Primary History 99

The primary education journal of the Historical Association

Published: 28th February 2025

Contents

Please note: the print edition of Primary History 99 will start arriving with members from Monday 3 March.

05 Editorial (Read article)

06 Using children’s illustrators as a focus for learning about ‘Past and Present’ in EYFS – Helen Crawford (Read article)

10 Developing disciplinary knowledge: pulling up the portcullis to explore how and why castles and forts developed – Susie Townsend (Read article)

18 Little coins, big histories – Damienne Clarke (Read article)

26 Who was King Alfred? And was he really ‘Great’? – Francis Leneghan (Read article)

33 The legacy of ancient Sumer – Karin Doull (Read article)

40 Exploring the history of space: celebrating 50 years of the European Space Agency – Kate Rigby (Read article)

43 Effective implementation in primary history – Matt Flynn (Read article)

48 ‘Golden threads’ in primary history: an exciting new idea or something that has always existed? – Tim Lomas (Read article)

Centre spread poster: Kate Greenaway; the Kate Greenaway medal (Carnegie Medal for Illustration)

Regular features: Primary History runs a number of regular features including Ideas for Assemblies, One of My Favourite History Places and Pull-out Posters. You can view all editions of these features here.

Cover imageIlluminated manuscript depicting the Siege of Tournai, 1340.

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