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  • Teaching the Historic Environment

      Guidance for teaching the Historic Environment in new GCSE courses
    The GCSE History criteria specify that the courses should cover three geographical contexts: local, British and European/wider world. The requirement to include some local history has been developed into the study of a locality in its Historic Environment. This has been developed in four different ways by the Awarding bodies...
    Teaching the Historic Environment

  • Teaching the history of women in Europe in the twentieth-century

      Teaching History article
    This article is based on Ruth Tudor’s book. The book is the collaborative result of a series of seminars and discussions which involved educators throughout Europe. Written with 14-19 year olds in mind, the approach explores how it is possible to investigate, to exploit to provide new insights and to...
    Teaching the history of women in Europe in the twentieth-century

  • Webinar series: Medieval political ideas and activity in global context

      Funded webinar series for secondary teachers from the HA and the Noblesse Oblige research network
    Medieval history is often a story of kings and their dates, primarily of England or, at best, western Europe. This funded webinar series aimed at secondary history teachers will introduce teachers to educational approaches to the Middle Ages that go beyond both kings and this narrow geographical range. It takes...
    Webinar series: Medieval political ideas and activity in global context

  • 'Which was more important Sir, ordinary people getting electricity or the rise of Hitler?' Using Ethel and Ernest with Year 9

      Teaching History article
    Mike Murray offers further new perspectives on the relationship between overview and depth in pupils’ historical learning. In an account of his teaching with Raymond Briggs’ Ethel and Ernest to a ‘below-average ability’ class in Year 9, he constructs a rationale for using this moving strip cartoon to motivate, intrigue...
    'Which was more important Sir, ordinary people getting electricity or the rise of Hitler?' Using Ethel and Ernest with Year 9

  • Podcast lecture: Mad or Bad? Was Henry VI a tyrant?

      Presidential Lecture 2011
    Professor Anne Curry delivered her final Presidential lecture at the Historical Association Annual Conference 2011 in Manchester. Henry VI (1422-61) was England's youngest king, only nine months old when he succeeded his famous father. Traditionally he is seen as incompetent, pious and, latterly, insane, and thereby causing the Wars of...
    Podcast lecture: Mad or Bad? Was Henry VI a tyrant?

  • The T.E.A.C.H. Project

      A Report from The Historical Association on the Challenges and Opportunities for Teaching Emotive and Controversial History 3-19
    The report look at approaches that enable teachers to tackle these issues in ordinary lessons through rigorous and engaging teaching while at the same time challenging discrimination and prejudice.
    The T.E.A.C.H. Project

  • Historical significance - the forgotten 'Key Element'?

      Teaching History article
    How many history departments regularly discuss the quality of their enquiries and teaching processes that relate to historical significance? It would not be unusual, in 2002, for a history department to spend time in a department meeting reflecting upon pupils’ learning about causation or to explore the connection between pupils’...
    Historical significance - the forgotten 'Key Element'?

  • Find out more about Corporate Secondary Membership

      Supporting high quality history
    Read Simon's 4 reasons for taking out Corporate membership  Watch the film above for an overview of corporate membership benefits. Corporate membership supports quality history provision across your school. It's the ideal option if you'd like multiple staff in your department to benefit from available resources and CPD support, while enjoying enhanced...
    Find out more about Corporate Secondary Membership

  • Teaching the Holocaust: the experience of Vad Vashem

      Teaching History article
    No institution is better known for its continuing work on the Holocaust than Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem. In this article Richelle Budd Caplan offers guidelines for teachers, based on its unrivalled experience. She demands that our teaching of this subject should aim to restore the identities of the victims. To do...
    Teaching the Holocaust: the experience of Vad Vashem

  • 'Please send socks': How much can Reg Wilkes tell us about the Great War?

      Teaching History article
    This was an opportunity all good historians dream about. A large box crammed with artefacts about a soldier who fought in the First World War, just begging to be read, studied, sorted and organised. Being faced with such a wealth of uncatalogued primary evidence could have proved daunting enough without...
    'Please send socks': How much can Reg Wilkes tell us about the Great War?

  • Teacher Fellowship Programme: Broadcasting and Social Change in Sixties Britain

      Teacher Fellowship Programme 2022
    This Teacher Fellowship Programme focused on developing the teaching of the history of equality and diversity in postwar Britain using video and audio sources. The programme was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council BBC History 100 Fellowship. The programme has sought to refresh the teaching of modern British history in schools by diversifying its content,...
    Teacher Fellowship Programme: Broadcasting and Social Change in Sixties Britain

  • 'Britain was our home': Helping Years 9, 10, and 11 to understand the black experience of the Second World War

      Teaching History article
    In this article, Helena Stride shows how the Imperial War Museum responded to criticism that insufficient attention had been paid to the contribution of black and Asian people to Britain’s wars. She focuses on one of two resource-packs produced by the Museum, which highlights the experience of Britain’s colonial peoples,...
    'Britain was our home': Helping Years 9, 10, and 11 to understand the black experience of the Second World War

  • Engaging with each other: how interactions between teachers inform professional practice

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. What kinds of interaction take place in a history department? What might be their value? Between 1999 and 2003, Simon Letman, then history teacher and Director of Studies at The Royal Hospital School in Ipswich,...
    Engaging with each other: how interactions between teachers inform professional practice

  • 50th Anniversary of 'Carve her name with pride'

      Article
    The classic British war film Carve Her Name With Pride was based on the true story of Violette Szabó GC, the 23 year old French speaking single mother who volunteered during WW2 to be an agent for the top secret Special Operations Executive (SOE). Shortly after parachuting into German occupied...
    50th Anniversary of 'Carve her name with pride'

  • Online CPD Unit: Creativity in the History Classroom

      E-CPD
    Oh no - not more extended writing! Firing pupil motivation through creative tasking. This E-CPD unit considers the issues departments needs to consider in planning for both challenging and engaging history. The example of teaching below comes from the Historical Association Key Stage 2-3 History transition project website (2005).  The...
    Online CPD Unit: Creativity in the History Classroom

  • Young Quills 2017 - Longlist Secondary

      The Young Quills
    Answer: The Historical Association’s The Young Quills selection The Young Quills are awards for the best new historical fiction for children and young people. The emphasis is on new – each year lots of books are published for children, many of them covering historical themes. However, are they any good...
    Young Quills 2017 - Longlist Secondary

  • The Great Debate Final 2024

      25th March 2024
    Winner:  Emma Crow of Broxburn Academy, Broxburn, Scotland  Runners up:  Abigail Powers of The Ladies’ College, Guernsey  Erica Wright of William Farr School, Lincolnshire  Rachel McGarry of Shavington Academy, Crewe, Cheshire  Finalists Sofia Ntege, North Oxfordshire Academy, Banbury Harry Gray, Exeter School, Exeter Rhea Cherrington, Bablake School, Coventry Molly Grimshaw,...
    The Great Debate Final 2024

  • Uncovering the hidden histories: black and Asian people in the two world wars

      Teaching History Article
    The stories we tell in history are often stories about ourselves. This can lead to tremendous distortion. Rupert Gaze was shocked when a young black student told him that there was no point in his studying the Second World War because it had nothing to do with him or his...
    Uncovering the hidden histories: black and Asian people in the two world wars

  • Making the most of your secondary membership

      Information
    Making the most of your HA membership HA membership offers much more than just your subscription to Teaching History. As a member you can enjoy a holistic package of benefits and resources designed to support you, whatever challenge you may face. With the vast array of support available it can...
    Making the most of your secondary membership

  • Podcast Series: The Spanish Golden Age

      Multipage Article
    An HA Podcasted History of the Spanish Golden Age featuring Dr Glyn Redworth of Manchester University and Dr Francois Soyer of the University of Southampton.
    Podcast Series: The Spanish Golden Age

  • Teaching pupils how history works

      Teaching History article
    In the last edition of Teaching History Jayne Prior and Peter John presented an approach to extended writing that relied upon pupils’ earlier work.1 Pupil indignation was key. Furious at the blandness of some text presented to them, they used their own knowledge of colour, detail and drama to challenge...
    Teaching pupils how history works

  • What's happening in History? Trends in GCSE and 'A'-level examinations

      Teaching History article
    Teaching History frequently celebrates and analyses the practice of those history departments that appear to buck trends. In keeping with the Historical Association’s Campaign for History and its popular ‘Choosing History at 14’ Pack, a number of articles and Triumphs Shows in recent editions of Teaching History have celebrated the...
    What's happening in History? Trends in GCSE and 'A'-level examinations

  • What is good citizenship education in history classrooms?

      Teaching History article
    Ian Davies, Geoff Hatch, Gary Martin and Tony Thorpe seek to theorise - and to support teachers in their own theorising - concerning the purpose of citizenship education and criteria for good citizenship education. They aim for a professional precision that will be helpful to teachers, getting us beyond the...
    What is good citizenship education in history classrooms?

  • History, citizenship and controversy

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Y4 question their MP about nuclear waste policy; Y6 survey people in their community and school about a proposed casino in their town, and feed back the information to the local council; children decide to...
    History, citizenship and controversy

  • The Vikings in Britain

      Historian Article
    Professor Henry Loyn provides an update on recent studies of the Viking Age. Interest in the activities of the Scandinavian people in Britain during the Viking Age, c 800-1100 A.D., has been strong in the last half-century or so, and it is good to pause and assess contributions to the...
    The Vikings in Britain