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  • Emerging historians in the outdoors

      Primary History article
    I love history and I love the outdoors. I often find myself wondering who has walked down the same worn cobbled path, or climbed the same rickety stile. I am intrigued about a toy car I found in the garden, and speculate about who it might have belonged to. I...
    Emerging historians in the outdoors

  • Happy 200th birthday Florence Nightingale!

      Primary History article
    2020 is undoubtedly going to be an important year in the nursing world and is a significant historical anniversary. The World Health Organisation has declared it the ‘Year of the Nurse and Midwife’ in part because Florence Nightingale, the famous ‘Lady with the Lamp’, will be celebrating her 200th birthday...
    Happy 200th birthday Florence Nightingale!

  • Embedding progress in historical vocabulary teaching

      Primary History article
    The current focus on a knowledge-rich curriculum, in which the intent and impact should be clearly identified, has seen many subject leaders scrutinising and reworking the history curriculum within their contexts. As part of this, specific vocabulary, be it conceptual or otherwise, has been highlighted, and word lists are appearing...
    Embedding progress in historical vocabulary teaching

  • Film: Write your own historical fiction

      Webinar
    Film: Write your own historical fiction

  • One of my favourite history places: Glastonbury

      Primary History feature
    Glastonbury, whether as a fleeting glimpse across the Somerset Levels from the M5, or up close and personal, walking within the town, holds a power that goes some way towards explaining why it has been of interest to so many people across its history. There are certain places that seem...
    One of my favourite history places: Glastonbury

  • The history of medicine – warts and all – for Key Stage 2

      Primary History article
    The story of the history of medicine is HUGE! In fact, it’s a story within story within a story… You only have to note the substantial amounts that have been written on the subject in the past, to realise that this is a story that could baffle and perplex even...
    The history of medicine – warts and all – for Key Stage 2

  • Leading History in an Independent School

      HA Primary Subject Leader Area
    In this piece Stuart explores some of the key considerations when leading history in an independent school, including the potential benefits and drawbacks of forging links with other schools, how you can use history to enrich the curriculum in the school, improving the level of CPD in your school, and...
    Leading History in an Independent School

  • Writing a History Policy

      HA Primary Subject Leader Area
    In this piece Bev explains why it’s important for history subject leaders to develop a whole school policy for history, key pieces of information you may want to include, and the need to review the policy on a periodic basis. It also includes two exemplars policies for you to review...
    Writing a History Policy

  • EYFS: What does good curriculum provision look like?

      HA Primary Subject Leader Area
    In this joint piece, Helen and Rob explore the EYFS Development Matters framework and its relevance to developing children’s understanding of the past. Helen suggests some key resources and approaches which work well in EYFS as well as some key questions to frame discussions with early years staff. Rob shares...
    EYFS: What does good curriculum provision look like?

  • 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

  • Film: Widening horizons within, and beyond, the taught curriculum

      London History Forum Keynote 2019
    The film below was taken at the London History Forum: Widening Perspectives which took place on Thursday 25 April 2019 at the UCL Institute of Education and features Will Bailey-Watson (subject lead for PGCE History at the University of Reading).The renewed emphasis on curriculum in many schools is giving history teachers a...
    Film: Widening horizons within, and beyond, the taught curriculum

  • Turning technology: making life better in Iron Age Britain

      Primary History article
    So who were the people living in Britain in the Iron Age? The Iron Age describes the period in Britain when the use of iron became widespread. It ranged from 800 BC to AD 43 and the invasion by the Roman Empire. The people of Iron Age Britain were part of...
    Turning technology: making life better in Iron Age Britain

  • Film: EYFS - how to teach the past without teaching history

      Primary History Workshop, Annual Conference 2019
    In this workshop Helen Crawford of the University of Northampton explores how creating a class memory box can encourage young children to ‘talk about past and present events in their own lives’.
    Film: EYFS - how to teach the past without teaching history

  • The Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings: push, pull, cause and consequence

      Primary History article
    The Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings shaped British history in ways that are directly relevant to us today and inform our language, laws and culture. Without them we would not have some of our greatest stories, heroes and artefacts. The recent exhibition at the British Library on the Anglo-Saxons is testament...
    The Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings: push, pull, cause and consequence

  • Historical anniversaries calendar

      Article
    Historical anniversaries can be a great way to get children and young people interested in a subject or to raise awareness about a particular issue. This resource is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality history and education resources along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of...
    Historical anniversaries calendar

  • Film: Primary History at greater depth

      Primary History Workshop Annual Conference 2019
    This primary workshop took place at at the Historical Association Annual Conference, Chester, May 2019. In this session, Stuart explored the principles of how working at greater depth can be applied into history units of work to allow the most able of learners to excel and fully reach their potential in history...
    Film: Primary History at greater depth

  • Continuing your professional development as an early career history teacher

      Guidance for primary school teachers
    This document is designed for those in years 2-4 of their career who are teaching history. Its primary purpose is to nurture subject-specific career development immediately after the NQT year. Working with these ideas will help prepare an early career teacher for HA Chartered Teacher of History status in the...
    Continuing your professional development as an early career history teacher

  • Primary History Summer Resource 2019: Diversity

      Primary History resource
    This free summer resource for primary members is designed to help primary subject leaders and teachers consider the implications of developing a school policy for teaching of diversity in history. This comprehensive guide provides timely advice and considers questions associated with teaching diversity and provides a rationale for its essential role in providing an understanding...
    Primary History Summer Resource 2019: Diversity

  • Pull-out Posters: Primary History 82

      Anglo-Saxon daily life
    These images help to tell us more about Anglo-Saxon daily life.
    Pull-out Posters: Primary History 82

  • Getting to grips with concepts in primary history

      Primary History article
    Perhaps one of the most perplexing aspects of teaching history is the fostering of conceptual understanding. History subject leaders often find this a challenging issue. Even if they have a decent grasp themselves, it can be difficult for others in the school who have to teach the subject. Over recent...
    Getting to grips with concepts in primary history

  • Up Pompeii: studying a significant event at Key Stage 1

      Primary History article
    ‘The ashes now began to fall upon us, though in no great quantity. I looked back; a dense dark mist seemed to be following us, spreading itself over the country like a cloud … We had scarcely sat down when night came upon us not such as we have when...
    Up Pompeii: studying a significant event at Key Stage 1

  • Using a house for your local history study

      Primary History article
    A house can be an extremely effective focus for learning about the past, giving us insights into changes to domestic and social life.  We can explore how different inventions (e.g. electric lighting, washing machines, televisions) have changed the way we live, and we can look at some of the ways...
    Using a house for your local history study

  • Trade and pilgrimage in the Abbasid Caliphate

      Primary History article
    The Abbasid Caliphate stretched from North Africa across to Afghanistan and the North West Frontier. Within the caliphate there were movements of people, goods and ideas. The golden period of this early Islamic caliphate was around 900 AD. As the caliphs were building a major trading empire across the Middle...
    Trade and pilgrimage in the Abbasid Caliphate

  • Rethinking the Stone Age to Bronze Age

      Primary History article
    Every so often archaeologists make a discovery that forces you to sit up and take notice. It might challenge our traditional view of the period, or accepted beliefs about how people lived their everyday lives. One such discovery was made in the 1980s when an amateur archaeologist discovered some flint tools...
    Rethinking the Stone Age to Bronze Age

  • One of my favourite history places: Chichester's Roman walls

      Primary History feature
    One of my favourite places to explore are the Roman walls that encircle the city of Chichester. The walls help to offer glimpses into the distant past and act as a constant reminder of the legacy left by the Roman Empire.
    One of my favourite history places: Chichester's Roman walls