Discovering local and family history

Children love discovering things and collecting treasures. They might find shells or pebbles on the beach or broken pieces of pottery in their garden soil. They might ask family members to share interesting things about their family history. This video has been designed to inspire children, from EYFS to year 6, to investigate their local and family history and to learn how their own discoveries can reveal important information about the past.

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Local and family history resources and articles from the Historical Association:

• Local significant individuals
• Scheme of work: Local history - the story of our high street 
• Local history and a sense of identity 
• Teaching local history through a family
• Different ways of teaching local history through significant individuals 
• How local history can bridge the gap 
• Exploring empire, artefacts and local history 
• What makes good local history? 
• Using cemeteries as a local history resource
• War memorials as a local history resource 
• Using a house for your local history study
• World War II: breathing life into a local history enquiry 
• What’s in a road? Local history at Early Years and Key Stage 1   
• Take one day: undertaking an in-depth local enquiry