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                                                                                The Historian 75: Keats' Deathbed Companion
                                        
                                            
                                        
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6 Whigs, Tories, East Indiamen and rogues: the history of Parliament, 1690-1715 – Paul Seaward 
11 Kingship and Authorship: History and Royalty in the Crown of Aragon – Suzanne F. Cawsey
19 The Wizard Earl of Northumberland: an Elizabethan scholar-nobleman – Gordon Batho
25 Keats' deathbed companion: in... The Historian 75: Keats' Deathbed Companion
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                                                                                The Maya: a 4,000-year-old civilisation in the Americas
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Primary History articleObscured by the fame of the Aztec empire or shrouded by a veil of mystery, the cultural history of the Maya has generally been misunderstood by the British public. Maya civilisation developed in a territory the size of Germany and Denmark together (nearly 400,000 km2). This vast territory shows three... The Maya: a 4,000-year-old civilisation in the Americas
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                                                                                A Load of Rubbish: Using Victorian throwaways in the classroom
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Primary History articlePlease note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
There are many effective ways of using artefacts and resources for the Victorians, but how many teachers have considered using the rubbish that the Victorians literally threw away? This material can cost nothing or be... A Load of Rubbish: Using Victorian throwaways in the classroom
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                                                                                Primary history through the secondary school lens
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Primary History articlePlease note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content and links may be outdated.
Trying to explain what pupils at primary school should know and understand about history to help their progress at secondary school is an extremely tricky question to answer (so thanks Jon!). Ultimately there are... Primary history through the secondary school lens
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                                                                                'But why then?' Chronological context and historical  interpretations
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History articleWhen Michael Fordham was introduced to Dr Seuss's Butter Battle Book he immediately recognised its potential value in the classroom as a popular interpretation of the Cold War.
Wanting his Year 9 pupils to explain how and why the past has been interpreted in different ways he shows the potential pitfalls... 'But why then?' Chronological context and historical  interpretations
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                                                                                Triumphs Show 156: Fresh perspectives on the First World War
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History feature: celebrating and sharing successYear 9 think they know a lot about the First World War. After all, they read Michael Morpurgo's novel Private Peaceful in their English lessons all the way back in Year 7, they've seen Blackadder so many times they can recite it, and in the centenary year of the war's... Triumphs Show 156: Fresh perspectives on the First World War
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                                                                                The International Journal Volume 4 Number 2
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    JournalJannet van Drie and Carla van BoxtelEnhancing Collaborative Historical Reasoning by Providing Representational Guidance 
 
Nadine Fink  Pupils' Conceptions of History and History Teaching 
 
Alan HodkinsonMaturation and the Assimilation of the Concepts of Historical Time: a Symbiotic Relationship, or Uneasy Bedfellows? An Examination of the Birth-Date Effect on Educational... The International Journal Volume 4 Number 2
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                                                                                Saint Robert and the Deer
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    ArticleIt is almost a commonplace that there is an affinity between a holy man and the creatures of the wild. The archetype is St. Francis of Assisi but the phenomenon was well marked both before and after his time. I would like to consider briefly an episode in the life... Saint Robert and the Deer
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                                                                                'Women and Children first!' a lost tale of Empire and Heroism
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Historian articleIn January 1852, under the command of Captain Robert Salmond, HMS Birkenhead left Portsmouth carrying troops and officers' wives and families from ten different regiments. Most were from the 73rd Regiment of Foot, and were on their way to South Africa to fight the Xhosa in the 8th Kaffir War (1850-1853),... 'Women and Children first!' a lost tale of Empire and Heroism
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                                                                                D-Day, Commemorations - the last big year to remember?
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Historian articleThis year it was the 70th anniversary of D-Day. The world's politicians and media went into overdrive about it. The BBC dedicated a whole day to the coverage, mainly live from Normandy while small events took place around the UK. For a whole day the upcoming centenary of the First... D-Day, Commemorations - the last big year to remember?
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                                                                                Britain from the Iron Age to Robin Hood
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Primary History article‘...if children are to ever fully appreciate history the development of historical time has to be central to our teaching methodologies'
This lesson aims to provide an overview of this period, developing pupils' sense of chronology and their understanding of cause and consequence. The context for these ideas comes from... Britain from the Iron Age to Robin Hood
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                                                                                The Historian 23
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    The magazine of the Historical Association3 Feature: Women in the Two World Wars, Penny Summer
10 Update: Modern India; Imperialism and Nationalism 1880 1947, Judith M Brown
13 Record Linkage: Heraldry and the Historian, Adrian Ailes
20 Anniversary: 150 Years of Photography The Historian 23
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                                                                                Cunning Plan 107: the big idea of Freedom
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History featureBig ideas, making connections, citizenship, thinking skills. We were nothing if not ambitious in our planning for this unit for a lower attaining Year 8 group at Langley School in Solihull. Having identified the big ideas which could underpin a dialogue between history and citizenship and make the connections between... Cunning Plan 107: the big idea of Freedom
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                                                                                The International Journal Volume 4 Number 1
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    JournalEditorial  
Historical Consciousness, Teaching and Understanding History 
 
Articles 
Peter Lee'Walking backwards into tomorrow' Historical consciousness and understanding history
 
Robert Guyver and Jon NicholFrom Novice to effective Teacher: a Study of Postgraduate Training and History Pedagogy The International Journal Volume 4 Number 1
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                                                                                An Intimate History of Your Home - Lucy Worsley
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Historian Article‘You've gone over to The Dark Side'.
These were the words of a well-respected historian to whom I'd been enthusing about the pleasures and perils of Dressing Up.
During 2009-10 I spent several months in historic costume, recreating the habits and rituals of domestic life in the past. It was... An Intimate History of Your Home - Lucy Worsley
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                                                                                'The Generous Turk': Some Eighteenth-Century Attitudes
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    ArticleNotwithstanding the tribal hatred recently shown for each other by a handful of English and Turkish football fanatics, nobody who has travelled in Turkey or taken a holiday in that country can have failed to notice the courtesy and generosity with which visitors are invariably treated. Indeed, one of the... 'The Generous Turk': Some Eighteenth-Century Attitudes
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                                                                                Cunning Plan 102.1: teaching decolonisation and the end of apartheid
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    ArticleCunning Plan for teaching decolonisation and the end of apartheid to 13 and 14 year-olds. The rationale behind this teaching unit is manifold: first, it takes away the idea in the children’s minds that all that happened in the twentieth century is world war. Second, it is designed to appeal... Cunning Plan 102.1: teaching decolonisation and the end of apartheid
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                                                                                The Historian 54: The handing back of Hong Kong
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    The magazine of the Historical AssociationFeatured articles:
Handing back Hong Kong: 1945 and 1997 - Andrew Whitfield (Read article)
Elizabeth I - Susan Doran
Western Dress and Ambivelence in the South Pacific - Michael Sturma (Read article)
The Middle East in WWII and the British Co-operation with the Zionist Agency - Nicholas Hammond
Painted Advertisements... The Historian 54: The handing back of Hong Kong
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                                                                                John Wilkes 1725-1797: A Man of Principle
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Historian articleFor Lord North in 1775, one John Wilkes was enough, ‘though ... to do him justice, it was not easy to find many such'. The impact of Wilkes between 1760 and 1780 was profound, a cause as much as a person. For Philip Francis, thought to be the satirist ‘Junius',... John Wilkes 1725-1797: A Man of Principle
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                                    The magazine of the Historical Association3 Feature: Palmerston, Man of Paradox, Muriel E. Chamberlain
10 Interpretation: Emperor Hirohito and Japanese History, Alan G.R. Smith
12 Local History: Vernacular Architecture and its Study, R. W. Brunskill
16 Update: The Crusades, Malcolm Bather
19 Education Forum: History 1989, Reform or Reaction, Christine Lloyd
20 Portfolio: Sinews of Wan Royalist Finances... The Historian 22
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                                                                                Teaching History 132: Historians in the Classroom
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    The HA's journal for secondary history teachers02 Editorial
03 Obituary: Martin Hunt 1936-2007  
04 HA Secondary News
05 Cultivating curiosity about complexity: what happens when Year 12 start to read Orlando Figes’ The Whisperers? – Laura Bellinger (Read article)
16 ‘Billy plays the drums but Lizzie cannot play.’ Will music-making help them both anyway? Year... Teaching History 132: Historians in the Classroom
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                                                                                The Historian 69: Don't Blame the Messengers
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    The magazine of the Historical AssociationFeatured articles:
4 The adventures of Peter Porcupine: William Cobbett in the United States, 1792-1800 - Noel Thompson
9 Don't Blame the Messengers: News Agencies Past and Present
16 ‘The War against God': Napoleon, Pope Pius VII and the People of Italy, 1800-1814.
22 Squalor and rough justice in Watford The Historian 69: Don't Blame the Messengers
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                                                                                The world on the wall: exploring diversity on Hadrian's Wall
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    ArticleBuilt in AD 122 by the order of the Emperor Hadrian, the 73 mile (80 Roman miles) long frontier goes from Bownesson-Solway in Cumbria to Wallsend on the River Tyne. Since 1987, the area has been inscribed as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage Site.... The world on the wall: exploring diversity on Hadrian's Wall
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                                                                                Including the Muslim Contribution in the National Curriculum for History
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    ArticleHistory education has a key role to play in creating the informed, critical attachment of young people to the nation and in creating the feeling that young people belong and can participate in national life.
The Curriculum for Cohesion Team, comprising Muslim and non-Muslim academics and community leaders, believes that... Including the Muslim Contribution in the National Curriculum for History
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                                                                                Helping Year 9 evaluate explanations for the Holocaust
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History article‘It made my brain hurt, but in a good way': helping Year 9 learn to make and to evaluate explanations for the Holocaust
Why genocides occur is a perplexing and complex question. Leanne Judson reports a strategy designed to help students think about perpetration and evaluate and propose explanations for... Helping Year 9 evaluate explanations for the Holocaust