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                                                                                Nottingham Branch Programme
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Article*If you wish to attend, you need to reserve a seat at a meeting, and to do so, please email Chris Wrigley a week before: chris.wrigley@nottingham.ac.uk
 
Meetings are held at 2pm on Wednesdays in Bromley House Library, Angel Row, Nottingham (with your back to the City Hall, the Library... Nottingham Branch Programme
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                                                                                Reading Sources Using Textbreaker
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Primary History articlePlease note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
Pages 8-9 detail how functional literacy's concept of genre resulted in the creation of Textbreaker to empower pupils to ‘read' all historical sources, but especially those previously thought too hard for them to tackle. Below is... Reading Sources Using Textbreaker
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                                                                                Sir Robert Peel: The Life and Legacy
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    ReviewSir Robert Peel: The Life and Legacy by Richard A. Gaunt
(I.B. Tauris), 2010
264pp., £20 hard. ISBN 978-184885354
The two-volume biography of Peel by Norman Gash was published in 1961 and 1967.  Gash sees Peel as a pragmatic administrator and an instinctively consensual politician whose great achievement was to... Sir Robert Peel: The Life and Legacy
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                                                                                Using Historical Sources
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Student Guides
This resource is free to everyone. For access to a wealth of other online resources from podcasts to articles and publications, plus support and advice though our “How To”, examination and transition to university guides and careers resources, join the Historical Association today
The sources that you are likely to... Using Historical Sources
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                                                                                The New Imperialism
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Classic PamphletThis Classic Pamphlet first published in 1970 comes with a new introduction written by the author M. E. Chamberlain.The New Imperialism - Introduction by M. E. Chamberlain Professor Emeritus at Swansea University. May 2010.When this pamphlet was first published imperialism was a hot political topic and battle raged between Marxist and... The New Imperialism
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                                                                                The Personal Study Dealing With Significance
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Student Guides
To access the PDF resources attached to this guide, along with a wealth of other online resources from podcasts to articles and publications, plus support and advice though our “How To”, examination and transition to university guides and careers resources, join the Historical Association today
History courses at A-Level contain... The Personal Study Dealing With Significance
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                                                                                Reading at A-Level
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Student Guides
This resource is free to everyone. For access to a wealth of other online resources from podcasts to articles and publications, plus support and advice though our “How To”, examination and transition to university guides and careers resources, join the Historical Association today
At A-Level, in most subjects there is... Reading at A-Level
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                                                                                Essay Writing
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Student Guides
This resource is free to everyone. For access to a wealth of other online resources from podcasts to articles and publications, plus support and advice though our “How To”, examination and transition to university guides and careers resources, join the Historical Association today
History is not just about writing lots... Essay Writing
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                                                                                Is There A Future In History? Your Questions Answered!
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Student Guides
Q: What use is history to me?  It's all about the past - how will it help me get a job?
History IS both interesting AND useful!
As a history student, you will never experience the events that you study; instead you have to build up a picture from the... Is There A Future In History? Your Questions Answered!
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                                                                                It's like they've gone up a year!' Gauging the impact of a history transition unit on teachers of primary and secondary
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History articleYear 7 history teachers frequently bemoan the lack of historical learning in the primary sector. Pupils may be well versed in suffixes and similes, but their study of history can be limited. This group of history teachers decided that things could be different. Not only did they bring enquiry methods... It's like they've gone up a year!' Gauging the impact of a history transition unit on teachers of primary and secondary
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                                                                                Stalin, Propaganda, and Soviet Society during the Great Terror
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Historian articleSarah Davies explores the evidence that even in the most repressive phases of Stalin’s rule, there existed a flourishing ‘shadow culture’, a lively and efficient unofficial network of information and ideas. 'Today a man only talks freely with his wife — at night, with the blankets pulled over his head.’... Stalin, Propaganda, and Soviet Society during the Great Terror
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                                                                                Social and Political Change: Britain 1800-present
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Selected ArticlesA selection of articles and publications that link to Social and Political Change in Britain from 1800. These articles are all free to HA Student Members 
See also our 5-part Podcast series on Social and Political Change in Britain from 1800
1. The People's PensionPodcast of lecture by Professor Chris Wrigley. 
2.... Social and Political Change: Britain 1800-present
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                                                                                British Empire
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Selected Articles and ResourcesA selection of publications that link to the British Empire. See also our two podcast series The British Empire 1600-1800 and The British Empire 1800-present.
A Commercial Revolution: the rise of a trading empire (Classic pamphlet by Ralph Davis) The pattern of overseas trade is always in movement: new commodities are constantly appearing,... British Empire
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                                                                                Modern Russia
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Selected Articles and PublicationsA selection of useful articles on modern Russia and the USSR: 
1. Alexander II: Emancipation and Reform in Russia 1855-1881
The ‘great reforms' of Tsar Alexander II (1855-81) are generally recognised as the most significant events in modern Russian history between the reign of Peter the Great and the revolutions... Modern Russia
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                                                                                Quixotically Generous...Economically Worthless'
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    ArticleWilliam Kenefick considers two views of the dockers and the dockland community in Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries. 'Quixotically generous and economically worthless’! But what does this mean? How does this curious descriptor help us understand the docker or the waterside community? Indeed, does it tell us... Quixotically Generous...Economically Worthless'
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                                                                                Varieties of Reformation
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Classic PamphletThe most significant change to have occurred in our view of the Reformation in recent years is the growing acknowledgement of historians that it was no unitary phenomenon whose triumph was assured and inevitable. What we refer to in short-hand as ‘the' Reformation was a many-sided affair which began with... Varieties of Reformation
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                                                                                King John
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Classic PamphletIn the opinion of Stubbs King John was totally, not even competently, bad... Stubbs was the predominant, but no the sole voice of his generation. J.R. Green was already claiming that John was ‘the ablest and most ruthless of the Angevins... In the rapidity and breadth of this political combination... King John
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                                                                                Cambridge Primary Review 2009
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Briefing PackWe are sure that you are aware by now of the findings of the Cambridge Primary Review. The author, Robin Alexander has been working recently to disseminate information and give teachers and primary education professionals the chance to discuss the priorities for primary education. These ideas, based around the key... Cambridge Primary Review 2009
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                                                                                Building and assessing a frame of reference in the Netherlands
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History articlePlease note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
Concerns about our ability to equip young people with a frame of reference that they can actually use to orient themselves in time are widespread. The challenges were extensively debated within the last issue of... Building and assessing a frame of reference in the Netherlands
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                                                                                Primary History 53: Living history
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    The primary education journal of the Historical AssociationLiving history - a primary history curriculum for the 21st century: Historical, Geographical and Social Understanding
03 Editorial
04 The Historical Association’s response to the Rose Review
05 In my view: Towards a new primary curriculum: Cambridge Primary Review Part 1, Past and Present, Part 2, The Future — An... Primary History 53: Living history
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                                                                                Approaches to the History Curriculum: integrated learning models
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Briefing Pack
In 2010 an integrated curriculum was being implemented in some schools in England. This short briefing pack provides some practical examples of that process. 
Is your school on the brink of curriculum innovation that involves history? Are you in the midst of such a change and feel confused and uncertain?... Approaches to the History Curriculum: integrated learning models
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                                                                                Maths and History - Cross Curricular Case Study
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Case StudyMaths and Museums: Norwich Castle Museum Working with Key Stage 3 MathsFaye Kalloniatis (Museum Education Manager, Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service)The project, ‘Storming the Castle, challenged the idea that museums are not places where schools can extend their students' maths skills. On the contrary, the project demonstrated that museums can... Maths and History - Cross Curricular Case Study
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                                                                                The Meiji Restoration
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    PodcastThe Meiji Restoration was a political event that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Although there were ruling emperors before the Meiji Restoration, the events restored practical power to, and consolidated the political system under, the Emperor of Japan. The Restoration led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure and... The Meiji Restoration
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                                                                                Western Dress and Ambivalence in the South Pacific
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    ArticleMichael Sturma examines an aspect of the cultural impact of the West in the South Pacific. ‘States of undress, or the partially clad body, invite particularly ambivalent responses.’ One of the main preoccupation’s of early European visitors to the South Pacific was the nudity or partial nudity of the indigenous... Western Dress and Ambivalence in the South Pacific
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                                                                                Museum and Gallery CPD
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Continuing Professional DevelopmentFor advice and information about working in the Museum sector, take a look at the following information from the Museums Association website.
The Museums Association is the leading voice for the museum sector. Their mission is to enhance the value of museums to society by sharing knowledge, developing skills, inspiring innovation... Museum and Gallery CPD