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Planning and resources for primary teachers from http://www.ks2history.com. Our history topics include Stone Age to Iron Age, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Victorians, Shang Dynasty etc and the list is expanding each month, with literacy units to link to the topics too. Our popular resources have been tried and tested in hundreds of classrooms.

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Planning and resources for primary teachers from http://www.ks2history.com. Our history topics include Stone Age to Iron Age, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Victorians, Shang Dynasty etc and the list is expanding each month, with literacy units to link to the topics too. Our popular resources have been tried and tested in hundreds of classrooms.
Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age Reading Comprehension
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Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age Reading Comprehension

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Reading comprehension based on an information text about the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. Great alongside the Stone Age to Iron Age topic or for a guided reading text! Problems downloading? Click here for download help This pack contains the information text, two pages of questions, an additional challenge and an answer key. The questions are aimed at Year 3 and Year 4 but could be used by other year groups too. This is a useful resource for English lessons, guided reading, independent research or homework. Check out our other popular Stone Age resources: Skara Brae Reading Comprehension Pack Stone Age Boy Planning How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth Planning Stone Age to Iron Age Resource Pack Stone Age Planning Bundle
Skara Brae Comprehension (Stone Age)
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Skara Brae Comprehension (Stone Age)

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Reading comprehension based on an information text about the Stone Age settlement of Skara Brae. Great alongside the Stone Age to Iron Age topic or for a guided reading text! Problems downloading? Click here for download help Reading comprehension based on an information text about the Stone Age settlement of Skara Brae. Great alongside the Stone Age to Iron Age topic or for a guided reading text! This pack contains the information text, two pages of questions, an additional challenge and an answer key. The questions are aimed at Year 3 and Year 4 but could be used by other year groups too. This is a useful resource for English lessons, guided reading, independent research or homework. Check out our other popular Stone Age resources: Stone, Bronze & Iron Age Reading Comprehension Pack Stone Age Boy Planning How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth Planning Stone Age to Iron Age Resource Pack Stone Age Planning Bundle
Stone Age Artefacts and Sources of Evidence (Lesson for KS2)
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Stone Age Artefacts and Sources of Evidence (Lesson for KS2)

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A full lesson for KS2 exploring the types of historical evidence that tell us about the Stone Age. The resource includes a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and pupil resource sheets. What kind of sources tell us about the Stone Age? This lesson addresses the question of how we can know about a period of British history with a lack of written primary sources of evidence. Pupils will be introduced to the concept of making deductions from evidence and they will use an information table to record what different artefacts tell us about the Stone Age. Objectives: To examine non-written sources of evidence about the Stone Age To make deductions from primary sources The lesson plan includes differentiation ideas to adapt the activities for the needs of your class. This is the fourth lesson in the popular Stone Age to Iron Age Unit for KS2.. This primary history resource was created by KS2History. You may also like: Prehistory Timelines (Lesson for KS2) Stone Age Hunter-Gatherers (Lesson for KS2) Stone Age Cave Art (Lesson for KS2) Stonehenge Mysteries (Lesson for KS2) Bronze Age (Lesson for KS2) Stone Age Boy Literacy Planning - 2 Weeks Stone Age to Iron Age Planning Bundle for KS2
Shang Dynasty Lesson 6: Shang Kings
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Shang Dynasty Lesson 6: Shang Kings

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6. How to Rule a Dynasty: What did the rulers of the Shang Dynasty do? In this lesson pupils will be introduced to the story of the first king of the Shang Dynasty, King Tang of Shang. They will work in groups to prepare dramas based on his story. Pupils will then consider the arguments for and against Shang kings taking prisoners of war and they will write and deliver a persuasive argument to support or oppose this practice. The PDF file includes the full lesson plan and two pupil activity sheets. For Upper KS2.
Summer Holiday Reading Bingo!
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Summer Holiday Reading Bingo!

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Give your pupils a reading challenge over the holidays with this new Summer Reading Bingo, created in partnership with the booksfortopics.com team. Instructions 1. Print out the bingo cards for pupils to take home over the summer holidays. 2. When pupils return to school after the holidays you can award prizes, housepoints or certificates for a completed line or for a full house!
Christmas Activities
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Christmas Activities

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Very popular Christmas resource! Get sorted for the festive season with three fun Christmas literacy activities for primary classrooms. 1. Christmas Riddles - a fun activity lesson where pupils write riddles about Christmas presents and then make a lift-the-flap present. 2. Christmas Tree Kennings - pupils learn what kennings are and use them to make a Christmas tree poem. 3.Christmas Performance Poetry - a five-day literacy unit leading up to a poetry performance, adaptable to different age groups. Please follow the download instructions at the bottom of the page to make sure you get all of the 5 files (2 X PPT and 3 x PDF files) included in this resource. Problems downloading? Click here for download help. Please follow the steps below to access your files: 1. Return to this page and click on each resource to go to the product listing. 2. Scroll to the files included within the resource listed under the header ‘Files Included’/‘All Files’. You may need to click on the ‘See all Resources’ to view them all. 3. Use the download arrow icons found to the left of each of the file names for each separate file.
'The Charge of the Light Brigade' KS2 Planning
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'The Charge of the Light Brigade' KS2 Planning

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Download this popular two-week unit for Year 5/6 based on 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' and other poetry by Tennyson. In this unit, pupils will read and listen to the dramatic poems 'The Kraken' and 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by the Victorian poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. Pupils will consider how the sounds and language patterns come alive when the poems are read aloud. Children will work towards creating their own poems about heroic battles and then they will perform them aloud. The aims of the unit for pupils are: • To listen to classic and narrative poems by Tennyson • To identify poetic devices and to explain their effects • To research the literary influences of classic poetry • To prepare and perform a poem to an audience • To engage with a poet’s use of imaginative language to create battle scenes. The PDF file contains 10 full literacy lesson plans, copies of the poems and all accompanying pupil resources. Perfect for National Poetry Month! You may also like: The Listeners Poetry Planning Pack Victorian Poetry Planning Pack The Raven Poetry Planning Pack
Year 4 Poetry
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Year 4 Poetry

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Very popular! Download this fun two-week unit for Year 4 based on classic performance poetry. A two-week English unit of work for Year 4, containing lesson plans and pupil resources, looking at how this poet creates a haunted atmosphere in some of his spooky narrative poems. In this unit pupils will: - read and listen to classic poems by Walter de la Mare - use inference skills to understand narrative poetry - engage imaginatively with poetic language - create their own versions of the one of the spooky poems - investigate how the poet creates a haunted atmosphere - explore how sound effects can enhance a performance - prepare and give a performance to an audience The poems include 'The Huntsmen', 'Some one' and 'The Listeners' You may also like: Year 3 Poetry Planning Pack
Year 1 Poetry
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Year 1 Poetry

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Download this popular two-week unit for Year 1 based on classic poetry to perform. A two-week literacy unit of work for Year 1, containing lesson plans and pupil resources, looking at some ofEdward Lear's most funny and imaginative poems. In this unit pupils will: - listen to classic poems by Edward Lear - investigate the sounds and language patterns of the poem - make a comic version of 'The Owl and the Pussycat' - identify rhyming words and patterns - make a new version of the poem 'The Jumblies' - prepare and give a performance to an audience The poems include 'The Owl and the Pussycat', 'Calico Pie' and 'The Jumblies'. You may also like our other KS1 poetry packs: Year 2 Performance Poetry Pack Summer Performance Poetry Pack Spring Performance Poetry
Year 2  Poetry
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Year 2 Poetry

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Download this popular two-week unit for Year 2 based on classic poetry to perform. A two-week literacy unit of work for Year 2, including lesson plans and pupil resources, looking at some classic poems by Christina Rossetti and building up to a poetry performance. In these lessons pupils will: - read and listen to classic poems by Christina Rossetti - investigate the effects of sounds and poetic language - use question punctuation - write their own rhyming patterns - use their voices expressively in different ways - create their own version of one of the poems - prepare and perform a poem to an audience The poems include 'Ferry Me Across the Water', 'What Does the Bee Do?' and 'What Are Heavy?'. You may also like our other KS1 poetry packs: Going to Sea Poetry Pack Summer Performance Poetry Pack Spring Performance Poetry
End of Term Activity Booklet
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End of Term Activity Booklet

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New for 2017! Download this printable Iphone-themed pupil booklet to use as a fun end-of-year activity. Pages include: A selfie 4 x text messages for end-of-term reflections My profile Contact List (my friends) Playlist (favourite songs) This activity booklet can be used with a range of different year groups. Great for the end of term as pupils think back over memories from their last year and think about hopes for their next class.
All About Me Activities (Back to School)
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All About Me Activities (Back to School)

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Two of our popular All About Me Activities for primary pupils: 1. Fidget Spinner Theme All About Me Pack 2. All About Me Time Capsules. You might like our other transition resources: Transition Day Pack All About Me Fidget Spinner Pack End of Term Iphone Activity Booklet
Anti - Bullying Week Activity
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Anti - Bullying Week Activity

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Perfect for Anti-Bullying Week 2018! This Anti-Bullying iPhone Booklet makes a fun activity that helps pupils to think about some of the key issues about bullying and this year’s theme ‘Choose Respect’. All templates and Powerpoint slides required are included. Pupils will create an iPhone-shaped booklet in which they write or draw to answer text messages about different issues relating to bullying. The Powerpoint provided guides you though different discussion points and offers 3 different challenge levels for each question, allowing you to easily adapt this resource for your year group. Then pupils can use the templates provided to create their own antibullying booklets, making an excellent classroom display or handheld project to take home! This resource includes: - A full lesson powerpoint including differentiated discussion points - A resource pack including teacher instructions and templates for the activity. This is a fun and through-provoking activity easily adapted across KS1 and KS2. Please note that due to terms of use in the images used, the Powerpoint file is not editable.
Back to School
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Back to School

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Looking for activities for the first week back with your new class? Updated for 2019. Download this bundle of popular back to school activities for primary teachers getting to know their new classes! New Class Activity Pack - pupils bond by working together to make a class poem Time Capsule - pupils make an ‘All About Me’ time capsule to be sealed and opened again at the end of the school year Recipe for a Great School Year - these recipes make a perfect classroom display. The resources contain ideas for adapting the activities to suit older or younger classes in Ks1 or Ks2. Great for getting to know your new class in a fun and hands-on way.
Performance Poetry -  Mega Bundle
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Performance Poetry - Mega Bundle

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Download our popular performance poetry units as a mega bundle! This bundle is a great investment for school leaders and literacy co-ordinators to support teachers in teaching classic poetry eel across the school. Each unit builds up to a poetry performance. Each of these planning packs includes full lesson plans and accompanying resources and is designed for the 2014 National Curriculum, with integrated SPAG objectives. All of our lessons are written by literacy experts and outstanding teachers.
Anglo-Saxons Planning Pack
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Anglo-Saxons Planning Pack

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A fully-resourced unit of 10 history lessons for KS2, covering the Anglo-Saxon topic. This KS2History planning pack includes 10 detailed lessons plans, each with accompanying pupil resource sheets and Powerpoint slides. The ten sessions in this unit aim to give an overview of the Anglo-Saxon period in Britain and to highlight some of the major changes during this period. There is an emphasis on allowing pupils to consider the sources of evidence that form our understanding of this period of British history. The aims of the unit for pupils are: To gain an overview of the significant people and events during the Anglo-Saxon period in Britain. To contrast everyday life during the Anglo-Saxon period with modern British lifestyles. To consider broader historical themes of invading and settling before a time when Britain was unified under a single monarch. To become familiar with historical sources and accurate vocabulary relating to the Anglo-Saxon period. This pack contains everything you need to teach this unit, including differentiated activity ideas so that it can be adapted to the needs of your class. The Powerpoint text is also editable. The planning pack covers the following lessons: Who were the Anglo-Saxon invaders? Why did the Anglo-Saxons want to settle in Britain? What was it like in an Anglo-Saxon village? What kind of clothes did the Anglo-Saxons wear? How was Anglo-Saxon Britain ruled? Who was Alfred the Great? What was Anglo-Saxon food and drink like? How did the Anglo-Saxons write things down? How did the Anglo-Saxons find out about Christianity? What was the mystery of Sutton Hoo? This pack is brought to you from Ks2history. #lovehistory #maymadness You may also like our KS2 Beowulf Literacy Planning Pack.
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Victorians

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A FREE full lesson for KS2 introducing the Victorian period, including a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and pupil resource sheets. This is the first lesson from our Victorians Planning Pack for KS2. Introduction to the Victorians This lesson introduces the Victorian period and helps pupils to set it into its wider context in British history. After completing a timeline activity, pupils will gain an overview of facts about the period and then engage with a set of historical sources to make deductions about life in Victorian times. Objectives: To put the Victorian period into historical context To use historical sources to find out about the Victorian period The lesson plan includes differentiation ideas to adapt the activities for the needs of your class. You may also like: Victorian Crime and Punishment
Ancient Greece - FREE lesson
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Ancient Greece - FREE lesson

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FREE lesson for KS2 introducing the Ancient Greeks, including a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and printable activity sheets. This lesson is part of our popular Ancient Greece Pack for Key Stage 2. Lesson 1. Who were the Ancient Greeks? This lesson introduces the who, when and where of the Ancient Greek civilisation. Pupils will look at maps and timelines to place Ancient Greece in context and then zoom in to find out more about key events from the five distinct time periods associated with Ancient Greece . Pupils will engage with historical sources to find out clues about life in Ancient Greek times. Objectives: To find out when and where the Ancient Greeks lived To make a timeline of key events To use historical sources to infer information about the past The lesson plan includes differentiation ideas to adapt the activities for the needs of your class. You may also like: Ancient Greeks Lessons Pack for KS2: A fully-resourced unit of 10 history lessons for KS2, covering the Ancient Greece topic.