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Primary History 20
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 Primary Update – Tim Lomas
7 A Viking network project: Kirkgate, Leeds – Barrie Markham Rhodes
8 Has the past a future at Key Stage 2? – Keith Dickson
10 Pythagoras and number – Colin Miller
11 Bringing literacy and history closer together – David Wray and Maureen Lewis
14 Nuffield Primary History Project: the...
Primary History 20
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Primary History 19
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 Primary Update
7 QCA review of national curriculum in history – Gill Watson
8 Planning for history in a changing national curriculum – Tim Lomas
10 History and the literacy hour: threat or challenge? – Grant Bage and Andrew Wrenn
11 History and information technology – Katherine Norris
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Primary History 19
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Primary History 18
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
7 The Cabot Voyages and Atlantic Exploration under the Tudors - Peter Fleming
8 Discovering Cabot's Bristol - Kieron Costello
12 Reviews
16 History Matters
17 Lessons from History for Primary Schools - Roy Hughes
19 Primary History resources
Primary History 18
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Primary History 17
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
2 News for the Young Historian Scheme - Trevor James
4 Developing design and technology through history - Gordon Guest
7 The Primary Latin Project - Barbara Bell
11 Why teach about time in the primary school? - Pat Hoodless
13 History in the Primary Years: The State of the...
Primary History 17
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Primary History 16
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 A Good Place for an Investigation - Diana Knapp
7 Primary Conference Report - Russell Carter
8 How a Little Hollywood Can Help History - Vincent Jones
10 Historical Fiction and Museum Objects - Neil Curtis, Janet Goolnick, Kate Hopkins
12 Primary Update
13 Young National Trust Theatre - Sally Littlefair ...
Primary History 16
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Primary History 15
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 Rorke's Drift - Patrick Wood
8 Spicing Up the National Curriculum - Elizabeth Newman & Dick Turpin
10 What was it like when you were at school? - Jill Watson & Penelope Harnett
12 Tales from the River Bank - Martin Richardson
14 Y3 and the Roman Road in Tower Hamlets...
Primary History 15
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Primary History 14
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 Not Henry VIII! - Ann Darrant
6 History Through the Streets - Robin Coulthard
8 We Plough the Fields - Patrick Wood & Norma Bell
10 Digging for Victory - Erica Pounce
15 An Active Approach to Ancient History: the Greeks - Harriet Martin
18 Grace Darling and Reception Children...
Primary History 14
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Primary History 13
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 Viewpoint - Grant Bage
4 Primary History Teachers - an endangered species? - Alan Hodkinson
5 Corinthian Helmet - Patrick Wood
6 Begin at the Beginning: The Iliad - Patrick Wood
8 Using Greek Vases in a Study of the Greeks at Key Stage 2 - Keith Dickson
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Primary History 13
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Towards inclusion: A study of significant figures and disability within the national curriculum
Primary History article
Since the early days of the National Curriculum, considerable progress has been made to introduce children to an inclusive view of history. The research of the late Hilary Claire (1996) served as a major impetus and now primary teachers strive to ensure that no groups or individuals are marginalised, particularly...
Towards inclusion: A study of significant figures and disability within the national curriculum
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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
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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
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V&A Schools SEN Programme
Article
The V&A Learning Department aims to make the Museum's collections accessible to all through an engaging and diverse range of events, courses, workshops, trails and resources. The Schools programme supports Primary and Secondary students and teachers and includes sessions for students with special educational needs. The SEN sessions have a...
V&A Schools SEN Programme
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World War II evacuees and Kindertransport
Primary History Article
Editorial Note: The impact of war on children's lives and witness testimony is a powerful way to motivate history learning through engaging children with the recent past. The process of developing this unit provides a wonderful example of reflective curriculum development, and a teaching and learning journey.
When I first taught...
World War II evacuees and Kindertransport
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Mesopotamia: Making a picture of Mesopotamia in our heads
Article
Working in a small rural primary school in North Gloucestershire I was inspired by national news reports from Iraq to change the focus of our Ancient History study from Ancient Egypt to Mesopotamia, ‘the land between the rivers'. A study of this region of the Middle East fulfilled so many...
Mesopotamia: Making a picture of Mesopotamia in our heads
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Alan Turing
Article
The man who helped win the war, invented computing and inspired artificial intelligence research
Editorial note: Alan Turing was a major figure in the cracking of the Germans' Enigma code at Bletchley Park which could well have helped shortened World War II by a couple of years. The more general...
Alan Turing
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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
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The world on the wall: exploring diversity on Hadrian's Wall
Article
Built in AD 122 by the order of the Emperor Hadrian, the 73 mile (80 Roman miles) long frontier goes from Bownesson-Solway in Cumbria to Wallsend on the River Tyne. Since 1987, the area has been inscribed as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage Site....
The world on the wall: exploring diversity on Hadrian's Wall
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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
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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?
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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
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Primary History 65: Diversity and Inclusion
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
Overview
04 Inclusion & Diversity - Jon Nichol
05 History belongs to all of us - Diversity and the History Curriculum - Ilona Aronovsky (Read article)
12 Diversity in primary history: exemplar lessons: HA publications 2000-2013 and Nuffield Primary History - Sarah Codrington
14 Including the Muslim Contribution in the National...
Primary History 65: Diversity and Inclusion
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World War II evacuation project - A living history experience
Primary History case study
Editorial note: The WOW factor. When we first received and read the World War II Evacuation Project case study we simply went WOW! It was genuinely mind-blowing. Below we publish the main sections of the report. They bring to life an invaluable, ground-breaking case-study of national significance.
The case-study involved...
World War II evacuation project - A living history experience
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Music in the history curriculum
Primary History article
Music is a dimension of teaching history that is under used. Rosie explores key ideas about its value for teaching history. The first Aim of the proposed 2014 National Curriculum highlights the role of history: perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles...
Music in the history curriculum
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Getting started with drama
Primary History article
Hugh Turner illuminates how drama can be used to teach medieval history...
Getting started with drama
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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
