Teaching and learning

Help students to genuinely enjoy studying Shakespeare by celebrating the beauty (and humour!) of the bard’s language and his mastery of stagecraft. We share some of our favourite resources for teachers teaching any Shakespeare play, as well as some fun classroom resources and games for KS3-5 students. 

Offer space for creativity in your classroom, and teaching Shakespeare will be a dream. Alison Powell, an experienced English teacher and writer, shares her open approaches to teaching Shakespeare at KS3. 

Starkly powerful and deeply affecting, the poetry of World War I can be challenging to teach, particularly with younger students. Here's a selection of thoughtful classroom resources to help English students engage with the work of the celebrated soldier-poets of the great war.    

Making space for creativity in English is a priority for many English teachers, particularly in the key stage 3 curriculum, where there's more freedom to experiment and explore. As a Head of English, Steph Atkinson believes writing poetry offers an opportunity for students to let their imagination run free. Here's her selection of favourite Teachit classroom resources and lesson ideas to help with the fundamentals of writing poetry. 

History teacher and research fellow Teni Gogo recommends resources for teaching African kingdoms and focuses on a 20th-century alternative to defeated African empires: Yaa Asantewaa, Kwame Nkrumah and the founding of the independent nation of Ghana.

Classroom management is crucial to learning. We can plan a brilliant curriculum, utilise evidence-informed teaching strategies and have the most in-depth subject knowledge, but if pupil behaviour is poor, learning is unlikely to occur. Here we discuss aspects of classroom management that can help teachers ensure effective learning in their classrooms.