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About Nuffield Primary History
Nuffield Primary History project, 1991-2009
The Nuffield Primary History project developed a range of approaches and techniques for doing history with children, between and 1991 and 2009. The resources produced by the project are all real lessons which have been taught by real teachers. They include guidance on teaching and examples of children's work. Many...
About Nuffield Primary History
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Ealing Branch History
Branch History
The Ealing Branch was formed shortly after the second world war. Among its founder members was Gordon Batho, then a schoolboy at Ealing County Grammar School for Boys and now President of the Durham branch of the Historical Association and Emeritus Professor of Education at Durham University. The Ealing branch holds...
Ealing Branch History
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Primary History 11
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 Farming in the 30s - Patrick Wood
6 The Living History Experience - Karen Player
8 Do Vikings Eat Chocolate? - Meryl Hargreaves
10 Village History - Kathleen Byrne
12 ''We've Done That Miss" - Four Warwickshire teachers
14 History Comes To Life - Shirley Davies
15 News
16...
Primary History 11
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Primary History 10
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 Viewpoints - Penelope Harnett
5 Letters
6 Setting Activities at Historic Houses - Gail Durbin
9 Here Be Lions - Editorial Article
11 History at Key Stage 2: Looking to the Long Term - Keith Dickson
12 Planning for the New Orders History Key Stages 1 and 2 - David...
Primary History 10
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Primary History 8
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 Editorial
5 News
7 Professional Development in History Teaching: promoting chameleons or flamingos in the post-Dearing era - Angela Horton
9 Tudor Banquet: a case study of a history through drama project - Jo Lawrie
11 Re-Enactments: bringing history alive or fancy dress? - Rod Helps
13 The Use of Drama...
Primary History 8
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Primary History 7
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 Editorial
5 News
6 Post-Dearing History-Missed Opportunities: Muddle and Fudge? A look at the new curriculum - Paul Noble
9 History in the Primary Curriculum: Interpreting the Vikings - Keith Crawford
12 Deconstruction or Reconstruction - Peter Vass
14 A Victorian Case Study: Simulating Aspects of Victorian Life in...
Primary History 7
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Primary History 6
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 Guest Editorial - No Nonsense! - John Fines
6 News
7 Inspections Tim Lomas
9 Seven Inspectors Inspecting Paul Bish
10 Changes in the National Curriculum Paul Noble
11 History in the National Curriculum Assessment at Key Stage 1 - A Case Study Brian Scott
13 Was it worth...
Primary History 6
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Primary History 5
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 Editorial
5 News
7 Radio History - Sallie Purkis
9 On the Canal - Tony Pickford
12 The Role of History Co-ordinator in an Infant School - Margaret Easton and Val Davidson, with Rob David and Nigel Toye
14 Books and Resources Review
Primary History 5
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Primary History 4
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 Editorial
5 News
6 More News
7 Support for the Supplementaries - Sallie Purkis
9 Old Phones, New Phones - Lynn Cowell and Ray Verrier
11 From the Past into the Present - Brian Ellis and Linda Platten
13 Chalkface Assessment and Green Paint - Catherine W'orton and Ralph...
Primary History 4
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Primary History 3
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 Editorial – Paul Noble
5 Assessment
6 Teacher Assessment in History at Key Stage 1 – Ann Boling
10 Ten Tips for Successful Recording of Achievement in History – Tim Lomas
11 Resource Review
Primary History 3
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Primary History 2
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
5 Back to Worrying – Paul Noble
5 History Update – NCC and SEAC
6 In My Opinion – Pat Hughes
7 Evacuation Day – Dave Martin and Andy Cobb
9 Televising the Tudors and Stuarts – Nick Whines
10 Conference Report – Sue Lynn
11 Hands on Experience –...
Primary History 2
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Primary History 1
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
4 News
5 No Worries - Paul Noble
6 School History Policy Statements - Tim Lomas
8 The Moluccan Spice Game - Patrick Wood and Ian Dawson
15 Resource Review
Primary History 1
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Female protagonists in early East India Company history
Historian article
Traditional histories of the East India Company have had a focus on the largely male characters who were involved as merchants, politicians and soldiers. Here Karin Doull considers the significance of the women who were part of the company’s story, discussing some of the issues encountered in researching and retelling...
Female protagonists in early East India Company history
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Primary History 100
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
This edition of HA's Primary History magazine is currently free to download via the link at the bottom of the page. For a subscription to Primary History (published termly), plus access to our huge library of high-quality resources by primary history experts, free or discounted CPD and membership of a...
Primary History 100
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Teaching History 176: Widening Vistas
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
02 Editorial (Read article)
03 HA Secondary News
04 HA Update: thinking beyond boundaries – Jason Todd (Read article for free)
10 Visions of America: using historical discourse to find narrative coherence in the GCSE period study – Alex Ford (Read article)
22 What’s The Wisdom On... evidence and sources (Read article)...
Teaching History 176: Widening Vistas
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Primary History 99
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
05 Editorial (Read article)
06 Using children’s illustrators as a focus for learning about ‘Past and Present’ in EYFS – Helen Crawford (Read article)
10 Developing disciplinary knowledge: pulling up the portcullis to explore how and why castles and forts developed – Susie Townsend (Read article)
18 Little coins, big...
Primary History 99
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Out and About: exploring Lancaster’s ‘glocal’ history online and on foot
Historian feature
The city of Lancaster has many important historical landmarks from both the medieval period and the time of the Industrial Revolution. In this article Sunita Abraham and Christopher Donaldson describe the thinking behind a guided historical tour they have devised for the city. This involves engaging with modern technology, placing Lancaster within a...
Out and About: exploring Lancaster’s ‘glocal’ history online and on foot
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Developing local history in your primary curriculum
HA Primary Subject Leader Area
Field trips as a class may be problematic for the immediate future, but this doesn't mean that you can’t still plan for a local history enquiry even during periods of local lockdown. On the contrary, if the enquiry is localised then the children should still be able to access local amenities...
Developing local history in your primary curriculum
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On-demand webinar: Avoiding confusion with historical interpretations in primary history
Avoiding confusion and challenging misconceptions in primary history
Avoiding confusion and challenging misconceptions in primary history
Session 3: Avoiding confusion with historical interpretations in primary history
This practical webinar will identify what confuses pupils in the teaching of the disciplinary concept of historical interpretations and will show how such confusion and misconceptions can be avoided and challenged. Examples...
On-demand webinar: Avoiding confusion with historical interpretations in primary history
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SHP and 'What is history?'
Article
In the 1970s a new approach to history teaching was developed through the auspices of the Schools Council History Project (SCHP) later named the Schools History Project (SHP). In order to engage pupils (and reverse the perceived danger of a declining uptake of history amongst pupils) the project authors designed...
SHP and 'What is history?'
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Primary History 97
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
05 Editorial (Read article)
06 Similarity and difference with a tasty twist: ice cream with EYFS – Polly Gillow (Read article)
10 Olympics, past and present – Karin Doull (Read article)
18 Active learners: classroom strategies for enhancing history teaching – Lindsey Rawes (Read article)
24 Creativity in history – Kerry...
Primary History 97
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What makes good primary history?
Transition Training Session 5
This is the 5th in a series of 5 sessions arising from the 2005 KS2-KS3 History Transitions Project:
Transition training session 1: Historical Enquiries & Interpretations
Transition training session 2: Using ICT in the teaching of history
Transition training session 3: Extended writing in history
Transition training session 4: Joan of Arc -...
What makes good primary history?
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Bringing historical method into the classroom
Teaching History article
Shortly before their final A-level examination, Peter Turner was alarmed to discover some fundamental weaknesses in his Year 13 students’ understanding of the nature of historical interpretations. Determined to address this concern at a much earlier point with his next cohort of students he developed a new six-lesson enquiry. His...
Bringing historical method into the classroom
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Polychronicon 156: The transnational history of the First World War
Teaching History feature
With the publication in 2014 of the Cambridge History of the First World War, we enter a new transnational phase in the historical understanding of the conflict. The reasons why this change has come about are evident.
The first is that there are more transnational historians writing the history of...
Polychronicon 156: The transnational history of the First World War
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Embedding progress in historical vocabulary teaching
Primary History article
The current focus on a knowledge-rich curriculum, in which the intent and impact should be clearly identified, has seen many subject leaders scrutinising and reworking the history curriculum within their contexts.
As part of this, specific vocabulary, be it conceptual or otherwise, has been highlighted, and word lists are appearing...
Embedding progress in historical vocabulary teaching
