Primary History 58: The Olympics
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
The Olympics
THE OLYMPICS: TEACHING HISTORY TODAY
04 Editorial: Nelson Mandela, Apartheid and the Olympics
05 Think Bubble: What ever happened to the Standing Long Jump? - Peter Vass
06 Public celebration of the 1864 Olympian Festival - Dominic Wallis
PLANNING FOR THE OLYMPICS
08 Primary History and planning for teaching the Olympics - four curricular models - Primary History (Read article)
10 Teaching possibilities: From Plato to Nato - Primary History (Read article)
11 Citizenship and the Olympics - Mike Mitchell (Read article)
12 A School Olympics - Tim Lewis and Danni Harrison
13 The Olympics and the HA website - Sarah Codrington
INVESTIGATING PAST EVENTS: SOURCES AND EVIDENCE
14 Shropshire's Secret Olympic History - Alun Morgan (Read article)
CHRONOLOGY: OLYMPICS TIMELINES
16 An Olympic Timeline - Pat Hoodless
18 Using the Olympics as a learning tool: Active Research and Selecting Information - Atiya Khan (Read article)
STORY AND NARRATIVE
20 Story, myth and legend: The Story of Atalanta - Hilary Cooper (Read article)
THE LIVES OF SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE
21 From Champion to Hero: Engaging Pupils in a study of significant Olympians - Beverley Forrest (Read article)
26 An Olympic Great? Dorando Pietri - Jane Card (Read article)
THE ANCIENT GREEKS
29 Ancient Greece: Birthplace of the Olympics - Teacher Briefing - Will Griffiths (Read article)
30 The Olympic Games, Classical and Modern - Pat Hoodless (Read article)
31 Investigating the ancient olympic games: A Case Study - Jacqui Dean (Read article)
34 Ancient Greeks: The Olympics' War Games - Teaching through Drama - Peter Vass (Read article)
LOCAL HISTORY STUDY
37 Local History and the 2012 Olympics - Mel Jones (Read article)
THE VICTORIANS
38 Your Victorian (And Greek!) Olympic Games - Nuffield Primary History (Read article)
40 William Brookes and the Olympic Games - Barbara Sands (Read article)
BRITAIN SINCE 1930
42 The Berlin Olympics 1936 - Kerry Sallows and Sarah Thompson (Read article)
43 Racism and equality through the 1936 Berlin Olympics: the Olympics, Nationalism and Identity - Amy Robson and Kelly Hogg (Read article)
44 Olympics signs and Symbols: Rings, Torches, Doves and Mascots - Anita Loughrey
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