The beginning was in 1965, the ‘primary memorandum’ want that primary school integrate in the course different subjects like history, science, health, geography, technology and expressive arts. At that time, teachers did not have lot of experiences to integrate this kind of course and that’s why some strategies had to be developed.
The storyline approach was first developed by a small group of staff tutors. In Jordanhill College of education, Glasgow, Scotland. The founders of storyline name are Steve bell, Sallie Harkness and Fred Rendell. The teachers from Jordanhill worked in close co-operation with teachers in primary schools in West of Scotland. They visited different schools and worked with primary teachers. During to period of thirty years many teachers, head teachers and advisers helped to develop this methodology.
Now the method is used in Scotland, Germany, Netherlands, Iceland, Turkey, Denmark, Scandinavian countries, United States, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Lithuania, Greece and Portugal.
