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  • The first trans-Atlantic hero? General James Wolfe and British North America

      Article
    Early on the morning of 8 June 1758, British frigates unleashed their broadsides upon French shore defences at Gabarus Bay, on the foggy and surf-lashed island of Cape Breton. Under cover of the warships' guns, a motley flotilla of craft headed towards the land. Propelled by straining Royal Navy oarsmen,...
    The first trans-Atlantic hero? General James Wolfe and British North America

  • Faster, Higher, Stronger: The Birth of the Modern Olympics

      Article
    As the leading athletes of all nations prepare to come together this summer in Atlanta, the global communications media of the late twentieth century are constantly reminding us that 1996 marks the first centenary of the modern Olympic Games. The worldwide impact now made by these sporting festivals is all...
    Faster, Higher, Stronger: The Birth of the Modern Olympics

  • Film: Edward VI and Tudor Royal Authority

      Development of Tudor Royal Authority film series
    In this film Professor Steven Gunn, Merton College, University of Oxford, looks at the reign of Edward VI and examines the impact his youth had to his authority, the importance of advisers in shaping his rule and the significance of religion and foreign relations in defining his legacy. If you're unable to...
    Film: Edward VI and Tudor Royal Authority

  • Overground, underground and across the sea

      Primary History article
    Communication is at the heart of what it is to be human, and the British postal service has helped to shape the modern world as we know it today. From cryptic Victorian Valentine cards to a lion encountered on Salisbury Plain, there is nothing ordinary about the story of the post! The British postal service...
    Overground, underground and across the sea

  • 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

  • Scheme of work: Queen Elizabeth II

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (unresourced)
    Prior to completing this unit of work, it would be useful for the children to have started to develop an understanding of the substantive concepts of monarchy and royalty through their prior learning. Direct links can be made between studies of specific monarchs and their roles, as well as stories...
    Scheme of work: Queen Elizabeth II

  • Podcast: Why Medieval History Matters?

      Medieval History
    Why Medieval History Matters, Professor Anne Curry, President of the HA ‘I don't mind there being some medievalists around for ornamental purposes, but there is no reason for the state to pay for them'. So, allegedly, said Charles Clarke when Education Secretary in 2003. In fact, medieval history has never...
    Podcast: Why Medieval History Matters?

  • Germany after the 1848 Revolutions

      Beyond the Barricades
    In this podcast Dr Anna Ross analyzes the long-term impact of the 1848 Revolutions. Though the revoking of many constitutions at the time has caused the period to be viewed as a loss for liberal ideology, Ross discusses how these actions could be viewed as beneficial. Despite the constitutional rollback, government action...
    Germany after the 1848 Revolutions

  • Caroline Court Women, 1625–1669

      Historian article
    Aristocratic women at the court of Queen Henrietta Maria from 1625–69 were integral to court life and actively involved in royal service; in court family networks; in dispensing and seeking patronage; and, in political and religious politics. As Sara J. Wolfson shows, it is important to study women at the apex of power...
    Caroline Court Women, 1625–1669

  • Doing history: Manorial Court Records

      Historian feature
    Manorial records are often associated with the medieval period, and while they are a valuable resource for medieval historians, they actually span from the twelfth to the twentieth century. Sarah Pettyfer sheds light on these often-overlooked records, helping family and local historians explore them with confidence...
    Doing history: Manorial Court Records

  • Will China Democratise?

      Historian article
    Michael T. Davis compares the parallels between the democratic expectations, or possibilities, of modern-day China with Britain's democratic evolution from the eighteenth century to the emerging democracy of the nineteenth century. The future is an unfamiliar place for historians. Yet we stand on the edge of an historic shift away...
    Will China Democratise?

  • Space and behaviour at the court of Alexander the Great

      Historian article
    Why do we behave in the way that we do? In this article, Stephen Harrison shows how our behaviour is intrinsically linked to the spaces we inhabit and he argues that Alexander the Great adopted spatial features from Persian architecture which altered the nature of his relationship with his subjects....
    Space and behaviour at the court of Alexander the Great

  • Scheme of work: The Platinum Jubilee

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 1 History (unresourced)
    In this unit, children will learn about the significance of the 2022 Platinum Jubilee. They will look at the life of Queen Elizabeth II, from her role as Princess Elizabeth to her coronation and through to 2022, as a great-grandmother and the longest-reigning British monarch. The unit will help children...
    Scheme of work: The Platinum Jubilee

  • Film: Finance in Britain and Ireland: 1714 to 1785

      Film Series: Power and freedom in Britain and Ireland: 1714-2010
    In Episode 5, Professor Anne Murphy (University of Portsmouth) examines the development of finance in Britain and Ireland, from the emergence of the Bank of England during the Nine Years’ War into a system that would facilitate the growth of the British Empire and Britain’s Industrial Revolution. During this period...
    Film: Finance in Britain and Ireland: 1714 to 1785

  • Film: Party Politics 1714-1785

      Film Series: Power and freedom in Britain and Ireland: 1714-2010
    In Episode 2, Dr Robin Eagles (History of Parliament), examines the birth of Britain’s two party system in the form of the Whigs and the Tories; two parties, whose rivalry would define politics in Britain from the Restoration and Glorious Revolution to the middle of the Victorian Age. During this...
    Film: Party Politics 1714-1785

  • History 391

      The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 110, Issue 391
    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...
    History 391

  • Webinar on demand: Planning a Primary Platinum Jubilee

      Webinar: 70 suggestions for a whole school celebration
    This free member webinar offers lots of suggestions for a whole school celebration in primary schools from EYFS to Year 6. Find out about educational, engaging enquiry-based activities to enhance learning in EYFS, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 National Curriculum units, while having fun, marking 70 years of...
    Webinar on demand: Planning a Primary Platinum Jubilee

  • Joan Vaux: a remarkable Tudor lady

      Historian article
    Joanna Hickson is a hugely successful novelist, specialising in historical fiction, and she describes herself as feeling that she actually lives in the fifteenth century. For readers of The Historian she explores and explains how she developed her understanding and knowledge of a highly significant Tudor woman who is a central figure in two of...
    Joan Vaux: a remarkable Tudor lady

  • Absence and myopia in A-level coursework

      Teaching History article
    It is a charge commonly laid at history teachers that we, myopically, teach only the same-old same-old. Steven Driver has taken extreme steps to avoid this by focusing on a particular neglected event – the American occupation of Nicaragua in the early twentieth century – as part of his preparation...
    Absence and myopia in A-level coursework

  • How a history club can work for you and your pupils

      Primary History article
    Bev Forrest writes: As part of my role as a Historical Association Quality Mark assessor I am privileged to visit schools across the country. In the autumn of 2019, I ventured out into Essex to carry out an assessment at Dilkes Academy. I was delighted to recommend gold status for...
    How a history club can work for you and your pupils

  • The Historian 154: Out now

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Read The Historian 154: Jubilee Welcome to the latest edition of The Historian. This Jubilee edition is a way of drawing together a series of articles that are either about the Jubilee or about royalty and Queenship. It is also a chance to mark the 70 years of our patron HM...
    The Historian 154: Out now

  • The Historian 153: The Baltic

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Reviews 5 Editorial (Read article for free) 8 The Duchy of Courland and a Baltic colonial venture across the ocean – John Freeman (Read article) 12 After the revolution: did Cromwell, Washington and Bonaparte betray revolutionary principles? – Gregory Gifford (Read article) 18 From Lithuania to Lancashire: life and...
    The Historian 153: The Baltic

  • Relief and resistance in Imre Kiralfy’s siege of Peking (1901)

      Historian article
    In 1901, at the height of empire, public shock at the vulnerability of British colonial interests was accompanied by public appetite for spectacular re-enactments of British battlefield victories. Robert Brown shows how one performance of the ‘Relief of the Legations’ at the Military Exhibition in Earl’s Court, London, was reshaped...
    Relief and resistance in Imre Kiralfy’s siege of Peking (1901)

  • The soldier in Later Medieval England

      Historian article
    Traditionally, the Middle Ages have been portrayed as the ‘Feudal Age', when men were given land in return for performance of unpaid military service. Whilst this may have formed the basis of the English military system in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, it was most certainly not the way armies...
    The soldier in Later Medieval England

  • Plymouth Branch Programme

      Article
    www.ha-plymouth.org.uk   Enquiries to Alan H. Cousins Tel. 01752 843750 a.cousins345@btinternet.com  Booking for lectures: Booking is easy - just click on the title of the lecture and it will take you to the Eventbrite page. Eventbrite tickets will be free to Members; otherwise £6 or concessions £4. Meetings start at...
    Plymouth Branch Programme