We know that it's not easy for teachers to get out of school or have budgets to afford a plentiful supply of CPD. We know how essential your CPD is to you and that is why we have worked to provide a wide range of face to face, online learning...

This practical webinar will explore the way images and film can be used in primary history, whether these are of original source material (such as artefacts) or historical interpretations created after a period to illustrate it for later generations. It will consider ways of helping pupils to analyse these historical...

This practical webinar will demonstrate how giving pupils opportunities to write formatively can capture their understanding at given points in a learning episode, helping them to structure their developing thinking and supporting teachers in spotting and correcting misconceptions in good time. It will consider effective ways of challenging pupils to...

Historians often conflate the causes of death with the causes of ill health. The two are related, but not necessarily the same. Sickness was not always fatal, and therefore to understand its history we must look beyond the causes of death to the nature and causes of ill health. This...

In this webinar we will guide you through some essential benefits available through your HA primary membership - from key online resources and journal support through to available CPD and accreditation routes. We also look at how you can get involved with the activities and competitions run by the association...

This practical webinar will look at the vital role speaking and listening plays in helping pupils to think, read and write in historical ways as well as developing general oracy skills. It will explore a range of strategies and tasking that can help pupils deepen their historical understanding, gain a...

For European states in the early modern era the Ottoman empire represented a huge trading bloc, stretching at its height from Hungary in the west to Iran in the east, from Ukraine in the north to Egypt in the south, and along the southern shores of the Mediterranean to the...

This practical webinar will show how the writing and insights of real historians can be used across medium-term plans in primary history. It will give examples of how historians' ideas can be simplified for presentation in different ways, how their methods can be echoed for pupils in tasking, and how...

This webinar will support you to ensure well-planned transition to Key Stage 1, and will give advice on planning for mixed-age YR/Y1 classes. It will reflect on developing a coherent history curriculum across all phases in your school.

This practical webinar will explore the different ways stories and storytelling can be used in primary history: as an evocative way of conveying substantive knowledge for retrieval, and as a stimulus to hook pupils’ initial interest and curiosity. It will also show how pupils can be helped to test the...

This informal webinar will provide an introduction to the Historical Association Quality Mark including the process, the framework and assessment and a chance to ask questions about the programme.

There are many fine core texts that can enhance primary history and magnify its curricular impact. This practical webinar will show how to plan carefully when using these texts, exploring some of the advantages this can bring while avoiding corresponding pitfalls. Careful consideration will be given to the setting of...

This webinar will look at effective use of picture books to develop children’s historical vocabulary and their understanding of the past, and will explore thematic approaches for teaching ‘past and present'.

Research on the history of migration continues to flourish and grow, but scholarship is also becoming increasingly splintered, often focusing on particular settings or population groups. In the British school curriculum, migration is often used as a way to discuss questions of national identity or diverse religious, ethnic, religious and...

This informal webinar will provide an introduction to the Chartered Teacher of History scheme, including the process, the framework and assessment and a chance to ask questions about the programme.

This practical webinar will guide teachers on how to devise rigorous historical enquiry questions, how to spot and weed out weak ones, and how to sequence them in an effective way across medium-term plans. It will show how disciplinary concepts can be revisited and pupils supported in the careful accumulation...

Book Now (Registration is via Cademy which opens in a new window. Please read the HA CPD terms and conditions before registering) Available dates Spring term: Friday 14 March 2025, 9.30am–3pm (online) What does the course cover? Do you struggle to engage your lower attaining or EAL pupils in their history lessons? Are...

This webinar explores themes around the causes of migration over time and look at practical outcomes in the classroom. It focuses on migration over time in London from the Saxons to the Windrush, through sources and stories, though the themes and ideas used are relevant to schools beyond London. Topics...

We are at a vital moment in our attempt to tackle the climate crisis. Global warming is an inter-disciplinary challenge for the world and an inter-disciplinary challenge in education, too. In this talk, Alison Kitson argues that history provides a vital perspective that enables young people to understand our interaction...

Webinar series: Creating curriculum pathways through primary history at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 This webinar was recorded as part of our webinar series exploring the teaching of substantive concepts in primary history. The National Curriculum for history requires pupils to gain understanding about abstract concepts of substantive...