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| Before his untimely
death in 2000 John Fines was widely
recognised as Britain's leading authority on the teaching of history in
schools. All of his ideas were based upon a continuing wealth of
classroom experience. As an expert teacher John drew upon an extensive
repertoire of teaching strategies: among these was story telling. Story
telling is a vivid way of bringing children face-to-face with people of
the past.
Overall, the teaching was dynamic. At every point John challenged and stimulated the pupils, asking them to respond and develop their own understanding of historical situations, their causes and consequences and of the people involved, both children and adults. Five Stories Below are five recordings of John telling his stories. These can be played directly but are also available for download so that teachers can use them in their own classrooms. To download, right click on the 'download' link and left click on 'save target/link as'. The format is RealAudio and can be played through RealPlayer (free download available). John told these stories to children in a small coastal rural primary school in West Sussex. The scheme of work was on Victorian Britain - see History - The National Curriculum for England 1999 p.18 at www.nc.uk.net .
If you want to find out more about telling stories to children see Chapter 14 'Story Telling' in Teaching Primary History History by John Fines and Jon Nichol, Heinemann Education, 1997. This provides a step-by-step guide to how you can become a teller of historical stories to children.
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