own maps and trails using Google maps. About Richborough Castle Text and photographs can be added to a layered map using coloured pins. Adding to our heritage K8i1r0.ka7hhegf1Qt4&usp=sharing

Create a Heritage Trail Walk This trail walk around Sittingbourne, Kent was created for the Kent in WW1 project in February Click on the link to view the accompanying PDF brochure and for instructions on how to create your own history trail. Adding to our heritage

Design, Make and Publish your own history web apps History Trails – hill forts and burial mounds Famous people from the Past Historical Site Guides About Artefacts Past & Present Photo Galleries Adding to our heritage

Examining artefacts in the classroom – Using a Visualiser

Examining artefacts in the classroom Using a Visualiser What have we learned from the Romans? Marion Green – Canterbury Archaeological Trust Education Officer

Getting Started – Useful websites and contacts: Before 1066 and all that! Kent in WW1 Welcome to My Maps DigIT – Using a visualiser in the primary classroom Apps Builder Dave Chisholm – Art and History Phil Bracegirdle – South East Learning Associates