Take history’s horrible bits back to your classroom and allow your students to build on their new found knowledge and enthusiasm.
In consultation with practising teachers, we have developed the following imaginative and stimulating resources to support some of the key concepts in the national curriculum.
18thCenturyCrimeandPunishment.pdf
Did modern concepts of justice, equality, presumption of innocence and fair representation exist in 18th Century England? Discuss similarities and differences. Role-play a court judgement. Discuss the tenets of a fair justice system. Find out more >>
20 November 2009 / 3.21 Mb
MedievalMedicineandAnatomy.pdf
What ideas did people have about illness and medicine in Medieval times? What was the evidence they used? How much has our understanding changed? Examine the role and skills of medieval doctors compared to modern ones. Find out more >>
20 November 2009 / 3.84 Mb
TortureintheMiddleAges.pdf
Examine different torture devices and discuss what they were used for. Design your own! Discuss attitudes to torture in the middle ages and now. What’s changed and why? Find out more >>
20 November 2009 / 1.93 Mb
TheGreatPlague.pdf
Learn about life in a medieval town. How sanitary was it? Compare the real causes of plague with what people believed at the time. Discuss how to examine evidence. Imagine how you’d have reacted to the situation. Find out more >>
20 November 2009 / 5.25 Mb