Jumpstart! History

Name: Jumpstart! History
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780415729017
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Engaging activities for ages 7-12

By Sarah Whitehouse and Karan Vickers-Hulse

Series: Jumpstart

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Jumpstart! History is a collection of simple, engaging activities designed to help pupils develop key historical skills such as chronology, enquiry, and inference. Covering diverse topics from Egyptians to Post-War Britain, it aims to make history a central, exciting part of the classroom experience and enhance understanding across other subjects.
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This book is ideal for classroom teachers seeking fun, effective ways to teach history to primary pupils in line with curriculum requirements. It also suits educators looking to enrich pupils' cross-curricular understanding through historical enquiry.

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This collection of simple to use and fun activities will jumpstart pupils’ understanding of the historical skills of chronology, enquiry, historical inference and knowledge and understanding of people, places and time.

History is an effective way to engage pupils in a topic and can act as a fantastic hook for learning. This book will enable you to make history a fundamental part of your classroom, enhancing not only the pupils' historical understanding but also deepening their understanding in other subjects.

Areas covered include:

Egyptians
Ancient Greeks and Romans
Saxons, Vikings and Normans
Stone Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Tudors and Stuarts
Victorians
World War Two
Post-War Britain

This indispensable classroom resource will celebrate history and give children the opportunity to experience the thrill of finding out about the past. It will be a lifeline to any classroom teacher looking to teach history in a fun and exciting way.

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These engaging activities focus on the new curriculum for history and will be welcomed by teachers who are looking for a fresh approach to the subject. We need to do more than teach facts - we need to encourage pupils to delve beneath the surface so they know why events took place. - Sarah Brew, Parents in Touch

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415729017

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 21 November 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 39 Tables, black and white; 12 Halftones, black and white; 12 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 148.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 317g

Pages: 142

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Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Karan Vickers-Hulse Non-Fiction Sarah Whitehouse Science & Nature Series: Jumpstart

About the Author

Sarah Whitehouse has worked in the primary classroom for a decade and was the first teacher in Wales to be awarded the Gold Quality Mark for Geography for her school. She has a number of publications specialising in primary history and geography and is currently PGCE Primary Programme Leader for Primary and Early Years (Humanities Specialist) at the University of the West of England in Bristol.

Karan Vickers-Hulse has been a primary school teacher for 15 years, most recently as a Deputy Head. She has written a number of publications for KCP Publications and is currently Senior Lecturer in Primary English and UG Programme Leader for Primary and Early Years at the University of the West of England in Bristol.

Jumpstart! History