Specially commissioned short films written and performed by the History Squad and filmed at stunning English Heritage locations are now available on Kerboodle, from Oxford University Press.  These unique films tell entertaining stories packed with facts from the past to capture student’s interest in history, reinforce their learning and hone their digital literacy skills.

Today I had a great afternoon with St Pauls School, Coven.  In order to develop her student’s inquiry skills, Head of History, Andrea Potts had the great idea of showing the students a photograph this morning, of a character from history – in this case my Zulu Wars character, dressed in a fine red tunic complete with rifle.  The aim was to encourage the youngsters to imagine what questions they would ask the soldier if given the opportunity to go back in...

Explore Black History month, with a great presentation based workshop on Slavery.  Combining history with a bit of geography, this workshop explores how people were captured, enslaved, transported and sold at various markets and also focuses on the reformists and the abolition of slavery. Pupils handle the manacles and chains used by the slavers and we also cleverly recreate the tight conditions that were suffered on board the slave ships to give students a better understanding of the suffering inflicted for the...

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