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  • ‘It’s a great big ship!’: Teaching the Titanic at Key Stage 1

      Article
    Edith Haisman, a 15-year-old passenger on the Titanic, exclaimed, ‘It’s a great big ship!’ when she first caught sight of it. Similar excitement could be generated among your pupils by incorporating a study of the Titanic into your curriculum. If you are tired of teaching about the Great Fire of...
    ‘It’s a great big ship!’: Teaching the Titanic at Key Stage 1

  • Is There a Place for The Holocaust in the Primary Curriculum?

      Article
    The Holocaust – the murder of approximately six million Jewish men, women and children by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during the Second World War – is possibly the most difficult event that any history teacher will ever have to teach. Most obviously, it can be deeply upsetting, for educators...
    Is There a Place for The Holocaust in the Primary Curriculum?

  • Early Years: Learning about the Past through 'People Who Help Us'

      Article
    'People who help us’ is a popular learning theme in the Foundation Stage. It helps children develop their knowledge of the world around them and understand how they are part of a local and wider community. Aspects of this theme can also provide opportunities for children to develop their understanding...
    Early Years: Learning about the Past through 'People Who Help Us'

  • Learning about the past through a study of houses and homes

      Primary History article
    A thematic study based on houses and homes is an excellent way to link learning about the past with something all children will be able to relate to – where they live. Planned carefully, it can provide a range of learning opportunities for both inside and outside the classroom. Let’s look outside Learning about houses...
    Learning about the past through a study of houses and homes

  • Teaching and learning through personal, family and local history

      E-CPD
    N.B. This unit was produced before the 2014 curriculum and therefore while much of the advice is still useful, there may be some out of date references or links.  This unit is concerned with the way that primary age pupils can make use of their own personal, family and local history...
    Teaching and learning through personal, family and local history

  • Online CPD Unit: Creativity in the History Classroom

      E-CPD
    Oh no - not more extended writing! Firing pupil motivation through creative tasking. This E-CPD unit considers the issues departments needs to consider in planning for both challenging and engaging history. The example of teaching below comes from the Historical Association Key Stage 2-3 History transition project website (2005).  The...
    Online CPD Unit: Creativity in the History Classroom

  • Using the back cover image: Exploring the collections of Victorian naturalists

      Primary History feature
    Many museums around the country house natural history collections that offer children the opportunity to engage with a wide variety of species from around the world. Using the collections of Victorian explorers and naturalists offers children a historical perspective with a cross-curricular approach which has a great appeal. Yet for...
    Using the back cover image: Exploring the collections of Victorian naturalists

  • Ideas for Assemblies: Empowering pupils to understand the First World War

      Article
    Remembering the Battle of the Somme and other events within the First World War will be popular features of primary assemblies as part of the centenary commemorations. Yet primary teachers are often concerned about how to explore a topic as challenging as the First World War with such a young...
    Ideas for Assemblies: Empowering pupils to understand the First World War

  • Lions of the Great War: How are Sikh soldiers of the First World War seen today?

      Primary History scheme of work
    Lions of the Great War? How are Sikh soldiers of the First World War seen today?This Key Stage Three History scheme of work focuses in depth on the contribution of Sikh soldiers from the Indian subcontinent fighting on behalf of the UK between 1914 and 1918. It is designed to...
    Lions of the Great War: How are Sikh soldiers of the First World War seen today?

  • Resourcing primary history: How to avoid going for any old thing

      Primary History article
    The recent survey of history teaching in primary schools conducted by the Historical Association revealed that the majority of respondents felt that they were short of resources to teach the revised National Curriculum. Not surprisingly most schools look to find resources that do the job cheaply. It is a truism...
    Resourcing primary history: How to avoid going for any old thing

  • Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People

      Historian article
    Much research has been devoted in recent years to Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People (EH), completed in 731 at the joint monastery of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow; but in one crucial respect little progress has been made: the editing of the text. The excellent edition published by Charles Plummer in 1896...
    Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People

  • History in the Foundation Stage

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. In September 2000, the introduction of a foundation stage for children aged three to the end of the reception year was widely welcomed for the way in which it confirmed a distinct identity for the early years in education. The recent guidance...
    History in the Foundation Stage

  • WWI primary book reviews: The Christmas Truce and Where the Poppies Now Grow

      Two illustrated stories of the First World War by Hilary Robinson & Martin Impey
    The Christmas Truce ‘It's Christmas Eve 1914. A group of tired soldiers start singing Stille Nacht. Soldiers the other side of No Man's Land respond with Silent Night. The next day, soldiers on both sides put down their weapons and celebrate Christmas Day with a friendly football match.' This heart-warming...
    WWI primary book reviews: The Christmas Truce and Where the Poppies Now Grow

  • What are the reasons for linking art and history?

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content and links may be outdated. Visual images, paintings, sculpture, photographs, cartoons from past times are important historical sources. Accordingly, Simon Schama embeds visual images and imagery in his historical oeuvre, not primarily as illustration but as a crucial...
    What are the reasons for linking art and history?

  • Teaching history through photographs in the internet and digital age

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content and links may be outdated. Images allow us to step back in time and ask important historical questions such as ‘Were the Victorians just like us?' Growing digitisation and the spread of the internet allow teachers and learners...
    Teaching history through photographs in the internet and digital age

  • The Shang: What can we tell about an ancient civilisation from one tomb?

      Primary History article
    The Shang Dynasty of China, based around the Yellow River area, is regarded as the first Chinese dynasty that we have written evidence for. It was established in around 1760 BC when Tang set up his capital in the city of Bo. Over the next 600 or 700 years the Shang Empire grew and shrank,...
    The Shang: What can we tell about an ancient civilisation from one tomb?

  • Ideas for Assemblies: the role of the international community in the First World War

      Article
    As part of our First World War centenary-themed assemblies, in the last issue of Primary History we focused on the importance of the local dimension. Here we have chosen to look at the role of the international community in the First World War. This approach reflects and celebrates our multi-cultural...
    Ideas for Assemblies: the role of the international community in the First World War

  • Using the back cover image: Sandbach Crosses - an Anglo-Saxon market cross

      Primary History feature
    This image is a reconstruction, or interpretation, by Peter Dunn, an artist, of what Sandbach Crosses might have looked like in the ninth century. They are one of the few remaining Anglo-Saxon stone crosses in the country. They stand in the market place in Sandbach, Cheshire. You can find a...
    Using the back cover image: Sandbach Crosses - an Anglo-Saxon market cross

  • The 2014 History National Curriculum: how to get the best from heritage

      Primary History article
    We all know that site visits are good for children - not least because they give a break from the normal school routine - and there are a plethora of heritage sites both local and national that are able to offer facilities for school visits. But we also know that...
    The 2014 History National Curriculum: how to get the best from heritage

  • History and the National Primary Strategy

      Primary History article
    The Historical Association poses a series of questions to the Director of the Primary National Strategy, Kevan Collins.
    History and the National Primary Strategy

  • Ideas on the Shape, Size and Movements of the Earth - Pamphlet

      Classic Pamphlet
    This classic pamphlet takes you through some of the key ideas on the shape, size and movements of the Earth as they changed over time from classical cosmology to the work of Galileo and Isaac Newton.
    Ideas on the Shape, Size and Movements of the Earth - Pamphlet

  • Out and About First World War memorials in the heart of London

      Historian feature
    The First World War had an enormous impact on society and on our landscape, perhaps not through war damage as was the case during the Second World War but through the erection of memorials. It doesn't matter where I am in the UK and often when abroad I will find...
    Out and About First World War memorials in the heart of London

  • Scheme of Work: How did the civilisation of Egypt wax and wane?

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (unresourced)
    This teaching toolkit takes a fresh new look at this much-taught topic and provides the basis for a rigorous enquiry led approach for children in key stage 2. Packed full of ideas and links to resources, this toolkit provides a step by step guide to teaching the Egyptians from why...
    Scheme of Work: How did the civilisation of Egypt wax and wane?

  • Getting Started with Drama: The Roses of Eyam 1665

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. If you are a little nervous of using drama in your history lessons, here is a safe way to start but look out for the many opportunities that arise for developing empathy, personal opinion, understanding of...
    Getting Started with Drama: The Roses of Eyam 1665

  • Podcast Series: Goths, Huns and the fall of the Roman Empire

      Multipage Article
    In this series of podcasts Professor Peter Heather of King's College London looks at the history of the Goths, the Huns, the division of the Roman Empire and the fall of the Roman Empire.
    Podcast Series: Goths, Huns and the fall of the Roman Empire