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  • Assessment and feedback in history

      Primary History article
    Every year schools need to produce a statutory annual report for parents and carers, setting out ‘brief particulars of achievements in all subjects and activities forming part of the school curriculum’. This should include the strengths and developmental needs of each child. In a subject such as history, how do...
    Assessment and feedback in history
  • Teaching the Romans in Britain: a study focusing on Hadrian’s Wall

      Primary History article
    The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain is a unit of work in the Key Stage 2 history curriculum – and focusing on Hadrian’s Wall is one of the optional aspects suggested for study; although I would argue that the ‘successful invasion and conquest by Claudius’ aspect should be...
    Teaching the Romans in Britain: a study focusing on Hadrian’s Wall
  • Primary History summer resource 2020: Historical Fiction

      Article
    This year's free summer resource for primary members explores historical fiction and how we can use it in our teaching and learning. Historical fiction can be a potent tool for creating a ‘sense of period’, immersing us in the past through the power of narrative. When studying a particular historical period,...
    Primary History summer resource 2020: Historical Fiction
  • Music and history combine at Key Stage 2

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Section 1: Introduction Music is a powerful, emotive subject to enrich Historical, Geographical and Social Understanding. The Historical Association has a long and proud tradition of working closely with the Schools Music Association. In 2005, to...
    Music and history combine at Key Stage 2
  • Is primary history thriving?

      Article
    The 2022 Historical Association survey of primary schools drew a good response. The results have been evaluated. The full report has been published on the website but this article summarises the main findings and suggested strategies to take the subject further. Its findings help direct the resources of the HA....
    Is primary history thriving?
  • Primary History summer resource 2021: Using historical sources

      Primary member resource
    This year's free summer resource for primary members looks at using historical sources with primary pupils. Introducing children to sources is an important part of understanding the disciplinary nature of history. One of the key ideas we need to get pupils to understand is that history is based on sources, which...
    Primary History summer resource 2021: Using historical sources
  • Active learners: classroom strategies for enhancing history teaching

      Primary History article
    Lindsey Rawes has provided a range of activities which she uses with children to engage them in developing their historical knowledge and understanding. She has included retrieval practice, engaging children as detectives when looking at artefacts, and evaluating the understanding of historical questions through card sorts, considering similarities and differences, and using...
    Active learners: classroom strategies for enhancing history teaching
  • Primary History 98

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    05 Editorial (Read article) 06 Who is in charge? – Helen Crawford and Karin Doull (Read article) 10 Building history connections with the local community: how one Quality Mark School showed that ambition reaps rewards – Rachael Gorczyca (Read article) 14 Musings and misconceptions about Remembrance Day – Susie Townsend...
    Primary History 98
  • Significance and interpretation in primary history

      Primary History article
    The terms ‘significance’ and ‘interpretation’ often go hand in hand with one another, but what do each of them mean and why is it that they fit together? Understanding both terms separately and how historians use interpretation to identify what is significant in history, and why historians cast their interpretations as to what...
    Significance and interpretation in primary history
  • Primary History 97 – Out now

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    Read Primary History 97 Dear Colleagues, We hope that you like our new approach to Primary History. We are building on what we have provided in the past editions by increasing our emphasis on classroom application including some pictures of children undertaking historical tasks. We are delighted that this edition...
    Primary History 97 – Out now
  • The world at our feet: a history of shoes

      Primary History article
    From the moment we start to walk, shoes become an ever-present part of our daily life, protecting our feet from damage, moisture, heat and cold, expressing our personality and fashion tastes and enabling us to carry out a variety of activities both safely and effectively. Shoes are an essential part...
    The world at our feet: a history of shoes
  • Exploring the history of our place with very young children

      Primary History article
    Karin Doull considers how we can develop historical thinking in the Early Years in this article about locality and place. Karin offers helpful suggestions for developing historical vocabulary and assessing understanding. How can we seek to encourage Foundation Stage children to engage with historical thinking and processes? What appears to...
    Exploring the history of our place with very young children
  • Using stories to support history in the EYFS

      Primary History article
    Stories can be used as starting points for planning topics. Activities suggested below relate to ‘Understanding the world’ including Early Learning Goal 13 – People and communities:  Children talk about past and present events in their own lives and in the lives of family members. They know about similarities and...
    Using stories to support history in the EYFS
  • Writing history

      Primary History article
    Writing, composition, is the hallmark of the historian - and a central aspect of pupils' historical education. So, who better to describe what being a writer of history entails than the president of the Historical Association...
    Writing history
  • Pandemics in history: similarity and difference

      Primary History article
    I was inspired to put pen to paper to include an article putting Coronavirus in some sort of historical perspective after reading Peter Frankopan’s article in The Times newspaper on 28 March. The article entitled ‘Pandemics are terrifying but they can make the world better’ is written by Peter Frankopan...
    Pandemics in history: similarity and difference
  • Using inventories in Key Stage 2 history

      Primary History article
    Continuing the focus on using historical sources, this article by Clare Lally introduces us to the use of historical inventories. Using examples from the Tudor period, Clare considers how inventories can be used to explore diversity of experience between rich and poor. At every stage of historical enquiry, from primary...
    Using inventories in Key Stage 2 history
  • Primary History 84

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    04 Editorial (Read article for free) 05 HA Primary News 08 Using stories to support early history skills and understanding in the EYFS – Sandra Kirkland (Read article) 10 Democratising history lessons in Key Stage 1: how pupil voice shapes history teaching and learning in our school – Stuart Boydell...
    Primary History 84
  • Primary History 62: History & ICT

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    Editorial and In My View 04 Editorial 05 Using ICT to develop pupils' historical knowledge, understa nding and thinking the view from Ofsted - Michael Maddison HMI 06 The digital revolution - Jerome Freeman (Read article) 07 History, ICT and the digital age - Ben Walsh (Read article) Features 08 Diogenes:...
    Primary History 62: History & ICT
  • Using apps in the history curriculum

      Primary History article
    There are a lot of apps out there on multiple platforms and searching for ‘History’ does not really narrow anything down. Knowing which ones are useful, usable and worth paying for is often a case of trial and error. However, this list will save you trawling through the myriad of...
    Using apps in the history curriculum
  • Primary History 88

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    04 Editorial (Read article for free) 05 HA Primary News 06 HA Update 10 How to make a toy museum – Jenny Wilkie (Read article) 12 Arthur Wharton: the world’s first professional black footballer – Matthew Sossick (Read article) 16 Just a pile of stones? Exploring the Rollright Stones as...
    Primary History 88
  • Knowledge-rich approaches to history

      Primary History article
    In recent years, there has been growing support from policy makers in England for knowledge-rich curricula which view subjects like history as having cultural capital that all pupils should have access to regardless of background. The work of E.D. Hirsch has been particularly influential in arguing that a lack of...
    Knowledge-rich approaches to history
  • Teaching the Wars of the Roses in primary history

      Primary History article
    The Tudors is a relatively popular topic for those Key Stage 2 teachers looking at a theme extending beyond 1066. In this article Matthew Sossick argues that there is a large gap in understanding if pupils understand nothing of how the Tudors emerged as such a dominant dynasty. This means...
    Teaching the Wars of the Roses in primary history
  • Primary History 83

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    04 Editorial (Read article for free) 05 HA Primary News 08 Developing early history skills and understanding through the EYFS – Emily Dickenson (Read article) 12 Teaching sensitive subjects: slavery and Britain’s role in the trade – Susie Townsend (Read article) 18 The Elizabeth cake – Sandra Kirkland (Read article) 21 Turning Technology:...
    Primary History 83
  • The role of oracy in primary history

      Primary History article
    East-the-Water is a primary school in Bideford, Devon. It has recently been awarded a Gold Award Quality Mark. Among many strong features, one was the emphasis on using oracy effectively in history. In this article, Kelly Bridle outlines its role, especially in connecting periods and events across the history curriculum using a range of connectors,...
    The role of oracy in primary history
  • Back to basics: using maps in primary history

      Primary History article
    Maps tend to be more associated with geography but they have always been vital to history. This article focuses on the way maps have evolved in history, what they provide for the historian and ways in which they can be used when teaching primary history. A chronological account of the...
    Back to basics: using maps in primary history