Primary History 85
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
In this edition of Primary History
04 Editorial (Read article for free)
05 HA Primary News
06 HA Update
08 How to incorporate EYFS as a subject leader – Rob Nixon (Read article)
10 Smooth transitions – Linda Cooper (Read article)
14 ‘Come all ye fisher lassies’ – Karin Doull (Read article)
20 Using different sources to bring a topic to life: The Rebecca Riots – Clare Horrie (Read article)
26 A cultural legacy: the theatre of ancient Greece – Karin Doull (Read article)
30 What can you tell about the Vikings from a chess piece? – Alf Wilkinson (Read article)
34 Historical fiction: it’s all made up, isn’t it? – Alf Wilkinson (Read article)
37 History in the news
38 One of my favourite history places: The medieval town of Conwy – Damienne Clarke (Read article)
40 Pandemics in history: similarity and difference – Matthew Sossick (Read article)
42 Teaching the Romans in Britain: a study focusing on Hadrian’s Wall – Sue Temple (Read article)
46 Migration to Britain through time – Paul Bracey and Darius A. Jackson (Read article)
Centre spread double-sided pull-out poster: Migration to Britain through time
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Cover image: Queen Mary I touching the neck of a boy for the King’s evil (scrofula). Watercolour by M.S. Lapthorn, 1911, after a watercolour, sixteenth century. Social distancing as a preventative for curing ills was not always the norm although Tudor monarchs did often leave court when they were concerned about outbreaks of the plague. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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