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  • The Norfolk and Norwich Branch History

      Branch History
    The Norfolk and Norwich Branch - a short historyThe branch was founded in 1920, at the instigation of two local teachers, W. J. Blake (the father the famous historian, Robert, Lord Blake) and Walter Stephenson, the father of our most long-serving (1941-1962) president, Andrew Stephenson, who was himself a distinguished...
    The Norfolk and Norwich Branch History

  • George Eliot and Warwickshire history

      Historian article
    David Paterson explains how George Eliot’s vivid memory of her childhood in north Warwickshire is revealed through her novels. George Eliot, born 200 years ago this year, is one of our greatest novelists, born and brought up in Warwickshire, a county in which she spent the first 30 years of...
    George Eliot and Warwickshire history

  • Flight from Kabul: a historical perspective

      Historian article
    In this article, Matt Jux-Blayney compares the British retreat from Kabul in 1842 with the most recent flight of NATO from Kabul in August 2021. Matt explores the various similarities between the two campaigns and includes personal recollections from his service in Afghanistan with the British Army. On 6 January...
    Flight from Kabul: a historical perspective

  • Teaching History regular features

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    Teaching History includes a number of regular features for secondary history teachers. On these pages you can access all recent and many older editions of each of these features: What's the Wisdom On provides a short guide to an aspect of history teaching. What have historians been arguing about... (formerly Polychronicon) aims to help...
    Teaching History regular features

  • Podcast: The Historical Medicalization of Homosexuality & Transvestism

      Podcast
    In this podcast, Dr Tommy Dickinson of the University of Manchester, looks at the historical medicalization of homosexuality and transvestism.  1. Introduction: the historical medicalization of homosexuality and transvestism  HA Members can listen to the full podcast here Suggested Reading:  Tommy Dickinson (2015) "Curing Queers": MentalNurses and their Patients  1935-1974.  Peter Conrad &...
    Podcast: The Historical Medicalization of Homosexuality & Transvestism

  • From Cyrus to Cleopatra: The ancient history adventure

      HA webinar series in partnership with The Classical Association
    Have you thought about offering Ancient History at Key Stage 3, GCSE or A-level? This webinar series, offered in collaboration with the Classical Association, explores how ancient history can be embedded across the key stages at secondary level. Across this series, we will show you how teaching ancient history is...
    From Cyrus to Cleopatra: The ancient history adventure

  • A European dimension to local history

      Historian article
    Trevor James raises the prospect of broadening our approaches to local history to take a wider European perspective. When Professor W. G. Hoskins published his The Making of the English Landscape in 1955, he taught us how to observe and understand the topography of our landscapes, urban and rural, and...
    A European dimension to local history

  • On-demand webinar series: Meaningful and useable assessment in the secondary history classroom

      HA webinar series for secondary history teachers and leaders
    In recent years, many history teachers have done lots of exciting work to develop the curriculum they teach, incorporating new content, new scholarship and new enquiries. As part of this work, it is vital to uncover how far pupils are learning all that was intended, and the ways in which...
    On-demand webinar series: Meaningful and useable assessment in the secondary history classroom

  • Including the Muslim Contribution in the National Curriculum for History

      Article
    History education has a key role to play in creating the informed, critical attachment of young people to the nation and in creating the feeling that young people belong and can participate in national life. The Curriculum for Cohesion Team, comprising Muslim and non-Muslim academics and community leaders, believes that...
    Including the Muslim Contribution in the National Curriculum for History

  • History and identity

      Article
    A sense of identity is at the heart of the proposed new NC for History. Sir Keith explores what this means for immigrant children of mixed heritage who grew up in Britain. Significantly, the last sentence of his paper dovetails with the government's views...
    History and identity

  • History Education Research Journal

      Formerly the International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research
    History Education Research Journal

  • Halloween and horror history

      3rd October 2023
    If you are over the age of fourteen you probably don’t get the excitement of Halloween. In fact, you might wonder generally what the fuss is about a Christian-Pagan entwined anniversary that leads to the excitement of children and their demands for sugar. However, as adults it is an opportunity...
    Halloween and horror history

  • The Wolfson History Prize 2023

      29th November 2023
    On 13 November 2023 some of the HA team were fortunate enough to be in a glorious room at Claridge’s in Mayfair, London to hear the announcement of the winner of the prestigious Wolfson History Prize. To a full room it was announced that the winner was independent historian Halik...
    The Wolfson History Prize 2023

  • Film: A short history of Islamic thought

      Article
    In his book of the same name, A short history of Islamic thought, Dr Fitzroy Morrissey provides a concise introduction to the origins and sources of Islamic thought, from its beginnings in the 7th century to the current moment. In this talk he explores the major ideas and introduces the...
    Film: A short history of Islamic thought

  • Teaching Britain’s ‘civil rights’ history

      Teaching History article
    Hannah Elias and Martin Spafford begin this article by explaining why they believe it is essential for young people to learn about the ‘heterogeneous, rich and complex’ history of the struggle for civil rights in Britain. Drawing on their diverse experiences of researching, writing and teaching history at school and university...
    Teaching Britain’s ‘civil rights’ history

  • Hosting teacher development at historical sites: the benefits for classroom teaching

      Journal article
    Many previous contributors to Teaching History have demonstrated the power of site visits to stimulate young people’s engagement and enrich their understanding of history. It is usually assumed, however, that the young people themselves will have the opportunity to visit the site in question – an assumption that cannot always...
    Hosting teacher development at historical sites: the benefits for classroom teaching

  • Swansea Branch History

      Branch History
    History of the Swansea BranchThe first Swansea Branch of the Historical Association was established in 1923. Unfortunately, the activities of the branch are unknown as no local documentation from that time has survived. All that is certain is that by 1925 it had ceased to meet.Following a suggestion by the...
    Swansea Branch History

  • Back to basics: what does a good history lesson look like?

      Primary History article
    The new emphasis from Ofsted on the importance of the foundation subjects has meant a very welcome renewed interest in history and how it is taught. For years the dominance of literacy and numeracy in the curriculum has meant that time for foundation subjects has at best been compressed, and...
    Back to basics: what does a good history lesson look like?

  • Teaching History 161: Support & Independence

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    02 Editorial 03 HA Secondary News 04 HA Update 08 ‘Come on guys, what are we really trying to say here?’ Using Google Docs to develop Year 9 pupils’ essay-writing skills - Lucy Moonen (Read article) 16 Post hoc ergo propter hoc? Using causation diagrams to empower sixth-form students in their...
    Teaching History 161: Support & Independence

  • Move Me On 155: Historical Intepretation vs. Opinion

      Teaching History feature
    This issue's problem: Helena Swannick tends to treat differences between historical interpretations simply as matters of opinion. Helena Swannick is a career changer who has decided to come into teaching after many years' working in human resources and some time at home caring for two young children. Her degree was a...
    Move Me On 155: Historical Intepretation vs. Opinion

  • Teaching History 189: Out now

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    Read Teaching History 189: Collaboration Teaching requires many kinds of knowledge, which has many different sources. One of those sources of knowledge is other professionals. But history teachers are not simply passive receivers of settled bodies of knowledge produced by others. As the pages of Teaching History attest, there is...
    Teaching History 189: Out now

  • History Abridged: The medieval origins of university

      Historian feature
    History Abridged: In this feature we take a person, time, theme or event and tell you the vast rich history in small space. A long dip into history in a shortened form. See all History Abridged articles Medieval history can suffer from an image problem. Even a conventional name for the period...
    History Abridged: The medieval origins of university

  • History Abridged: London’s women statues

      Historian feature
    History Abridged: This feature seeks to take a person, event or period and abridge, or focus on, an important event or detail that can get lost in the big picture. See all History Abridged articles We live in a seemingly iconoclastic age. Statues that were once part of the established...
    History Abridged: London’s women statues

  • Using family history to provoke rigorous enquiry

      Teaching History article
    The idea of using ‘little stories' to illuminate the ‘big pictures' of the past was creatively explored in Teaching History 107, which offered teachers a wealth of detailed vignettes with which to kindle young people's interest and illuminate major historical events. Paul Barrett builds on the ideas explored in that...
    Using family history to provoke rigorous enquiry

  • Film Series: Active Learning & History

      Multipage Article
    Active learning strategies are engaging but, far more importantly, they make history learning memorable, they encourage resilience and independence, and they are an excellent way to make complex history accessible for all. When used with clear purpose and with knowledge of specific students' needs, they are a tried and tested...
    Film Series: Active Learning & History