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  • The Olympics

      HA Quick Guides
    The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games look set to be an expression of an ultra-modern Britain. Yet they boast a legacy that dates back to Ancient Greece. There is a heritage of rich material for the primary history subject leader to mine and slot in alongside existing or newly...
    The Olympics
  • Iron Age Farm - Film

      Iron Age Farm
    The following film takes a look at Butser Ancient Farm - a unique experimental archaeological site and a fascinating day out. Nestled into the rolling South Downs National Park, this ancient farm displays ongoing constructions of Iron Age buildings based on real sites, crops from prehistory and rare breeds of...
    Iron Age Farm - Film
  • The Battle of Monte Cassino and the D-Day Landings

      Article
    The Second World War is no longer a recent war. Very soon, there will be no veterans left to tell us how they saw things and what it was really like for them. While some eyewitnesses who were children at the time might be with us to see the centenary...
    The Battle of Monte Cassino and the D-Day Landings
  • Earth heroes: Etta Lemon, ‘The Mother of Birds’

      Primary History article
    In this article Ailsa Fidler considers Etta Lemon and her role in halting the plume boom, which saw many bird species driven to the edge of extinction, all in the name of fashion. Linking a study of Etta to the government’s policy on Climate Education, the article shows how Etta’s...
    Earth heroes: Etta Lemon, ‘The Mother of Birds’
  • The Amesbury Archer

      Primary History article
    One of the requirements for the Key Stage 2 history curriculum is that children learn about changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. In some ways this is a challenging period to teach – the evidential record is patchy, it is open to interpretation, and there...
    The Amesbury Archer
  • Film: Unpicking the Ofsted subject report for history

      Rich Encounters With the Past
    In this webinar, history teachers and consultants Stuart Tiffany and Kerry Somers and Senior lecturer in primary education at Liverpool John Moore's University, Ailsa Fidler discuss the July 2023 history subject report with Ofsted National Lead for history, Tim Jenner. In the course of the webinar discussion, the key messages...
    Film: Unpicking the Ofsted subject report for history
  • The new King

      Primary History article
    King Charles III acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022 on the death of Queen Elizabeth II. This article looks at the lives of the three kings named Charles and investigates how things will change with our new king. It includes activities and a timeline of British monarchs from Tudors to present...
    The new King
  • Exploring the history of our place with very young children

      Primary History article
    Karin Doull considers how we can develop historical thinking in the Early Years in this article about locality and place. Karin offers helpful suggestions for developing historical vocabulary and assessing understanding. How can we seek to encourage Foundation Stage children to engage with historical thinking and processes? What appears to...
    Exploring the history of our place with very young children
  • Exploring the Great Fire of London and Deaf history

      Primary History article
    Kate Loveman and James Harrod offer new insights into the Great Fire of London by focussing on the inclusion of Deaf history in this popular topic. They shares the online teaching resources created in their joint partnership between the University of Leicester and the Museum of London. Each year thousands...
    Exploring the Great Fire of London and Deaf history
  • Artefacts in the neighbourhood

      Primary History article
    Alf Wilkinson uses an everyday object found near you – a post box – to develop your children’s history skills. Look carefully at the picture. It is a familiar object in the neighbourhood. It is a postbox – there will be one (or more) near you. Go out and look...
    Artefacts in the neighbourhood
  • Film: Making the most of your primary membership

      Article
    Are you new to HA primary membership and not sure where to start? Want a taster of the benefits before you join? Or have you been a member for a while and want to make sure that you're using your membership to its full potential? In this recorded webinar we guide you through some essential benefits - from...
    Film: Making the most of your primary membership
  • Teaching the Wars of the Roses in primary history

      Primary History article
    The Tudors is a relatively popular topic for those Key Stage 2 teachers looking at a theme extending beyond 1066. In this article Matthew Sossick argues that there is a large gap in understanding if pupils understand nothing of how the Tudors emerged as such a dominant dynasty. This means...
    Teaching the Wars of the Roses in primary history
  • Recorded webinar: Teaching the 'People's History' of the Munich Crisis

      Mental health, class, gender and diversity
    Professor Julie Gottlieb has written extensively on inter-war British political and gender history, and her more recent work has provided alternative perspectives on seemingly settled debates in the historiography of British foreign policy and the history of appeasement. Through the lens of women/gender, social history, and now psychology/emotion, she argues for a...
    Recorded webinar: Teaching the 'People's History' of the Munich Crisis
  • Recorded Webinar: Ukraine and the Soviet Politics of Empire

      Article
    Recorded Webinar: Ukraine and the Soviet Politics of Empire
  • The world at our feet: a history of shoes

      Primary History article
    From the moment we start to walk, shoes become an ever-present part of our daily life, protecting our feet from damage, moisture, heat and cold, expressing our personality and fashion tastes and enabling us to carry out a variety of activities both safely and effectively. Shoes are an essential part...
    The world at our feet: a history of shoes
  • Film: Rethinking the origins of the Cold War

      Churchill's Great Game
    In this HA Virtual Branch talk Professor Richard Toye explores Churchill’s response to the USSR and how his actions during the early Cold War years intersected with his views of traditional Anglo-Russian tensions and the legacy of the ‘Great Game’. Richard Toye is Professor of Modern History at the University...
    Film: Rethinking the origins of the Cold War
  • The Normans

      Topic Pack
    This Topic Pack gives you a brief summary on the Normans.
    The Normans
  • Film: Making the most of your primary membership

      An overview of membership support
    Are you new to HA primary membership and not sure where to start? Want a taster of the benefits before you join? Or have you been a member for a while and want to make sure that you're using your membership to its full potential? In this recorded webinar, we guide you...
    Film: Making the most of your primary membership
  • Film: The Partitions of Poland-Lithuania (1772-1795)

      Repercussions for German-Polish Relations and their Legacy.
    Karin Friedrich recently joined the Virtual Branch to discuss aspects of its complex history in her talk on the partitions of Poland, their repercussions for German-Polish relations and their legacy. Professor Friedrich is chair in Early Modern European History at the University of Aberdeen, co-director of the Centre for Early Modern...
    Film: The Partitions of Poland-Lithuania (1772-1795)
  • The Dawson Lectures

      Multipage Article
    In 2021, Ian Dawson suggested there should be a place and a way for us to honour and respect those who have gone above and beyond to help support, nurture and promote those involved with teaching, as well as producing resources and guidance that can assist teachers with developing their...
    The Dawson Lectures
  • Storytelling the past

      Primary History article
    This article will demonstrate how to engage children through storytelling and how it can be used to develop their critical understanding of the past. Why story? Despite their common derivation, the words ‘history’ and ‘story’ suggest very different kinds of knowledge, the former carrying overtones of detached understanding of the...
    Storytelling the past
  • Sources for the Great Fire of London and its context

      Primary History feature
    Nina Sprigge reveals two interesting sources that can supplement teaching the Fire of London.   Fire of London: fundraising for refugees The receipt on the back cover provides evidence of national fundraising in 1666. It is touching that people from Cowfold, a little village outside London, cared enough to want to...
    Sources for the Great Fire of London and its context
  • Texts for the Classroom: Ma’at’s Feather

      Primary History article
    Alf Wilkinson discusses a book first published in 2008, and set in Ancient Egypt. Ma’at’s Feather is the story of Qen, a young boy growing up in ancient Egypt. He is part of a farming family, and we discover how their livelihood is totally dependent on the River Nile... 
    Texts for the Classroom: Ma’at’s Feather
  • Scheme of work: Journeys - the story of migration to Britain

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (unresourced)
    This unit is designed as a thematic course looking at the big picture of migration to Britain over time. There are many ways that the course can be adapted to include different content which may be more relevant for the local community around your school. Most of the content described in...
    Scheme of work: Journeys - the story of migration to Britain
  • Using ICT in the Teaching of History

      Transition Training Session 2
    This is the second of 5 sessions arising from the 2005 KS2-KS3 History Transitions Project: Transition training session 1: Historical Enquiries & Interpretations Transition training session 2: Using ICT in the teaching of history Transition training session 3: Extended writing in history Transition training session 4: Joan of Arc - Saint, Witch...
    Using ICT in the Teaching of History