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Teaching JFK via sources and scholarship
Katie Buchanan, PGCE trainee at the University of York, has created these resources for A Level students learning about JFK. Each document focuses on a different part of the JFK story and uses primary source material and the work of historians with set questions to enable students to learn about the topics. 1. Why did … Continue reading Teaching JFK via sources and scholarship
‘What is History?’ for Year 6
UoYork PGCE trainees Jen Craven, Kiri Keys, Rhianne Moore have been considering the transition from Y6 to Y7. Mindful that lesson time is precious, and that Y6s are often keen as mustard, they have put this booklet together that could be sent to new students to work on over the summer. They have done it … Continue reading ‘What is History?’ for Year 6
Y6 to Y7 transition history – tour of Leeds
This resource has been put together to help with Year 6 into 7 transition. PGCE history trainees from the University of York, Katie Rawnsley and Mharni Shearer, have been thinking about the pastoral issues of transition and also what they would like new Y7s to know about history in secondary school. This is a particularly … Continue reading Y6 to Y7 transition history – tour of Leeds
Bristol Bus Boycott home learning resource
Thanks to Manor School in York for putting together this home learning resource for their Year 8 pupils this week and for sharing it with us #OBHD: The Bristol Bus Boycott, 1963 (featured image: by Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25700828)
