60 second histories
About 60 second histories
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Teacher support notes
Written by teachers for teachers; save time lesson planning with expert suggestions for every era
Student access
The Virtual Classroom feature is perfect for homework, lesson flipping and revision
National Curriculum
Designed to support the curriculum and help you engage your students
Choose from a wide range of eras and topics
Quickly search our library using keywords or by era/topic
Virtual Classroom
The Virtual Classroom feature is no longer available to users who have not already registered.
Watch the film by clicking the orange button below
‘Virtual Classrooms' enable you to:
- prepare lessons and homework in advance
- add notes or instructions to the videos
- provide safe log-ins for students to watch, review and study in their own time
- encourage visual learning – 90% of people are visual learners
- prevent drifting – students can only watch the films specified, with nothing else to distract their learning experience
Teacher Support Notes
Teacher support notes written by top teacher, Matthew Elliott, are an ideal addition to the work you are doing in key stage two and three history lessons.
Designed to inspire, the notes are easy to follow and deliver a short sequence of lessons based around the 60 second histories films. All can be easily adapted for a longer or shorter sequence so please use them as you wish.
They are especially useful for teachers who may not specialise in history.
Simple lesson planning
Each scheme of work has sample lesson plans that make great use of bitesize films.
Differentiation
Extension activities and scaffolding are provided to suit student’s needs
What people say
Reaside Academy
Max Perrin
60 second histories films impact hugely on writing and allow children to better "put themselves in the shoes of..." various...
Lyndon Green Junior School
Lee Davis
The key words and summary points help support children in their retention of information and long-term understanding. I highly recommend...
Brockworth Primary Academy
Kay Webb
The films are child friendly, with appropriate language and visual images, they are short and snappy and give precise information for the...