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  • Hidden in plain sight: the history of people with disabilities

      Teaching History journal article
    Recognising the duty placed on all teachers by the 2010 Equality Act to nurture the development of a society in which equality and human rights are deeply rooted, Helen Snelson and Ruth Lingard were prompted to ask whether their history curricula really reflected the diverse pasts of all people in...
    Hidden in plain sight: the history of people with disabilities

  • 100 not out: the Nuneaton branch centenary

      HA News
    For the 2018–19 season, the Nuneaton Branch of the HA is celebrating its centenary. Founded in 1919, by 1921 there were 78 members. In 1924, members went on a ‘charabanc’ tour of Leicestershire churches, ending at Fenny Drayton, where they joined in the celebrations for the tercentenary of the birth...
    100 not out: the Nuneaton branch centenary

  • 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

  • Teaching History 142: Experiencing History

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    02 Editorial 03 HA Secondary News 04 Rachel Foster - Passive receivers or constructive readers? Pupils' experiences of an encounter with academic history (Read article) 14 Lindsay Cassedy, Catherine Flaherty and Michael Fordham - Seeing the historical world: exploring how students perceive the relationship between historical interpretations (Read article) 22...
    Teaching History 142: Experiencing History

  • Pride: 50 years

      1st July 2022
    1 July is the 50th anniversary of the first Pride March in the UK. Pride was chosen to be the Saturday closest to the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots of 1969. Starting life as a small event, Pride is now an annual part of the London calendar and there are...
    Pride: 50 years

  • History 359

      The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 104, Issue 359
    Guest editors: Catherine Kelly and Joan Tumblety Articles All HA members have access to all History journal articles (Wiley Online Library site). To access History content:  1. Sign in to the HA website (top right of any page)2. Then click this link to allow access to History content on the Wiley site.   NB all links below go to the Wiley Online Library site and open in a new...
    History 359

  • Germany 1914-1929: Discussion

      Film series: Power and authority in Germany, 1871-1991
    Professors Tim Grady and Matthew Stibbe consider changing interpretations of Germany in 1914-1929, from a negative continuum of authoritarianism culminating in Hitler's regime to a modern approach of seeing the Weimar Republic through a sociocultural lens.
    Germany 1914-1929: Discussion

  • Taunton Deane Branch Programme

      Article
    Branch Contact: All enquiries to Mr Geoff Bisson gb@queenscollege.org.uk  tel. 01823 353749 Venue: All talks start at 7.30pm on Wednesdays and take place in the Birchall Hall, Queen's College, Trull Road, Taunton, TA1 4QS unless otherwise stated. There is free car parking on site. Associate Membership: £10 per year. Talks...
    Taunton Deane Branch Programme

  • Teaching History 151: Continuity

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    02 Editorial 03 HA Secondary News 04 HA Update 08 Rachel Foster - The more things change, the more they stay the same: developing students' thinking about change and continuity (Read article) 18 Polychronicon: The Revolution of 1688 - Ted Vallance (Read article) 20 Cunning Plan: The 'Glorious' revolution of 1688...
    Teaching History 151: Continuity

  • Reinventing the Charter: from Sir Edward Coke to 'freeborn John'

      Historian article
    When was Magna Carta launched on its modern career as a symbol of freedom and liberty? Justin Champion looks at the role of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century lawyers and politicians in shaping how we see the Charter today. ‘For every person who knows what the contents of Magna Carta actually...
    Reinventing the Charter: from Sir Edward Coke to 'freeborn John'

  • Elizabeth I: ‘less than a woman’?

      Historian article
    Tracy Borman examines the femininity of the Virgin Queen. Elizabeth I is often hailed as a feminist icon. Despite being the younger, forgotten daughter of Henry VIII with little hope of ever inheriting the throne, she became his longest-reigning and most successful heir by a country mile. In an age when...
    Elizabeth I: ‘less than a woman’?

  • Historical Association public statement on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

      9th September 2022
    The Historical Association is deeply saddened by the death of our Patron, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. On behalf of our organisation and members we offer our sincere condolences to the Royal Family. For 70 years Elizabeth II has represented continuity and stability in an ever-changing world. Her life of...
    Historical Association public statement on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

  • History 353

      The Journal of the Historical Association
    All HA members have access to all History journal articles (Wiley Online Library site). To access History content:  1. Sign in to the HA website (top right of any page)2. Then click this link to allow access to History content on the Wiley site.   NB all links below go to the Wiley Online Library site and open in a new window or tab. Access the full edition online Political...
    History 353

  • Film: Foreign Relations and Tudor Royal Authority – discussion

      Development of Tudor Royal Authority film series
    In this film Professor Sue Doran, Jesus College, University of Oxford and Professor Steven Gunn, Merton College, University of Oxford discuss the role foreign relations played in Tudor royal authority and the amount of power Tudor monarchs were able to exercise. The film will explore common threads and differences in foreign policy...
    Film: Foreign Relations and Tudor Royal Authority – discussion

  • Primary History 47: Thinking through history

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    This special edition of Primary History is supported by the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth. 04 Editorial: Thinking through history: opportunity for equality 06 In my view: we must support gifted historians from an early age – Lord Adonis 07 In my view: why we need a national...
    Primary History 47: Thinking through history

  • British Empire

      Selected Articles and Resources
    A selection of publications that link to the British Empire. See also our two podcast series The British Empire 1600-1800 and The British Empire 1800-present. A Commercial Revolution: the rise of a trading empire (Classic pamphlet by Ralph Davis) The pattern of overseas trade is always in movement: new commodities are constantly appearing,...
    British Empire

  • Cultural and historical heritage of Ukraine

      Historian article
    Olha Makliuk outlines the challenges faced by Ukraine as Russia tries to rewrite the narrative of Ukrainian sovereignty. Through a process of historical and cultural appropriation as well as the destruction of monuments, she explores how history has been weaponised by the Putin regime. Finally, she considers how the impact...
    Cultural and historical heritage of Ukraine

  • The Scottish Enlightenment

      Classic Pamphlet
    In recent decades, Scotland's distinctive contribution to the Enlightenment has been of increasing interest to scholars. Often very remarkable in an analytical view, such studies may nevertheless miss their sense of the story by treating Scottish insight in abstraction from Scottish life. Taking a more concrete approach, the present study...
    The Scottish Enlightenment

  • The Historian 162: Environment

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Letters 5 Editorial (Read article) 6 Environmental history and the challenges of the present – Amanda Power (Read article) 12 Art and ecology: making connections across museum collections to educate people about the Earth Crisis – Carla Benzan and Samuel Shaw (Read article) 18 Glacier Tours in the Northern Playground – Christian...
    The Historian 162: Environment

  • The Historian 162: Out now

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Read The Historian 162: Environment Environment, broadly defined as the surroundings in which one lives, is an essential component of the study of past societies. Its importance has given rise to a number of fields of study. In Britain, landscape history was pioneered by W.G. Hoskins in the 1950s, and...
    The Historian 162: Out now

  • Who was King Alfred? And was he really ‘Great’?

      Primary History article
    Gaining the depth and richness of subject knowledge needed to teach different aspects of history effectively can prove challenging for busy primary school teachers. In this article Francis Leneghan presents key subject knowledge and suggested enquiry questions to inform and structure a depth study of King Alfred. The article focuses...
    Who was King Alfred? And was he really ‘Great’?

  • Primary History 62: History & ICT

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    Editorial and In My View 04 Editorial 05 Using ICT to develop pupils' historical knowledge, understanding and thinking: the view from Ofsted - Michael Maddison HMI 06 The digital revolution - Jerome Freeman (Read article) 07 History, ICT and the digital age - Ben Walsh (Read article) Features 08 Diogenes: English...
    Primary History 62: History & ICT

  • Recorded webinar: Secondary history and the climate crisis

      Article
    How might we integrate a focus on our relationship with the natural world through time in our existing curriculum? Why should we teach about key turning points in human history that have shaped this relationship in profound ways? What is history's role in explaining how we got to this point? ...
    Recorded webinar: Secondary history and the climate crisis

  • Recorded webinar: Helping primary students understand climate change

      Article
    How might we integrate a focus on our relationship with the natural world through time in our existing curriculum? Why should we teach about key turning points in human history that have shaped this relationship in profound ways? What is history's role in explaining how we got to this point? ...
    Recorded webinar: Helping primary students understand climate change

  • Tudor Government

      Classic Pamphlet
    On 21 August 1485 Henry Tudor won the battle of Bosworth in Leicestershire and established himself as Henry VII, King of England. He had landed in Wales two weeks before, the Lancastrian claimant to the throne against the incumbent Yorkist, Richard III. He had received assistance from Charles VIII of...
    Tudor Government