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  • Time for a story

      Using stories in the Early Years and Foundation Stage
    Stories are an important part of a young child’s way of making sense of their world. Hilary Cooper’s excellent article ‘Why Stories?’ explores some of the reasons why stories are important to young children and their growing ‘understanding of the world’. This article is going to explore some recommended stories...
    Time for a story

  • Queen Victoria as a Politician

      Article
    Even had Queen Victoria not presided over the achievements of the age which bears her name, her career would still hold a fascination for the historian. She was, for one thing, the solitary woman in a male political world. She was possessed of a personality at once perceptive and simple,...
    Queen Victoria as a Politician

  • Ufton Court

      Visit
    Ufton Court, an Elizabethan Grade 1 Manor House between Reading and Newbury, is an inspirational centre for schools. The Ufton team lead residential and day visits for KS2 that aim to give children a passion for history.  Find out more: https://www.uftoncourt.org.uk/ 
    Ufton Court

  • Why history matters? Round Table discussion podcast

      Podcasts
    Podcast of the round table discussion available here!The History Matters Annual Conference in May saw the best turnout we've had for some time with a healthy and representative mix of HA members. Our thanks to all those who contributed their time and energy in delivering workshops and lectures. Our afternoon...
    Why history matters? Round Table discussion podcast

  • Film: Making an effective History curriculum

      Workshop Film: Yorkshire History Forum 2018
    Richard Kennett is a senior leader, teacher, blogger, text-book author and member of HA secondary committee. In November 2018, Richard visited the Yorkshire History Forum to talk about his school’s experience of reviewing and re-planning their Key Stage 3 curriculum. This film is of Richard’s keynote speech at the Forum....
    Film: Making an effective History curriculum

  • Virtual Branch Recording: The House of Dudley

      Article
    The Dudleys thrived at the court of Henry VII, but were sacrificed to the popularity of Henry VIII. Rising to prominence in the reign of Edward VI, the Dudleys lost it all by advancing Jane Grey to the throne over Mary I. That was until the reign of Elizabeth I,...
    Virtual Branch Recording: The House of Dudley

  • History in Schools: What is the Future?

      History Debate Podcast
    The Future of history in our schools Whether you have children or not, whether you're a teacher or not, if you have a love of History this debate matters to you.
    History in Schools: What is the Future?

  • Register of schools holding the Quality Mark

      Multipage Article
    See our full register of awarded Quality Mark Schools, updated monthly. Each school holds their QM status for 3 years from the date of award.
    Register of schools holding the Quality Mark

  • One of my favourite history places: Bournville

      Article
    One of my favourite places is Bournville Village in the south of Birmingham – every time I go there it feels as if I am entering a different world, away from the noise and bustle of the city. Less than five minutes' walk away from the tourist attraction of Cadbury World is the village...
    One of my favourite history places: Bournville

  • Ofsted research report into history 2021

      14th July 2021
    Ofsted writes: The study of history can bring pupils into a rich dialogue with the past and with the traditions of historical enquiry. In this report, Ofsted have: outlined the national context in relation to history considered curriculum progression in history, pedagogy, assessment and the impact of school leaders’ decisions on provision...
    Ofsted research report into history 2021

  • Ideas for Assemblies: Battle of the Somme

      Article
    Commemorating the Battle of the Somme through an assembly is not an easy task and one which needs careful thought and preparation. This battle officially started on 1 July 1916, after a week-long artillery bombardment, though both British and French commanders had prepared for the offensive for several months. To highlight...
    Ideas for Assemblies: Battle of the Somme

  • An Outline History of Benin for KS2

      Pamphlet
    This outline history of Benin gives a chronological picture of the history and society of Benin.  The period covered commences in the first millennium AD, or possibly earlier, and ends in the 1990s.  However, this document was written in response to the inclusion of Benin within the National Curriculum for...
    An Outline History of Benin for KS2

  • Podcast Series: The History of Science

      Multipage Article
    In this series of podcasts we take a look at the history of the Royal Society and the influence it has had on the history and development of science. This series features: Keith Moore, Head of Libraries and Archives at the Royal Society, Dr Jordan Goodman, Dr Patricia Fara of...
    Podcast Series: The History of Science

  • Writing the history of nineteenth-century Europe

      Annual Conference 2013 Podcast
    Keynote Speech from the Historical Association 2013 Annual Conference - Podcast Sir Richard Evans FBA - Regius Professor of History and President of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge ‘Study problems, not periods', Lord Acton famously advised in his Inaugural Lecture at Cambridge. Centuries in themselves have no historical meaning; the...
    Writing the history of nineteenth-century Europe

  • Virtual Branch Recording: The Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949

      Diaries and Personal Experiences
    In this talk Professor Henrietta Harrison uses diary records to think about the experience of living through the revolution in China in 1949, focussing on what it meant to Chinese people, how they learned about its practices and ideology, and how this changed their lives - whether they were radical intellectuals returning...
    Virtual Branch Recording: The Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949

  • Recorded Webinar: Robespierre and Danton: Heroes of the French Revolution?

      Article
    One of the oldest myths of the French Revolution is the lethal rivalry between Robespierre and Danton: Robespierre the cold, bloodthirsty dictator who ruled France through Terror, versus Danton, the warm, humane, inspirational orator who wanted to stop Terror. Throughout the 19th century Robespierre was mostly depicted as a villain,...
    Recorded Webinar: Robespierre and Danton: Heroes of the French Revolution?

  • The Jews of Medieval England: on-demand short course

      Online self-guided short course for lifelong learners
    A Jewish community was established in England shortly after the Norman Conquest. Initially confined to London, from the 1130s onwards Jews began to settle in other parts of the country, where they lived as English Jews for more than two centuries. Their life in England came to an end in...
    The Jews of Medieval England: on-demand short course

  • 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 Kingdom of Benin 1500-1750

      Podcast
    In this podcast Dr Toby Green of King's College London examines the rise and fall of the Kingdom of Benin.
    The Kingdom of Benin 1500-1750

  • A Vision of Britain Through Time

      Website
    This free-to-use and publically accessible website has now been updated and re-launched with a new look, extra content and improved search tools thanks largely to funding from JISC (the Joint Information Systems Committee of Britain's universities).Among the latest additions is a full listing of every General Election result, 1832 to...
    A Vision of Britain Through Time

  • Year 7 explore the story of a London street

      Teaching History article
    One street, twenty children and the experience of a changing town: Year 7 explore the story of a London street Michael Wood and others have recently drawn attention to the ways in which big stories can be told through local histories. Hughes and De Silva report a teaching unit through...
    Year 7 explore the story of a London street

  • Mercurial justice: a Jesuit chaplain’s view of life in the prisons of sixteenth-century Seville

      Historian article
    Justice in the early modern period was discretionary, which meant it could be both violent and deeply unfair. Elites often escaped the most severe punishments inflicted on the poor and minoritised groups. Clare Burgess shows how a Jesuit chaplain in sixteenth- century Seville used his spiritual discretion and zealous belief...
    Mercurial justice: a Jesuit chaplain’s view of life in the prisons of sixteenth-century Seville

  • Schools of Vice: how a medical scandal led to the dismantling of Britain’s last prison hulks

      Historian article
    Hulks – former naval ships used as prisons for those convicted of serious crime and sentenced to transportation – were intended to be a temporary solution to a penal crisis caused by the American Revolutionary Wars. These ‘schools of vice’, or ‘floating hells’ lasted 80 years, casting a shadow over...
    Schools of Vice: how a medical scandal led to the dismantling of Britain’s last prison hulks

  • Finding Bad Bridget: the lives and crimes of Irish immigrant women in America

      Historian article
    From the early nineteenth century until the First World War, millions of Irish women emigrated to North America in search of better lives. Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick, co-leads for the AHRC-funded Bad Bridget research project, tell us how poverty, discrimination, isolation from family as well as greed and opportunism...
    Finding Bad Bridget: the lives and crimes of Irish immigrant women in America

  • Imperial spaces of a ‘miniature world’: the case of Rugby School, c.1828–1850

      Historian article
    English public schools in the nineteenth century were training grounds not just for society’s elites but also for careers in Britain’s imperial service. In this article, Holly Hiscox explores the ways in which schools such as Rugby provided pupils with a miniature world of domestic and professional life which prepared...
    Imperial spaces of a ‘miniature world’: the case of Rugby School, c.1828–1850