History Skills
The ultimate channel for all History students and teachers. Presented by an award-winning History teacher from Australia, this is the companion channel for the popular HistorySkills.com website.
A bit about me:
As well as being a senior History teacher, I am also a textbook author, conference presenter, Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert and am unfailingly passionate about helping teachers and students succeed in their History studies.
I produce short explanation videos for students in easy-to-understand formats to use in lessons, homework, or tutoring activities.
History Skills
Teach Year 10 History and looking for some downloadable lessons resources? Here are 50+ lessons with worksheets, quizzes, extension activities and more, ready to use right now:
www.historyskills.com/classroom/year-10/
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Do you teach American History and looking for some downloadable resources?
Here are 42 lessons with worksheets, quizzes, extension activities, sample assessment tasks and more, ready to use right now:
www.historyskills.com/classroom/modern-history/ame…
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We have updated our page on 'primary and secondary sources in history' on the website thanks to some helpful feedback from some teachers. It now includes additional explanations and examples that should be valuable to students. Let us know what you think!
www.historyskills.com/source-criticism/analysis/so…
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We've just released a new digital high school history lesson on the Phoney War during WWII. Student worksheets, knowledge quiz, and extension activities are all free to download and use. History Skills subscribers also have access to answer sheets and much more:
www.historyskills.com/classroom/year-10/phoney-war…
3 months ago | [YT] | 10
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Need resources for your history lessons? Here are over 400 downloadable lessons for Grades 7-12, covering ancient, medieval, and modern history. Includes worksheets, quizzes, extension activities, and much more. Designed to save hours of planning time:
www.historyskills.com/classroom/
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I have spent a lot of time over the last few months dwelling on the future of the history classroom in the face of student AI use and looking at ways that it can become a force for good, rather than for cheating. Here are my current ideas. What do you think?
www.historyskills.com/2025/01/25/how-students-can-…
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What is the difference between 'history' and 'the past'? They are not the same thing, and the distinction matters a great deal...
www.historyskills.com/2020/12/10/the-difference-be…
4 months ago | [YT] | 5
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Did you know that History Skills has a range of sample assessment tasks for teachers to use in their classroom? Subscribers to the digital classroom section can download and use them straight away:
www.historyskills.com/classroom/
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Need a good starting point for students new to studying history? Here is a YouTube playlist with some short, explanation videos that covers the basics for them:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC...
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Comprising the city-states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan, this alliance emerged as a dominant force, exerting control over a vast region and establishing one of the most sophisticated civilizations of its time...
www.historyskills.com/classroom/year-8/aztec-tripl…
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