Authors: Pat Hoodless
ISBN-13: 9780415167031, ISBN-10: 0415167035
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: October 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Changes to the primary curriculum over recent years have widened choice for all, yet the current wave of thinking seems determined to retreat 'back to basics'. This vibrant volume examines the many ways in which history can include and complement the teaching of English, to the greater benefit of both.
Enthusiastic practitioners explain how lively classroom activities can influence the level of children's literacy, which means that the importance of the basics is recognised without compromising on the choice of subjects open to children.
History emerges as a wonderful tool for exploring not only language and literature, but also as a way of stimulating the imagination and encouraging talk. The contributors here are all passionate about this vital link between two complementary subject areas and will convincingly win you over.
The book is an invaluable companion for the student teacher, primary teacher and teacher educator.
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Foreword | ||
Preface | ||
Acknowledgements | ||
Introduction: Exploiting the links between history and English | 1 | |
1 | Peel appeal: talking about the locality with nursery and reception children | 8 |
2 | Talking about artefacts at Key Stage 1: promoting and assessing listening and speaking | 20 |
3 | Storytelling in history | 35 |
4 | Voices of the past: oral history and English in the primary curriculum | 52 |
5 | Children working with pictures | 69 |
6 | History and children's fiction | 87 |
7 | Children's awareness of time in story and historical fiction | 103 |
8 | Teaching reading skills and history at Key Stage 2: a complementary approach | 116 |
9 | Life in Tudor times: the use of written sources | 129 |
10 | Learning the language of history: teaching subject-specific language and concepts | 143 |
11 | Writing about history in the early years | 157 |
12 | 'Read all about it': using newspapers as an historical resource in an infant classroom | 179 |
Index | 192 |