Links

This page provides links to website’s that offer teaching resources and support materials for Humanities (Linked document icon Word doc)
Useful Assessment for Learning weblinks

» National Secondary Strategy AfL support materials

» Primary AFL – Teachers TV

» Assessment is for Learning in Scotland

» Assessment for Learning in Australia

» AAIA

Note: all the links above are to external websites

Additional links

Early Years and Primary Geography – The Geographical Association Primary Geography Quality Mark (PQM)

The GA is developing a Primary Geography Quality Mark. This is an award for primary schools who are doing good geography.

• It can be gained at one of three levels: bronze, silver or gold
• It is based on clear, simple criteria on subject management, teachers and teaching, pupils and learning, and broader opportunities
• It is a school self-evaluation tool
• The criteria are cross-referenced back to the new Ofsted self-evaluation form S4.
• The GA is working to obtain the endorsement of DfES and Ofsted.

There are similarities between this and other criteria-based awards such as the Activemark, Artsmark, Healthy Schools , and Eco-Schools. Use link below to find out more http://www.geography.org.uk/eyprimary/primaryqualitymark (external link)

Birchfield Interactive – Educational software for the curriculum from Birchfield Interactive. All curriculum based educational CD-ROMs are intended for teachers in primary school and secondary school teaching for pupils aged 3-18
http://www.birchfieldinteractive.com (external link)

East End Talking (external link)
Developed by and for children, to have a voice, and showcase the variety of living, learning and working in the East End. (A resource for students and teachers).

Specialist Schools Trust – humanities (external link)
There are 22 specialist humanities colleges, which were launched in September 2004. A further 18 schools have been designated to start in September 2005…

http://www.portsmouth-learning.net (external link) – is an open access website that offers teaching resources and web links to all areas of the curriculum. To access subject specific resource links click on the ‘Teaching’ tab on the left of the screen then on ‘Curriculum area’ and select a subject. This will then give you the option of ‘Search resources’ and ‘Web Links’. The site offers up to date materials for all curriculum subjects and detailed descriptions of useful web sites together with links.

The Citizenship Foundation aims to empower individuals to engage in the wider community through education about the law, democracy and society – http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk (external link)

Opening Minds is an integrated curriculum, currently being piloted in 10 secondary schools in the UK; for more information see the following:

http://www.thersa.org/newcurriculum/ (external link) http://www.thersa.org/newcurriculum/pdf/openingminds_update.pdf (external pdf file).