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  • A most horrid malicious bloody flame: using Samuel Pepys to improve Year 8 boys' historical writing

      Teaching History article
    Unusually, instead of moving from a narrative to an analytic structure, David Waters moves his pupils from causal analysis to narrative. By the time pupils are ready to produce their storyboard narrative, their thinking about the Great Fire has been shaped and re-shaped not only by structural exercises and argument...
    A most horrid malicious bloody flame: using Samuel Pepys to improve Year 8 boys' historical writing

  • Getting personal: making effective use of historical fiction in the history classroom.

      Teaching History article
    Writing stories in history lessons? But we don’t do things like that in history do we? Strange bedfellows though history and fiction might seem, Dave Martin and Beth Brooke make a strong case for collaboration between the English and history departments in order to introduce students to the challenging task...
    Getting personal: making effective use of historical fiction in the history classroom.

  • Reflecting on rights: teaching pupils about pre-1832 British politics using a realistic role-play

      Teaching History article
    Ian Luff’s discussion of role-play and his many practical examples (Ian Luff (2000) in Issue 100) drew a huge and positive response from readers. Luff emphasised the simple and the realistic, and, at the same time, showed how to get maximum value from these winning activities through a tight learning...
    Reflecting on rights: teaching pupils about pre-1832 British politics using a realistic role-play

  • Databases, spreadsheets, and historical enquiry at Key Stage 3

      Teaching History article
    Databases and spreadsheets used to terrify many history teachers and even where some skill was gained, these tools were approached in a spirit of professional worthiness rather than of intellectual excitement. Rob Alfano oozes intellectual excitement and it is pretty obvious that he communicates this to his pupils. His approaches...
    Databases, spreadsheets, and historical enquiry at Key Stage 3

  • Computers don't bite! Your first tentative steps in using ICT in the classroom.

      Article
    This article is for beginners. It will also provide perspectives and ideas for those training history teachers in the use of ICT for improving pupils’ learning. Drawing upon his experience in managing the HA’s NOF training programme, Alf Wilkinson outlines some practical activities that are ideal for getting the novice...
    Computers don't bite! Your first tentative steps in using ICT in the classroom.