History activities

The following links allow students to explore their family history, take part in a national project and see History in their local environment. The activities mentioned below takes History out of the classroom, brings the past to life and closer to home.

• Be part of the Imperial War Museum national project of sharing your family history of World War One service personnel
  https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/

• The National Trust offer lots of activities for young people and we are lucky to live in an area where a number of National Trust properties are based.
  http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lists/history-for-kids
  http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lists/top-secret-places-for-curious-children
  http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/days-out/regionlondonsoutheast/oxfordshire

• Was a member of your family one of the 1.7 million people who fought and died in World War One or Two? Using the link below you can research where they are buried, and download a commemorative certificate and photographs.
  http://www.cwgc.org/

• The Historical Association offer a number of competitions for students, across all the Key Stages, to enter. The department actively encourages such participation and Ms Riches, and other members of the department are happy to guide, advise and tutor students who wish to participate in any of the competitions.
  http://www.history.org.uk/getinvolved/categories/competitions

• For more able A Level students there are a number of essay writing competitions run by the Houses of Parliament and a number of universities. These competitions often have a monetary prize and carry huge status when applying for university. Previous students have been highly commended by these institutions.

Ms Riches offers a tutorials on a fortnightly basis to help advise and discuss students’ essays before submission.

Below is a selection of the A Level History essay competitions.

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/history/activity/schools-colleges/essay-competition

http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/prospectivestudents/outreach/julia-wood-site/

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/news/history-parliament-schools-competitions-2016

http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/node/661

Years 7 & 8 / A Level

Using the Royal Historic Palaces website here is some extra info re the Tudors:

https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/history-and-stories/henry-viii/#gs.bhvin0

https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/history-and-stories/henry-viiis-children/#gs.bhvqga

Years 7 & 8

Using the Royal Historic Palaces website here are some fun History games to play!

https://learning-games.hrp.org.uk/undercover-time-explorer/?_ga=2.176823013.1597349806.1595489284-77190511.1595489284

https://learning-games.hrp.org.uk/story-shuffle/?_ga=2.118650185.1597349806.1595489284-77190511.1595489284

KS3

Whatever your interest in the First and Second World Wars, the Cold War and more recent conflicts, the Imperial War Museum has lots of challenges and activities for you to enhance your knowledge:

https://www.iwm.org.uk/learning/home-learning-hub

https://www.iwm.org.uk/learning/resources

Year 11