Outside the classroom

Learning in history should not only take place in the classroom. Making use of the built and landscape environment can be an integral part of learning and progression in history, whether through a visit to a historic site, surveying of the landscape to find historical clues, or forming a human timeline across the school field.  

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  • History in the Urban Environment

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    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. A study of the local environment can make a vital contribution to children's sense of identity, their sense of place and the community in which they live. More importantly, a local study can enable children...

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  • Building learning places

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    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. The built environment is hugely important to all of us, allowing us to live our lives in particular ways, and perhaps even constraining our lives in ways we don't yet recognise or understand. The buildings...

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  • Case Study: Working with gifted and talented children at an Iron Age hill fort in north Somerset

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    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. The phone call was over - manna from heaven. The opportunity to work with a ‘real' archaeologist on a ‘real' Iron Age site seemed far too good to be true. The cluster of eight South...

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  • Case Study: Prehistory in the primary curriculum: A stonehenge to remember

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    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. An article in the Sunday Times newspaper on 7 December reported that Britain is to stop making nominations to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) for heritage sites to be granted World Heritage...

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