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  • Assessment in Primary History - Guidance

      Assessment in Primary History
    Whilst a number of schools have had well-considered assessment procedures for primary history, these represented a minority.  With the new national curriculum, the old level descriptions have been replaced by a single sentence attainment target which states that "by the end of each key stage, pupils are expected to know,...
    Assessment in Primary History - Guidance

  • 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

  • Exploring the story of elections and voting with your primary students

      Primary History article
    David Carr introduces us to some of the educational resources and opportunities linked to the Houses of Parliament. With the prospect of a general election, it provides some interesting background information as well as suggestions for engaging children with the democratic process... 
    Exploring the story of elections and voting with your primary students

  • Film: What a strange place to be buried

      Virtual Branch Film
    Anna Cusack joined the HA Virtual Branch to discuss unique burial locations in London c.1600-1800. Anna recently completed a PhD at Birkbeck, University of London on the marginal dead of seventeenth and eighteenth-century London, focusing specifically on suicides, executed criminals, Quakers, and Jews and the treatment of their bodily remains...
    Film: What a strange place to be buried

  • Case Study: The history club

      Primary History article
    Editorial note: this is an introductory article on the History Club concept: Primary History 64, summer 2013, on History and the new 2014+ National Curriculum for History will provide a vade mecum for schools to develop their own History Clubs. .... sometimes we use the past and today, modern times,...
    Case Study: The history club

  • Using some more unusual sources in the primary classroom

      Primary History article
    In this article Tim Lomas illustrates how it is valid and creative to go beyond some of the most popular sources used by primary history teachers. He looks at a number of historical enquiries and questions that might be considered as a theme and some sources that might be used....
    Using some more unusual sources in the primary classroom

  • 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

  • Filmed Lecture: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution

      A Fistful of Shells
    In this Virtual Branch webinar we were joined in conversation with Dr Toby Green on his acclaimed book 'A Fistful of Shells'. Shortlisted for the 2020 Wolfson Prize and winner of the 2019 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, the book explores West Africa from the Rise of the...
    Filmed Lecture: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution

  • The 2014 History National Curriculum: how to get the best from heritage

      Primary History article
    We all know that site visits are good for children - not least because they give a break from the normal school routine - and there are a plethora of heritage sites both local and national that are able to offer facilities for school visits. But we also know that...
    The 2014 History National Curriculum: how to get the best from heritage

  • Film: Life and Death in Occupied France

      Silent Village
    Robert Pike joined the HA Virtual Branch to discuss the research for his latest book Silent Village: Life and Death in Occupied France. This work explores life in the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane before, during and after the infamous massacre and destruction by Nazi Germany that took place on 10 June...
    Film: Life and Death in Occupied France

  • How to incorporate EYFS as a subject leader

      Primary History article
    As a subject leader you often have a lot on your plate and not always the time provided to do so. I have always been fortunate in that I have had support but I appreciate that in certain schools it can be difficult to fit everything in. Hopefully with this...
    How to incorporate EYFS as a subject leader

  • Primary History summer resource 2023: Early civilisations

      Primary member resource
    Our free summer resource for 2023 is intended to enhance your subject knowledge about ancient civilisations. We have selected two articles from the HA journal The Historian that provide you with an insight into current historical knowledge.  The first article includes Sumer, Indus, Shang and Egypt, early civilisations that are identified in...
    Primary History summer resource 2023: Early civilisations

  • Urban spaces: inner-city Leeds

      Lesson Resources
    Please note: this free resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. This is an account of a series of six lessons focusing on a local urban square. Teachers can adapt this to suit their own circumstances. The teaching took place in an inner-city Leeds primary school, with pupils from 48 different...
    Urban spaces: inner-city Leeds

  • 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

  • On-demand webinar: Avoiding confusion with significance in primary history

      Avoiding confusion and challenging misconceptions in primary history
    Avoiding confusion and challenging misconceptions in primary history Session 4: Avoiding confusion with significance in primary history This practical webinar will identify what confuses pupils in the teaching of the disciplinary concept of historical significance and will show how such confusion and misconceptions can be avoided and challenged. Examples of...
    On-demand webinar: Avoiding confusion with significance in primary history

  • 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

  • Recorded Webinar: Writing historical fiction - Writing and revision

      Article
    In this second webinar in our series on writing historical fiction, author Tony Bradman talks about the actual process of writing the story, with examples. The difficulty of the first page - how to start your story with impact and make sure the reader is gripped from the first line....
    Recorded Webinar: Writing historical fiction - Writing and revision

  • Welcome back to a new school year

      Information
    Welcome back to a new school year

  • Film: Primary History and the Ofsted Inspection Framework

      Article
    In May of 2021, Ofsted published a blog post of findings from visits carried out to 24 different primary schools in order to gather evidence as to the quality of history education provided by these outstanding schools. You can find the blog here: https://educationinspection.blog.gov.uk/2021/04/27/history-in-outstanding-primary-schools/  Areas of both strength and improvement were outlined, although the...
    Film: Primary History and the Ofsted Inspection Framework

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 92

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

  • What confuses primary children in history...

      ... and what can we do about it?
    Young children who automatically see shiny things as new no matter what their age, those who mix up technology from one age with another, those who dismiss people in the past as stupid because they did not have the possessions we have today, those who equate the age of a...
    What confuses primary children in history...

  • Back to basics: using maps in primary history

      Primary History article
    Maps tend to be more associated with geography but they have always been vital to history. This article focuses on the way maps have evolved in history, what they provide for the historian and ways in which they can be used when teaching primary history. A chronological account of the...
    Back to basics: using maps in primary history

  • Teacher trainees writing history

      Primary History article
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content and links may be outdated. Introduction I would like to share some Cumbria University Year 4 primary history specialist student's written work with you. These students who are in their final year have just completed their last assignment...
    Teacher trainees writing history

  • Film: What's the wisdom on... Extended Writing (Primary)

      Your Virtual History Department Meeting
    We’ve been talking to our secondary school members and we know how difficult life is for teachers in the current circumstances, so we wanted to lend a helping hand. 'What’s the wisdom on…' is a brand-new and already popular feature in our secondary journal Teaching History and provides the perfect stimulus for a...
    Film: What's the wisdom on... Extended Writing (Primary)

  • Webinar series: History and literacy: better together

      On-demand webinar series for primary teachers and history subject leaders
    History is a highly literate discipline, but what should the relationship be between primary history and the general teaching of literacy and English? The answer is that primary history should be modelling what it is like to think, speak, read, write and listen in an historical way. However, the subject...
    Webinar series: History and literacy: better together