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Jane Austen: a writer for all seasons
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Irene Collins provides a fresh assessment of the life and work of one of this country’s greatest novelists, whose own wit and charm, combined with a deep insight into human nature, is reflected in her novels. Jane Austen was not the first woman novelist in England to achieve popularity and...
Jane Austen: a writer for all seasons
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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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Teaching the Holocaust: the experience of Vad Vashem
Teaching History article
No institution is better known for its continuing work on the Holocaust than Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem. In this article Richelle Budd Caplan offers guidelines for teachers, based on its unrivalled experience. She demands that our teaching of this subject should aim to restore the identities of the victims. To do...
Teaching the Holocaust: the experience of Vad Vashem
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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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Primary History 84
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
04 Editorial (Read article for free)
05 HA Primary News
08 Using stories to support early history skills and understanding in the EYFS – Sandra Kirkland (Read article)
10 Democratising history lessons in Key Stage 1: how pupil voice shapes history teaching and learning in our school – Stuart Boydell...
Primary History 84
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The teaching and learning of history for 15-16 year olds: have the Japanese anything to learn from the English experience
Teaching History article
What would you expect the differences to be between Japan and England in how pupils learn history in the post-14 phase? Perhaps your guess would be: Japanese school students learn a lot of historical facts and focus upon their own identity and English school students talk a lot more in...
The teaching and learning of history for 15-16 year olds: have the Japanese anything to learn from the English experience
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Primary History 83
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
04 Editorial (Read article for free)
05 HA Primary News
08 Developing early history skills and understanding through the EYFS – Emily Dickenson (Read article)
12 Teaching sensitive subjects: slavery and Britain’s role in the trade – Susie Townsend (Read article)
18 The Elizabeth cake – Sandra Kirkland (Read article)
21 Turning Technology:...
Primary History 83
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Primary History 82
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
04 Editorial (Read article)
05 HA Primary News
06 Emerging historians in the outdoors – Gillian Sykes (Read article)
09 Getting to grips with concepts in primary history – Tim Lomas (Read article)
18 Up Pompeii: studying a significant event at Key Stage 1 – Susan Townsend (Read article)
24 The Bronze Age:...
Primary History 82
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Approaches to the History Curriculum: skills based curriculum
Briefing Pack
In 2010 many schools were adopting thematic or skills based curricula in England. This is one way of organising a curriculum. Some of the pros and cons of this approach are elaborated here.
There are an increasing number of schools now adopting a thematic or skills based curriculum for year...
Approaches to the History Curriculum: skills based curriculum
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Worlds in collision: university tutor and student perspectives on the transition to degree level history
Teaching History article
What does it mean to be good at history? At certain times during their formal education students seem to be required to adjust their understanding of what studying history entails. Alan Booth writes from the viewpoint of a university tutor. He has collated ‘student voice’ on the experience of studying...
Worlds in collision: university tutor and student perspectives on the transition to degree level history
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Content restricted and maturation retarded? Problems with the post-16 history curriculum
Teaching History article
Mike Tillbrook examines the impact of the new AS and A2 courses, raising several serious concerns. He explores problems for effective and rigorous assessment as well as implications of the new course structure for the quality and range of historical learning. Critical of new restrictions in content, he suggests that...
Content restricted and maturation retarded? Problems with the post-16 history curriculum
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History and Mathematics or History with Mathematics: does it add up?
Teaching History article
Ian Phillips expresses some frustration with the way the Numeracy across the Curriculum strand of England’s Key Stage 3 Strategy is sometimes presented. He argues that the acid test of cross-curricular numeracy is the value of mathematical understanding in aiding historical thinking and imagination. He criticises attempts to plant numeracy...
History and Mathematics or History with Mathematics: does it add up?
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Reading and enquiring in Years 12 and 13
Teaching History article
Historical enquiry is blooming at Key Stage 3. Thanks to a rich array of source materials available on the web and in textbooks, superb history-specific training courses and genuinely innovative practice in schools, pupils can increasingly be found wrestling with demanding and often lengthy sources. They do this in order...
Reading and enquiring in Years 12 and 13
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The potential of primary history
Primary History article
In this article Alison Kitson and Michael Riley consider the potential of the primary history curriculum to educate children about climate change and sustainability. They suggest some important principles, and a range of strategies, that could be used to develop a stronger emphasis on environmental history in primary history.
The potential of primary history
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Primary History 93
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
04 Editorial (Read article - open access)
06 The wheels (and horses…) on the bus – Emily Rotchell (Read article)
10 The Coronation – Karin Doull (Read article)
18 Teaching Robin Hood at Key Stage 1 – Matthew Sossick (Read article)
22 How local history can bridge the gap from teaching Understanding...
Primary History 93
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‘Golden threads’ in primary history
Primary History article
The term ‘golden threads’ has become increasingly part of primary history planning. It is often recommended as a means of avoiding curriculum atomisation and aiding retrieval. In this article Tim Lomas attempts to unpack what is meant by the term, what are some of the most popular ‘golden threads’ and...
‘Golden threads’ in primary history
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Effective implementation in primary history
Primary History article
In this useful article, Matt Flynn uses the Education Endowment Foundation implementation process (2024) to exemplify how history subject leaders can affect positive whole school change and develop their history provision in line with their school’s needs. He shares the process through a developed example, providing an excellent scaffold that history...
Effective implementation in primary history
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Primary History 78
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
This edition of HA's Primary History magazine is free to download via the link at the bottom of the page (individual article links within the page are not free access unless otherwise stated). You can access a more recent free edition here (PH 95, October 2023).
For a subscription to Primary...
Primary History 78
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Primary History topic grid
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See at a glance which recent issues of Primary History cover which topics (see key below).All editions of Primary History magazine can be accessed here (requires Primary Membership).
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Primary History 77
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
04 Editorial (Read article)
05 HA Primary News
08 Learning about the Past in the Early Years through the Theme of ‘People Who Help Us’ – Helen Crawford (Read article)
10 Is There a Place for The Holocaust in the Primary Curriculum? – Martin Winstone (Read article)
18 ‘It’s A Great...
Primary History 77
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Disability in primary history teaching
Primary History article
This article is based on a session by Bev Forrest and Mel Jones at the HA Conference in May 2024. The central concern is to support teachers to weave the experiences and lives of disabled people in the past into the primary curriculum. It looks at possible opportunities in EYFS, Key Stage 1...
Disability in primary history teaching
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Primary History 91
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
04 Editorial (Read article for free)
06 HA Update
10 Exploring the past through active enquiry – Karin Doull (Read article)
13 Coherence in primary history: how can we get children to see that their history links up? – Tim Lomas (Read article)
20 The Great Exhibition of 1851: teaching a significant...
Primary History 91
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Primary History 90
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
04 Editorial (Read article)
06 HA Update
10 Jubilee medals: celebration and creation – Polly Gillow (Read article)
12 The Queen in procession – Karin Doull (Read article)
15 Significance and interpretation: what are these concepts and why are they important in primary history? – Glenn Carter (Read article)
22 Happy and Glorious:...
Primary History 90
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Primary History 75
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
04 Editorial (Read article)
05 HA Primary News
06 Learning about the past through ‘ourselves and our families’ by Sandra Kirkland (Read article)
08 Why is diversity so important? How can we approach it? by Alison Gove-Humphries, Paul Bracey and Darius Jackson (Read article)
13 Charles Darwin: Exploring the man...
Primary History 75
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The role of oracy in primary history
Primary History article
East-the-Water is a primary school in Bideford, Devon. It has recently been awarded a Gold Award Quality Mark. Among many strong features, one was the emphasis on using oracy effectively in history. In this article, Kelly Bridle outlines its role, especially in connecting periods and events across the history curriculum using a range of connectors,...
The role of oracy in primary history
