History
History recommended reads:
Love all things history? Then perhaps you might like to consider reading one of my recommended reads:
Useful websites:
Ology:
A website that explains how we can learn about the past using artefacts. There are games, videos, stories and ideas to try at home all linked to different times in history
https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/archaeology#hands-on
The BBC website is full of useful clips about different periods of history and significant people from our past.
Key stage 2 (Years 3 - 6)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ks2-history/zfbwhbk
Key stage 1 (Years 1 and 2)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zkqmhyc
Tricky vocabulary?
You may wish to play these games with a parent/carer to help with your understanding of the words and phrases.
Articulate/Pictionary
See if you can work in pairs to describe without naming or draw pictures to help your partner guess your historical word. It is trickier than it sounds.
Example words:
Change | Century | Decade |
Present | Past | Secondary source |
Primary source | Stone age | Year |
Month | Invade | Settle |
Memory
You may want to print the words out and face them upside down. Can you turn them over and explain their meaning? Remember you can always use a dictionary to help you If you get the meaning correct, you get to keep the card. See if you can play against someone, the winner is the person who keeps the most vocabulary cards.