Lessons - Urban Spaces

The Nuffield Primary History project developed a range of approaches and techniques for doing history with children, between and 1991 and 2009. The resources produced by the project are all real lessons which have been taught by real teachers. They include guidance on teaching and examples of children's work. Many of the lessons have been developed by teachers as part of their continuing professional development. A narrative style was used to describe the lesson and what happened. Read more

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  • Urban spaces

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    Please note: these free resources pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum. For a more recent resource see Scheme of work: Local history - the story of our high street.  1. Urban spaces near you: cross-curricular work History, Literacy, Art & Design, Science: ideas and activities. Citizenship too. These materials are based on...

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  • Urban spaces near you: cross-curricular work

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    This material covers the following areas - see the page on each one: History Literacy Art & Design Science Urban spaces such as parks and gardens offer a range of opportunities for children's learning. There children can investigate, observe, wonder, record and create. Our urban spaces project presents ideas and...

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  • Urban spaces cross-curricular work: Art & Design

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    Please note: these free resources pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum. This is part of a set of subject areas also covering History, Science and Literacy. See also Cross-curricular learning Public spaces offer a range of opportunities for children's learning, and can enable children to investigate, observe, wonder, record and create. The suggested activities in this section...

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  • Gordon & Woburn Squares

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    This material is to help primary schools to use Gordon and Woburn Squares in central London. On the right is a link to material for urban schools everywhere. Download Gordon & Woburn Squares materialWe've put here those documents for which we have permission for website use. (These resources are attached...

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  • Urban spaces cross-curricular work: Literacy

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    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. This is part of a set of subject areas also covering History, Science, and Art & Design. See also Cross-curricular learning Public spaces offer a range of opportunities for children's learning, and can enable children to investigate, observe, wonder, record and create....

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  • Urban spaces cross-curricular work: Science

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    Please note: this free resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. This is part of a set of subject areas also covering History, Literacy and Art & Design. Fieldwork in urban public parks, gardens and open spacesPublic spaces offer a range of opportunities for children's learning, and can enable children to investigate, observe, wonder, record and...

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  • Urban spaces: inner-city Leeds

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    Please note: this free resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. This is an account of a series of six lessons focusing on a local urban square. Teachers can adapt this to suit their own circumstances. The teaching took place in an inner-city Leeds primary school, with pupils from 48 different...

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  • Urban spaces cross-curricular work: History

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    Please note: these free resources pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum. This is part of a set of subject areas also covering Science, Literacy and Art & Design. This section covers Citizenship too - see the 'Upstairs downstairs' material. See Cross-curricular learning Public spaces offer a range of opportunities for children's learning, and can...

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