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Archaeology and history for Welsh primary classes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Harold Mytum
Harold Mytum*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of York, King's Manor, York YO1 7EP, England
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Abstract

The history Curriculum for Wales is a distinctive and politically sensitive document that has attempted to highlight features which will be of cultural relevance to those in the Principality. Unlike the English curriculum, there is a clear opportunity to consider some elements of prehistory, and this has been seized with enthusiasm by schools at Key Stage 2, for children aged between 7 and 11 (Welsh Office 1991; Howell 1994). Study Unit 1, the Earliest Peoples, runs up to the Bronze Age, but it is provision for Study Unit 2, The Celts, which is of particular interest here.

Keywords

WalesCeltschoolsprimary curriculumCastell HenllysNational Museum of Wales

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Type
Special section: Archaeology in education
Information
Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 283 , March 2000 , pp. 165 - 171
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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