ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a conceptual framework, which aims to support primary school children in making micro and macro connections, over time and between places, in increasingly complex ways. It considers rationales for teaching about connections between societies over time, explaining why these connections must be investigated and evaluated from different perspectives. The chapter considers opportunities for making connections between people and events in different countries, then how links can be made between Key Stages 1 and 2. It suggests that how similarities and differences between societies studied in the National Curriculum can be made in increasingly sophisticated ways, using key concepts. The chapter provides frameworks for making local and global connections between Britain and other societies in the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, the Roman, Saxon and Viking periods. It concludes with case study examples and considers how making connections between different places and times might develop a sense of identity which is inclusive and meaningful to all children.
