Classics for All Resource Hub

KS5 resources will be coming soon!

For any advice and training on teaching classics to Key Stage 5 please email grants@classicsforall.org.uk

As part of the extensive outreach and public-engagement programme of the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology of the University of Birmingham, the project aims to provide teachers with educational materials which will be closely related to the content of the OCR Classics specifications and will be freely available online. 

The first pack of materials presented here is dedicated to the Late Roman Republic,and has been prepared by Dr Hannah Cornwell and Dr Ben Salisbury, both experts in the field. 

The pack contains a series of videos as well as notes to teachers, slides and workbooks for pupils, all of which are downloadable and ready to use in the classroom.

The Warwick Classics network has a swathe of excellent resources, organised by topic.

In collaboration with the Advocating Classical Education project, based 

at King's College London, academics in the Department of Classics have created syllabus overviews, topic talks, practise activities, bibliographies, and more, for each component of the A level syllabus. 

A series of presentations have been created by Classics teachers from the Classical Association Teaching Board, focusing on Latin and Greek. They  can be accessed for free on Youtube.

The Teachers’ section (free log-in required) contains lesson plans, information, and a wide range of teaching materials created by teachers delivering GCSE and A-level language and set text papers.

While set texts change every 2 years, it's worth looking back for previous appearances in earlier years.

AIE illustrates the relevance of ancient Athenian inscriptions, especially those of the classical period (c. 500-300 BC), to pre-18 education. They aim to help teachers introduce inscriptions into their teaching as a way of captivating their students’ imagination and fostering enthusiasm for the ancient Greek world.

The resources include teachers’ notes and slides, and underline the textual and visual potential of inscriptions. Through inscriptions, learners benefit from the bringing to life of the ancient world. At the same time, they hope that introducing students at pre-18 level to inscriptions will encourage them to explore ancient source material of their own accord, and will help them to ‘bridge the gap’ into University study if they chose to pursue it. 

In their Introduction to AIE for Teachers resource you can find more ideas about using inscriptions in the classroom. They also offer slides which introduce learners of all ages to Greek inscriptions.

Dave Midgley and Helen Taylor are Director of Humanities and Head of History respectively at Parrs Wood High School and teach Ancient History at GCSE and A Level. 

They have created Stupid Ancient History is a series of video/blogs which can be accessed via Youtube.

The videos cover topics such as the Foundation of Rome, The Persians, Cleopatra, Alexander the Great, and GCSE Exam Skills.