When teaching children about distant past ie Anglo Saxons what problems do you find you are faced with, when you try and carry out any investigations? The only history I have taught is WW1 & I would like any issues which any of you experienced Teachers have come across & if, how and what strategies you used.
Originally posted by lolry: When teaching children about distant past ie Anglo Saxons what problems do you find you are faced with, when you try and carry out any investigations? The only history I have taught is WW1 & I would like any issues which any of you experienced Teachers have come across & if, how and what strategies you used.
Hi lolry
Have you gone from teaching secondry school pupils to primary pupils? I wouldnt blame you if you had by the way!
You can get the 'basics' on the internet for primary pupils but be very wary as some sites are not worth the bandwidth they actually take up.
I have a bug bear with calling them 'Anglo-Saxons' but for younger pupils that can be easily explainable with a simple map of initial invasion of the different tribes from the continent.
Would you care to expand on what you are trying to do?
The first history lesson I had (aged seven) was about Roman villas - what they looked like, how they were built, who built them, etc. I have always remembered this lesson and the diagram on the blackboard, and I have been hooked on history ever since.
I am currently teacher training & need to analyse for uni assignment what issues may face a primary teacher in seeking to carry out an investigation into a distant past period ie 'Anglo Saxons'.Grateful for any info.
I don't think I was taught anything about the anglo saxons at school. We had a bit about the Romans then skipped straight into the farming systems of the middle ages. Lucky kids to get all that extra history!
