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Historical Interpretation: Why is it still such a major issue?
E-CPD
This E-CPD unit was produced for the previous National Curriculum, when Interpretations in History were still relatively new. In the current National Curriculum, Interpretations are still central to the skills necessary for success. Perhaps more so, as it is now a separate assessment objective [AO4] at GCSE, starting in 2016,...
Historical Interpretation: Why is it still such a major issue?
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Lucy Worsley: How to build an Anniversary
Annual Conference Film
Do you sometimes heave a cynical sigh when you hear that it's 175 years since the invention of, say, the paperclip, and that a wealth of exhibitions, books and TV programmes are planned to celebrate the fact?
Well, anniversaries can be a powerful hook to get people interested in the...
Lucy Worsley: How to build an Anniversary
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Studying History at University: Teacher's guide
University Application Guide
Every year hundreds of students, supported by their teachers and schools apply to study history at university. How do you make sure that you or your students stand out from the crowd and get the place they want?
This helpful guide is written by Tony McConnell, Deputy Head of Merchant Taylors' Prep...
Studying History at University: Teacher's guide
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Progression - more than 'could do better'?
E-CPD
Some notion of progression underpins all teaching as well as curriculum, course design, work scheme construction lesson planning, evaluation and assessment. But what do we mean by progression and how do we help our students achieve it? Does our assessment reflect progression? Do our reports to parents comment on progression? In this E-CPD...
Progression - more than 'could do better'?
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Chronology Project
E-CPD
Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content and links may be outdated
What are we trying to achieve?
This is an excellent example of a small-scale co-operative project between several schools, each addressing the issue of Chronology in a way that is particularly pertinent to...
Chronology Project
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Early Career Development Programme
Autumn 2022 cohort (September–December 2022)
The Early Career Development Programme is an online course aimed at history teachers in their second, third, or fourth year who are confident in the classroom, and who now want to re-focus their attention on teaching even more ambitious and rigorous history.
Please note: The Autumn Cohort is no longer open...
Early Career Development Programme
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Early Career Development Programme
Spring 2023 cohort (February–April 2023)
The Early Career Development Programme is an online course aimed at history teachers in their second, third, or fourth year who are confident in the classroom, and who now want to re-focus their attention on teaching even more ambitious and rigorous history.
Led by a team of seven mentors, the...
Early Career Development Programme
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History Teacher Development Programme
Autumn 2023 cohort
The History Teacher Development Programme is an online course aimed at history teachers who want to re-focus their attention on teaching ambitious and rigorous history.
Are you a relatively new teacher coming to the end of your ECT years?
Are you a more experienced teacher who wants to re-engage with...
History Teacher Development Programme
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History Teacher Development Programme
Spring 2024 cohort
The History Teacher Development Programme is an online course aimed at history teachers who want to re-focus their attention on teaching ambitious and rigorous history.
Are you a relatively new teacher coming to the end of your ECT years?
Are you a more experienced teacher who wants to re-engage with...
History Teacher Development Programme
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History Teacher Development Programme
Autumn 2024 cohort
The History Teacher Development Programme is an online course aimed at history teachers who want to re-focus their attention on teaching ambitious and rigorous history.
Are you a relatively new teacher coming to the end of your ECT years?
Are you a more experienced teacher who wants to re-engage with...
History Teacher Development Programme
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History Teacher Development Programme
Spring 2025 cohort
The History Teacher Development Programme is an online course aimed at history teachers who want to re-focus their attention on teaching ambitious and rigorous history.
Are you a relatively new teacher coming to the end of your ECT years?
Are you a more experienced teacher who wants to re-engage with...
History Teacher Development Programme
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Time and Place; Using a Local Historical Site with Key Stage 2 and 3
Time and Place
English Heritage and the Historical Association have teamed up to provide this great new CPD guide to getting the most out of local historical sites with your classes. This easy to follow unit provides the basis for an entire unit of local study using the built heritage around you. Examples...
Time and Place; Using a Local Historical Site with Key Stage 2 and 3
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The later Middle Ages: Teacher Fellowship programme outcomes
Multipage Article
These resources were developed as part of the Historical Association’s inaugural Teacher Fellowship Programme funded by Agincourt 600. The programme was led by Ian Dawson and focused on developing teachers’ knowledge of late medieval history and translating this to the classroom.
Featuring academic input from Professor Anne Curry, Professor Michael...
The later Middle Ages: Teacher Fellowship programme outcomes
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Recorded webinar: Ordinary people - Holocaust Memorial Day 2023
Recorded webinar
Recorded webinar: Ordinary people - Holocaust Memorial Day 2023
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Recorded Webinar: Our Human Planet
Article
Recorded Webinar: Our Human Planet
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Recorded Webinar: Female slave-ownership in 18th and 19 century Britain
Article
Recorded Webinar: Female slave-ownership in 18th and 19 century Britain
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T.E.A.C.H Online
T.E.A.C.H Online - Teaching Emotive and Controversial History
T.E.A.C.H. Online is a resource that follows on from the Historical Association's T.E.A.C.H. Report published in 2007 with support from DCSF. It offers further expert advice, case studies, materials and classroom resources for teachers of history on teaching emotive and controversial history from Foundation Stage to Key Stage 5.
N.B....
T.E.A.C.H Online
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Immersive funded CPD: Sickness and social reform in the Victorian and Edwardian period
New funded online CPD for Key Stages 2-5
We are delighted to announce a funded CPD programme in partnership with the Wellcome Trust Collaborative Research project, Addressing Health: Morbidity and Mortality in the Victorian and Edwardian Post Office. The project explores the relationships between work and health in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through the lens of thousands...
Immersive funded CPD: Sickness and social reform in the Victorian and Edwardian period
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Teacher Fellowship Programme: The Cold War in the Classroom
Teacher Fellowship Programme 2017
Course Leader: Ben Walsh Academic Leader: Dr Jessica Reinisch (Birkbeck)
The 2017 Teacher Fellowship Programme focused on the history and historiography of the Cold War. The course was taught by historians at Birkbeck College London in collaboration with the Historical Association. The programme was fully funded, including travel and accommodation costs.
The...
Teacher Fellowship Programme: The Cold War in the Classroom
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Teaching and learning - what we do best
E-CPD
Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content and links may be outdated.
What is effective teaching and how do we tailor our lessons so that students learn best? In this E-CPD resource, we are going to explore and address teaching and learning and consider ways in which...
Teaching and learning - what we do best
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Teacher Fellowship Programme: Conflict, Art and Remembrance
Teacher Fellowship Programme 2019
Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red was a commemorative art installation of 888,246 handmade ceramic poppies at the Tower of London in 2014, by artists Paul Cummins and Tom Piper. It has been described as “the most popular art installation as well as arguably the most effective expression of commemoration...
Teacher Fellowship Programme: Conflict, Art and Remembrance
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Teacher Fellowship Programme: Local history
Teacher Fellowship Programme 2021–22
At the heart of this Teacher Fellowship programme in partnership with the British Association for Local History was the concept of integrating local history into the classroom through the stories of the people and places which make the history of your school's community exciting and unique. Through the lens of local history...
Teacher Fellowship Programme: Local history
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Recorded Webinar: Resisting Reagan
Article
Recorded Webinar: Resisting Reagan
