Teaching British history at home!

[mamatoTails]

Hi!

Not quite home Ed so apologies,
my children do attend school, but we live abroad and they go to a Spanish school so follow a Spanish curriculum and I teach them English at home. Taught them to read in English, spellings etc.

I want to start introducing British History, but not sure where to start! I will start with my 8 & 10 year old and then keep any books to use with my littlest ones when they are older.

I'm back in the U.K. shortly so can arrange an order of books if any can be recommended?

Or perhaps any channels on YouTube we should be able to access, or relevant websites.

Which parts were your children most interested in?

I remember finding some parts of history quite boring but feel it's important for them to know, as currently they know more about Spanish history than their own!

DK: History of Britain and Ireland: The Definitive Visual Guide

The Usborne History of Britain (Usborne Internet-linked Reference)

DK and Usborne always a good start.

I'd break it down by time frame tbh.
Pre-history, Bronze, Iron age, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, dark ages, Medieval ect. Id think for that age group it might be interesting to look at how people used to live.

Schofield & Sims
British History Timeline

Horrible Histories series is your friend. Books that are funny and bring history to life. TV series and I think one full-length feature film on Amazon Prime (I'm also in Spain).

There will probably be HH on YouTube, too.

DS is in a state primary, and knows more British history than Spanish! They seem to focus on the local history most (we're near Barcelona, loads of Roman stuff).

Agree with the above posts. Also Tudor and Stuarts, English Civil War, Georgians, discovery of Americas, Victorians all very interesting periods.

Romans and Tudors.
And yes to Horrible Histories. I still love them!

Ok great! Thank you so much!

In terms of school books, these have some issues but are generally popular in secondary schools:

KS3 History 4th Edition: Invasion, Plague and Murder: Britain 1066-1558 Student Book amzn.eu/d/fzk8RCU

It'll teach both historical skills and is approachable / interesting if your children are good readers.

English primaries do British pre-history up to the Norman conquest plus a more modern study, (often the Great Fire of London, or Victorians/Tudors) some local history and the lives of significant individuals (Mary Seacole/Florence Nightingale/Elizabeth I etc)
Government curriculum here
If you want a starting point look at Oak Academy or BBC Bitesize