In Living Memory

Comparing pupils’ lives with the recent past not only enables pupils to handle more familiar sources and make direct comparisons with their own experiences, it also opens up opportunities for using oral history. For this reason 3 specific topics have been chosen as a focus for study: Going to the Seaside when granny was a girl; washday in the past; toys our grandparents played with. You will also find useful material related to Bonfire Night in the past by looking in the Famous Events section.

Teaching Toys to Key Stage 1

Toys is an obvious topic to select for infants. Not only is it appealing , at least initially, it is…

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In Living Memory: Key Stage 1

Comparing pupils’ lives with the recent past not only enables pupils to handle more familiar sources and make direct comparisons…

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Teaching In Living Memory to Key Stage 1

Within living memory is one of the periods of time KS1 pupils need to study. At first sight it might…

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