In this activity, SHP director Michael Riley leads us through the reactions of one local community to a devastating outbreak of Plague in 1636. Please click here for the PowerPoint, resources and teaching notes (hosted on our associated Google Drive).
Read More »Inspired by the late Kate Brennan’s work on the use of scripted drama, SHP Fellow Richard Kennett decided to write a scripted drama focusing on the events of 1066. With support from Helen Snelson and Ian Dawson, he produced a script and character cards to to help his GCSE students explain William Duke of Normandy’s victory at the Battle of Hastings. The resource was produced for the SHP (OCR B) d...
Read More »A particular hallmark of the original Schools History Project was the emphasis it placed on diversity. SHP believes that the history curriculum is often too narrowly defined, and that it should continue to offer more opportunities for children and young people to study: a range of periods in history; civilisations and cultures beyond Europe; local and family history; social and cultural history. S...
Read More »In a recent speech, HM Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, gave some welcome rays of hope for the future of school education. She argued that ‘a deep and genuine fascination with subjects’ is what motivates teachers and spoke of the need for school leaders to engage in ‘deep curriculum thinking’. The Chief Inspector also recognised the need for subject teachers to share their professional knowledge:...
Read More »It’s party time in the SHP shed! The final book on our new GCSE series has now been published. This book is available to purchase through our publishing partners, Hodder.
Read More »When we ask teachers what they and their students are enjoying about new OCR B (SHP) GCSE they nearly always mention three things: the varied and interesting historical content the clear structure of the course and of individual studies the human interest that lies at the heart of each study The twelve textbooks that SHP has produced with our publishing partner Hodder Education attempt to enhance ...
Read More »Each textbook in SHP’s new GCSE series contain sufficient knowledge to allow your highest-attaining students to achieve level 9 in the exam. At the same time, the textbooks support weaker students by providing a clear enquiry structure, engaging narratives and strong visuals. Some students who struggle with reading and writing will obviously need additional support. There are a range of strategies...
Read More »In this case-study Jenny McCullough shares her department’s approach to summative assessment at the end of Year 10, and provides a helpful analysis of what this revealed. The approach taken here is a case-study from one particular school and should not be seen as ‘official’ OCR or SHP practice. However, this excellent case study provides some useful insights that should help you prepare your stud...
Read More »The second of our two GCSE textbooks to be published this month is written by Richard Woff and Kate Jarvis, and covers the Aztecs and the Spanish Conquest unit. This book is available to purchase through our publishing partners, Hodder.
Read More »The first of two textbooks to be published for the OCR GCSE this month, the First Crusade has been written by Rachel Foster and Kath Goudie. The book is available to purchase from our Hodder partners.
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