Teaching ideas
Developed for the Magna Carta 800th Commemoration Committee by Nicola Doughty
This document is designed as a guide for Key Stage 2 teachers to provide ideas and guidance for the teaching of Magna Carta.
We have produced eight Lesson Ideas across a range of key National Curriculum themes, including history, art, computing and English. These have been designed so that teachers can use all of the ideas, or just dip into them.
In the new National Curriculum from September 2014, Magna Carta should be taught in Key Stages 3 and 4 for both history and citizenship. There are also opportunities in Key Stage 2 to incorporate the teaching of Magna Carta. This guide therefore provides some examples and ideas for this, but also extends to other areas where we feel that Magna Carta – the history, legacy and ideas around it – are worth exploring with pupils.
This packs has been developed for the Magna Carta 800th Commemoration Committee by Nicola Doughty, a teacher at Sitwell Junior School in Rotherham.
It is free to use and can be downloaded from:
magnacarta800th.com/schools or contact markgill@magnacarta800th.com
You can download the teaching ideas as a PDF here
A brilliant site for anyone teaching KS1, KS2 or KS3 about Magna Carta from Egham Museum. Well worth a look.