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  • Triumphs Show 116: A practical way of teaching the complexities of ‘The Troubles’ at GCSE

      Teaching History feature
    Helping pupils to understand sectarian divisions in Northern Ireland is not easy. For pupils to comprehend the origins and complexities of ‘the Troubles’ they need a big picture. That big picture could be viewed as the interaction of three concepts: time, place and identity. If pupils can at least glimpse...
    Triumphs Show 116: A practical way of teaching the complexities of ‘The Troubles’ at GCSE

  • Triumphs Show 102: communicating historical difference to children with literacy problems

      Teaching History feature
    With the summer break stretching forth its welcome hand and the final lesson with my lowband Year 7 class looming, I wanted to ensure that the enthusiasm and dedication that this class had shown throughout the year was kept alive over the holiday period. We had been studying the Norman...
    Triumphs Show 102: communicating historical difference to children with literacy problems

  • Triumphs Show: ‘The Strands of Memory’

      Teaching History feature
    In 2014, a group of French pupils from Lycée Léopold Sédar Senghor in Évreux was due to meet a British Second World War veteran, Eric Rackham, to hear him talk about his war experiences. Sadly, he passed away before the planned meeting. Paradoxically, this failed meeting led to the development...
    Triumphs Show: ‘The Strands of Memory’

  • Triumphs Show 139: Whodunnit? The Felling mining disaster of 1812

      Teaching History feature
    Whodunnit? The Felling mining disaster, 1812 The room buzzes as pathologists swap stories about injuries on the latest bodies. Some have virtually all limbs missing, others have been crushed by rockfall. Others have been found seemingly asleep with not a mark on their bodies. You have stepped into a Year...
    Triumphs Show 139: Whodunnit? The Felling mining disaster of 1812

  • Triumphs Show 138: a kinaesthetic interpretation of Dover castle

      Teaching History feature
    Licking the stones: a kinaesthetic interpretation of Dover castle in 360 degrees This is the story of one history department that, in collaboration with a local historical site, embarked on a ‘curriculum co-development project' with the art department. The aim was to use learning experiences outside the classroom to bring...
    Triumphs Show 138: a kinaesthetic interpretation of Dover castle

  • Triumphs Show 150.1: meeting the challenges of the A2 synoptic unit

      Teaching History article
    A collaborative project between Richard Rose Central Academy and University of Cumbria PGCE History trainees to meet the challenges of the A2 synoptic unit. "If I tell you to eat, you will eat! You wanted cake! You stole cake! And now you've got cake! What's more, you're going to eat...
    Triumphs Show 150.1: meeting the challenges of the A2 synoptic unit

  • Triumphs Show 141: using family photos to bring the diversity of Jewish lives to life

      Teaching History feature
    Headteachers, Hungarians and hats: using family photos to bring the diversity of Jewish lives to life It is 9.35am on a wet Tuesday. As the rain falls outside, fingers twitch in a Y ear 9 history classroom. The instruction is given and 28 pairs of hands spring into action, rifling...
    Triumphs Show 141: using family photos to bring the diversity of Jewish lives to life

  • Triumphs Show 121: 60th Anniversary commemoration of the end of WWII

      Teaching History feature
    It’s early July 2004, and the history department of Harrogate Grammar School are chatting in the staff room enjoying a bit of spare time now that exam classes have disappeared. The subject of what the department will do next year when it comes to trips, speakers and special days comes...
    Triumphs Show 121: 60th Anniversary commemoration of the end of WWII

  • Triumphs Show 112: William Bent and family: a personal timeline of the Plains Wars

      Article
    Using the experiences of William Bent and his family in the 1860s, this resource was designed to develop different kinds of historical thinking. For example, it highlights what a turning point the Sand Creek massacre proved to be.
    Triumphs Show 112: William Bent and family: a personal timeline of the Plains Wars

  • Triumphs Show 111: Recreating 1930s Europe with the help of Year 9

      Teaching History feature
    Sally Evans demonstrates how constructing a map of Europe can enhance pupils' understandings on the causations of World War Two.
    Triumphs Show 111: Recreating 1930s Europe with the help of Year 9

  • Triumphs Show 109: strengthening the quality and popularity of post-16 history

      Teaching History feature
    Why is it, I wonder, that Rednock students enjoy their history so much and why have so many opted for the subject at ‘AS’ Level? This new course, designed to bridge the gap between GCSE and ‘A’ Level, has allowed a new calibre of student to enrol. The ability range,...
    Triumphs Show 109: strengthening the quality and popularity of post-16 history

  • Triumphs Show 117: Helping Year 9 to think and feel their way through the origins of the Holocaust

      Teaching History feature
    Dave Woodcraft is passionate about engaging students and making them care about the past. He is unrepentant about wanting his lessons to have an emotional impact and a relevant, immediate appeal. To this end, he frequently uses modern parallels in his classroom to make the point that issues in the...
    Triumphs Show 117: Helping Year 9 to think and feel their way through the origins of the Holocaust

  • Triumphs Show 107: opening a new HA branch

      Teaching History feature
    Heather Scott gives a detailed account of the opening of a new HA branch in West Yorkshire.
    Triumphs Show 107: opening a new HA branch

  • Triumphs Show 105: Year 9s respond directly to 9/11

      Teaching History feature
    Caroline Godsell describes the reactions and concerns of two Year 9 classes after the 9/11 attack.
    Triumphs Show 105: Year 9s respond directly to 9/11

  • Triumphs Show 113: How to make the Elizabethan Religious Settlement sufficiently complicated for Year 8

      Teaching History feature
    This edition of the 'Triumphs Show' explains 'How to make the Elizabethan Religious Settlement sufficiently complicated for Year 8'.
    Triumphs Show 113: How to make the Elizabethan Religious Settlement sufficiently complicated for Year 8

  • Triumphs Show 119: bringing the big picture to life using a 3D rollercoaster

      Teaching History feature
    In this edition of 'Triumphs Show' Kate Dacey demonstrates the effectiveness of visual stimuli in improving pupils' historical understanding. Dacey achieved this by using a 3D wall display to depict the turbulent period of the Reformation.
    Triumphs Show 119: bringing the big picture to life using a 3D rollercoaster

  • Triumphs Show 158: interactive learning walls and substantive vocabulary

      Teaching History feature
    Year 10 use an interactive learning wall to cement their understanding of substantive vocabulary It is the first term of their GCSE course and Year 10 are already starting to flag a little. They are enjoying studying the Russian Revolution, but are struggling to remember all the new words they...
    Triumphs Show 158: interactive learning walls and substantive vocabulary

  • Triumphs Show 135: how trainee teachers learned to put history back into GCSE

      Teaching History feature
    What do you know about how your local museums can help your GCSE planning and teaching? How can your new GCSE courses for September make use of the free resources, artefacts and images that our local and national museums house? That's just what the PGCE history group from Leeds Trinity...
    Triumphs Show 135: how trainee teachers learned to put history back into GCSE

  • Triumphs Show 157: What makes art history?

      Teaching History feature: celebrating and sharing success
    What do 14 Year 7 students, an art teacher, a history teacher and the Victoria and Albert Museum have in common? They are all part of the ‘Stronger Together' Museum Champion project run by The Langley Academy and the River & Rowing Museum and supported by Arts Council England, designed to...
    Triumphs Show 157: What makes art history?

  • Triumphs Show 120.1 - Is music the answer to the Irish question in schools?

      Teaching History feature
    Ian Ollerenshaw shares with us a way to help GCSE pupils understand the complexities of the ‘Irish Question’ and start to empathise with diverse perspectives. He uses a medium – music – that is familiar to teenagers, beginning with their own music before moving on to songs specifically about Ireland.
    Triumphs Show 120.1 - Is music the answer to the Irish question in schools?

  • Triumphs Show 128: Speed-dating with Queen Elizabeth

      Teaching History feature
     Some of the most effective role play activities are those which draw on the common experiences of pupils to promote serious learning outcomes. Chris Higgins experiments with a number of situations and strategies that draw upon popular games and television show formats. These are used to engage, to provide structure...
    Triumphs Show 128: Speed-dating with Queen Elizabeth

  • Triumphs Show 180: From ‘most able’ to ‘mini’ historians

      Teaching History feature
    Finding ways to stretch and challenge the highest-attaining students has been a long-standing concern of many history teachers, and strategies for doing so have developed far beyond merely bolting on additional tasks. One way in which I have sought to challenge my own high-attaining students has been by setting them...
    Triumphs Show 180: From ‘most able’ to ‘mini’ historians

  • Triumphs Show 137: Assessing through reflection

      Teaching History feature
    Assessing through reflection: How one history department has found a way to satisfy the Senior Leadership Team, parents and pupils through tightly focused self-assessment Teachers are caught between a rock and hard place when it comes to assessment. Senior leaders want to see evidence of regular ‘levelling' while (most) pupils...
    Triumphs Show 137: Assessing through reflection

  • Triumphs Show 127: using the Anne Frank House's 'A Family Secret'

      Teaching History feature: celebrating and sharing success
    The Anne Frank House recently translated its comic book A Family Secret into English. By stressing the choices and dilemmas of ordinary people living in Amsterdam during the German Occupation, the comic seeks to revise the black and white ideas students hold of right and wrong. With five other history...
    Triumphs Show 127: using the Anne Frank House's 'A Family Secret'

  • Triumphs Show 140: leading a school re-enactment group

      Teaching History feature
    Who would true valour see...let him (or her) lead a school re-enactment group While many teachers may have called on the services of historical re-enactors to inspire their students and create a living sense of the past, few have taken on the challenge of establishing their own historical re-enactment group....
    Triumphs Show 140: leading a school re-enactment group