General History Discussion

Please use this forum for any general discussion about History or any Historical topics.

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	Articles for The Historian4 Responses | Last response: 3rd December 2009, 12:38 pm by Sarah L. Ward Are there any historical periods or topics that you think that the Historian should cover?
	Afghan WarWar in Afghanistan, its impact on the life of neighbouring countries and on world
	Looking for GCSE British History ScriptwritersWe are looking for History teachers (current teachers or those with recent GCSE teaching experience) to write some audiobooks for the website www.gcsepod.co.uk. You’ll be asked to write scripts of around 5 minutes on curriculum topics. The work is paid and can be done from home in your own time. The scripts need to be engaging, lively and informative. We particularly need writers in the area of: British History. If you’re potentially interested please send me an email at jane.parks@soundbitelearning.co.uk. Please include your CV and your areas of specialism within British History. We look forward to hearing from you.
	The relevance of teaching history key stage 2 and 3I'm a student who is writing a project on 'The relevance of teaching history key stage 2 and 3'. I'm finding it hard to locate arguments surrounding this topic, so I'd be very grateful for any help in the right direction.
	Teachers TV - From Good to OutstandingHello, I wasn't sure whether to post in the Primary or Secondary forum, so I've gone for general rather than both. I’m working on behalf of Teachers TV to ask for teachers to give their advice and opinions to fellow teachers who are taking part in a new series of From Good to Outstanding. I thought the teachers on this site would find this relevant, so I hope this is OK to post here. The series started on 9th June 2009 and we would really like more teachers to get involved and let us know what they think. Here’s a bit more about the programmes: Taking a teacher who was rated ‘good’ by their school, viewers will have the opportunity to give their advice about how they could deliver an ‘outstanding’ lesson. After also receiving advice from specialist coaches, we find out what impact the experience has had on each teacher taking part. Read more about secondary teacher Hana and early years teacher Rachel in the discussion group as they are interviewed by Teachers TV. Hana and Rachel welcome your advice after their first lesson which is now live, so do get involved. Thanks in advance for your contributions. Beth Granter On behalf of Teachers TV
	Computer program and English monarchsThis may be closer to trivia than history but maybe it could be useful. It's a PC program that picks an English monarch, asks you for the dates of his/her reign. It then gives you the answer with a few facts about the monarch or events during their reign. You can specify various date ranges. The program asks whether you knew the answer and tailors its question selection to pick the ones you don't know, so as to give you more practice with them. The program covers some other topics as well. It's all free, at www.whatbots.com As I wrote the program, I can give it to you and there are no copyright problems. Regards, Brian
	Active History teaching and learningI am doing an MA research and investigation piece as part of my PGCE based on Active teaching and learning. I am a real advocate for active lessons, and enjoy them, but I am just wondering what you all think? have you tried it, hated it? loved it? what worked? I am also doing a literary review on the topic, so if anyone has any ideas of some books, journals etc... to send me in the right direction for reading, id appreciate it! Thank you. Anton