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  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 101

      The British Civil Wars; Young Quills 2025
    Poster 1: The British Civil Wars Poster 2: Young Quills 2025
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 101

  • Pupil voice with SEND pupils in primary history

      Primary History article
    In this article, Lorna Spencer suggests that pupil voice is particularly important with SEND children. At the same time, this can cause challenges, as the way it is done with mainstream pupils may not be feasible with SEND pupils. She suggests some ways in which challenge might be confronted...
    Pupil voice with SEND pupils in primary history

  • Planning a history unit of work from scratch

      Primary History article
    In this article, Rachel wrestles with one of the greatest challenges facing teachers. With the starting point maybe no more than a title or mass of content, how do you begin the process of formulating an exciting and worthwhile teaching programme? It aims to give some tips and ideas to...
    Planning a history unit of work from scratch

  • Drama and role play

      Primary History article
    Drama and Role Play are powerful teaching approaches for language development. The themed edition of Primary History 48, Spring 2008 History, Drama and the Classroom provides a comprehensive introduction and detailed guidance to language development through roleplay and drama. PH 48 contains numerous case-studies illuminating a full range of approaches. Case-Study...
    Drama and role play

  • Times of transition: supporting pupils with the idea of change in history

      Primary History article
    This article considers how to help children to understand about the layered process of change by considering transition points between the Iron Age, Roman settlement of Britain, and the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons. It suggests activities that will encourage children to explore the idea of long-term change. These could be...
    Times of transition: supporting pupils with the idea of change in history

  • Times of transition: supporting pupils with the idea of change in history

      Primary History article
    This article considers how to help children to understand about the layered process of change by considering transition points between the Iron Age, Roman settlement of Britain, and the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons. It suggests activities that will encourage children to explore the idea of long-term change. These could be...
    Times of transition: supporting pupils with the idea of change in history

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 99

      Kate Greenaway; Kate Greenaway Medal timeline
    Poster 1: Kate Greenaway; Poster 2: The Kate Greenaway Medal (now the Carnegie Medal for Illustration) – timeline
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 99

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 98

      Talking History competition
    The HA's Primary Oracy Competition: To register interest for 2025, contact Olivia Dent on: olivia.dent@history.org.uk  Find out more here
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 98

  • Primary History summer resource 2025: Women with power

      Primary member resource
    For this year’s Primary History summer resource, we have selected a focus on the lives of women at a particular period – that of the Anglo-Saxon or the early medieval period. This period covers a substantial period of time – around 600 years. It was a time of catalyst and...
    Primary History summer resource 2025: Women with power

  • 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

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 97

      Paris Olympics; Parks and gardens in Britain since 1066
    Poster 1: Paris Olympics 1924 Poster 2: Parks and gardens in Britain since 1066
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 97

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 96

      Earthrise; Finding some of the great trees of the United Kingdom
    Poster 1: ‘Earthrise’, taken on 24 December 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders  Poster 2: Finding some of the great trees of the United Kingdom
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 96

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) in primary history – take CARE!

      Primary History article
    Teaching has embraced many revolutionary changes before: the photocopier, the calculator, the internet, even the smartboard!  The Assistant Director-General of UNESCO (2023) though feels that these could pale into insignificance when compared to the rise of AI. This article looks at ways in which Generative AI might be used by...
    Artificial Intelligence (AI) in primary history – take CARE!

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 95

      Deaf Londoners in the 1660s
    Everywhere you look in history you can find deaf people and sign languages.
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 95

  • Primary History summer resource 2024: the Ancient Greeks

      Primary member resource
    Our free summer resource for 2024 is intended to enhance your subject knowledge about Ancient Greece. The first article looks at an individual Greek, Pytheas. Often Greece is taught largely as an insular place of city states, but the reality is that Greece was heavily involved in trade and they...
    Primary History summer resource 2024: the Ancient Greeks

  • Using the back cover image: Windmill Hill

      Primary History feature
    The back cover image is a reconstruction of prehistoric life based on the English Heritage site Windmill Hill. Such images are of great value to the teacher in bringing the distant past to life, and in deepening pupil understanding of its historical significance. Using these sorts of illustrations can help...
    Using the back cover image: Windmill Hill

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 94

      One aspect of teaching Benin that can never be ignored – the incredible bronzes
    Posters 1 and 2: The incredible Benin bronzes
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 94

  • Linking history and science: how climate affected settlement

      Primary History article
    Karin Doull looks at how previous civilisations were affected by natural climate change, often precipitated by volcanic eruptions. She suggests that any investigation into ancient civilisations should consider how physical geography contributed to the initial settlement and development. She argues that we should also look at what might have contributed to...
    Linking history and science: how climate affected settlement

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 93

      Coronations
    Poster 1: What continuities and change can you see in coronations from the distant to recent past? Poster 2: Some objects used or presented at a coronation
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 93

  • Teaching diversity through drama

      Article
    Teaching diversity through drama at the Museum of London: Stories of London people From Roman times to the present, London has been shaped by the diversity of its people. London is home to500 different nationalities, 300 different languages,14 major faiths and a host of other religions. The Museum of London...
    Teaching diversity through drama

  • Exploring the Great Fire of London and Deaf history

      Primary History article
    Kate Loveman and James Harrod offer new insights into the Great Fire of London by focussing on the inclusion of Deaf history in this popular topic. They shares the online teaching resources created in their joint partnership between the University of Leicester and the Museum of London. Each year thousands...
    Exploring the Great Fire of London and Deaf history

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 92

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

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 91

      One of my favourite history places; What's in a road?
    One of my favourite history places What's in a road?
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 91

  • 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

  • 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