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Education > Primary School (Other) Teaching history in elementary school: 8 of 8

World history if full of colorful characters and extraordinary events. History lessons should aim to bring the past to life, and help children feel connected to what has gone before. Children must be able to place the period being studied into a time frame, to understand how it fits in with other topics studied and indeed their own lives. (They DON'T need to learn lists of dates, but they do need to correctly order events.) I always start teaching a history topic with a time line lesson. I invite a group of children to stand in a line at the front of the class holding pictures or names of ...
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