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                                                                                Teaching about heritage through a cross-curricular enquiry
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History articlePlease note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
What should we do with our brightest and best? Neal Watkin and Johannes Ahrenfelt suggest an enquiry for a very high ability Year 8 group which is both challenging and genuinely historical. The enquiry itself... Teaching about heritage through a cross-curricular enquiry
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                                                                                One Year GCSE
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Briefing PackBackground
A new development for curriculum change this year (2009) has been that many schools are now changing the pattern of GCSE/Key Stage 4 courses, following the ending of compulsory SATs for English, Maths and Science at the end of Key Stage 3. It is not yet clear how many... One Year GCSE
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                                                                                Enrichment Opportunities
                                        
                                            
                                        
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History can be used to enrich students' experience of education in many ways.  Everything has a history and links can be made with, and support given to most other subjects.  Opportunities can be provided to classes, whole year groups, across year groups, or to individuals. Enrichment can be as... Enrichment Opportunities
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                                                                                Approaches to the History Curriculum: Project based learning
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Briefing PackRationale/Origins
Project based learning has been around for decades; it is not a new idea. When we think back to the curriculum of the 1970s and early 80s, integrated Humanities was once again all the rage. As the Nuffield review of 2008 highlights "between 1975 and 1983, HMI tried to... Approaches to the History Curriculum: Project based learning
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                                                                                History in Schools - Present and Future 
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Conference ReportHistory in Schools - Present and future: Event report This one day conference was organised by the sponsors to raise awareness of the changes in the 14-19 curriculum and initiate discussion on how history, taught from Key Stage 3 to HE level, could be best served and enhanced by the... History in Schools - Present and Future
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                                                                                Podcast: Why Medieval History Matters?
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Medieval HistoryWhy Medieval History Matters, Professor Anne Curry, President of the HA ‘I don't mind there being some medievalists around for ornamental purposes, but there is no reason for the state to pay for them'. So, allegedly, said Charles Clarke when Education Secretary in 2003. In fact, medieval history has never... Podcast: Why Medieval History Matters?
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                                                                                Ancient Egypt – The Old Kingdom (2700-2200 BC)
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    PodcastThis podcast will appeal to anyone who wants to know more about this popular area of history and wants that information from one of the world’s leading academics on the subject.
Most of us have read an article, watched a documentary or visited a museum that has an ancient Egyptian artefact of... Ancient Egypt – The Old Kingdom (2700-2200 BC)
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                                                                                Vietnam and the Vietnam War (1954-1968)
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    PodcastIn July 1954, France and the Viet Minh signed the Geneva Peace Accord, which resulted in dividing Vietnam along the 17th parallel into a northern section, under the control of the communists, led by Ho Chi Minh, and a southern section, led by the Catholic anticommunist Ngô Đình Diệm who was backed... Vietnam and the Vietnam War (1954-1968)
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                                                                                Time for chronology? Ideas for developing chronological understanding
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History articleThe successful study of history requires many things, but few would contest that an understanding of time is one of them. Quite what we mean by ‘an understanding of time’ needs clarification, however. Chronological understanding is one feature. But it is not simply an ability to place events in order... Time for chronology? Ideas for developing chronological understanding
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                                                                                Contact Us
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    InformationNormal HA office opening hours: 9.30am–5.30pm Monday–Friday
If you have a general enquiry please contact us using enquiries@history.org.uk, or if the query is in relation to membership please email membership@history.org.uk. Alternatively you can call 0300 100 0223.
Unfortuately we are unable take calls or respond to emails outside of office hours. Our target... Contact Us
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                                                                                Historical Enquiries and Interpretations
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Transition Training Session 1This is the first of 5 sessions arising from the 2005 KS2-KS3 History Transition Project:
Transition training session 1: Historical Enquiries & Interpretations
Transition training session 2: Using ICT in the teaching of history
Transition training session 3: Extended writing in history
Transition training session 4: Joan of Arc -... Historical Enquiries and Interpretations
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There are many ways you can support our work to bring history to all:
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We bring together people who share an interest in, and love for the past and to further the study and teaching and enjoyment... What do we do?
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                                                                                Planning for diversity in the Key Stage 2 history curriculum
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    ArticlePlease note: this article was written before the the 2014 National Curriculum and some content is now outdated, e.g. reference to the QCA. This article may therefore be more useful for those engaging in research than for practising teachers. See Primary History summer resource 2019: Diversity for current guidance. 
In a series of three articles Hilary Claire... Planning for diversity in the Key Stage 2 history curriculum
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                                                                                The International Journal Volume 8 Number 1
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    JournalThe International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR] was founded to provide an international medium for reporting on History Education.
Articles included in this edition: 
Editorial: History Education, Identity and Citizenship in the 21st Century, Bahri Ata The Turkish prospective History teachers' understanding of analogy in History education, Isabel... The International Journal Volume 8 Number 1
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                                                                                Placing history: territory, story, identity  - and historical consciousness
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History articleHow do we relate to the past? Does it tell us who we are? Is it a source of examples to follow and mistakes to avoid? Or can we go beyond that to something genuinely historical? Arthur Chapman and Jane Facey argue that as history teachers we have a responsibility... Placing history: territory, story, identity  - and historical consciousness
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                                                                                How did changing conceptions of place lead to conflict in the American West? Reflecting on revision methods for GCSE
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History articleMary Woolley decided to make four revision sheets for her lower-band Year 11 set. Each was to help them view their American West study through a different lens. She was rather uncertain, however (and so were the pupils) about her fourth sheet on places. Her reflections on the revision sheet... How did changing conceptions of place lead to conflict in the American West? Reflecting on revision methods for GCSE
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                                                                                Petitioning the House of Commons, 1780–1918
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Petitions, Parliament and Political CultureIn this podcast Professor Richard Huzzey and Dr Henry Miller of the University of Durham discuss their research project on 'Re-thinking petitions, Parliament, and people in the long nineteenth century'. During this project they analysed records of 1 million public petitions to the House of Commons in the period 1780-1918 - and... Petitioning the House of Commons, 1780–1918
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                                                                                An Introduction to the Crusader and Italian Maritime States
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    PodcastIn this podcast Dr Natasha Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University discusses the development of the Crusader States, the role and influence of the Genoa, Venice and Pisa on this development and examines the origins and significance of the Holy Military Orders. Hodgson discusses what daily life was like and the role of the... An Introduction to the Crusader and Italian Maritime States
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                                                                                The Byzantine World War
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    PodcastIn this podcast, Nick Holmes, suggests that the Crusades formed part of amedieval world war that stretched from Asia to Europe. At its centre was the ancient empire Byzantium. Nick Holmes links three great events that changed history: the fall of Byzantium in the eleventh century, the epic campaign of... The Byzantine World War
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                                                                                'Please send socks': How much can Reg Wilkes tell us about the Great War?
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History articleThis was an opportunity all good historians dream about. A large box crammed with artefacts about a soldier who fought in the First World War, just begging to be read, studied, sorted and organised. Being faced with such a wealth of uncatalogued primary evidence could have proved daunting enough without... 'Please send socks': How much can Reg Wilkes tell us about the Great War?
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                                                                                Oral history in primary schools
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    ArticleAlthough this article focuses on a distinctive and effective historical activity it is important from the outset to recognise that involvement in oral history also has the potential to enhance learning across the ‘formal curriculum’ and beyond. Talking to older people about their lived experience and recording their memories provides... Oral history in primary schools
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                                                                                Reading Branch History
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Branch HistoryBrief outline history of the Reading Branch of the Historical Association
Reading is one of the places to have had a branch before the First World War, between 1908 and 1911 as was shown in The Historian, ‘The Branches of the Historical Association 1906-2006'. The story of the current Reading... Reading Branch History
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                                                                                KS2 Egyptian Story & Lesson Resource
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Book & Lesson Resource ReviewMa'at's Feather: A story set in Ancient Egypt by Juliet Desailly, The Book Guild,  p/b £6.99 Pub 2008, ISBN: 978 1 84624 273 1 and accompanying lesson resource Ma'at's Feather: Cross-Curricular Lesson Ideas by Juliet Desailly Pub 2008, ISBN: 978 0 955668 0 4
Reviewed by Alf Wilkinson
Ma'at's Feather... KS2 Egyptian Story & Lesson Resource
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                                                                                The Tudor Court
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Classic PamphletIn 1976, in one of his challenging Presidential addresses to the Royal Historical Society, Professor Geoffrey Elton drew attention to the importance of the court as a ‘point of contact' between the Tudors and their subjects. It was, he suggested, a central and essential aspect of personal government, but in... The Tudor Court
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                                                                                Envoi: First World War Memories
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Branch podcastDuring the recent First World War centenary many HA branches held lectures and talks about a variety of aspects of the war. Some had outings and many looked at their local war memorials or Pals Battalions. The Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch decided that as many of their members... Envoi: First World War Memories