History Explorer: Secrets through time - KS2

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Explore brand new eras!

Get ready to travel back in time with the new updated History Explorer: Secrets through time!

What's new?

  • You can now explore two exciting new eras: Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire.
  • There are six brand-new mini-games to play.
  • There are loads of new fact cards to collect.
  • Check back each week for new weekly challenges.

Discover mythology, the ancient Olympics, and interesting inventions in Ancient Greece. Unlock the secrets of Roman engineering, military strategy, and daily life in Roman Britain as well as loads more!

Play this interactive game to practise your history skills!

Do you want to compete in the Ancient Olympic Games, make tamales with the ancient Maya, or escape from the Minotaur's labyrinth? You could also learn how the ancient Egyptians built the Great Pyramids or discover what life was like in the World War One trenches.

Learn some fascinating facts about these five time periods and lots more:

Interactive timeline and globe

Scroll through different periods in history using the interactive timeline.

Rotate the interactive globe to see key events at the same time across the world.

A large section of a world globe showing parts of Europe and Africa and a timeline at the bottom, the gauge points to thirteen hundred BC

Improve your KS2 history skills

This game will help you to:

  • Compare and contrast British and world history.

  • Spot trends across time periods by seeing events around the world.

  • Organise historical information into themes.

  • Use a timeline and a globe.

Stickers showing an ancient Maya temple, a World War one soldier helmet with a watch and a spade, and an Egyptian piece of jewellery

How to play History Explorer: Secrets Through Time

  • Collect fact cards and complete weekly challenges.

  • Compete in mini games to get high scores and earn stickers.

  • Organise fact cards into themes in your journal and decorate it with funky stickers!

So, budding historians, learn all about history and have fun at the same time!

Stickers showing an ancient Maya temple, a World War one soldier helmet with a watch and a spade, and an Egyptian piece of jewellery
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