Viking and Anglo-Saxon Struggle for the Kingdom of England
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Issue 69 / Spring 2015 The primary education journal of The Historical Association Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the kingdom of England Using ‘Development Ideas for Assemblies Early Islamic civilisation CENTRE SPREAD Matters’ to plan learning DOUBLE SIDED for history in the From Home to Stories in the Stones: PULL-OUT POSTER Foundation stage the Front: World using cemeteries as a War I (1914-18) in local history resource Helping our pupils to gain Assessment and the primary school a coherent knowledge and Progression without classroom The back cover image: understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world levels: where do we go Portchester Saxon from here? Ancient Sumer settlement Key KS1 and 2 historical terms Sponsored by AQA, Pearson and OCR Annual Conference 8 and 9 May 2015 – Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel 22 workshops and At the HA conference sessions you’ll find resources and Our primary programme includes a wide variety advice for every primary of workshops offering the latest resources practitioner and advice on primary education. Sessions include ‘Teaching outstanding history: personal perspectives Four Keynote from the front and the Addresses back of the classroom’ and ‘Measuring We have four outstanding progress in the new keynote addresses from: National Curriculum’. CPD certificates will be Justin Champion – Sophia available for attendees. Electress of Hanover: ‘the Queen that never was’ Juliet Gardiner – Life on the Home Front during the Second World War Resource Exhibition Dr Lucy Worsley – How An expanded exhibition to build an anniversary: with a fantastic selection 2014, the year of the of exhibitors including: Georgians WJEC, Inside Japan Tours, Waterloo 200, Oxford Jamie Byrom – The ‘Peepo University Press, Hodder Principle’ and progression Education, Pearson, AQA, in history OCR and many more. The HA Conference is still the place to be and offers excellent CPD for teachers whether you are new to the The place profession or looking to enhance your career. Don’t just to be: The take our word for it: ‘Really enjoyed being part of the HA community for a day. HA Annual Lots of really good stuff on offer.’ ‘A great conference – really good to have the chance to Conference listen to a range of ideas.’ Book your place at: www.haconference2015.com www.haconference2015.com Issue 69 Spring 2015 REGULARS ARTICLES EDITORIAL 04 HA PRIMARY NEWS 05 Cover image Illustration of the constellation Argo; with text Image 06 USing ‘DEVELOPMENT MatteRS’ TO PLAN taken from Cicero’s Aratus. Originally published in LEARNING FOR HISTORY IN THE FOUNDatION England, second quarter of 11th century. Cotton Tiberius B. V, Part 1, f.40v staGE © The British Library Board Helen Crawford 08 ASSESSMENT AND PROGRESSION WITHOUT LEVELS: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Jerome Freeman 14 FROM HOME TO THE FRONT: WORLD WaR I (1914-18) IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM Paul Bracey IDEAS FOR ASSEMBLIES 20 Bev Forrest and Stuart Tiffany 22 VIKING AND ANGLO-SAXON STRUGGLE FOR THE CENTRE SPREAD KINGDOM OF ENGLAND DOUBLE SIDED Tim Lomas PULL-OUT POSTER Helping our pupils to gain 28 ANCIENT SUMER a coherent knowledge and Dr Catherine Parker Heath understanding of Britain’s past and in this issue that of the wider world 34 EARLY ISLAMIC CIVILIsatION Key KS1 and 2 historical terms Ayshah Ismail PEFC Certified 44 STORIES IN THE STONES: USING CEMETERIES AS A This product is LOCAL HISTORY RESOURCE from sustainably managed forests and Bev Forrest controlled sources PEFC/16-33-254 www.pefc.org THE BACK COVER IMAGE 47 The Historical Association Portchester Saxon settlement 59a Kennington Park Road Polly Tucknott London SE11 4JH Telephone: 020 7735 3901 Fax: 020 7582 4989 www.history.org.uk PRESIDENT Professor Justin Champion EDITORIAL GROUP Letters, articles and other contributions to the Suggestions and comments are very welcome DEPUTY PRESIDENT Chris Culpin Hilary Pegum, Hilary Morris, Jon Nichol, Bev magazine are welcome. They should be typed, and should be sent to: the Chairholder, Jerome Forrest, Jerome Freeman, Tim Lomas, Helen double spaced, on one side of the paper. Please Freeman, c/o The Historical Association. HONORARY TREASURER Richard Walker Maddison, Sue Temple, Polly Tucknott and Alf keep references to a minimum. A direct style HONORARY secretarY Dr Trevor James Wilkinson free from jargon is preferred. Photographs and Primary History is published three times a year and CHIEF EXECUTIVE Rebecca Sullivan children’s work are welcome. The maximum article is available at substantial discounts to members of length is 1,500 words. Send to: The Editor, the Historical Association. Membership including Primary History c/o The Historical Association, Primary History is £37.00 for individuals, £62.00 © The Historical Association 2015 PUBLISHER Rebecca Sullivan 59a Kennington Park Road, London SE11 4JH. for schools and other corporate bodies and £31.50 all rights reserved. DESIGN AND LAYOUT Martin Hoare for students and NQTs. Registered charity 1120261 Publication of a contribution in Primary History Incorporated by Royal Charter does not necessarily imply the Historical Advertising enquiries to telephone: 020 7820 5985 Association’s approval of the opinions expressed in it. The Primary Committee of the Association has Printed in Great Britain by particular responsibility for matters of interest to Stephens & George Print Group primary teachers and schools. Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 3TD ISSN 0040-06109 editorial When was the last time George S R Stritch MD killed in action Flanders, 7 February 1916. there was no war anywhere Left wife and two children living in Dublin. My grandfather. on Earth? Estimates are that there have been 230 years of peace during the last 3,500 years. Of war fatalities over the past 500 years, it is estimated that three- quarters occurred during the twentieth century – including roughly 16 million in World War I and 60 million in World War II. Few families across the world have escaped the impact of battles and wars. Our challenge as teachers is to ensure that our children know of the positive achievements of ancient and modern civilisations. The articles on early Islamic civilisation and ancient Sumer provide rich stories about the achievements of humankind. So many ideas and technologies that we take for granted began with these non- European peoples. A timeline showing what happened there and then compared with what was happening here will surprise your children. More familiar stories of life in the beginnings of England are told in the detail of the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the kingdom of England pp. 22-27 Sitting in your class could be descendants of Viking and Anglo-Saxon tribes. Take a moment to consider that we are alive And we want to enable our children to progress because members of our families survived all the in their understanding of people and the past. events of the past; this makes each of us as a The opportunities given by assessment without survivor worthy of respect. levels are clearly described in pp. 8-13. You will want to think about the amount of time given to The big ideas of history and the tiny details are the history learning and teaching and the pattern of hooks to pull our children towards questioning focused history learning across each year group. their own and others’ pasts. How can we begin This will give you the context for planning. It to develop the enquiring minds of our youngest is hard to show progress if there are long gaps children? Helen Crawford’s guidance for subject between each learning sequence. And wrapped leaders on page 7 provides support for planning in around this is your school’s vision for learning for the Foundation Stage. life underpinned by your core values. How will your history programme contribute to progress in An inviting start to any history enquiry is a local these? story and the people involved. Your children can move to national and international events from By September we have to be clear how this powerful beginning. The articles on World assessment will be managed and recorded in War I and remembrance through memorials and school. Making our own principles and practice cemeteries give sensitive approaches to teaching for assessing learning and tracking progress about the courage and commitment to freedom are opportunities to focus on the needs and of members of your community. Children will aspirations of your children. This year is for wrestle with the question Why were families teachers to try things in school. Please share what proud to see their men go to war? This question you try with your local schools and with us. You can also be asked of the people who lived at can be supported to write your case-study or Portchester. Portchester’s history is that of a contribute your experience to an article in a future settlement which has passed through the hands Primary History. Seize the day. of the Romans, Saxons, Normans and onwards. See the back cover. Hilary Pegum 4 Primary History 69 Spring 2015 The Historical Association HA Primary Greetings one and all. It has been We have regional forums coming Our annual conference takes place a busy time in primary history up this spring. With 2015 being in Bristol this year on May 8/9 and and we have lots of exciting new a year of anniversaries, our South we have a great line-up of primary professional development and West Forum homes in on this and workshops for you. We hope to see resources to update you on. in particular the 50th anniversary many of you there. You can find of the Bristol Bus Boycott. Our details of the full programme and First, we are now drawing our pilot London event features a keynote a link to booking by following this phase of the HA Quality Mark to speech on Magna Carta plus a link: www.history.org.uk/resources/ a close.