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  • Place-names and the National Curriculum for History

      Primary History article
    Place-names, such as house or school names, are infinite in number and all around us. Every place-name may convey a message about the place. Often place-names record and celebrate local and national people, events and incidents, define what a place looked like in the past and how we used to...
    Place-names and the National Curriculum for History
  • Slavery in Britain

      Primary History article
    Images reflect the social customs and attitudes of the society in which they are produced, and we may nowdisapprove of these attitudes. Conversely, our own ideas of what is right and wrong may well have been unacceptable in the past. Among these are the rights accorded to children, the disabled,...
    Slavery in Britain
  • In My View: Creativity & History

      Article
    Introduction A great deal has been written recently defining what is meant by creativity in primary education. And much has been written urging us to ‘teach creatively'. Yet there had been no exploration of what teaching creatively means in terms of teaching history until a group of colleagues and I...
    In My View: Creativity & History
  • History, ICT and the digital age

      Primary History article
    Three things are important 1.Don't fall for the hype You are not a bad teacher if you are not using a lot of technology in history or any other area! Research evidence does not support many of the claims made about technology." Most of the evidence we have is anecdotal...
    History, ICT and the digital age
  • Drama and story telling

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Everyone loves a story - especially a story well told. To encourage learning all primary teachers should consider the creative art of telling a story, as well as developing a variety of ways of interacting through...
    Drama and story telling
  • Case Study: Working with gifted and talented children at an Iron Age hill fort in north Somerset

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.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...
    Case Study: Working with gifted and talented children at an Iron Age hill fort in north Somerset
  • Creating effective history displays

      Primary History article
    Having been an history co-ordinator for over 15 years, I was fortunate enough to be able to plan a wide range of history displays which covered multiple periods. I enjoyed it because, for me, it provided the opportunity to inspire, inform and provoke a response. When preparing a display, I would...
    Creating effective history displays
  • Your first year as a history subject leader

      HA Primary Subject Leader Area
    Although the emphasis on good practice changes over time, research over many years has identified some key characteristics of effective subject leadership that enjoy universal consensus. This practical piece from Rob Nixon and Tim Lomas reflects much of this recognised good practice. They offer some general principles you will find...
    Your first year as a history subject leader
  • Film: Primary History and the Ofsted Inspection Framework

      Article
    In May of 2021, Ofsted published a blog post of findings from visits carried out to 24 different primary schools in order to gather evidence as to the quality of history education provided by these outstanding schools. You can find the blog here: https://educationinspection.blog.gov.uk/2021/04/27/history-in-outstanding-primary-schools/  Areas of both strength and improvement were outlined, although the...
    Film: Primary History and the Ofsted Inspection Framework
  • Using the back cover image: Mummified cat

      Primary History feature
    For hundreds of years, travellers to Egypt have marvelled at the amazing monuments evident throughout the country. The treasures of Ancient Egypt became more fascinating after  the discovery of the Rosetta stone in 1799, which led to the deciphering of the hieroglyphic language. Many Victorian explorers returned to their European...
    Using the back cover image: Mummified cat
  • English Heritage's Heritage Explorer

      Primary History article
    Diogenes - Waving not drowning: English Heritage's Heritage Explorer [THINK BUBBLE, has burst, r.i.p... Diogenes, a curmudgeonly Ancient Greek cynic, has taken its place. The original Grumpy Old Man Diogenes typically looks back to a mythical golden age] Introduction Unfortunately I'm old enough to remember a time when primary school...
    English Heritage's Heritage Explorer
  • Objects and visual image exemplar: toys and games

      Exemplar
    This was a half-term cross-curricular topic with a mixed Year 1/2 class. It focused on forces in science, storytelling in English, and objects and pictures in history. The children in the class had a wide range of abilities, with a large number having very poor expressive language. Therefore many of...
    Objects and visual image exemplar: toys and games
  • Identifying the potential of history in teaching Citizenship at KS1 and KS2

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Following the publication of the QCA guide ‘Citizenship and PSHE at KS1 & 2’ (QCA:2000) which identified history as being a suitable vehicle for the teaching of the non-statutory citizenship framework in primary schools, and...
    Identifying the potential of history in teaching Citizenship at KS1 and KS2
  • Mid-Ulster Your Place and Mine (Bursary Project)

      Local Study
    Keith Wysner, Principal of Knockloughrim Primary School, Magherafelt, Northern Ireland was awarded a £900 grant from the Historical Association's Joan Lewin fund for his Bursary Project entitled Mid Ulster Your Place & Mine. The project focused on 10 & 11 year olds in the rural Protestant communities of Knockloughrim & Maghera...
    Mid-Ulster Your Place and Mine (Bursary Project)