ABSTRACT
What must be taught in terms of studying history is now fairly simple. The National Curriculum provides the structure and framework of content in the subject, and as a legal requirement will obviously drive the planning and content of history in the primary classroom. However, the National Curriculum does not provide a subject manager with the detail needed to produce the kind of planning necessary in the modern classroom. Before we enter the murky realms of organising what the National Curriculum does provide us with, let us look first at the statutory requirements.
