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Webinar series: Avoiding confusion and challenging misconceptions in primary history
HA webinar series for primary teachers and history subject leaders
This practical series of webinars will identify what confuses pupils in primary history and how such confusion and misconceptions can be avoided and challenged. Through examples of careful planning and activities it will show how pupils can develop an accurate and nuanced understanding of chronology and change, cause and consequence,...
Webinar series: Avoiding confusion and challenging misconceptions in primary history
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Webinar series: Building and securing disciplinary thinking in primary history
HA webinar series for primary teachers and history subject leaders
We know that substantive knowledge in history is the substance ('the stuff') we teach: the facts which we are sure about and which all have to know, the names and places, the events, and well-known stories. But experts in a subject, such as historians, have different types of question they ask of that substance....
Webinar series: Building and securing disciplinary thinking in primary history
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Online course: Teaching empire through material culture
HA online course for primary and secondary teachers
The topic of empire lends itself ideally to a material approach – the objects often provide the opportunity to bring in indigenous voices to our study of the imperial past, while our classroom experience has shown that objects provide a powerful channel through which to access complex and sometimes uncomfortable...
Online course: Teaching empire through material culture
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Monthly primary advice drop-ins
Free online history drop-in clinics for primary members
At the HA we understand that sometimes our members have questions, issues or concerns about the history curriculum and provision in their school that they want or need an expert opinion on, but without having to spend money on consultation fees.
We are offering our primary members a brand new...
Monthly primary advice drop-ins
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Short course: Witchcraft, Werewolves and Magic in European History
HA short course, 10 September–10 December 2024
Led by Jonathan Durrant, Laura Kounine, Jan Machielsen, Lisa Tallis, Juliette Wood
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(Registration is via Cademy which opens in a new window. Please read the course terms and conditions before registering)
What does the course cover?
This Historical Association short course is an introduction to European witchcraft...
Short course: Witchcraft, Werewolves and Magic in European History
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Online course: Ofsted subject reports: supporting quality history and geography
Primary CPD in partnership with the Geographical Association
The Ofsted history and geography subject reports of 2023 highlighted several areas of strength and improvement in primary schools. However, it emphasised that pupils’ experience of both subjects and disciplines could differ significantly between schools.
We are pleased to offer another opportunity to attend this supportive, practical one-day course from the...
Online course: Ofsted subject reports: supporting quality history and geography
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Webinar series: Deep dive with confidence
HA webinar series for current and aspiring primary history subject leaders
"This series was very useful in preparing for Ofsted and ensuring I was considering the curriculum outcomes sufficiently."
What does this series cover?
We are pleased to offer teachers another chance to access this series of webinars which will address the implications of the 2023 Ofsted subject report for primary...
Webinar series: Deep dive with confidence
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On-demand webinar series: Diversity in local history
HA on-demand webinar series for primary teachers
The Key Stage 1 and 2 history curriculum requires a local study. The local study is an opportunity for pupils to engage with their local area; to discover how it has been shaped by those who came before them and how their locality can reveal broader chronological and spatial contexts....
On-demand webinar series: Diversity in local history
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Primary virtual regional teachmeets
Free online history teachmeets for primary teachers
Teachmeets are a great way to find out what fellow teachers are doing in the classroom and beyond and to share practical ideas and inspiration. Over the past year, we have been inviting primary teachers across different UK regions to share their ideas and innovation in history teaching with the HA...
Primary virtual regional teachmeets
