Basic skills in history

Basic Skills in History

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n Literacy in history: Key Stage 3 National Strategy document for LEA consultants and subject advisers, published by the Department for Education and Skills.
n Links between History and Literacy: Appendix 5 of the Department for Education and Skills History at key stage 3 Teacher's Guide.
n Humanities and literacy: Stockport Education Service literacy across the curriculum resource.
n Literacy and History: Cumbria Lancashire Education Online "planning tool which aids cross-curricular linking of the QCA/DfEE schemes of work for history with objectives taken from the National Literacy Strategy, year by year and term by term."
n Literacy in history (11-14): SSER Ltd description of a history crossword, wordsearch, glossary and worksheet resource in CD-ROM and photocopy master formats.
n Teaching literacy in history in Year 7: New South Wales Department of Education and Training professional support document for teachers of history.
n History and literacy: Derby City Education Service literacy across the curriculum policy.
n Bringing history and literacy closer together: Online article by David Wray and Maureen Lewis of Warwick University focusing on primary education.
n Literacy strategy for the history department: Tavistock College History Department policy document.
n Literacy, Numeracy and Citizenship through History: photocopiable resource published by Pearson Publishing.
n Developing Literacy Skills Through History: KS1/ Year 1-2 by Christine Moorcroft.
n Developing Literacy Skills Through History: KS2/ Year 3-4: by Christine Moorcroft.
n Rosie Turner-Bisset (2001) Serving maids and literacy: an approach to teaching literacy through history and music. Reading, literacy and language vol. 35, no. 1.
n Teaching Literacy through History: "These materials with associated writing activities provide strategies and tools to help your students become independent nonfiction readers".
n History keywords: Portal to vocabulary lists and activities of use in teaching history.
n History word search: Word puzzle dedicated to the history keywords in Harton School's key stage 3 student diary.
n Numeracy in English/history: Raises awareness of the contribution of mathematics to history, using timelines and graphs as examples.
n History Learning Outcomes: Exporting Numeracy Strategies into History: Derby City Education Service numeracy across the curriculum policy.
n Numeracy in history: Tavistock College History Department policy document.
n Web-based sources of data: Links on the DfES Standards Site to promote numeracy in each of the following subjects: History, Geography, Music, Physical Education, PSHE, Religious Education, Citizenship and Science.
n Geography, History and RE and Numeracy: Curriculum links identified by Haywood High School.

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