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  • Thinking through history: Story and developing children's minds

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content and references are outdated. Story is the crucial factor in children’s awareness of past times in their ‘mythic’ phase of mental development, see page 4. Everyone loves a story, stories ‘open out fresh fields, the illimitable beckoning of horizons to imagination…...
    Thinking through history: Story and developing children's minds

  • Teaching Famous People at Key Stage One

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated Studying famous people at Key Stage One has obviously been an issue for many years and no matter how long you have been teaching the name Florence Nightingale seems to appear as the only famous...
    Teaching Famous People at Key Stage One

  • A classroom museum

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated Museums are memory boxes. They contain artefacts that tell stories about people in the past. The creation of a class museum is a simple and effective way of bringing the past to life through investigation,...
    A classroom museum

  • Cabinets of Curiosities, The History of Museums

      Article
    Delving into the origin and history of museums, one finds that particular themes emerge which are still present amongst the underpinning dynamics of museums in the 21st Century. Inseparable from the story of museums and galleries, for example, are the notions of ‘collecting’ and ‘curiosity’ and likewise, one’s attention is...
    Cabinets of Curiosities, The History of Museums

  • Using children's literature to look at bias and stereotyping

      Primary History article
    We have come to understand that modern children's literature often provides a way of examining a range of social and moral issues, affording educators the opportunity to discuss issues such as bias and stereotyping. Many adults have seen the possibilities here to contextualise classroom incidents differently, or to explore themes...
    Using children's literature to look at bias and stereotyping

  • Introducing history at Key Stage 1: a view from the classroom

      Article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. ‘What are we doing this for?’ I was asked this question as we entered the churchyard to look at the local War memorial. The curiosity and directness of a six year old child is guaranteed...
    Introducing history at Key Stage 1: a view from the classroom

  • Teaching The Indus Valley Civilisation in the 21st Century

      Primary History article
    This article discusses how mathematical concepts, literacy requirements and other areas of the curriculum can be harnessed to promote meaningful historical enquiry and understanding. This is especially so for a history topic which lends itself to enquiry based learning, scrutiny of every little clue, and speculation about the very many...
    Teaching The Indus Valley Civilisation in the 21st Century

  • In the Footsteps of our Ancestors: Beamish - a unique educational experience

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. What kind of experience will be remembered by the children in your class in 20 or 30 years’ time? A trip to Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum, would be a likely candidate....
    In the Footsteps of our Ancestors: Beamish - a unique educational experience

  • Putting the Story back into History

      Primary History article
    Children love stories. They like the drama, the excitement, the chance to listen and to wonder. Narrative is a very important part of history and sometimes, by concentrating on facts or on skills, we tend to lose the view of the big picture, especially in the Key Stage 2 curriculum...
    Putting the Story back into History

  • How should we remember Rosa Parks?

      Primary History Article
    Rosa Parks died in October 2005, aged 92. It's a life story which resonates with any age group. In a recent visit to a nursery, I saw 4 year olds who had lined up the chairs to make a bus, playing out Rosa's refusal to move from her seat. She...
    How should we remember Rosa Parks?

  • What was it like to live here in the past? Resourcing the local study

      Primary History article
    Finding sources for your local study can be a challenge, particularly if you are not familiar with the history of the area around your school. Please note: this article uses the Images of England website which has now closed down. The images can still be found via the Historic England website. This...
    What was it like to live here in the past? Resourcing the local study

  • Raising the achievement of higher-attaining pupils: some challenging activities on Ancient Greece

      Primary History Article
    Karin Doull offers advice on raising the achievements of higher attaining pupils. Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and reference the old QCA, but offers some useful activities on Ancient Greece. 
    Raising the achievement of higher-attaining pupils: some challenging activities on Ancient Greece

  • A Project on Working Class Education in the Victorian Period

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. In the third year at London Metropolitan University, history B.ED students research and prepare a resource about an aspect of life in C19th Britain for use with their chosen age group. Nicky made a book,...
    A Project on Working Class Education in the Victorian Period

  • Making the Modern World: The shock of the real at the science museum

      Primary History article
    Making the Modern World is a vast, exuberant exposition of the real deal. From Arkwright's textile machines that kick-started the industrial revolution to the first Apple computer; from a pair of patented genetically-modified mice to the Apollo 10 command module that orbited the Moon - ons of the industrialised world...
    Making the Modern World: The shock of the real at the science museum

  • Questions you have always wanted to ask about...Using photographs as sources of evidence

      Primary History article
    Alan Hodkinson answers questions about using photographs as sources of evidence.
    Questions you have always wanted to ask about...Using photographs as sources of evidence

  • Hollywood vs. Homer

      Primary History article
    You don't need a degree in film studies or Classics to enjoy the Hollywood blockbuster: Troy. Or to enjoy Brad Pitt, for that matter! But the question my teacher friend asked me, after two hours and forty minutes of being with Brad in a warm, dark place, was a great...
    Hollywood vs. Homer

  • Planning a Victorian School Day

      Primary History article
    Learning is more engaging and better retained when it is contextualised and when it appeals to a variety of learning styles. How better to bring history alive, than by having it invade children's school environment and transform their everyday experience? Getting away from predominantly auditory learning, the printed word and...
    Planning a Victorian School Day

  • Using a Local Museum, Fulham Palace, the Hidden Jewel of West London

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. ‘The 2,500 museums in the United Kingdom are a resource for public learning of exceptional educational, social, economic and spiritual value - a common wealth. This wealth is held in trust by museums for the...
    Using a Local Museum, Fulham Palace, the Hidden Jewel of West London

  • Questions you have always wanted to ask about... History and written sources

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Pat Hoodless answers questions about history and written sources.
    Questions you have always wanted to ask about... History and written sources

  • The Tomb of Tutankhamun

      Lesson Plan
    How was Tutankhamun's tomb discovered? Using a photograph as a source of historical information. (These resources are attached below) The lesson aims were for children to: understand the circumstances surrounding the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb develop their skills in scanning, observing and focusing, and questioning use sources to find out...
    The Tomb of Tutankhamun

  • A Load of Rubbish: Using Victorian throwaways in the classroom

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. There are many effective ways of using artefacts and resources for the Victorians, but how many teachers have considered using the rubbish that the Victorians literally threw away? This material can cost nothing or be...
    A Load of Rubbish: Using Victorian throwaways in the classroom

  • In My View: Migration - the search for a better life

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content and links may be outdated. Migration is not new. The movement of people has been part of defining cultures throughout history. Asylum seekers could be seen as the thin (contemporary) end of this historical wedge. But is the...
    In My View: Migration - the search for a better life

  • Questions you have always wanted to ask about... History and archaeology

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Don Henson answers questions about history and archaeology.
    Questions you have always wanted to ask about... History and archaeology

  • Questions you have always wanted to ask about... Accessing Archive Sources

      Primary History article
    Mary Mills answers questions about accessing archive sources. Please note: this article dates from 2003 and some of the sources and services referenced may no longer be available.
    Questions you have always wanted to ask about... Accessing Archive Sources

  • Identity Crisis: History through Science, strange bedfellows or obvious partners?

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. The Science Museum in South Kensington, London is accessible through its website as well as through visiting the building itself and this article considers how history teachers can gain from using the collection and resources...
    Identity Crisis: History through Science, strange bedfellows or obvious partners?