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  • Filmed Lecture: Medlicott Lecture 2024 - Professor Catherine Hall

      Article
    The Medlicott Medal is awarded annually for outstanding services and contributions to history. This year the Medal went to Professor Catherine Hall, who is Emerita Professor of Modern British Social and Cultural History at University College London. Professor Hall has a long-established academic record in feminist history and empire and post-colonial history. She was a...
    Filmed Lecture: Medlicott Lecture 2024 - Professor Catherine Hall
  • Young Quills reviews 2024

      The Young Quills Awards for best historical fiction for young people
    The Young Quills books for each year must be published for the first time in English in the year preceding the competition – so 2023 for this year’s selection. Divided by age suitability the books are given to schools on the condition that the children and young people there write...
    Young Quills reviews 2024
  • Young Quills reviews 2023

      The Young Quills Awards for best historical fiction for young people
    The Young Quills books for each year must be published for the first time in English in the year preceding the competition – so 2022 for this year’s selection. Divided by age suitability the books are given to schools on the condition that the children and young people there write...
    Young Quills reviews 2023
  • Recorded webinar: Ordinary people - Holocaust Memorial Day 2023

      Recorded webinar
    Recorded webinar: Ordinary people - Holocaust Memorial Day 2023
  • 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
  • The Historical Association's response to Curriculum Review 2024

      20th November 2024
    New government, new curriculum review. It always happens when there is a big change in who is in charge. But just because it always happens doesn’t mean we can ignore it. Ten years ago, substantial changes were made to education, and they have affected a whole generation of children and teachers....
    The Historical Association's response to Curriculum Review 2024
  • Recorded webinar: Making the most out of Holocaust Memorial Day: challenges and opportunities

      Article
    Since 2001 the UK has marked Holocaust Memorial Day on 27th January, the date of the 'liberation' of Auschwitz Birkenau by Soviet soldiers in 1945. History teachers and their colleagues are often asked to 'mark' HMD in their schools. In this webinar we will explore themes of commemoration and education...
    Recorded webinar: Making the most out of Holocaust Memorial Day: challenges and opportunities
  • Recorded webinar: Teaching history during a climate emergency: how can we respond?

      HA Virtual Forum, November 2021
    We are at a vital moment in our attempt to tackle the climate crisis. Global warming is an inter-disciplinary challenge for the world and an inter-disciplinary challenge in education, too. In this talk, Alison Kitson argues that history provides a vital perspective that enables young people to understand our interaction...
    Recorded webinar: Teaching history during a climate emergency: how can we respond?
  • Diversity resources and links for secondary history

      Articles, podcasts, films, webinar recordings and links
    Categories Diversity: general | Race and ethnicity | Empire and decolonisation | Transatlantic slavery | Non-European | Migration and immigration | Women's history | Working-class history | LGBTQI+ | Disability & accessibility | Gypsy, Roma & Traveller history | Teaching controversial issues | Inclusion and SEND Please note that this is a...
    Diversity resources and links for secondary history
  • On-demand webinar series: Mentoring beginning and early career history teachers in the secondary school

      On-demand webinar series for secondary history mentors
    What does this series cover? Being an excellent history mentor is very different from being an excellent history teacher. In this series of five webinars, Laura London and Victoria Crooks outline the core principles that underpin the effective subject-specific mentoring of beginning and early career history teachers. With plenty of...
    On-demand webinar series: Mentoring beginning and early career history teachers in the secondary school
  • Recorded webinar: Prosthetics and assistive technology in ancient Greece and Rome

      Article
    In this webinar, Jane Draycott shares her research on prostheses and assistive technology in ancient Greece, Rome and the neighbouring civilisations. She outlines the findings from her 2023 book on this subject, which arose from a grant to visit museums around the UK to access surviving ancient prostheses and modern...
    Recorded webinar: Prosthetics and assistive technology in ancient Greece and Rome
  • Recorded webinar: Henry VIII on Tour

      Finding a new perspective on the Tudors
    During his lifetime, Henry VIII journeyed throughout his kingdom in what are known as royal 'progresses'. In this webinar, Anthony Musson will share research from the AHRC-funded 'Henry on Tour' project which seeks to reassess these progresses by exploring archival sources, archaeology, music and material culture. In addition to contributing...
    Recorded webinar: Henry VIII on Tour
  • 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
  • Virtual Branch Recording: Henry III and Simon de Montfort

      Article
    David Carpenter brings to life the dramatic events in the last phase of Henry III’s momentous reign, provides a fresh account of the king’s strenuous efforts to recover power and sheds new light on the rebel figure Simon de Montfort. Professor David Carpenter is a Professor of Medieval History at King's College...
    Virtual Branch Recording: Henry III and Simon de Montfort
  • From Cyrus to Cleopatra: The ancient history adventure

      HA webinar series in partnership with The Classical Association
    Have you thought about offering Ancient History at Key Stage 3, GCSE or A-level? This webinar series, offered in collaboration with the Classical Association, explores how ancient history can be embedded across the key stages at secondary level. Across this series, we will show you how teaching ancient history is...
    From Cyrus to Cleopatra: The ancient history adventure
  • On-demand webinar: Making history accessible: review and reflection

      Webinar series: Making history accessible
    Webinar series: Making history accessible Session 5: Making history accessible: review and reflection   In this session, participants will be encouraged to review their action research projects. Coaching conversations will encourage reflection, allowing participants to share their actions and insights. Additionally, they will begin developing a strategic plan to outline next...
    On-demand webinar: Making history accessible: review and reflection
  • On-demand webinar: Showcasing history teaching and learning in special schools

      Webinar series: Making history accessible
    Webinar series: Making history accessible Session 4: Showcasing history teaching and learning in special schools  From a special school perspective, Sally Lonsdale and Lucy Bennett explore how history is encountered at their school. With secondary students working at Key Stage 1 age related expectations, history is seen as an ‘enriching...
    On-demand webinar: Showcasing history teaching and learning in special schools
  • On-demand webinar: Teaching neurodivergent students to succeed at GCSE History and beyond

      Webinar series: Making history accessible
    Webinar series: Making history accessible Session 3: Teaching neurodivergent students to succeed at GCSE History and beyond  This session will offer practical strategies teachers can use to support and challenge neurodivergent students at GCSE. Covering the importance of scaffolding and Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development, Kate Wright will offer a...
    On-demand webinar: Teaching neurodivergent students to succeed at GCSE History and beyond
  • On-demand webinar: Mastering the memory challenge at GCSE

      Webinar series: Making history accessible
    Webinar series: Making history accessible Session 2: Mastering the memory challenge: running successful interventions with students who are struggling to remember at GCSE This webinar will explore a range of proven strategies for helping students remember more at GCSE. This includes:    How to avoid cognitive overload by maintaining an explicit...
    On-demand webinar: Mastering the memory challenge at GCSE
  • Film: A conversation on Goethe with A.N. Wilson

      Article
    In Goethe: His Faustian life, award-winning biographer, critic and writer A. N. Wilson tells the spellbinding story of the life of Goethe. From his youth as a wild literary prodigy, to his later years as Germany’s most heroic intellectual figure, Wilson hones in on Goethe’s undying obsession with the work he would spend his...
    Film: A conversation on Goethe with A.N. Wilson
  • Virtual Branch Recording: The cultural world of Elizabethan England

      Article
    In this Virtual Branch talk Professor Emma Smith provides a preview of her current research, which explores the lives and cultural undercurrents of Elizabethan England. What was influencing their cultural tastes and how much of it was new, or had it all been seen before? Emma Smith is Professor of Shakespeare...
    Virtual Branch Recording: The cultural world of Elizabethan England
  • Recorded webinar: Medieval manuscripts and modern lasers

      Article
    Modern, non-invasive scientific techniques have revolutionised knowledge of medieval inks and pigments - from the most exotic, such as lapis lazuli and Egyptian blue, to the most ordinary, indigo and ochres - and of how they were used to create magnificent illuminated manuscripts. This webinar will outline the techniques in question,...
    Recorded webinar: Medieval manuscripts and modern lasers
  • Virtual Branch Recording: Vagabonds versus the Mendicity Society

      Article
    Red Lion Square was long one of London's most genteel addresses, home to nobles, scholars, and professionals. But on 25 March 1818, one house on the south side opened its doors to quite another class of person, as the Mendicity Society began its business. Set up to solve the growing...
    Virtual Branch Recording: Vagabonds versus the Mendicity Society
  • Teaching History 196: Out now

      Article
    Read Teaching History 196: Demanding history  History can be a very demanding subject, in a number of senses. The past can make demands on us – it can demand attention and demand to be addressed. There can, as it were, be historical as well as financial ‘final demands’, reminders of...
    Teaching History 196: Out now
  • Triumphs Show: Year 9 explore what permacrisis might have felt like in 1938

      Teaching History feature
    In April 2023, I attended an event at the University of Sheffield with my colleague, Katy Dixon, and a handful of our Year 10 historians. The event showcased the work of Professor Julie V. Gottlieb and playwright Nicola Baldwin who had written a play about the writer and critic of...
    Triumphs Show: Year 9 explore what permacrisis might have felt like in 1938