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A-Level Topic Guide: Russia and the USSR
Russia and the USSR
Russia and the USSR in the nineteenth and twentieth century is a popular area of study at A-level across the examination boards. Whichever board you are studying with and whatever the focus of your study unit on Russian history, the resources in this unit will support you as you develop your subject knowledge, write essays...
A-Level Topic Guide: Russia and the USSR
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Primary History summer resource 2025: Women with power
Primary member resource
For this year’s Primary History summer resource, we have selected a focus on the lives of women at a particular period – that of the Anglo-Saxon or the early medieval period. This period covers a substantial period of time – around 600 years. It was a time of catalyst and...
Primary History summer resource 2025: Women with power
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Revolutionaries In Europe: 1815-1848
Classic Pamphlet
In the three and a half decades which followed the defeat of Napoleon, conspiracy, riot and revolt were constant features of the European scene. No prison was storng enough to prevent Blanqui from plotting, no place of excile distant enough to seperate Mazzini from his revolutionary agents. Cities were insubordinate,...
Revolutionaries In Europe: 1815-1848
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Queenship in Medieval England: A Changing Dynamic?
Historian article
In the winter of 1235-6, Eleanor, the 12 year old daughter of Count Raymond-Berengar V of Provence and Beatrice of Savoy, left her native homeland. She travelled to England to marry King Henry III, a man 28 years her senior whom she had never met. The bride and her entourage...
Queenship in Medieval England: A Changing Dynamic?
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Primary History 43: Time and Time Again
Journal
05 Editorial
06 Primary Noticeboard
09 In My View: working with historical picture books — Carole French
10 Time past: working with historical picture books — Fiona Collins (Read article)
14 ’Discovery visits’: what's new at English Heritage for schools? — Kate Whitworth
17 Think Bubble
18 How should we...
Primary History 43: Time and Time Again
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The Historian 63: Why did People Choose Sides in the English Civil War?
The magazine of the Historical Association
Featured articles:
4 Why did People Choose Sides in the English Civil War? - Professor The Earl Russell (Conrad Russell) (Read article)
10 What's new about 'New Labour'? - Andrew Thorpe (Read article)
16 1939 after sixty years - Patrick Finney (Read article)
22 Louis, John and William: The 'Dame Europa'...
The Historian 63: Why did People Choose Sides in the English Civil War?
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History 394
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 111, Issue 394
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...
History 394
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The Wolfson History Prize shortlist 2023
5th September 2023
Running on a different timetable to previous years, the Wolfson History Prize shortlist has now been announced. The Prize is an important contributor to marking the significance of historical scholarship and writer. The winner will be announced in November.
Bringing new stories from history to light, and challenging readers to...
The Wolfson History Prize shortlist 2023
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Teaching History 93: History and ICT
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
Why Gerry likes history now: the power of the word processor - Ben Walsh (Read article)
History using information technology: past, present and future - Alaric Dickinson (Read article)
The Hopi is different from the Pawnee: using a datafile to explore pattern and diversity - Dave Martin (Read article)
Maps,...
Teaching History 93: History and ICT
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Henry II, the Common Law and Becket
Podcast
In this podcast Professor Nicholas Vincent of the University of East Anglia looks at the reign of Henry II, the establishment of the Common Law and relations with Henry's relationship with Thomas a Becket.
Henry II, the Common Law and Becket
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Visit to Agincourt: schools’ outcomes
The Agincourt Project
In March 2016, a group of students and teachers from six schools travelled to Agincourt for the project Do They Learn About Agincourt In France? During the trip, the pupils were asked to observe how the battle was remembered and create a miniature memorial from the perspective of one side,...
Visit to Agincourt: schools’ outcomes
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The Historian 146: Civilisations
The magazine of the Historical Association
4 Reviews
5 Editorial (Read article)
6 The emergence of the first civilisations: many contexts, significant changes but is this the whole story? – Paul Bracey (Read article)
11 The many queens of Ancient Egypt – Joyce Tyldesley (Read article)
17 Out and About in Paestum – Trevor James (Read article)
20 Space...
The Historian 146: Civilisations
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Recycling the Monastic building: The Dissolution in Southern England
Historian article
The dissolution of the monasteries was one of the most dramatic developments in English History. In 1536, the religious orders had owned about a fifth of the lands of England. Within four years the monasteries had been abolished and their possessions nationalised by Henry VIII. Within another ten years, most...
Recycling the Monastic building: The Dissolution in Southern England
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Teaching History 174: Structure
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
02 Editorial (Read article)
03 HA Secondary news
04 HA update
08 Austin’s narrative: an exploratory case study, with Year 8, into what kinds of feedback help students produce better historical narratives of the interwar years – Alex Rodker (Read article)
16 Cunning Plan: Teaching Year 8 to create and...
Teaching History 174: Structure
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Think Bubble - Print the Legend
Article
Anyone who has pretensions to being a film buff learns pretty early on the immortal lines of the jaundiced newspaperman from John Ford's 1962 movie The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance that when it comes to choosing between the truth and the legend……..I was reminded of this recently whilst preparing...
Think Bubble - Print the Legend
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CPD: Beyond the Ballot and Peterloo to the Pankhursts MOOCs
Secondary CPD from Royal Holloway, UK Parliament and People’s History Museum
Explore the history of the struggle for women’s suffrage and equality with this course developed by Royal Holloway, University of London, and the UK Parliament. With content from the Parliamentary Archives, the Women’s Library collection at the LSE Library and The National Archives; engaging videos, articles and quizzes; and a...
CPD: Beyond the Ballot and Peterloo to the Pankhursts MOOCs
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My Favourite History Place: David Pearse explores St Petersburg
Historian feature
If you want to understand Russian history from Peter the Great up to at least the 1917 Revolutions, you have to visit St Petersburg. Like Versailles, St Petersburg was built for an absolute monarch, on an unsuitable site, at the cost of many labourers' lives. Unlike Versailles, it was designed...
My Favourite History Place: David Pearse explores St Petersburg
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Primary History 86
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
04 Editorial (Read article for free)
05 HA Primary News
06 HA Update
10 History in the news: George Floyd protest in Bristol: Colston statue toppled – Paul Bracey (Read article)
14 Developing chronological understanding and language in the Early Years and Foundation Stage – Damienne Clarke (Read article)
18 All the fun of the...
Primary History 86
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Teaching the First World War in the primary school
Article
The current commemorations of the First World War have opened the door to some real opportunities for those teaching primary history – perhaps even considering taking children to the battlefields. Although this is customarily a secondary-school experience, this article outlines the opportunities for primary-age children. The suggestions here are based...
Teaching the First World War in the primary school
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Getting Started: The identification of gifted historians
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
The complexity of identification Crucial to personalised learning, entitlement and opportunity for equality is the identification of outstanding gifts and talents in children. The quest to identify gifted young historians is challenging as these pupils...
Getting Started: The identification of gifted historians
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Podcast Series: The Early Georgians
Multipage Article
In this podcast Lucy Worsley of Historic Royal Palaces looks at the early Georgians, the changing relationship between Parliament and Monarchy and Court Politics under George I and George II.
Podcast Series: The Early Georgians
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The Historian 148: Out now
The magazine of the Historical Association
Read The Historian 148
How many times are we all going to write ‘it’s been an odd year’? – I know I have now written it many times, yet it has affected schedules and output here at the HA. So I am very sorry that this edition of The Historian...
The Historian 148: Out now
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Chichester Branch Programme
Article
Enquiries to Mr Alex Bristow alexjbristow@outlook.com 01903 505554
Meetings start at 7.30 pm (except January at 2.30 pm) at Friends Meeting House, Priory Road, Chichester, PO19 1NX. Meetings are expected to finish by 9 pm (4 pm on Saturday). Light refreshments available from 7 pm (2 pm on Saturday).
Admission is...
Chichester Branch Programme
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The Historian 20
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Feature: The Marriage of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, C N.L Brooke
10 Update: The Industrial Revolution, John J. Mason
13 Local History: Laxton: England's Last Open Field Village, John Beckett
17 Education Forum: The School History Question, Roger Hennessey
The Historian 20
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Nuneaton Branch Programme
Article
Enquiries to Branch Secretary Michael Arnold. michael.arnold@cantab.net tel 07785 337147
Venue: Unless otherwise stated talks start at 7.30pm on Thursdays at Chilvers Coton Heritage Centre 4 Avenue Road, Nuneaton CV11 4LU. Ample parking available.
Associate membership is £15 per year. Talks free to national HA members and students, visitors: voluntary...
Nuneaton Branch Programme
