Olympic Games
Children learn actively about the ancient Olympics by constructing a programme for the games from primary pictorial evidence.
Welcome to Nuffield Primary History
This website has suggestions for teaching a range of different lessons which you can download for free. They are all real lessons which have been taught by real teachers, and include the resources you need and examples of the children's work as well. There's guidance on teaching methods too.
Our lessons have interesting contexts for literacy and citizenship. Good for speaking and listening too. See also Feedback fom users
Featured Resources
Holiday reading
The story of Sam and Jane and their adventures in Roman Britain, with web-links to find out more. Visit various tourist sites in their original state - see Book 3 Pax Romana
Drama and role play
Opportunities for drama and role play, and links with literacy
Literacy, speaking and listening
Many of our lessons show how you can give pupils an interesting context for literacy, speaking and listening.
Teaching Resources
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THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR
History summaries
Background information for teachers about the subject knowledge for each history study unit
Resources for each History Study Unit
Free teaching resources to download.
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Teaching methods
See Teaching Methods with a list of lessons for each.
Exemplars
See our many exemplars of teaching approaches.
Principles
Principles when teaching history. We also have a piece on Thinking skills
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Contact Us
To make suggestion or tell us how you are getting on contact
Sarah Codrington
Nuffield Curriculum Centre
28 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3JS
UK
tel +44(0) 20 7436 4412
fax +44(0) 20 7436 1869
email Primary History