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  • From Ashes to Icon

      Historian article
    Charles Stirton reflects on Middleton Hall and the creation of the National Botanic garden of Wales. Something significant is stirring in the gardening world. This year Wales will make history by opening the first national botanic garden in the third millennium. When visitors enter the new garden on the 24th...
    From Ashes to Icon

  • Teaching Gypsy, Roma and Traveller history

      Article
    Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people are the largest minority ethnic group in some communities (and therefore in some schools) in the UK. Yet the past of Gypsy, Roma, Traveller people may rarely be part of history lessons. The result is that pupils of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller heritage may not...
    Teaching Gypsy, Roma and Traveller history

  • Britain and the Formation of NATO

      Article
    Carl Watts outlines the shift in British security policy and examines the role played by the Foreign Office during the post-War period. April 1999 marks the 50th anniversary of the signature of the North Atlantic Treaty, which came into effect in August 1949. The Cold War is over, but NATO...
    Britain and the Formation of NATO

  • The development of the British Navy

      Podcast
    In this podcast, Professor Bruce Collins of Sheffield Hallam University explores the development of the British navy during the French Wars and the 19th century. Professor Collins outlines the place of the navy in Britain’s psyche at the beginning of the French Wars and the importance of coastal transport, as well...
    The development of the British Navy

  • Cunning Plan 106: Political literacy

      Teaching History feature
    The onset of citizenship brings with it the need to cover political literacy. The topic can be seen as dry and complex by Year 9 pupils. But ‘democracy is not boring’ (Lang in Teaching History 96). We need to educate our pupils to understand the complexity and features of a...
    Cunning Plan 106: Political literacy

  • Teaching History 135: To They or Not To They

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    02 Editorial 03 HA Secondary News 04 Drilling down: how one history department is working towards progression in pupils’ thinking about diversity across Years 7, 8 and 9 – Matthew Bradshaw (Read article) 13 Cunning Plan: The generalisation game - challenging generalisations (Read article) 16 Were industrial towns ‘death-traps’? Year...
    Teaching History 135: To They or Not To They

  • Heritage Management & Education

      Continuing Professional Development
    1. Nottingham Trent University MA/PGCert/PGDip Museum and Heritage Management There is a need for multi-skilled, quality staff who combine a broad vision of the field in which they are working with practical expertise in the care and presentation of heritage. Their postgraduate heritage management courses combine the conceptual framework necessary...
    Heritage Management & Education

  • Teaching History 107: Little Stories, Big Pictures

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    This edition deals with the complex relationship between depth work and overview work. Revealing the big picture: patterns, shapes and images at Key Stage 3, Slavery, Learning and teaching about the history of Europe in the 20th Century, Teaching the history of 20th women in Europe, Using Ethel and Ernest...
    Teaching History 107: Little Stories, Big Pictures

  • The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

      Podcast
    In this podcast Kate Hudson, the General Secretary of CND, looks at the history of CND in the 20th and 21st Century.
    The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

  • South Asian British History 1800-1900

      Podcast
    In this podcast Dr Sumita Mukherjee discusses 19th century South Asian British History.
    South Asian British History 1800-1900

  • Cunning Plan 142: Why do historical interpretations change over time?

      Teaching History feature
    History teachers have been talking about the need to teach broad narratives, overview and chronology for a long time. They have also recognised how essential it is for students to have an opportunity to study the ways in which the past has been interpreted, and the reasons why these interpretations...
    Cunning Plan 142: Why do historical interpretations change over time?

  • The Plague in Cumberland 1597-1598. Some documents used in the Cumbria Record Office (Carlisle) by Key Stage 2 pupils studying the Tudors

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. Outbreaks of the plague were common in the 16th century and the north of England was badly affected in the 1590s. It is believed that the plague arrived in Cumberland from Newcastle about Michaelmas 1597 and continued for over a year. The...
    The Plague in Cumberland 1597-1598. Some documents used in the Cumbria Record Office (Carlisle) by Key Stage 2 pupils studying the Tudors

  • The Slave trade and British Abolition, 1787-1807

      Historian article
    In the 1780’s the British slave trade thrived. In that decade alone more than one thousand British and British colonial slave ships sailed for the slave coasts of Africa and transported more than 300,000 Africans. There was little evidence that here was a system uncertain about its economic future. If...
    The Slave trade and British Abolition, 1787-1807

  • The Huns

      Ancient European History
    In this podcast Professor Peter Heather of King's College London looks at the history of the Huns.  The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th century AD. The Huns' arrival to Europe is associated with the migration westward of an Iranian people, the Alans. By 370 AD,...
    The Huns

  • The Origins of the Victorian Women's Movement

      19th Century Women's History
    In this podcast Professor June Hannam of the University of the West of England looks at the origins of the Victorian Women's Movement and how the movement developed in the 19th century
    The Origins of the Victorian Women's Movement

  • UK Women's Movement: How did Women achieve the Vote?

      20th Century Women's History
    In this podcast Professor June Hannam of the University of the West of England looks at the key forces that led to women achiving the vote in the early 20th century.
    UK Women's Movement: How did Women achieve the Vote?

  • Artisans and the craft economy in Scotland c.1780-1914

      Podcast
    In this podcast Professor Stana Nenadic  looks at Artisans and the craft economy in Scotland c.1780-1914 and the impact of the Industrial Revolution.
    Artisans and the craft economy in Scotland c.1780-1914

  • The Vikings in Britain: a brief history

      Reference guide for primary
    Viking Age | In Britain: background | Short history | King Alfred | Later raids & rulers | Key concepts < This resource is free for everyone For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of...
    The Vikings in Britain: a brief history

  • Bolton Branch History

      Branch History
    The Bolton Branch of the Historical Association, having been founded in 1927, celebrated its 80th birthday suitably spectacularly in October 2007. Not only did it have, for the occasion, a distinguished Chief Guest as visiting lecturer, and an audience of nearly 200, but it also had a large, decorative and...
    Bolton Branch History

  • Teaching History 185: Out now

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    Read Teaching History 185: Missing stories In their prologue to What is History Now? (published earlier this year to mark the 60th anniversary of E.H. Carr’s seminal work), Helen Carr and Susannah Lipscomb both admit to owning a ruler of rulers: a list of monarchs of Britain from the year...
    Teaching History 185: Out now

  • Teaching History 61

      The HA's journal for history teachers
    Articles: 8 Who is the National Curriculum in History for? - Sylvia Collicott  13 A Race between Education and Catastrophe: The Final Report of the History Working Group - Sue Styles  17 Why does it Matter? A Personal Response to the Final Report - Ian Dawson  22 From the Ivory Tower: A University...
    Teaching History 61

  • Booker T. Washington

      Podcasted history: A History of the United States
    Booker T Washington was the most influential African American leader at the turn of the 20th Century – so much so that at the time of his death he was described by someone as the 'most distinguished man, white or black who has come out of the South since the...
    Booker T. Washington

  • Young Historian Awards 2024 – the winners

      16th September 2024
    Spirit of Normandy Trust Senior Vivaan Davda – The Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai Spirit of Normandy Trust Key Stage 3 Joshua Broadbent – Royal Grammar School, Guildford Spirit of Normandy Trust Primary Salisbury Cathedral School Best School History Magazine [sponsored by the Mid-Trent and Mercia Branch] St Alban’s School Stockport...
    Young Historian Awards 2024 – the winners

  • Write Your Own Historical Fiction competition 2024 – the winners

      The HA's writing competition for children aged 10-15 years
    Real history contains some of the most fanciful, exciting, worrying and incredible stories – learning about the past can open our eyes to how people have interacted with the world and each other for centuries. It is not surprising that alongside the real history most cultures and traditions have a...
    Write Your Own Historical Fiction competition 2024 – the winners

  • Animated Guide: Become a Museum Curator

      Multipage Article
    Have you ever visited a museum or exhibition and wondered who puts it all together? Being a museum, library or archive curator is a very responsible job. Not only do they have to look after rare and precious items in their care, but they must also know all about their...
    Animated Guide: Become a Museum Curator