Steven Spielberg is expected to cause controversy in the US with his choice, announced this weekend, of Daniel Day-Lewis to play Abraham Lincoln in a biopic of one of America's best-loved leaders.

WW1 Battlefields Tour Resources
Following the successful conclusion of a school Battlefields Trip with 34 students in Years 11-12, I’ve uploaded my full itinerary, with worksheets, teacher notes, Google Earth Tour and so on. I hope this is useful for other teachers developing / constructing their own visit.

The popular 1066 simulation now comes complete with a “leaderboard” so that teachers can monitor the performance of the class “live” during the game.

In a debate about arts funding on Monday, Cllr Adam Kellett, who represents the Ashburton ward, described Black History Month as “a left-wing vanity project.”

A four-year-old boy from Essex has unearthed a gold pendant believed to date from the 16th Century, using a metal detector.

Michael Gove is bringing in celebrities to revamp school history teaching. That's not what's needed, says James Vernon