Understanding the Work of the Historian

Editorial, 2

Notes on Contributors, 3

The Assassination of John F. Kennedy - Keith Hodgkinson and Michael Long, 3

Notes and news, 7

Primary School Children's Preception of Authenticity and Time in Historical Narrative Pictures - John West, 8

A Course in Local History Tonbridge and Kent - Andrew Reekes, 11

Report: 'A' Level History: a Vision of Revision - Richard Tames, 13

Report: Council of Europe Conference - William Cavil, 14

What Shall We do with the Third Year? - Ian Dawson, 16

Understanding the Work of the Historian - G. F. W. Pleuger, 18

A Content Analysis of 40' and 'A' level papers Set by GCE Examination Boards - W. F. J. Inglis, 20

International History at Sixth Form Level? What about the International Baccalaureate course? - John Hartley, 23

The Importance of the Essay - John Kentleton, 25

The Arab-Israeli Conflict - a Textbook Approach. - Martyn Dyer and Mary Ford, 28

Replies to the June Editorial - Mollie Packham and Richard Smart, 30

History on the Screen - Jack Duckworth, 32

Report: The International Congress of the International Association for Audio-Visual Media in 'Historical Research - Jack Duckworth, 35

Comment, 38

Reviews, 39