So, where do we start if we haven’t a clue about Local History?
Unlike all other areas of study Local History has no real prescribed content. If you live in the middle of a new town, then your locality is quite different from that of a school sited in the shadow of a great castle. Wherever you are, your environment and its story will be different, and there is no way in which we can write a general prescription that will suit all regions.
Are you going to approach local history as one block of study or as several? I spent some time last summer working with the SLT at Ringwood Junior school. Their enlightened approach to curriculum planning saw them opt for a local study in every year group, some longer than others. Y3 tackled the changing High Street looking at the buildings’ change of use. Y4 looked at
