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GCSE History B Schools History Project Special Edition

We are now in the third year of teaching the History B (SHP) GCSE and are delighted with the responses we’ve had from teachers and students.

Clearly, the course is providing a rich and rewarding experience for students studying GCSE history. Teachers tell us that they particularly appreciate the overall coherence and clarity of the course and the opportunity that it provides to study an historical site that appeals to them and their students.

We look forward to another round of successful exams in June 2019, and to supporting you with further resources and CPD in the years ahead.

Michael Riley
Director, Schools History Project
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Engaging History
History students in class

We’ve had a brilliant response from teachers and students to our GCSE History B (SHP) qualification and the free support offered from both us and SHP.

Interested in finding out more about our GCSE History B(SHP)? Join us for a free informal Q&A webinar on 28 March to ask questions and receive guidance on resources and support. 

Book onto Q&A webinar
History Around Us - Supporting Teachers

Grant Robertson, Subject Advisor for History, looks again in his most recent blog at the criteria for choosing a site, and at some of the assessment lessons learned. This blog post includes some examples of ways in which historical sites have been working with us to better support you and your students.

Read Grant's blog
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ExamBuilder - NEW for GCSE History B (SHP)
ExamBuilder

Design your own topic tests, homework activities and end of year mock exams with ExamBuilder.

Our free question-building platform allows you to filter by question types and/or topics. You also have the ability to select parts of questions, or full questions so you have a test that is specific to your students.
Sign up for ExamBuilder
New Foundation Edition Textbooks

Hodder Education are publishing new Foundation Edition textbooks to support four options from the specification. Designed to work alongside the mainstream textbooks for effective co-teaching in the same class, these textbooks will help more students to access the content.

Hodder Education are offering a pre-publication price of £11.99 on the printed textbooks (RRP: £14.99) until Friday 5 April. To take advantage of this offer, order on the Hodder Education website with discount code WC0008284.

Find out more/pre-order 
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The Tower of London
Asher at the Tower of London

The Tower of London recently hosted a free network event on behalf of OCR.

The Tower makes a great choice for a site visit, with Historic Royal Palaces running a series of impactful GCSE sessions. Some of which are specifically tailored to the GCSE History B (SHP) specification.

We love seeing and hearing about your History Around Us visits. It’s great to see the range of sites that you’re visiting and hear about the positive impact on students learning.

Don't forget to Tweet us a photo of your History Around Us site.

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Schools History Project Conference

Don’t miss this outstanding CPD for secondary history teachers on 5 - 7 July, Leeds Trinity University. 

SHP’s 2019 Conference will have a strong emphasis on long-term planning at Key Stage 3 and on ensuring that all your GCSE students enjoy studying history
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The conference will include inspiring plenary sessions, a choice of workshops and range of fringe sessions, including specific support for schools teaching our specifications.

Book onto SHP Conference

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