ABSTRACT
This chapter is based on a number of key assumptions. First, that most local areas have historical links not only at a national level, but also at an international one. Beginning with the local should not mean ending with the local. Second, that children’s knowledge and understanding of the wider world can be deepened through having a greater awareness of themselves (Bage, 1999): primarily through their local roots and community and then by making links and connections to both the national and global dimensions. Third, that all children, in any location, have ‘a history’ and recognising that those histories are important in the global context will promote both inclusion in history and an inclusive history. We have included heritage in this chapter because we wish to acknowledge its importance in local and international perspectives as well as the more obvious national. Chapter objectives
By the end of this chapter you should:
understand the links between the local and the global in history;
be able to relate this perspective to your own local area;
have an understanding of how those links may be revealed by evidence in the local area.
