3 Table of Contents 1 What exactly is the Key Stage 3 Strategy ... - SfE

Exciting History at Key Stage 38.4 A case for cumulative resonance yet again!!!......................................... 538.5 Using resonance planning with history and citizenship in mind ............. 548.5.1 Concepts and citizenship................................................................ 548.5.2 The concept of Parliament…an example of planning forprogression within Citizenship ....................................................... 548.5.3 Planning across the Key Stage to ensure coverage ofmeaningful citizenship issues......................................................... 558.6 On a related theme using Key element 3 (interpretations over theKey Stage 3 course) to help deliver citizenship...................................... 588.7 Planning to ensure that citizenship does not become meaningless…the enquiry approach .............................................................................588.8 Using the ‘forgotten key element’ (2e Significance) to help sharpenCitizenship with Key Stage 3 History ..................................................... 598.8.1 How important is the Industrial Revolution to our lives today?........ 628.8.2 Reasons why the study of the slave trade and its abolition isimportant........................................................................................ 658.9 Some generic Moral/Social and Political examples of blendinghistorical content with Citizenship requirements ....................................668.9.1 The ideal life for a Medieval villein ..................................................668.10 Four moral dilemmas resonating through the Key Stage ....................... 708.10.1 Planet Thera ................................................................................... 718.11 Final thoughts: the wall of relevance...................................................... 738.12 Some useful addresses to help with the provision for Citizenshipwithin History.......................................................................................... 748.13 Some useful websites to help you get planning ..................................... 779 Ensuring Exciting Literacy within History means more thanjust Word Walls and Writing Frames..................................................799.1 What do pupils find difficult about writing? .............................................809.2 Strategies to help pupils improve their selection and synthesisingof historical details ................................................................................. 8010 Approaches to Writing ........................................................................ 8811 Approaches to Reading History ......................................................... 9111.1 Using DART exercises to improve pupils’ ability to read texts ............... 9111.2 Using DART activities and word processors ..........................................9211.3 Using Encarta to study long and potentially difficult source materialin a structured way.................................................................................9211.4 Getting pupils to ‘tell and suggest’ with confidence in Year 7 ................ 9611.5 Building lessons around words .............................................................. 9711.5.1 Plan for lesson 2 using CV Wedgwood extract ............................... 9712 Approaches to Speaking and Listening in the HistoryClassroom .......................................................................................... 10112.1 What types of talk do we plan to improve? .......................................... 10212.1.1 Blank chart for use in your department. ........................................ 1044