- Are you going to do more than one study, one period study in depth and one overview, one in Y3 one in Y5/6? They need not be the same length.
- Exploit the possibility of using a different type of source: a. census material held on electronic database for pupils to manipulate, test and answer hypotheses b. local newspapers, 19th and 20th century trade directories, photographs, diaries, parish records (transcribed and original) c. oral history
- Develop community involvement. Can the parents help? Can you link to a local history society? Can you access any of their published material?
- Can you make the product of the study real so it becomes a resource for future historians?
- As there is so little published local history for children, make the most of this opportunity for genuine enquiry. Pupils may be asking and answering questions that have never been posed before.
- Can one of the
