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  • Cunning Plan 110: Imperial China

      Teaching History feature
    This edition of 'Cunning Plan' looks at teaching Imperial China at the beginning of Year 7.
    Cunning Plan 110: Imperial China

  • Triumphs Show 107: opening a new HA branch

      Teaching History feature
    Heather Scott gives a detailed account of the opening of a new HA branch in West Yorkshire.
    Triumphs Show 107: opening a new HA branch

  • Pull-out Posters: Primary History 82

      Anglo-Saxon daily life
    These images help to tell us more about Anglo-Saxon daily life.
    Pull-out Posters: Primary History 82

  • Triumphs Show 105: Year 9s respond directly to 9/11

      Teaching History feature
    Caroline Godsell describes the reactions and concerns of two Year 9 classes after the 9/11 attack.
    Triumphs Show 105: Year 9s respond directly to 9/11

  • Cunning Plan 127: Abolitionist icons

      Teaching History feature
    What makes someone an Icon? A cunning plan to explore the relative significance of individuals involved in abolishing the slave trade.
    Cunning Plan 127: Abolitionist icons

  • Pull-out Posters: Primary History 76

      Posters: Communication and Sutton Hoo helmet
    1. Communication Across the Ages; 2. The British Museum's Sutton Hoo Helmet
    Pull-out Posters: Primary History 76

  • Out and About: Newcastle’s 1650 Witch Trial

      Historian feature
    A.D. Bergin’s research for a work of historical fiction led him to Newcastle, where one of the largest witch trials in English history took place in 1650. Despite the scale of the proceedings, the event remains much less well known than the infamous Pendle trials or Matthew Hopkins’ East Anglian witch hunts.
    Out and About: Newcastle’s 1650 Witch Trial

  • In conversation with Ulinka Rublack

      Historian feature
    The Historian discusses with Ulinka Rublack her latest book, Dürer’s Lost Masterpiece: Art and Society at the Dawn of a Global World (2023), which takes a fresh look at this major Renaissance artist, telling the story of his life and times, and reassessing some of his best-known works...
    In conversation with Ulinka Rublack

  • Art and ecology

      Historian article
    Artworks and objects from the past provide us with a compelling record of human interaction with the natural world. In this article, art historians Carla Benzan and Samuel Shaw explain how they are using collections from galleries and museums to bring environmental history to new audiences and to increase awareness...
    Art and ecology

  • Doing history for climate action

      Historian article
    Incidents of flooding across the UK are increasing, threatening homes and livelihoods. In this article, Hannah Worthen and Briony McDonagh explain how they are using historic records of floods and flood management to engage communities in Hull in new conversations and to prompt vital action. Their project, Risky Cities, was...
    Doing history for climate action

  • American Vikings past and present: untangling myth from reality

      Historian article
    There is now compelling evidence that Norse people – popularly known as Vikings – had some interaction with the First Peoples of North America. Martyn Whittock looks at how the appeal of a Viking legend has combined with archaeological discoveries to create a powerful attachment in the North American imagination...
    American Vikings past and present: untangling myth from reality

  • In conversation with Mark Nicholls

      Historian feature
    The Historian sat down with Mark Nicholls to discuss his latest book, The Rise and Fall of Treason in English History, co-authored with Allen Boyer, which charts the history of the law of treason from its origins to the present day...
    In conversation with Mark Nicholls

  • Similarity and difference with a tasty twist

      Primary History article
    Polly Gillow uses ice cream, something children will readily relate to, as a means of exploring similarities between past and present, drawing on a range of sources and contexts together with practical activities including their sense of taste...  
    Similarity and difference with a tasty twist

  • In conversation with Nicholas Radburn

      Historian article
    The Historian sat down with historian Nicholas Radburn to discuss his latest book, Traders in Men, which examines the role of merchants in the expansion and transformation of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the eighteenth century.
    In conversation with Nicholas Radburn

  • Cunning Plan 120: Berlin after 1945

      Teaching History journal feature
    Anna Hamilton and Tony McConnell have created a 'Cunning Plan' to tackle to the question, 'Why was Berlin such a significant theatre of conflict after 1945?'.
    Cunning Plan 120: Berlin after 1945

  • Ideas for assemblies: LGBT History Month

      Primary History feature
    LGBT History Month was established in 2004. It not only raises awareness of discrimination still faced by the LGBT+ community but also celebrates LGBT+ people and their achievements. February is LGBT History Month and its theme this year was ‘History: Peace, Reconciliation, and Activism’. 
    Ideas for assemblies: LGBT History Month

  • Civil Rights: 1968 and Northern Ireland

      Historian article
    Jim McBride looks at the growing demand for equal civil rights for the Catholic population of Northern Ireland through the 1960s, which led to the resignation of Terence O’Neill in 1969.
    Civil Rights: 1968 and Northern Ireland

  • My Favourite History Place: Llanelly House and Saint Elli’s Church

      Historian feature
    There are so many delightful places of historical interest in Wales that it is very difficult to select just one or two as favourites but among contenders must be those visited by the Pontllanfraith Branch of the Gwent Historical Association in August 2018...
    My Favourite History Place: Llanelly House and Saint Elli’s Church

  • New light on Rendlesham

      Historian article
    New research at a royal palace site close to Sutton Hoo poses fresh questions about the nature of the early Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Christopher Scull and Tom Williamson look at how landscape studies can change our understanding of early English royal rule.
    New light on Rendlesham

  • Ideas for Assemblies: Linking historical events with geography

      Primary History article
    In this edition we highlight some interesting anniversaries that might provide a link with geography, either through maps, ideas about climate change or conservation and protection of wild animals. We hope these anniversaries might inspire some stimulating historical investigations, as well as provoke lots of discussion and debate. Some of...
    Ideas for Assemblies: Linking historical events with geography

  • John Knox

      Classic Pamphlet
    During his own lifetime John Knox was engaged in violent disputes, and throughout the succeeding ages his character has been the subject of acrimonious controversy. While there is an infinite variety of opinion as to his character, there is complete unanimity as to his importance. This pamphlet discusses the life,...
    John Knox

  • Scottish Diplomatists 1689-1789

      Classic Pamphlet
    The object of this pamphlet is to show the gradual penetration of Scotsmen after the Union into a particular branch of the public service - what may be conveniently though not very accurately described as the diplomatic service. This essay makes a study of the actual negotiations conducted by Scottish...
    Scottish Diplomatists 1689-1789

  • Australia's Gallipoli, 1915: myths and realities

      Historian article
    Carl Bridge gives us an unexpected Australian perspective on the unsuccessful landings at Gallipoli in 1915...
    Australia's Gallipoli, 1915: myths and realities

  • Who is in charge?

      Primary History article
    Children are introduced from the start of their lives to the idea that someone is in charge.  Helen Crawford and Karin Doull explore how the question ‘Who is in charge?’ can be used with EYFS children to develop ideas of power, authority and agency. The article looks at its relevance...
    Who is in charge?

  • Musings and misconceptions about Remembrance Day

      Primary History article
    Very few primary schools do not address Remembrance Day in some form or another.  We assume a broad awareness of what it stands for but Susie Townsend suggests that this may not always have been the case. We may be making assumptions about children’s awareness that are not justified. This...
    Musings and misconceptions about Remembrance Day