Throughout the day, several common difficulties at both GCSE and A level were identified by our presenters:

• Literacy – e.g., learning names and places, comprehension of difficult texts
• Curriculum design – e.g., teaching themes vs narratives, deciding which sources to use, moving students beyond caricatures
• Developing meaningful and accurate source analysis and evaluation
• Recall of factual detail, chronology of events and evidence from the sources
• Exam technique, particularly for SEND and lower attainers

Our speakers identified a range of pedagogical techniques and tools through which to address and overcome these difficulties. We’ve summarised the tips and advice shared onto a document you can download below, which also includes a full list of the workshops delivered on the day, and links to the resources shared.

Further case studies and pedagogical approaches can be found in the book Classics in Action.