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  • Professional wrestling in the history department: a case study in planning the teaching of the British Empire at key stage 3

      Teaching History article
    Three years ago (TH 99, Curriculum Planning Edition), Michael Riley illustrated ways in which history departments could exploit the increased flexibility of the revised National Curriculum. He showed that precisely-worded enquiry questions, positioned thoughtfully across the Key Stage, help to ensure progression, challenge and coherence. His picturesque image for this...
    Professional wrestling in the history department: a case study in planning the teaching of the British Empire at key stage 3

  • What Does the English Baccalaureate mean for me?

      Briefing Pack
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. Some content may be outdated and some links may no longer work. History constitutes a key player in the new English Baccalaureate, being one of the two choices that students may opt for in the Humanities section. The English Baccalaureate is a...
    What Does the English Baccalaureate mean for me?

  • Fact Based Quiz Ideas For Turning 3s into 4s and 5s

      Briefing Pack
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content and links may be outdated. If you are looking to raise your 3/4 grades into 4s/5s, a big focus is going to be fact retention. This can be in the form of fact based quizzes and organisational activities,...
    Fact Based Quiz Ideas For Turning 3s into 4s and 5s

  • Thematic GCSE Content

      GCSE Resources
    The helpful guide below sets out links to a range of podcasts, articles and pamphlets that will provide subject knowledge guidance that you may find useful for all of the identified thematic topics of the  GCSE specifications. In addition there are also links to helpful articles dealing with bigger picture...
    Thematic GCSE Content

  • HA Secondary History Survey 2015

      Survey Report
    *Full Survey Report attached below 1.1 Data on which this report is based This survey was conducted during the summer term 2015. Responses were received from 455 history teachers working in a wide range of different contexts, including sixth form and tertiary colleges. The rapid expansion of the academies programme...
    HA Secondary History Survey 2015

  • Bruce! You're history.' The place of history in the Scottish curriculum

      Teaching History article
    History teachers in Scotland are feeling vulnerable. A curriculum review is leading to debates about history’s place in schools – will it or should it be a statutory part of Scotland’s curriculum for 11-14 year olds? Many of the concerns in Sam Henry’s article will ring true for teachers throughout...
    Bruce! You're history.' The place of history in the Scottish curriculum

  • History in Schools - Present and Future

      Conference Report
    History in Schools - Present and future: Event report This one day conference was organised by the sponsors to raise awareness of the changes in the 14-19 curriculum and initiate discussion on how history, taught from Key Stage 3 to HE level, could be best served and enhanced by the...
    History in Schools - Present and Future

  • Past Forward: Introduction

      Article
    The Historical Association held a major conference on history education, at the Cherwell School, Oxford on Saturday 28th September 2002. Entitled ‘Past Forward: A Vision for School History 2002-2012’, it was a celebration of recent trends in history teaching and a chance to reflect critically on where history education needs...
    Past Forward: Introduction

  • Past Forward: A vision for school history 2002-2012

      Book
    The Historical Association held a major conference on history education at the Cherwell School, Oxford on Saturday 28th September 2002. Entitled 'Past Forward: A Vision for School History 2002-2012', it was a celebration of recent trends in history teaching and a chance to reflect critically on where history education needs...
    Past Forward: A vision for school history 2002-2012

  • Ofsted and History in Schools

      Article
    HM Inspector John Hamer reviews the evidence. In a lecture marking the 150th anniversary of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Schools, Peter Gordon recalled a nineteenth century HMI, the Reverend W.H. Brookfield. His circle of friends included Tennyson, the Hallams and Thomas Carlyle.
    Ofsted and History in Schools

  • Knowledge and the Draft NC

      Teaching History article
    Silk purse from a sow's ear? Why knowledge matters and why the draft History NC will not improve it Katie Hall and Christine Counsell attempt to construct a Key Stage 3 scheme of work out of the draft National Curriculum for history that was released for consultation in England in...
    Knowledge and the Draft NC

  • Film: Choosing the migration unit for GCSE

      A Departmental Journey
    When the first revised GCSE specifications were launched in 2016, Sharon Aninakwa and her team at the Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College in North London made the decision to change their thematic unit to a study of migration. Some years later, they have a chance to reflect upon...
    Film: Choosing the migration unit for GCSE

  • Pedagogy, politics and the profession

      Teaching History article
    History curriculum reform proposals and debates are a persistent feature of the contemporary educational landscape in England and, very probably, a ‘sign of the times' that can reveal a great deal about contemporary predicaments and concerns. History curriculum controversy is also a global phenomenon and one that can fruitfully -and,...
    Pedagogy, politics and the profession

  • The importance of history

      Article
    The importance of history: Powerpoint presentation from the Regional Subject CfBT/HA ConferencesStarting point. Creating a departmental vision.The construction of any curriculum begins with questions about the purpose and philosophy of the curriculum. The new orders for history offer departments a ready made statement of history's importance and purpose.
    The importance of history

  • Film: Making the most of your secondary membership

      A guide to key support for individual and corporate secondary members
    Film: Making the most of your secondary membership

  • Film: The new Ofsted education inspection framework (EIF) 2019

      HA Conference Keynote Speech
    The film below was taken at the HA Annual Conference in Chester May 2019 and features Heather Fearn, Inspector Curriculum and Professional Development Lead, Ofsted. This session aimed to explain Ofsted’s approach to inspecting the curriculum under the new education inspection framework (EIF) that will come into effect in September 2019, with...
    Film: The new Ofsted education inspection framework (EIF) 2019

  • Tracking the health of history in England’s secondary schools

      Teaching History article
    In 2009 the Historical Association conducted the first of what has become an annual survey of history teachers in England. Its aim was to get beyond bare statistics relating to subject uptake and examination success to examine the reality of history teaching across all kinds of schools and to map...
    Tracking the health of history in England’s secondary schools

  • HA response to the DFE consultation on CPD

      CPD Consultation
    In September, the government launched a call for evidence concerning teachers professional development. The Historical Association has responded to the call for evidence on behalf of our members. You can read our response below.
    HA response to the DFE consultation on CPD

  • The Harkness Method: achieving higher-order thinking with sixth-form

      Teaching History article
    Hark the herald tables sing! Achieving higher-order thinking with a chorus of sixth-form pupils On 9 April 1930, a philanthropist called Edward Harkness donated millions of dollars to the Phillips Exeter Academy in the USA. He hoped that his donation could be used to find a new way for students to sit around a table...
    The Harkness Method: achieving higher-order thinking with sixth-form

  • The National Curriculum Attainment Target (from 2008)

      HITT Resource
    Level 4 Pupils show their knowledge and understanding of local, national and international history by describing some of the main events, people and periods they have studied, and by identifying where these fit within a chronological framework. They describe characteristic features of past societies and periods to identify change and...
    The National Curriculum Attainment Target (from 2008)

  • Film: Making the most of your secondary membership as a trainee

      A guide to key benefits for trainee secondary history teachers
    Are you a trainee teacher, new to or interested in HA secondary membership and want some guidance on where to start? In this webinar we guide you through some key benefits included as part of your membership - from essential online resources and journal support for beginning teachers to available CPD and accreditation routes...
    Film: Making the most of your secondary membership as a trainee

  • Achieving progression from the GCSE to AS

      Teaching History article
    As the new specifications [as we must all learn to call them] arrive in schools and colleges, we must all grapple with the concept of a new qualification - a new AS representing an intermediate standard. What does AS involve? In what ways does it represent progression from GCSE? Angela...
    Achieving progression from the GCSE to AS

  • Reflections on the Empathy Debate

      Article
    Not only do the various discussions on empathy show no signs of abating, they remain as confusing and emotionally charged as ever. On the one hand, much of the empathy argument is concerned with...
    Reflections on the Empathy Debate

  • Cunning Plan 132: Year 7 and the new National Curriculum

      Teaching History feature
    How can we plan for a coherent Year 7 that makes the most of the new National Curriculum freedom and its almost limitless possible content? Answer: borders, boundaries (and books) Please note: this article was published before the current 2014 National Curriculum.
    Cunning Plan 132: Year 7 and the new National Curriculum

  • A Guide to the Key Stage 3 programme (pre-2014)

      Key Stage 3 Guide
    Please note: this unit was produced for a previous national curriculum (pre-2014). However, much of the advice remains useful and it provides a context to topics that continue to be very important for history teachers. Subject leaders, ITE providers and others may find it useful to consider how currently relevant topics were...
    A Guide to the Key Stage 3 programme (pre-2014)