What's New
accessible, challenging and engaging learning
March
2013
Two new lesson packages have been added to the
Industry and Empire
section of Bare History, both examining crime and
punishment.
The new lesson packages are:
Who was the vilest villain
in Georgian Britain?
How did prisons improve
over the nineteenth century?
Like all Bare History lesson packages, they aid
students in improving key historical skills - their
ability to sort information
and to develop their understanding of
chronology.
 November
2012
Two new lesson packages have been added to the
Tudors and Stuarts
section of Bare History.
The new lesson packages are:
Which of Henry’s six wives
was the most successful queen?
How did life change for
Catholics during the Tudor period?
Both ask students to engage in
high-level thinking as they
ascribe significance
and consider patterns of
change.
 April
2012
A new revision package has been added to the
revision
section of Bare History based on the new module of
lesson packages about the
Causes of the First World War.
As always, the revision packages includes an
online presentation,
comprehensive revision notes and a
flashcard.
There are currently
thirteen
revision packages, each based on the
existing GCSE
resources in the Bare History catalogue.
Students can use them either in school, or be given
the freedom to revise using the revision packages
while they are at home.
 January
2012
Two lesson packages have been added to the
International Relations section of Bare History,
completing the
Causes of the First
World War. The new lesson packages
examine the short term causes of the conflict,
namely the Assassination of
Franz Ferdinand and the
Schlieffen Plan.
All six lessons in this unit combine to help
students answer longer essay-style questions, but
each also has an individual focus on the key exam
skills of using sources, communicating knowledge or
explaining causation.
Keep your eyes peeled for the Causes of the First
World War revision package, coming in the next few
months!
 November
2011
Calling all Geographers!
We are proud to announce a new member of the Bare
Learning family -
Bare
Geography.
Just like Bare History, Bare Geography gives teachers opportunity to use outstanding online
lessons.
A subscription to Bare Geography ensures that you have
a collection of outstanding
ready-to-teach lessons,
reduces preparation and
planning time, and
supports non-specialist and supply teachers.
If you teach Geography, go to the
Bare
Geography
website and try the free
resources!
 September
2011
Four lesson packages have been added to the
International Relations section of Bare History, all of
which deal with the long term
Causes of the First
World War. In these lessons there is a
particular emphasis on exam skills, especially the
use of sources
and the technique needed to answer
knowledge
questions.
The lesson packages are:
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
More lesson packages looking at
the short term causes will follow to complete this
section - so keep an eye on the website!
April
2011
Five more lesson packages have been added to the
Twentieth Century section of Bare History, all of
which deal with the First
World War. In these lessons there is a
particular emphasis on the teaching of
causation.
The lesson packages are:
Why did so many volunteers
sign up for the British army in 1914?
Why were the trenches so
terrible?
Was the Battle of the Somme a
victory or a defeat?
How did the fortunes of the
military change during the war?
Why did Britain win the First
World War?
There are now 20 different lesson
packages available in the Twentieth Century section
of the website, and over
120 lesson packages on the website in
total. That makes it less than one pound per lesson
- superb
value for money!
January
2011
A new revision package has been added to the
revision
section of Bare History based on the new module of
lesson packages about the
Cold War.
Bare History revision packages allow
students to revise in
school or at home using a
online presentation
and
comprehensive revision notes. The
flashcard
containing the key points for that topic can be
printed out and carried around for a constant
reminder of the basics, or for last minute cramming!
 November
2010
What started the Cold War?
Five new lesson packages have been added to the
International Relations
section of Bare History to help answer that
question. The
lesson packages are:
Mutual Distrust
Yalta and Potsdam
Iron Curtain
Truman and Marshall
Berlin Blockade
Each lesson package helps to
develop the skills necessary to answer a
different style of exam question: essay,
knowledge, comparison, reliability and utility.
September
2010
A new revision
section has been added to Bare History.
There are currently eleven
revision packages, each based on the
existing GCSE
resources in the Bare History catalogue.
Students can use them either in school, or be given
the freedom to revise using the revision packages
while they are at home.
Each revision package has the usual Bare History
online presentation
that delivers the knowledge and exam skills that
students need for exam success in an engaging way.
There are also
comprehensive revision notes and a
flashcard
containing the key points for that topic.
 May
2010
We are proud to announce a new member of the Bare
Learning family -
Bare RE.
Just like Bare History, Bare RE gives teachers opportunity to use outstanding online
lessons.
A subscription to Bare RE ensures that you have
a collection of outstanding
ready-to-teach lessons,
reduces preparation and
planning time, and
supports non-specialist and supply teachers.
If you teach RE, go to the
Bare RE
website and try the free
resources!
 April
2010
Five more lesson packages have been added to the
Twentieth Century section of Bare History, all of
which deal with the Second
World War. In these lessons there is a
particular emphasis on the teaching of
historical interpretation.
The lesson packages are:
Was evacuation a good thing?
Was Dunkirk a triumph or a disaster?
How did the RAF win the Battle of Britain?
How horrible was life for the Blitzed Brits?
Was the bombing of Dresden a war crime?
This latest update means that
Bare History now has
100 lesson packages online - that's
£100 for 100 lessons -
great value for money!
 February
2010
Ten new lesson packages have been added to Bare
History in a new section of the site:
The Twentieth Century.
Asa Briggs called it "an age of unprecedented
change", and this section is packed with great
enquiries. From the Titanic
to the miners' strike,
students will be kept interested and engaged.
There is the usual mix of Bare History activities,
and because this is a recent period of history
students will have a great chance to develop their
ability to evaluate sources
of information.
 November
2009
Attention history teachers in Wales and Scotland!
Five new lesson packages have been added to
Kings and Castles: Britain
1066-1485, four of which focus on the
Scottish Wars of
Independence. The lesson packages are:
Does Llywelyn the Great
deserve his nickname?
Who was the best candidate
in the Great Cause?
Was William Wallace a
patriot or a traitor?
Why did Robert Bruce kill
John Comyn?
Why did the Scots win the
Battle of Bannockburn?
September 2009
Bare History is an entirely new
website! Please contact
us with any suggestions of what you would like
to see added to the site.
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