I’ve been exploring the Schools History Project website – still fired up from the conference I thought I’d give myself a refresher course into things like starters and plenaries.  I stumbled across Jamie Byrom’s excellent resources from the 2012 conference on starters and plenaries, and thought it was so good that I would pass it on.  Jamie outlines his thinking about what makes good starters and plenaries, but there are also pages of suggested practical activities.

http://www.schoolshistoryproject.org.uk/ResourceBase/ByromStartersPlenaries.htm