Introduction In history when we say objects we mean artefacts, that is, things...

Introduction I was talking about ‘Doing History' with historical...

Something curious is happening with the learning of our youngest children....

It is difficult to think of an area of primary history that has had a more...

Editorial comment: A History of the World is the most creative, imaginative and...

Introduction: Room 61 Those teachers who can still manage a school trip to the British Museum are in for a treat. The new Michael Cohen Gallery (Room 61) is...

Introduction A research project was carried out with Maltese primary school children at San Andrea Infant and Middle school to see if learning strategies could...

Introduction In the autumn of 2009 I saw some of the Anglo-Saxon Staffordshire Hoard on display at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, and stood in awe at the...

Introduction This edition of Primary History has a new element - a pullout centre spread that aims to provide Curriculum Advice and Guidance in a brief, punchy...

Introduction This article will argue that although history can seem a ‘hard' discipline for young children, it can be made accessible and exciting...

Editorial note: This article reveals the power of the Internet in helping us all, adults and children, to bring portraits like Drake's to life. So, as you...

Editorial note: This article introduces teachers to ss Great Britain as an artefactual teaching resource. It links closely to Teachers TV programmes, see page...

Introduction If you have heard the excited buzz of voices as a class of children enters a museum you will be aware of their potential as inspiring learning...

Introduction The class had composed its Anglo-Saxon funeral poem for Raedwald, an Anglo-Saxon king,...

Introduction: Newly Qualified Teachers, historical subject and conceptual knowledge During the autumn term 2008 I covered World War I as an example of how to...

As a pre-Plowden primary teacher who queued to get my copy of that report in 1967 and as a contributory author to the Cambridge Primary Review (Alexander,...

Editorial comment: ‘Doing Local History' permeates John Fines' oeuvre on the teaching of history - it is both warp and weft. In introducing a Local...

My favourite subject in primary school was always history. I loved everything about history, but in particular I liked learning about the history of the local...

Introduction Citizenship education in primary schools asks children to dig deeply into issues, to gain skills to become advocates and champions for the views...

The future of Historical, Geographical and Social Understanding is, once again, very much in the balance. As I've started running in-service sessions on it I...