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  • Ideas for assemblies: significant women in history

      Primary History feature
    For this edition we have chosen an overarching theme of significant women in history to link your assemblies. We have also looked for a link between the women to the month in which your assembly is being delivered. A common approach when introducing each of the women could be to...
    Ideas for assemblies: significant women in history

  • 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?

  • Pull-out Posters: Primary History 68

      Britain and World timeline 2000BC to 0BC; The Dark Ages
    Pull-out Posters: Primary History 68

  • Portchester Saxon settlement

      Article
    One way to use this image would be to focus on continuity and change. Portchester's history is that of a settlement which has passed through the hands of the Romans, Saxons, Normans and onwards. As a result, the appearance and purpose of the settlement has changed over time. One way...
    Portchester Saxon settlement

  • Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the kingdom of England

      Primary History Article
    The Vikings will be familiar territory to many primary teachers. For many, therefore, this section of the history curriculum should cause fewer headaches than others. This does not mean, however, that it is all straightforward. This article contains a number of elements that teachers might welcome including a timeline of...
    Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the kingdom of England

  • Using 'Development Matters' in the Foundation stage

      Primary History article
    Using ‘Development Matters' to plan learning for history in the Foundation stage You won't find the term history in the Early Years curriculum framework at all. That being so, it can be difficult to know how best to support our Nursery and Reception colleagues when developing historical understanding within the...
    Using 'Development Matters' in the Foundation stage

  • Pull-out Posters: Primary History 67

      Britain and World timeline, 0BC to present
    Pull-out Posters: Primary History 67

  • History through connecting classrooms in Bradford and Peshawar, Pakistan

      Primary History article
    Editorial note: In this inspiring, teacher-led, crossphase project, pupils and teachers from eight schools in Bradford and Peshawar shared and learned about the histories of Bradford and Pakistan. The British Council’s Connecting Classrooms Scheme funded the project. The article below focuses on the primary dimension. In 2008 three representatives from Bradford...
    History through connecting classrooms in Bradford and Peshawar, Pakistan

  • Britain's settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots

      Primary History Article
    Anglo-Saxons have been a part of the primary national curriculum from the onset so they may not be as unfamiliar to teachers as some themes. Many teachers also report that pupils enjoy studying them so there is clearly much in their favour. That does not mean, however, that all is...
    Britain's settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots

  • 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

  • What do we mean by Big Picture History?

      Primary History article
    Perhaps the best way to start thinking about Big Picture history is to say what it is not - it is not about rote learning dates or remembering ‘famous people and events' - Alfred the Great, The Battle of Hastings, Henry VIII, Florence Nightingale ....and so on! This factual knowledge...
    What do we mean by Big Picture History?

  • 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

  • Curriculum Planning: which non-European society might we offer at school?

      Primary History article
    A non-European society that provides contrasts with British history - one study. chosen from: early Islamic civilization, including a study of Baghdad c. AD 900; Mayan civilization c. AD 900; Benin (West Africa) c. AD 900-1300. That's quite clear then - there's a choice between early Islam, Central America or...
    Curriculum Planning: which non-European society might we offer at school?

  • Britain from the Iron Age to Robin Hood

      Primary History article
    ‘...if children are to ever fully appreciate history the development of historical time has to be central to our teaching methodologies' This lesson aims to provide an overview of this period, developing pupils' sense of chronology and their understanding of cause and consequence. The context for these ideas comes from...
    Britain from the Iron Age to Robin Hood

  • Victorians

      Primary History article
    The Victorians is a much-loved unit of work in many schools and some teachers were disappointed to see it had been removed but there are still ways to continue to teach it under the 2014 National Curriculum. In many localities there will be a huge variety of Victorian buildings - including...
    Victorians

  • Chronology: Developing a coherent knowledge

      Article
    Chronology: Developing a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain's past and of the wider world First, this article considers the reasons why it is essential for children to develop a chronological framework. Next it considers ways in which this framework is necessary for the development of the time concepts set...
    Chronology: Developing a coherent knowledge

  • The co-ordinator's role and the 2014 national curriculum for history

      Primary History article
    Co-ordinator's dilemma: I have seen the new requirements and know that I have a bit of time before things start, but I don't want to leave everything to the last minute. Without feeling that I have to get everything done now, are there some things I can be getting on...
    The co-ordinator's role and the 2014 national curriculum for history

  • Churches as a local historical source

      Primary History Article
    At Key Stage 1 children should learn about significant events, (e.g. the Great Fire of London) and about people and places in their locality. At Key Stage 2 they should learn about British settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots (e.g. Anglo-Saxon art and culture) and do a local history study (e.g....
    Churches as a local historical source

  • 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

  • Diversity, ethnicity and the Victorians

      Primary History article
    Editorial note: Alison raises crucial issues about pupils developing a sense of identity in a multi-racial environment through the medium of history. History provides a sense of belonging to all pupils if we acknowledge the rich origins of modern society's multiethnic routes - by origin, we are all immigrants. The...
    Diversity, ethnicity and the Victorians

  • Teaching and learning about Grace O'Malley as a significant woman at Key Stage 1

      Article
    "Why are you so angry Grace?" Teaching and learning about Grace O'Malley as a significant woman at Key Stage 1 Grace O'Malley was an Irish queen in the Tudor period and her story provides insights about life in Ireland at the time of the Elizabethan conquests. Grace, also known as...
    Teaching and learning about Grace O'Malley as a significant woman at Key Stage 1

  • Inclusion, diversity and the national curriculum: Are things better than they were?

      Article
    Introduction - the role of history It is an interesting question as to whether history teaching has developed a greater understanding of inclusion and diversity since the start of the National Curriculum. The first version of the National Curriculum required teachers to consider a balance of political, economic, social and...
    Inclusion, diversity and the national curriculum: Are things better than they were?

  • Diversity and the History Curriculum

      Article
    It's very dangerous if you make it seem like history is the province of a certain segment of society. History should belong to and include all of us. The curriculum needs to appeal to as many children as possible or a number of them could become disenchanted with education because they...
    Diversity and the History Curriculum

  • Getting started with drama

      Primary History article
    Hugh Turner illuminates how drama can be used to teach medieval history...
    Getting started with drama

  • History, drama and education for life

      Primary History article
    Drama plays a crucial role in bringing the past to life. For children it enables them to develop their understanding of motivation, behaviour and historical contexts within an essential chronological framework. Primary History 48 , History, Drama and the Classroom, explores the scope and nature of Drama for teaching history....
    History, drama and education for life