The British Museum, in partnership with BBC Radio 4 are launching The History of the World in 100 Objects. The scheme encourages an examination of life, traditions and customs in the past through  100 carefully chosen artefacts. Each week is a different featured artefact. The museum holds an exhibition of...

Records of thousands of people who lived in Bromley and district over a period of many centuries are now featured on the Kent Archaeological Society's website. The records, in the form of memorial inscriptions (‘MIs') on gravestones, tombs and monuments at the parish church of St Peter and St Paul,...

Autumn 2009 We'd like to say a really big ‘thank you' to all of you who took part in our online survey about the implementation of the New Secondary Curriculum. There is plenty of generic evaluation going on, so it is especially valuable to have the views of so many...

Schools are the best place for education and action on climate change, say young people on the HeadsUp forum The young people on the HeadsUp forum discussing climate change felt that schools are the best places for them to have an impact and a voice on environmental matters. Some had already...

An Ofsted report published today showcases 20 primary schools in very challenging circumstances that have been rated 'outstanding' at least twice. The 20 schools, from across England, defy the association of disadvantage with low standards. They serve communities where pupils come from poorer urban backgrounds and an above average proportion...

In BBC History Magazine's October issue both Andrew Marr and Terry Deary expressed strong views on the state of history education in Britain. History teacher Nicolas Kinloch responds to their criticisms.Everyone has an opinion about history in schools. Andrew Marr and Terry Deary certainly do. But it doesn't follow that, because...

Assessing Pupils' Progress in History by Joanne PhilpottAPP is a tool to view pupil progress periodically by making use of collections of day to day learning in order to ‘make periodic judgements on pupils' progress using a wide range of evidence taken from a variety of classroom contexts.'[i]  QCDA is...

This website replaces the award-winning Learning Curve, with all the same resources for teaching and learning history, but in an exciting new design and a structure that should make resources much easier to find and use.They have added in additional topic websites from The National Archives, covering subjects as diverse as the...

History campaigners demand more detailed subject coverage for trainees A government review of teacher training prompted by the Rose primary curriculum review should ensure students spend more than just a few hours on subjects, campaigners say. Some primary PGCE courses feature just half a day on humanities, despite worries that...

The HEDP launched its ground-breaking report "Teaching About the Holocaust in English Secondary Schools: An empirical study of national trends, perspectives and practice" on September 15, 2009.This research was commissioned by The Pears Foundation and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). The aims were to examine when, where, how...