The recent survey of history teaching in primary schools conducted by the Historical Association revealed that the majority of respondents felt that they were short of resources to teach the revised National Curriculum. Not surprisingly most schools look to find resources that do the job cheaply. It is a truism that there have probably never been more free resources accessible to the hard-pressed primary teacher. Increasingly these resources are available to download on the website.

Teachers are faced with the issue of making their selection from a vast array. Primary History probably has a greater range than almost any other subject. The following, for example, is probably not exhaustive...