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  • Using ancient monuments to help teach about pre-Roman times in Britain

      Primary History article
    It is inconceivable that anyone teaching ancient Britain has not used some of the famous sites such as Stonehenge, Avebury, Skara Brae, the Ring of Brodgar or Stones of Stenness. They are vital sources of information for this period of history and the teaching usually introduces the element of mystery...
    Using ancient monuments to help teach about pre-Roman times in Britain

  • Getting Year 7 to set their own questions about the Islamic Empire, 600-1600

      Teaching History article
    Sometimes particular problems can lead to unexpected solutions. In this case, Sally Burnham decided to solve a problem that she had identified among her Year 12 students by changing the way in which she teaches Year 7. Her Year 12s were finding it difficult to set appropriate questions for their...
    Getting Year 7 to set their own questions about the Islamic Empire, 600-1600

  • Primary History 46: Editorial: History, Citizenship and the Curriculum - A Fit Purpose

      Primary History article
    Read Primary History 46 In AD 62 an earthquake devastated the town of Pompeii. In AD 1976 Jim Callaghan in his Ruskin speech set off a seismic shock that shook education to its foundations. Almost two decades after the 62 AD Pompeii earthquake’s warning signs the volcanic explosion of Vesuvius...
    Primary History 46: Editorial: History, Citizenship and the Curriculum - A Fit Purpose

  • Teaching Gypsy, Roma and Traveller history

      Article
    Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people are the largest minority ethnic group in some communities (and therefore in some schools) in the UK. Yet the past of Gypsy, Roma, Traveller people may rarely be part of history lessons. The result is that pupils of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller heritage may not...
    Teaching Gypsy, Roma and Traveller history

  • Investigating Narrative Forms of History Pedagogy in Primary Initial Teacher Education in England

      IJHLTR Article
    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 15, Number 1 – Autumn/Winter 2017 ISSN: 14472-9474 Abstract Narrative forms of history may have a controversial status amongst professional historians, but the evidence for using narrative approaches in primary history is principally based on educational psychology and research into pedagogy....
    Investigating Narrative Forms of History Pedagogy in Primary Initial Teacher Education in England

  • Back to basics: what does a good history lesson look like?

      Primary History article
    The new emphasis from Ofsted on the importance of the foundation subjects has meant a very welcome renewed interest in history and how it is taught. For years the dominance of literacy and numeracy in the curriculum has meant that time for foundation subjects has at best been compressed, and...
    Back to basics: what does a good history lesson look like?

  • Resourcing sources

      HA Primary Subject Leader Area
    As a subject leader, are you often asked to provide historical objects and other documentary sources to support your colleagues with the teaching of history, but don’t know where to start looking? Well – read on! Teachers need to give children experience of handling a range of sources of information....
    Resourcing sources

  • Webinar series: History and literacy: better together

      On-demand webinar series for primary teachers and history subject leaders
    History is a highly literate discipline, but what should the relationship be between primary history and the general teaching of literacy and English? The answer is that primary history should be modelling what it is like to think, speak, read, write and listen in an historical way. However, the subject...
    Webinar series: History and literacy: better together

  • Webinar series: Practical approaches to disciplinary concepts in primary history

      HA webinar series for primary teachers and history subject leaders
    What does this series cover? This webinar series will look at each of the key historical concepts and how these can be implemented in a primary setting. It will give practical advice on how to incorporate the concepts into Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 including how to frame...
    Webinar series: Practical approaches to disciplinary concepts in primary history

  • Young Quills shortlist for 2025

      The HA's annual awards for best historical fiction for young people
    Each year, the Historical Association runs ‘Young Quills’, a competition for published historical fiction for children and young adults (14+). The Young Quills books for each year must be published for the first time in English in the year preceding the competition – so 2024 for this year’s selection. Our aim...
    Young Quills shortlist for 2025

  • On-demand webinar series: Building and securing disciplinary thinking in primary history

      On-demand webinar series for primary teachers and history subject leaders
    What does this series cover? This series of webinars will consider how disciplinary knowledge is slowly introduced into the primary curriculum, built upon and strengthened. We know that substantive knowledge in history is the substance ('the stuff') we teach: the facts which we are sure about and which all have...
    On-demand webinar series: Building and securing disciplinary thinking in primary history

  • Course: Supporting SEND pupils in your primary history lessons

      HA CPD course for history subject leaders in mainstream schools
    Book Now (Registration is via Cademy which opens in a new window. Please read the HA CPD terms and conditions before registering) Available dates Autumn term: Friday 5 December, 9am - 2pm (online) What does the course cover? Do you struggle to engage your lower attaining or EAL pupils in their history lessons? Are you...
    Course: Supporting SEND pupils in your primary history lessons

  • Course: Assessment and progression in primary history

      HA CPD course for primary history subject leaders and senior leaders
    Book Now (Registration is via Cademy which opens in a new window. Please read the HA CPD terms and conditions before registering) Available dates Summer term: Wednesday 11 June 2025, 9.30am–3.30pm (online) What does the course cover? This practical course will help primary teachers to understand the purpose of assessment...
    Course: Assessment and progression in primary history

  • Planning and reviewing primary history

      HA Primary Subject Leader Area
    While many aspects of the teaching of history will be covered in general school policies, e.g. assessment, much will also depend on the subject leader helping colleagues to teach history in a coherent and efficient way. The content of history is infinite and some guidance will be needed on how...
    Planning and reviewing primary history

  • On-demand webinar series: Avoiding confusion and challenging misconceptions in primary history

      On-demand webinar series for primary teachers and history subject leaders
    What does this series cover? This practical series of webinars will identify what confuses pupils in primary history and how such confusion and misconceptions can be avoided and challenged. Through examples of careful planning and activities it will show how pupils can develop an accurate and nuanced understanding of chronology...
    On-demand webinar series: Avoiding confusion and challenging misconceptions in primary history

  • Webinar series: Deep dive with confidence

      HA webinar series for current and aspiring primary history subject leaders
    "This series was very useful in preparing for Ofsted and ensuring I was considering the curriculum outcomes sufficiently." What does this series cover? We are pleased to offer teachers another chance to access this series of webinars which will address the implications of the 2023 Ofsted subject report for primary...
    Webinar series: Deep dive with confidence

  • Your Primary CPD calendar Autumn 2025

      News Item
    We know that it's not easy for teachers to get out of school or have budgets to afford a plentiful supply of CPD. We know how essential your CPD is to you and that is why we have worked to provide a wide range of face to face, online learning...
    Your Primary CPD calendar Autumn 2025

  • Write Your Own Historical Fiction Competition 2025

      The Historical Association Historical Fiction Prize
    Entries for this year's competition are now closed. The winners will be posted on this website in September/October. Next year's competition will open at the end of 2025. Each year we are so impressed by the ever increasing number and standard of entries we receive around such a wide range of...
    Write Your Own Historical Fiction Competition 2025

  • 20 Years On, The 1986 Domesday Project

      Article
    The mention of 'The Domesday Project' to any teacher who was in the classroom in 1985 usually triggers a very vivid memory of involvement in a national survey to capture life at that time. Teachers of over one million pupils in both primary and secondary schools volunteered to be included...
    20 Years On, The 1986 Domesday Project

  • Course: Becoming an effective primary history subject leader

      Immersive online course for new, experienced and aspiring history leaders
    Book Now (Registration is via Cademy which opens in a new window. Please read the HA CPD terms and conditions before registering) Autumn 2025 cohort Start date: Wednesday 15 October 2025, 4pm–5.30pm What does this course cover? This is an immersive online course for developing history leadership in primary teaching. It covers the...
    Course: Becoming an effective primary history subject leader

  • Using museum and heritage sites to promote higher-level learning at KS2

      Primary History article
    The Key Stage 2 Primary History Curriculum sets ambitious challenges for pupils: "…They should regularly address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance. They should construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical information. They should understand how our knowledge...
    Using museum and heritage sites to promote higher-level learning at KS2

  • WWI primary book reviews: The Christmas Truce and Where the Poppies Now Grow

      Two illustrated stories of the First World War by Hilary Robinson & Martin Impey
    The Christmas Truce ‘It's Christmas Eve 1914. A group of tired soldiers start singing Stille Nacht. Soldiers the other side of No Man's Land respond with Silent Night. The next day, soldiers on both sides put down their weapons and celebrate Christmas Day with a friendly football match.' This heart-warming...
    WWI primary book reviews: The Christmas Truce and Where the Poppies Now Grow

  • HA Blog Watch

      Selected history education blogs
    We've collated some of the best history education blogs here. The list isn't exhaustive so if there is a great history education blog out there that is not on this list – let us know! One Big History Department HA Secondary Committee blog One Big History Department (OBHD) has been...
    HA Blog Watch

  • How We Used to Sleep

      School Resources
    Want to take a fresh look at medicine through time with your students? If so, you might be interested in teaching them about sleep’s history in the Renaissance. By focusing on sleep – something that we all do and have an opinion on – students can be introduced to changing...
    How We Used to Sleep

  • The potty timeline: an effective way of using timelines

      Primary History article
    Timelines are a constant source of fascination. Rows of events and time periods all jostling for position on an eternal line, cramming together or strung out with wide gaps between them. In our primary classrooms, however, the vastness of timelines can be diminished as we crop them on computers and...
    The potty timeline: an effective way of using timelines