About Glenn Carter
Currently based in North East England, I advocate for primary history and have served as an adviser for various local authorities. I've collaborated with national and international educational companies to develop resources and guidance. My work with the Historical Association includes writing articles, designing schemes of work, and delivering CPD sessions to support primary history education.
As an adviser, I've assisted numerous schools with curriculum reviews, training, and resource development. My primary history goal is to help children grasp complex concepts through experiential learning and interconnectivity, enabling them to build a contextualised historical schema.
Primary School Teacher
History and Geography lead
Historical Association Primary Committee member
Associate Specialist Adviser for Primary History for Education Durham
Owner of History Rocks – Creative Primary History
Introduction
Take a step back in time, as Glenn Carter explains to you how you can create an exciting, engaging activity for each Historical time period.
Glenn Carter's WOW History Lessons
Glenn Carter's WOW lessons focus on the difficult to teach objectives of the History National Curriculum for KS1 and KS2.
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Take your pupils back to the 1950s and help them discover what toys were like during this time. In this lesson, your pupils will be introduced to the key terms 'continuity' and 'change' to help them spot similarities and differences between the toys they play with today and those played with back in the 1950s.
Take your pupils on an exciting journey to discover the significance of Captain James Cook and his influence on our lives today. In this lesson, your pupils will learn about Captain Cook's voyages and why is he is still remembered today. They will find out about another significant individual, Dr Nicholas Patrick, and the influence that Captain Cook had on this amazing astronaut
Join History expert, Glenn Carter, as he takes you on a journey back to the Stone Age, where you will look at the significance of the shift from hunter-gather to farmer. In this lesson, your pupils will learn about the three periods of the Stone Age and the changes that each one brought. They will take part in a simulation to learn about the importance of making decisions and how people's lives changed due to the idea of farming.
Join, History expert, Glenn Carter, as he shares a lesson designed to deepen children's understanding of what an empire is and how they work. In this lesson, your pupils will identify some of the main features of an empire like trade, tax and invasion. They will also identify the purpose of an empire through the acquisition of land and resources.
KS2 - Why was the unification of Egypt such an achievement?
Travel back in time to help your pupils learn about why the unification of Egypt was such an achievement. In this lesson, your pupils will delve into the stories depicted on the Narmer Palette to find out about the creation of power and identify that Egypt was stronger as a unified state.
KS2 - How did attitudes to learning between Early Islam and the Anglo-Saxons compare
Travel back in time to help your pupils learn about the attitudes to learning from Early Islam, compared to the Anglo-Saxons. This lesson will provide opportunities to contrast one group with another through a particular substantive context, and explore relationships between different people and their attitudes. It will also identify attitudes towards learning in the past.
KS2 - Contrasting non-European society (the Maya): Did the Maya achieve as much as the Vikings?
Travel back in time to help your pupils compare the achievements of the Maya with the Vikings. Children will identify that some Maya and Viking achievements were contextual, relating to the environment or exposure to other cultures. They will also identify that different civilisations existed at similar periods but may not have known about each other.
KS2 - Anglo-Saxon and Scot Settlement: How significant was Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England?
Join History expert, Glenn Carter, as he shares a lesson on the Anglo-Saxons and their conversion to Christianity. In this lesson, your children will make links to other civilisations/societies previously studied by thinking about their beliefs. They will then learn about the significance of Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England, looking at the cause and effect of different events.
KS2 - The struggle for the Kingdom of England
Join History expert, Glenn Carter, as he shares a lesson to build an understanding of the power struggle between the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. In this lesson, your pupils will learn about the military, economic and political factors that influenced the struggle and make links to the concepts of power and control in Roman Britain.
KS2 - The Ancient Greeks: How much were the Greeks influenced by other people?
Join History expert, Glenn Carter, as he shares a lesson to build an understanding of the power struggle between the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. In this lesson, your pupils will learn about the military, economic and political factors that influenced the struggle and make links to the concepts of power and control in Roman Britain.
