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The Historian 131: 1066 in 2016
The magazine of the Historical Association
4 Reviews (See latest reviews online)
5 Editorial (Read article)
6 1066 in 2016 - David Bates (Read article)
12 Populism, Progressivism and Trumpism: third party, inter-party and intra-party candidates in campaigns for the American presidency - Michael Dunne (Read article)
19 The President’s Column
20 Admiral Lord Mountbatten: man of science...
The Historian 131: 1066 in 2016
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Making the most of your secondary membership
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Making the most of your HA membership
HA membership offers much more than just your subscription to Teaching History. As a member you can enjoy a holistic package of benefits and resources designed to support you, whatever challenge you may face. With the vast array of support available it can...
Making the most of your secondary membership
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Ofqual: Quality assurance for GCSE, AS and A level
27th April 2021
With exams cancelled, summer 2021 grades will be determined by schools and colleges. Every year, there is teacher assessment in subjects with non-exam assessment and schools and colleges will be familiar with moderation arrangements. This summer, with exams cancelled, the context is very different, so the quality assurance (QA) process...
Ofqual: Quality assurance for GCSE, AS and A level
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Higher Education Committee biographies
HA Committees
Read the Higher Education Committee's remit
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Katharine Burn
Katharine Burn is Associate Professor of Education at the University of Oxford, where she teaches on the PGCE History programme and on a range of part-time Masters courses for practising teachers. She is co-editor of the HA’s professional...
Higher Education Committee biographies
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A milestone for HA membership
19th March 2021
We're delighted to share the incredible news that as of end February 2021 the HA has over 10,000 members. That figure includes both individual and school or organisational members covering multiple members of staff, and means that really many thousands more teachers, students and general history lovers are now members...
A milestone for HA membership
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Virtual Branch Film: The life and legend of the Sultan Saladin
Virtual Branch
Between 26 February and 2 March you can watch Jonathan Phillips’s 2020 HA Virtual Conference keynote talk on The life and legend of the Sultan Saladin. Phillips’s talk reveals how a man initially branded as ‘the son of Satan’ became so esteemed in Europe and, through extensive new research, we will follow how...
Virtual Branch Film: The life and legend of the Sultan Saladin
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Making the most of your primary membership
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HA membership offers much more than just your subscription to Primary History. As a member you can enjoy a wholistic package of benefits and resources designed to support you, whatever challenge you may face. With the vast array of support available it can...
Making the most of your primary membership
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Equality, representation and the census with Professor David Olusoga
Let's Count! Office for National Statistics and iChild's education resource programme
To support Census 2021, Office for National Statistics, together with education resource centre, iChild, have developed the free primary education resource programme Let’s Count! The programme includes 14 cross-curricular resources covering key areas of the English and Welsh primary curriculum. Let’s Count! has achieved accreditation from MEI, NATE and the Geographical Association....
Equality, representation and the census with Professor David Olusoga
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Guidance for would-be history teacher trainees
An interview with history NQTs
Are you considering history teaching as a career option? Knowing where to start, what to expect from teaching and whether teacher training is right for you can feel like a leap into the unknown. We spoke to three recently qualified teachers, Ben Kirby, Liam Frondigoun and Alex Schmidt, all based...
Guidance for would-be history teacher trainees
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The Dawson Lectures
Multipage Article
In 2021, Ian Dawson suggested there should be a place and a way for us to honour and respect those who have gone above and beyond to help support, nurture and promote those involved with teaching, as well as producing resources and guidance that can assist teachers with developing their...
The Dawson Lectures
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Develop your whole school history provision
New and improved features
Corporate membership offers a comprehensive package of support. It delivers all the benefits of individual membership plus an enhanced tier of resources and CPD access to boost the development of your teaching staff and delivery of your whole school history provision.
Enhanced benefits include:
Exclusive access to guides in the...
Develop your whole school history provision
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Take a fresh look at corporate membership
New and improved features
Share the benefits with your colleagues and students
If you’re looking for wider support for your whole school history provision, then it might be time to consider corporate membership. Corporate membership offers a comprehensive package of support. It delivers all the benefits of individual membership plus an enhanced tier of resource and CPD access to boost the development...
Take a fresh look at corporate membership
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70 years of the Isle of Wight Branch
1st July 2020
In June 2020 the HA Isle of Wight branch celebrated its 70th birthday. Here, Honorary Secretary of the branch Terry Blunden looks back at the history and development of the branch since 1950.
Although the Historical Association was formed in 1906 sixteen years elapsed before a branch was established on...
70 years of the Isle of Wight Branch
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The Norman Conquest: why did it matter?
Annual Conference 2013 Podcast
Keynote Speech from the Historical Association 2013 Annual Conference - Podcast
Dr Marc Morris - Historian, author and television presenter
1066 is the most famous date in English history. Everyone remembers the story, depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry, of William the Conqueror's successful invasion, and poor King Harold being felled...
The Norman Conquest: why did it matter?
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Contact your branch
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Bath
Mr M Short
01225 812 945
mikeshort20@btinternet.com
Beckenham & Bromley
Mrs A Wagstaff
020 8777 7742
BeckenhamHA@uclmail.net
Bolton
Ms Melissa Wright
07912 369060
MWright@boltonschool.org
Bournemouth
Dr R Hill
0300 100 0223
suzannah.stern@history.org.uk
Bristol
Ms M Feerick
0117 9442896
maryfeerick58@gmail.com
Buckinghamshire
Terry Bloxham
01296 708926
secretarybucksha@gmail.com
Cambridge
Dr Sean Lang...
Contact your branch
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History 333
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 98, Issue 333
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.
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Access the full edition online
Editorial...
History 333
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GCSEs are changing
8th August 2018
The government has reformed GCSE qualifications in England to make them more demanding. You can find out more about the new GCSEs here or by watching this short video.
By 2020, all GCSEs in England will be graded using numbers instead of letters. The new grading scale runs from 9 to...
GCSEs are changing
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History 332
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 98, Issue 332
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
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History 332
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HA Conference Round-up 2018
25th May 2018
Alas it is gone (possibly pursued by a bear or two). If you weren’t in Stratford-upon-Avon on the weekend of 18-19 May then you missed a corker.
If you were there, please let us know what you thought by filling out our short HA conference evaluation form.
Day 1: Civil liberties, Cymbeline... and a lot...
HA Conference Round-up 2018
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This privacy notice explains how and why we collect, store and use the personal data you give us, to ensure you stay informed and...
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Primary History 65: Diversity and Inclusion
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
Overview
04 Inclusion & Diversity - Jon Nichol
05 History belongs to all of us - Diversity and the History Curriculum - Ilona Aronovsky (Read article)
12 Diversity in primary history: exemplar lessons: HA publications 2000-2013 and Nuffield Primary History - Sarah Codrington
14 Including the Muslim Contribution in the National...
Primary History 65: Diversity and Inclusion
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Writing the history of nineteenth-century Europe
Annual Conference 2013 Podcast
Keynote Speech from the Historical Association 2013 Annual Conference - Podcast
Sir Richard Evans FBA - Regius Professor of History and President of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge
‘Study problems, not periods', Lord Acton famously advised in his Inaugural Lecture at Cambridge. Centuries in themselves have no historical meaning; the...
Writing the history of nineteenth-century Europe
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How glorious was Gloriana? Elizabeth I and her historians
Annual Conference 2013 Podcast
Presidential Lecture from the Historical Association 2013 Annual Conference - Podcast
Professor Jackie Eales - President of the HA and Professor of Early Modern History at Canterbury Christ Church University
Elizabeth I's spin doctors created a lasting image of her as Gloriana and when she died her reign was lauded...
How glorious was Gloriana? Elizabeth I and her historians
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The Reformation: the view from the north
Annual Conference 2013 Podcast
Lecture from the Historical Association 2013 Annual Conference - Podcast
Professor Bill Sheils - University of York
The Reformation comprised a range of regional and local experiences, each with its own character and chronology. This talk will examine the broad characteristics of religious change in the north of England between...
The Reformation: the view from the north
