Topic outline
For students...
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize - brilliant for giving students KS3 key knowledge with a key words explained, a supporting video and multiple chose to check knowledge. At KS4 you have exam board specific knowledge in written and audio versions with supporting videos, diagrams and knowledge tests. There is also exam practice and top tips for each question.
www.senecalearning.com/blog/gcse-history-revision-guide - highly recommend these free history GCSE revision knowledge boosters and knowledge tests with feedback on wrong answers. You can also make your own quiz for students too.
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bbc+history+file - History file videos on YouTube are excellent programmes for secondary school students. Dan Snow videos such as his BBC programme on the Spanish Armada (www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlDA8cquOcU ) are also worth watching for revision/learning.
www.historylearningsite.co.uk - student friendly reading on most history topics at KS3 and 4
www.historylearning.com - a similar site with information on most history curriculum topics.
For teachers...
https://history.hias.hants.gov.uk – we plan to use the open access HIAS history moodle to add useful resources during this time. Please send anything you can contribute so we can help one another.
https://twitter.com/SPBeale/status/1239839932438511616?s=19 - a really welcome and useful twitter thread in which teachers are generously sharing their resources to help KS4 students with home learning
http://www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk – great GCSE revision overviews for GCSE topics tailored for the OCR exam that could be adapted for other exam boards too. There is some excellent Y11 retrieval practice including some by our local SHP adviser and member of the HIAS History Steering Group, Stuart Farley. There are some fabulous KS3 teaching resources on the site too.
www.meanwhileelsewhereinhistory.wordpress.com - Meanwhile Elsewhere site is really useful and rich for online resourcing for KS3 which students can research independently completing the downloadable worksheets.
www.bbc.co.uk/teach -some really good BBC videos on KS3 topics the industrial revolution and Empire or KS4 topics like their Medicine through time videos on each period.
Exam board GCSE History Facebook groups have many helpful revision resources to share. Teachers have been so generous with their resources – you will just need to check the quality of the resources you download as the quality of them varies.
www.iwm.org.uk/learning/resources - some super resources on the First and Second World War
www.museumoflondon.org.uk – has some nice pocket size history films/resources on topics like London at the time of Jack the Ripper, London’s links with the slave trade or suffragettes and who the first Londoner’s were.
www.history.org.uk/secondary - The Historical Association says that they, ‘are currently working on collating resources for schools, colleges and our branches as well as general membership to be able to use remotely.’