Knowing History
25 total works
Follow a knowledge-led approach to British history from the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons to the Battle of Bosworth. Perfect for Year 7, embracing the latest KS3 history curriculum, and laying the groundwork for the new history GCSE.
Provide a coherent, chronological history course at KS3, which gives all pupils the knowledge to think critically about the past and to analyse evidence. Cover one thousand years of history with the first of four KS3 History textbooks – ideal for Year 7.
- Discover Anglo-Saxon England, The Norman Conquest, Medieval Life, Medieval Kingship, The Crusades and Late Medieval England
- Deliver excellent lessons and save time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
- Give pupils the chronological overview in KS3 History that they need to excel at GCSE in the new thematic study and British depth study
- Ignite an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
- Help all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
- Aid pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back of each unit with key dates, vocabulary and significant people
- Designed with 6 units to map onto the school timetable with ease
- Demonstrate the importance of people and events showing their influence and impact on medieval Britain
Follow a knowledge-led approach to British history from Henry VIII to Georgian life. Perfect for Year 8, embracing the latest KS3 history curriculum, and laying the groundwork for the new history GCSE.
Provide a coherent, chronological history course at KS3, which gives all pupils the knowledge to think critically about the past and to analyse evidence. Cover one thousand years of history with the second of four KS3 History textbooks – ideal for Year 8.
- Discover Henry VIII and the Reformation, The Later Tudors, The English Civil War, Cromwellian Protectorate and Restoration, The Age of Discovery and Georgian Britain
- Deliver excellent lessons and save time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
- Give pupils the chronological overview in KS3 History that they need to excel at GCSE in the new thematic study and British depth study
- Ignite an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
- Help all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
- Aid pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back of each unit with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
- Designed with 6 units to map onto the school timetable with ease
- Demonstrate the importance of people and events showing their influence and impact on early modern Britain
Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on the Victorian Empire – topic booklet perfect for a half term’s work.
Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on Imperial Britain.
Chapter 1: Queen Victoria
Chapter 2: Indian Rebellion
Chapter 3: Ireland and Home Rule
Chapter 4: The Scramble for Africa
Chapter 5: Ruling the Empire
• Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term
• Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
• Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
• Aids pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
• Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on Medieval kings – topic booklet perfect for a half term’s work.
Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on Medieval kings.
Chapter 1: Henry II (1154-1189)
Chapter 2: King John (1199-1216)
Chapter 3: Edward I (1272-1307)
Chapter 4: Henry V (1413-1422)
Chapter 5: Medieval queens
• Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term
• Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
• Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
• Aids pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
• Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on social and political change in Britain – topic booklet perfect for a half term’s work.
Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on social and political change.
Chapter 1: Urbanisation
Chapter 2: Factory life
Chapter 3: Social reform
Chapter 4: Political reform
Chapter 5: Law and order
• Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term
• Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
• Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
• Aids pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
• Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on the Norman Conquest – topic booklet perfect for a half term’s work.
Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on the Norman Conquest.
Chapter 1: Saxon, Norman or Viking?
Chapter 2: The Battle of Hastings
Chapter 3: The Norman Conquest
Chapter 4: The Feudal System
Chapter 5: The Norman Monarchs
• Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term
• Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
• Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
• Aids pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
• Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on Oliver Cromwell and Restoration – topic booklet perfect for a half term’s work.
Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on Cromwell and the Restoration.
Chapter 1: Cromwell’s Commonwealth
Chapter 2: The Restoration
Chapter 3: Restoration England
Chapter 4: The Great Fire of London
Chapter 5: The Glorious Revolution
• Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term
• Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
• Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
• Aids pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
• Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on Anglo-Saxon England – topic booklet perfect for a half term’s work.
Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on Anglo-Saxon England.
Chapter 1: The Anglo Saxons
Chapter 2: Anglo-Saxon Rule
Chapter 3: The Vikings
Chapter 4: Alfred the Great
Chapter 5: The Anglo-Saxon Golden Age
• Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term
• Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
• Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
• Aids pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
• Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on Medieval life – topic booklet perfect for a half term’s work.
Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on Medieval life.
Chapter 1: The Medieval Village
Chapter 2: The Medieval Castle
Chapter 3: The Medieval Knight
Chapter 4: The Medieval Church
Chapter 5: Crime and Punishment
• Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term
• Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
• Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
• Aids pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back of each unit with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
• Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on the British Empire – topic booklet perfect for a half term’s work.
Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on the making of the British Empire.
Chapter 1: America
Chapter 2: India
Chapter 3: Australia
Chapter 4: Ruling the waves
Chapter 5: Wealth and trade
• Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term
• Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
• Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
• Aids pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
• Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
Follow a knowledge-led approach to British history from the Seven Years War to Queen Victoria’s Imperial Britain. Perfect for Year 9, embracing the latest KS3 history curriculum, and laying the groundwork for the new history GCSE.
Provide a coherent, chronological history course at KS3, which gives all pupils the knowledge to think critically about the past and to analyse evidence. Cover one thousand years of history with the third of four KS3 History textbooks – ideal for Year 9.
- Discover The British Empire, The Americas, The French Revolution, The Industrial Revolution, The Age of Reform and The Victorian Empire
- Deliver excellent lessons and save time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
- Give pupils the chronological overview in KS3 History that they need to excel at GCSE in the new thematic study and British depth study
- Ignite an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
- Help all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
- Aid pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back of each unit with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
- Designed with 6 units to map onto the school timetable with ease
- Demonstrate the importance of people and events showing their influence and impact on modern Britain
Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on the Tudors – topic booklet perfect for a half term’s work.
Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on the Tudors.
Chapter 1: Mary I’s Counter-reformation
Chapter 2: Elizabeth I
Chapter 3: The Elizabethan Golden Age
Chapter 4: The Spanish Armada
Chapter 5: Rich and poor in Tudor England
• Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term
• Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
• Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
• Aids pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
• Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on the Industrial Revolution – topic booklet perfect for a half term’s work.
Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on the Industrial Revolution.
Chapter 1: The steam engine
Chapter 2: Cotton textiles
Chapter 3: Iron and coal
Chapter 4: Transport
Chapter 5: The Railway Age
• Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term
• Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
• Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
• Aids pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
• Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on Henry VIII – topic booklet perfect for a half term’s work.
Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on Henry VIII.
Chapter 1: The young Henvry VIII
Chapter 2: The Reformation
Chapter 3: Henry’s ‘Great Matter’
Chapter 4: The English Reformation
Chapter 5: Henry VIII and Edward VI
- Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term
- Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
- Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
- Aids pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
- Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on the Crusades – topic booklet perfect for a half term’s work.
Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on the Crusades.
Chapter 1: The Islamic World
Chapter 2: The First Crusade
Chapter 3: Crusader States
Chapter 4: Life as a Crusader Knight
Chapter 5: The End of the Crusades
• Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term
• Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
• Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
• Aids pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
• Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on Georgian Britain – topic booklet perfect for a half term’s work.
Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on Georgian Britain.
Chapter 1: Creation of Great Britain
Chapter 2: Parliamentary Government
Chapter 3: Jacobite Uprisings
Chapter 4: Georgian Aristocracy
Chapter 5: Poverty, Violence and Crime
• Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term
• Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
• Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
• Aids pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
• Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on the English Civil War – topic booklet perfect for a half term’s work.
Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on the English Civil War.
Chapter 1: James I and the Gunpowder Plot
Chapter 2: Charles I and Parliament
Chapter 3: The outbreak of war
Chapter 4: Fighting the English Civil War
Chapter 5: Trial and Execution
• Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term
• Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
• Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
• Aids pupil memory with a `knowledge organiser’ at the back with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
• Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on the French Revolution – topic booklet perfect for a half term’s work.
Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on the French Revolution.
Chapter 1: The Ancien Regime
Chapter 2: Execution and terror
Chapter 3: The rise of Napoleon
Chapter 4: Britain’s response
Chapter 5: The fall of Napoleon
• Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term
• Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
• Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
• Aids pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
• Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on the late Medieval period – topic booklet perfect for a half term’s work.
Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on late Medieval England.
Chapter 1: The Black Death
Chapter 2: The Peasants’ Revolt
Chapter 3: The Wars of the Roses
Chapter 4: Yorkist Rule
Chapter 5: The Battle of Bosworth Field
- Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term
- Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
- Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
- Aids pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
- Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples
Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on the Age of Discovery – topic booklet perfect for a half term’s work.
Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on the Age of Discovery.
Chapter 1: The Italian Renaissance
Chapter 2: Gunpowder, print and astronomy
Chapter 3: Global exploration
Chapter 4: Christopher Columbus
Chapter 5: The ‘New World’
- Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term
- Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative
- Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
- Aids pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the back with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.
- Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples