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The Chapel and the Nation
Classic Pamphlet
The Noncoformitst chapel has played a crucial role in the history of the English and Welsh nations. When the great French historian Elie Halevy sought to explain the contrast between the turbulent history of his own country and the peaceful evolution of England in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries...
The Chapel and the Nation
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Teaching History 185: Missing stories
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
02 Editorial (Read article for free)
03 HA Secondary News
04 HA Update
10 Teaching Britain’s ‘civil rights’ history: activism and citizenship in context – Hannah Elias and Martin Spafford (Read article)
22 Illuminating the possibilities of the past: the role of representation in A-level curriculum planning – Claire Holliss (Read article)...
Teaching History 185: Missing stories
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Re-evaluating the role of statues
Primary History article
Like them or loathe them, statues are excellent learning resources and the recent events in Bristol and elsewhere should not dissuade us from using them to aid children’s historical knowledge and enquiry skills. In fact, in the current climate, statues need a careful re-evaluation of their role within our towns....
Re-evaluating the role of statues
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History 377
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 107, Issue 377
All HA members have access to all History journal articles (Wiley Online Library site). To access History content:
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William...
History 377
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Think like an archaeologist!
Primary History article
Since the great brick-built cities of Mohenjodaro and Harappa were first excavated in the early twentieth century, other large and thousands of small sites have been discovered. Clay was the raw material (bricks) for Indus architecture and everyday objects. Pottery was produced in industrial quantities on the foot wheel, an...
Think like an archaeologist!
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Napoleon
Impact on France
In this podcast Dr Michael Rowe of the University of King's College University of London looks at the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte.
This podcast was funded by the Age of Revolution education legacy project.
Napoleon
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Out and About in Stockholm
Historian feature
When Désirée Clary – wife of French Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte – arrived in Stockholm in 1811, she was appalled. It was true that she would eventually become Queen Desideria of Sweden and Norway, her husband having been elected heir-presumptive to the throne the previous year. But she left her new capital...
Out and About in Stockholm
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The United States
Links to Articles & Podcasts
The Effect of the Loss of American Colonies
Captain Thomas and the North West Passage
American War of Independence
Thomas Paine
Expanding the reach of the American Revolution
The American West
Harnessing the power of academia to improve teaching of US political history
Interpreting 'The Birth of a Nation'
Podcast:...
The United States
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Warfare - GCSE
Links to Articles & Podcasts
Warfare
Warfare - GCSE
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Themes over Time
HA Resources
The study of an aspect or theme in British history that consolidates and extends pupils'chronological knowledge from before 1066While the 2014 Curriculum sets out the broad focus of each particular content area, considerable choice has been left to history departments in determining which particular events or developments to include and...
Themes over Time
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The ‘workless workers’ and the Waterbury watch
Historian article
Peter Hounsell looks at the role of the Waterbury Watch Company in both the Queen’s Jubilee and the attempt to record and alleviate unemployment in London in the 1880s.
In Britain generally, but for London in particular, 1887 was a year of great contrasts. On 27 June, Londoners lined the...
The ‘workless workers’ and the Waterbury watch
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History 372
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 106, Issue 372
All HA members have access to all History journal articles (Wiley Online Library site). To access History content:
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Women...
History 372
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The use of sources in school history 1910-1998: a critical perspective
Teaching History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
The arrival of sources of evidence into secondary school history classrooms amounted to a small revolution. What began as a radical development is now establishment orthodoxy, with both GCSE and now National Curriculum in England...
The use of sources in school history 1910-1998: a critical perspective
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History 351
The Journal of the Historical Association
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Disciplinary...
History 351
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1968: the year of reckoning
Historian article
Hugh Gault explains why, 50 years later, 1968 is still remembered as a dramatic year.
1967 was 'the summer of love', and that spirit continued into 1968; but there were also many events in 1968 that were of a different sort, when the liberty of 1967 was accompanied by a...
1968: the year of reckoning
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The Rise & Fall of Napoleon
The French Revolution
In this podcast Professor Malcolm Crook of Keele University looks at the rise and fall of Napoleon.
The Rise & Fall of Napoleon
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Teaching History 130: Picturing History
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
02 Editorial
03 HA Secondary News
04 Redrawing the Renaissance: non-verbal assessment in Year 7 – Matt Stanford (Read article)
13 Nutshell
14 Thinking across time: planning and teaching the story of power and democracy at Key Stage 3 – Ian Dawson (Read article)
24 Stepping into the past: using...
Teaching History 130: Picturing History
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Eleanor of Aquitaine’s journey
Historian article
Danielle E.A. Park takes us on a journey across the Pyrenees and Alps with a redoubtable woman.
Eleanor of Aquitaine has acquired a reputation as something of a femme fatale. Her considerable inheritance of Aquitaine, marriages to two kings, the allegations of an affair with her uncle Raymond of Poitiers,...
Eleanor of Aquitaine’s journey
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Past Forward: Interpretations of History
Article
The internet revolution has accentuated the need for critical thinking about different interpretations of the past and has also generated a huge and exciting range of possibilities in terms of web-based sources and interpretations. Most teachers are now familiar with the many excellent websites that are designed to support school...
Past Forward: Interpretations of History
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Using diagrammatic representations of counterfactuals to develop causal reasoning
Teaching History article
Tom Bennett begins his article with a tale of a frustrating afternoon with Year 7. We’ve all been there. In his case, his frustration was caused by his finding a conceptual gap between how well his class wanted to do and the actual quality of their causal thinking. Bennett decided...
Using diagrammatic representations of counterfactuals to develop causal reasoning
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The Historian 109: Medieval 'Signs and Marvels'
The magazine of the Historical Association
5 Editorial
6 The British Government's Confidential Files on the United States - A. D. Harvey (Read Article)
11 The President's Column - Anne Curry
12 Smithfield's Bartholomew Fair - Dianne Payne (Read Article)
18 The Charles Dickens Primary School Project - Alan Parkinson (Read Article)
22 Medieval ‘Signs and...
The Historian 109: Medieval 'Signs and Marvels'
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Migration into the UK in the early twenty-first century
Historian article
Sam Scott and Lucy Clarke explore the data covering more recent migration to the United Kingdom, most especially from the EU. They discover that since 2000 migrant destinations have changed. No longer do migrants head exclusively to the big cities and industrial areas, but to rural areas, like Boston in...
Migration into the UK in the early twenty-first century
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Nottingham Branch Programme
Article
Meetings are held at 2pm on Wednesdays in Bromley House Library, Angel Row, Nottingham NG1 6HL, unless otherwise stated. (With your back to the City Hall, the Library entrance is on the left, not far from the Square and is between Barnardo’s and MSR Newsagents). Bromley House is a listed...
Nottingham Branch Programme
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The Historian 142: Hidden histories
The magazine of the Historical Association
5 Editorial (Read article - open access)
6 Hidden histories: landscape spotting – a brief guide – Mary-Ann Ochota (Read article)
12 Real Lives: Independent African – Joe Wilkinson (Read article)
17 Reviews
18 Fake news: Psy-war and propaganda in the Indonesian Genocide of 1965-66 – Geoffrey Robinson (Read article)
24 Hidden from history: how hidden are...
The Historian 142: Hidden histories
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The Historian 40
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Feature: China's Communist Revolution, Michael Dillon
10 Update: The Nobility in Early Modern Europe, H.M. Scott
13 Record Linkage: New Dictionary of National Biography, Colin Matthew
16 Anniversary: William Hogarth's Marriage a la Mode, H.T. Dickinson
18 Biography: Prince Arthur and the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir 1882, Noble Frankland
22...
The Historian 40
