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  • 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

  • Significant anniversaries: the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb

      Primary History article
    “At last have made wonderful discovery in Valley; a magnificent tomb with seals intact; re-covered same for your arrival; congratulation.” When Howard Carter sent these words via telegram to his friend and patron Sir George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon on 6 November 1922, he had yet to fully appreciate...
    Significant anniversaries: the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb

  • One of my favourite history places: Luxor, Egypt

      Primary History feature
    History teacher in Cairo; oh, my word! Living in Cairo for the past four years enabled me to explore the country to a degree not possible as a visitor. Based in Maadi to the south of the old Islamic city, I live about 20 minutes’ walk from the Nile. A...
    One of my favourite history places: Luxor, Egypt

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 92

      The Gunpowder Plot; Epitaph
    The Gunpowder Plot Epitaph
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 92

  • Exploring the past through active enquiry

      Primary History article
    Story and enquiry – that’s what I think of when considering history. The stories of events and people pull you into the past and stories generate a curiosity that encourages exploration. ‘Finding out’ is central to what we do in history. Our early-years classrooms must provide vibrant and challenging environments...
    Exploring the past through active enquiry

  • Bringing an archaeologist into the classroom

      Primary History article
    The past as represented in school history textbooks and websites is adapted to meet the needs of primary-aged children, but the knowledge on which this depends derives from detailed academic research. Engaging children with historians and archaeologists can show them how we learn about and construct our understanding of history...
    Bringing an archaeologist into the classroom

  • Wangari Maathai as a significant individual

      Primary History article
    "Instead of a curriculum where race, gender and disability are mainly rooted in victim narratives, include positive representation. Go beyond teaching slavery and the Holocaust or gender narratives of victimhood…Actively use examples and narratives countering this dominance." Bennie Kara, (2021, p.59) The 2014 National Curriculum for history sets out that children...
    Wangari Maathai as a significant individual

  • Trade – lifeblood of the empire: how trade affected life in Roman Britain

      Primary History article
    The Ofsted Research Review: History highlights the importance of developing children’s understanding of key substantive concepts, ideas that are woven through historical content such as settlement, invasion, power. Children’s understanding grows more complex as they encounter these ideas in different contexts, enabling children to grow increasingly sophisticated schemas that support future...
    Trade – lifeblood of the empire: how trade affected life in Roman Britain

  • What’s in a road? Local history at Early Years and Key Stage 1

      Primary History article
    One of the many amazing things about History is that it can be found in everything; even the smallest or most mundane objects can provide an insight into how life has changed or provide a greater understanding of a different period in time. Late October last year as the light...
    What’s in a road? Local history at Early Years and Key Stage 1

  • One of my favourite history places: Neuschwanstein Castle

      Primary History feature
    Visiting Neuschwanstein Castle is a dramatic if seemingly unreal experience and for this reason it is one of my favourite historical sites. The castle is situated on the slopes of the Alps in Bavaria, close to the village of Hohenschwangau, overlooking low-lying plains to the north. The ornate turrets, Romanesque windows...
    One of my favourite history places: Neuschwanstein Castle

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 90

      Timeline of Queen Elizabeth II; Queen and Commonwealth
    Timeline of Queen Elizabeth II Queen and Commonwealth
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 90

  • Using ancient monuments to help teach about pre-Roman times in Britain

      Primary History article
    It is inconceivable that anyone teaching ancient Britain has not used some of the famous sites such as Stonehenge, Avebury, Skara Brae, the Ring of Brodgar or Stones of Stenness. They are vital sources of information for this period of history and the teaching usually introduces the element of mystery...
    Using ancient monuments to help teach about pre-Roman times in Britain

  • How an atlas and a very old map can help us make sense of the ancient Greeks

      Primary History article
    The ancient Greeks were a maritime people – they travelled and traded vast distances by sea, but rarely left sight of land. They were also a very divided nation. Separate city states fiercely guarded their independence, only uniting [sometimes!] to fight against a common enemy like the Persians. The Greeks all...
    How an atlas and a very old map can help us make sense of the ancient Greeks

  • Female migration to Australia

      Primary History article
    The Hyde Park Barracks, in Sydney, has a layered history. Designed by Francis Greenway (a convict architect) it was built between 1817 and 1819 by convict labour. Over the next three decades an estimated 50,000 male convicts passed through – some stayed for years, others days or only hours before...
    Female migration to Australia

  • Ukraine, children and schools

      Primary History article
    Children of different ages and maturity will have different levels of understanding and capacity for processing the information unfolding in Ukraine. Children under the age of five may have a very limited understanding of the conflict in Ukraine. If your young child asks you a question about what is happening, you...
    Ukraine, children and schools

  • One of my favourite history places: Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds

      Primary History article
    When I was born my family lived in Kirkstall close to the Abbey and Abbey House Museum. We moved to Ireland Wood not long after this photograph was taken (I am the small one in the middle) but if we ever had a day out in the city we would...
    One of my favourite history places: Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds

  • Playing in the pandemic: Introducing the Play Observatory

      Primary History article
    What happens to children’s play in a global pandemic? In 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic was sweeping across the world, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from University College London and the University of Sheffield was beginning to plan a project to address this central question. We began with history in...
    Playing in the pandemic: Introducing the Play Observatory

  • Addressing the issues of knowledge, skills and understanding

      Article
    This section explores some of the key ideas and activities for time, causation, interpretations, enquiry and significance. There are also some ideas on how history can be linked with literacy.
    Addressing the issues of knowledge, skills and understanding

  • Progression in history and adapting work to the needs of different children

      Article
    This section deals with some of the general issues of progression and differentiation in the subject. The level descriptions provide the characteristics of progression in history and teachers should consider progress against these. However, progression is no simple issue and it can be looked at in different ways.
    Progression in history and adapting work to the needs of different children

  • Some teaching and learning strategies

      Article
    The history of the community is an important aspect of history in both key stages but is rarely something that can just be taken off the shelf. Wherever possible, local history should be used to link different periods of history. The specific Key Stage 2 unit should be an investigation...
    Some teaching and learning strategies

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 89

      Vikings in 'these islands'; Ancient Greece
    Where did the Vikings go to in ‘these islands’? Ancient Greece – Did you know…?
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 89

  • How have schools interpreted the new EYFS Framework?

      Primary History article
    The new Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Framework became statutory from this September (2021). Although the seven areas of learning and development remain unchanged (including Understanding the World), the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) have changed within each of these areas. These new ELGs have been written so that they are...
    How have schools interpreted the new EYFS Framework?

  • Whatever did the Greeks do for us?

      Primary History article
    The National Curriculum asks us to help our children to study ‘Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world’ [DfE 2013]. Lots of books explore the ancient Greeks [see, for example, Ancient Greece by Alf Wilkinson, Collins Primary Histories, published in 2019]. It is a familiar topic....
    Whatever did the Greeks do for us?

  • Key Stage 2 – Key Stage 3: Transition

      Primary History article
    Often, primary schools and secondary schools are seen as separate entities. But why? At primary, is it our responsibility to nurture our children and to encourage them only until they finish their primary education after the Year 6 SATs? Do we then just wave goodbye as they embark on their...
    Key Stage 2 – Key Stage 3: Transition

  • How can we make effective use of the census in the primary history classroom?

      Primary History article
    If there is a list of sources that teachers are likely to be familiar with, it is almost certain that the census will be included. In part this is because this is something that we all participate directly in anyway so it has a personal resonance. It can hold a...
    How can we make effective use of the census in the primary history classroom?