Local History
Local history provides rich opportunities to engage children in their immediate local area and understand their own history and how history contributes to a greater overall understanding and bigger picture. In this section you will find articles, guides, and resources to enable you to make local history meaningful.
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How to make a toy museum
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Teaching local history through a family
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Using museum and heritage sites to promote higher-level learning at KS2
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How significant is the tragic story of the SS Mendi?
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One of my favourite history places: Bournville
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Home Front Legacy 1914-18
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‘Not again!’ - an additional viewpoint on using railways
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Bringing the Civil War to life in Somerset
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Your Local Railway: a local history investigation in Key Stage 2
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One of my favourite history places: Mount Fitchet Castle
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Local history and a sense of identity
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Learning Outside the Classroom
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The Stone Age conundrum
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Using original sources
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What makes good local history?
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What your local Archive Service can offer to schools
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Using cemeteries as a local history resource
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From Home to the Front: World War I
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Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the kingdom of England
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Using the back cover image: Sandbach Crosses - an Anglo-Saxon market cross
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