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A Beginner's Guide to using visual image in primary schools
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content and links may be outdated.
The employment of the visual image is a fascinating and exciting way to enable children to gain a glimpse into the past. It is problematic, however, in that such imagery is often an...
A Beginner's Guide to using visual image in primary schools
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Primary History 29
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
3 Editorial – Tim Lomas
3 Primary Noticeboard – Tim Lomas
5 Britain and the wider world in Tudor times – Hilary Claire (Read article)
7 ‘No one else knows this’: Scottish primary schools using ICT to investigate local history – John W Robertson (Read article)
9 Monitoring, evaluating and...
Primary History 29
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Primary History 2
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
5 Back to Worrying – Paul Noble
5 History Update – NCC and SEAC
6 In My Opinion – Pat Hughes
7 Evacuation Day – Dave Martin and Andy Cobb
9 Televising the Tudors and Stuarts – Nick Whines
10 Conference Report – Sue Lynn
11 Hands on Experience –...
Primary History 2
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Primary History 1
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 News
5 No Worries - Paul Noble
6 School History Policy Statements - Tim Lomas
8 The Moluccan Spice Game - Patrick Wood and Ian Dawson
15 Resource Review
Primary History 1
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What can pupil voice tell us about perceptions of history?
Primary History article
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Salma Begum and Rachel Bruce explore the use of pupil...
What can pupil voice tell us about perceptions of history?
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Teaching black British history through local archives
Primary History article
The huge benefits that local archives can bring to primary history are explored by Steven Kenyon. He illustrates this with a case study of Lancashire Archives. The central focus is on ways in which local history can support diversity in the curriculum by providing three examples – one for Key Stage...
Teaching black British history through local archives
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Creating drawings and environmental narratives for developing historical thinking
Primary History article
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Maria Vlachaki explores her home city of Thessaloniki, Greece with...
Creating drawings and environmental narratives for developing historical thinking
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The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR)
Primary History article
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In a celebration of the 200-year anniversary of the Stockton...
The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR)
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Primary History 27
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
3 Editorial – Penelope Harnett
4 Primary Noticeboard – edited by Tim Lomas
5 Planning for diversity in the Key Stage 2 history curriculum – Hilary Claire
8 History in the Foundation Stage – Jayne Woodhouse (Read article)
9 Academic and teaching subject knowledge and the KS2 history classroom: adaptation...
Primary History 27
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Primary History 26
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
3 Primary Noticeboard – edited by Tim Lomas
7 Standards in primary history: onward and upward? A view from Ofsted – Scott Harrison (Read article)
10 Rhyd-y-Car cottages at St Fagans Museum of Welsh Life – Susanna Wood (Read article)
12 Asking the right questions. a study of the ability...
Primary History 26
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Ideas for Assemblies: Women in parliament
Article
A fundamental part of British values is our democracy. The system theoretically gives people equal rights because everyone is entitled to one vote that has the same value when placed in the ballot box. The progress made with regards to equal suffrage is an important aspect of teaching about democracy...
Ideas for Assemblies: Women in parliament
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Primary History 36: Through the viewfinder
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
3 Editorial
4 Primary Noticeboard
6 In My View: ‘History at Three. Over my Dead Body!’ – Hilary Cooper
8 Optional Assessment Materials for History at Key Stage 2 – Elin Jones
10 History co-ordinators’ dilemmas: Tim Lomas and Keith Dickson
12 A Load Of Rubbish: Using Victorian throwaways in...
Primary History 36: Through the viewfinder
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Beyond the classroom walls: museums and primary history
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum.
Apart from the difficulty of getting hold of a hard copy of the new National Curriculum framework, museum educators have little to worry about in the results of the curriculum review. The framework reveals few changes that will affect what museums have...
Beyond the classroom walls: museums and primary history
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Artificial intelligence’s ChatGPT program: a powerful tool for teaching 7- to 11-year-olds history
Primary History article
This article is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of teachers and subject leaders, join the Historical Association today
In Jon Nichol’s ‘Voice from the past’, he considers how...
Artificial intelligence’s ChatGPT program: a powerful tool for teaching 7- to 11-year-olds history
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Historical fiction and story: the informed imagination
Primary History article
Historical stories and fiction give full rein to children's imaginations and creativity. As such, they are a standard, major element in pupils' historical authoring.Writing history stories is stimulating, enjoyable and challenging. When using their historical imaginations children as authors have to be disciplined. They must work within the strict parameters...
Historical fiction and story: the informed imagination
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History through Drama, A Teachers' Guide - Revisited
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
It is now some seventeen years since the publication of our original pamphlet by the Historical Association [HA] as part of the Teaching of History Series (Wilson and Woodhouse, 1990). This article offers a personal review...
History through Drama, A Teachers' Guide - Revisited
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Drama and history: a theory for learning
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content and links may be outdated.
When I visit primary schools these days it heartens me to see how often drama is used in classroom teaching. Looking back over my own career, drama and role play have always been...
Drama and history: a theory for learning
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Case Study: Effectively using the census in the classroom
Primary History case study
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum.
The British government introduced the census in 1801 to count every man, woman and child in the UK. The Census has been repeated, with increasing detail, every 10 years, with the exception of 1941, since then. This gives us an amazing...
Case Study: Effectively using the census in the classroom
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Primary History 34: What the Dickens?
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
3 Editorial
4 Primary Noticeboard
6 In My View: Enjoying a good story – Paul Bracey
9 Breadth, Balance and the Literacy Hour – Roger Beard
11 “But why did Guy Fawkes try to blow up the king, Miss?” Investigating support for explanatory understanding in primary history books – A....
Primary History 34: What the Dickens?
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Pupils as apprentice historians (1) - History Detectives
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
The historian R.G. Collingwood inspired the Schools Council History Project [SC HP] that transformed the teaching of history in Britain from the early 1970s. The SC HP argued that pupils should be ‘apprentice' historians who developed the...
Pupils as apprentice historians (1) - History Detectives
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Primary History 24
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 Primary Update – Tim Lomas
6 The Odyssey: a musical and historical journey – Kevin Hamel
8 History and the literacy hour – Paul Silvera & Ian Cawood (Read article)
10 A treasure trove of local history: how to use your local record office – Jacqui Halewood (Read article)...
Primary History 24
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Belmont’s evacuee children: a local history project
Primary History article
Teaching about World War II, particularly the home front, continues to be popular in primary schools, despite the government deciding not to include it as a compulsory subject in the new National Curriculum introduced in 2014. Many primary schools still choose to organise an evacuee experience of some kind for pupils...
Belmont’s evacuee children: a local history project
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What is so important about interpretations?
Primary History article
Tim Lomas explores one of the key disciplinary concepts that form part of school history – that of interpretations and representations. This has been a staple of the National Curriculum since its inception. While many schools have a successful approach to it, others struggle. In this article Tim Lomas discusses its...
What is so important about interpretations?
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What’s in your pocket, Peg?
Primary History article
What’s in your pocket, Peg? is a story book about Jersey which experienced German occupation throughout most of World War II. We wanted to create a book that appealed to children across different primary age groups, helping them to imagine the first-hand life experiences of a child alive at that time. The...
What’s in your pocket, Peg?
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Primary History 23
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 Primary Update – Tim Lomas
6 The Historical Association’s response to the Curriculum 2000 proposals – Tim Lomas (Read article)
7 John Fines, a tribute to our past president – John Nichol
8 Any place for a database in the teaching and learning of history at KS1? – Lez...
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