Webinar series: Weaving historical scholarship into primary history

Primary teachers are expected to be experts in everything. If you feel that your history subject knowledge could do with a brush up, then this series is for you. The Historical Association has teamed up with some leading historians and experienced teachers to bring you up to speed on the latest perspectives on various periods in the primary history curriculum, as well as considering how these historians can shape our practice in the classroom.

Anglo-Saxon England

Part A: Subject knowledge

In the first webinar, Professor John Blair shares findings from his book Building Anglo-Saxon England, which demonstrates how recent excavations enable us to grasp for the first time the diversity of the Anglo-Saxon built environment. The book explores how the natural landscape was modified for human activity, and how settlements were laid out with geometrical precision by specialist surveyors. It also shows how the Anglo-Saxon love of elegant and intricate decoration is reflected in the construction of the living environment, which in some ways was more sophisticated than it would become after the Norman Conquest.

Part B: Curriculum thinking and pedagogy

In the second webinar, experienced teacher, teacher educator and consultant Andrew Wrenn will focus directly upon the subject knowledge updates and insights provided by Professor Blair and explore the implications this has for our curriculum planning and teaching of the settlement of England by the Anglo-Saxons as well as our perceptions of them as a society. Participants will leave the session with a secure understanding of how they can ensure that their teaching of the period reflects the latest scholarship as well as feeling confident in their subject knowledge.

How to book

You can purchase and access the webinars on this page (please note you will need to be logged in to do this). Once you have purchased the resource, the recordings will be available to view at the bottom of this page during the specified period.

Release date: Monday 2 September 2024
Expiry date: Sunday 31 August 2025

All Historical Association webinars are subject to the HA CPD terms and conditions.