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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • What is good history? The criteria for effective primary school history

      Article
    This section attempts to identify the principles for good history in primary schools both in terms of knowledge, skills, and understanding and how the teaching might be organised.
    What is good history? The criteria for effective primary school history

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • History Abridged: Salt mines in Eastern Europe

      Historian feature
    History Abridged: This feature seeks to take a person, event or period and abridge, or focus on, an important event or detail that can get lost in the big picture. See all History Abridged articles Towards the end of the Bronze Age, the climate across Europe began to warm. This...
    History Abridged: Salt mines in Eastern Europe

  • 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

  • Dig it: Literacy, ICT, Archaeology and History

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Editorial comment: Pupil reading of written and printed texts is a central element in their ‘Doing History'. As such, it is one of numerous integrated pedagogic activities that combine to make up a lesson, a series...
    Dig it: Literacy, ICT, Archaeology and History

  • Scheme of work: The history of the ancient Olympic Games

      Sporting Heritage scheme of work for primary history (Key Stage 2)
    This unit produced by Sporting Heritage is designed flexibly as either a chronological or a thematic study. As such, its editable core PowerPoint resources can be used as a depth or extended overview topic in relation to:   Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and the Greeks’...
    Scheme of work: The history of the ancient Olympic Games

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 89

      Vikings in 'these islands'; Ancient Greece
    Where did the Vikings go to in ‘these islands’? Ancient Greece – Did you know…?
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 89

  • Thematic or topic based whole school curriculum planning

      Primary History article
    Creative curricular planning With the National Curriculum under review, it seems that more schools are taking a creative approach to planning by delivering the curriculum through a focused theme or topic. This has allowed schools to take more ownership of the curriculum and has helped teachers become more innovative in their...
    Thematic or topic based whole school curriculum planning