Contents

04 Editorial (Read article)

05 HA Primary News

06 Learning about the past through a study of toys and games - Helen Crawford (Read article)

08 Local history as a way of developing a sense of identity and place - Anna Husband (Read article)

14 This is no ordinary story … this is our story … Teaching the First World War in the primary school - Steven Jolly (Read article)

18 Learning Outside the Classroom – Should we? Christopher Russell (Read article)

20 Anglo Saxon Women - Karin Doull (Read article)

28 Studying the Maya: a case study in making history accessible to all pupils - Alf Wilkinson (Read article)

32 What made Cleopatra so special? Karin Doull (Read article)

38 Celebrate your sporting heritage on National Sporting Heritage Day - Justine Reilly and Brian Heywood (Read article)

43 Meet the editorial team

44 Ideas for Assemblies: Did they die in vain? Empowering pupils to understand the First World War - Bev Forrest (Read article)

46 The back cover image: Mummified cat embalmed in linen cloth - Jules Wooding (Read article)

Regular features

Primary History magazine runs a number of great regular features including Ideas for Assemblies, One of My Favourite History Places and our Primary Pull-out Posters. You can view all editions of these features here.