Making the Grade for Primary Humanities

There has been a comparative lack of guidance about assessment in primary humanities, or in the subjects of history and geography that are now parts of the National Curriculum at primary stages. This book aims to provide an introduction to what will now be a part of every primary teacher's task. It offers practical advice, drawn from experience with schools, teachers and children, about classroom observation, "marking" and testing. It provides a strategy of assessment that primary teachers could develop within the National Curriculum, while remaining faithful to their basic principles. It also establishes a firm case for primary humanities as a whole, including history and geography, within an "enabling curriculum". The book concludes with an introduction to further study and research.