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  • Stalinism

      Classic Pamphlet
    Stalin's remarkable career raises quite fundamental questions for anyone interested in history. Marxists, whose philosophy should cause them to downgrade the role of ‘great men' as an explanation of great events, have problems in fitting Stalin into the materialist interpretation of history: did not this man ride rough-shod over the...
    Stalinism

  • Civilian expertise in war

      Historian article
    Philip Hamlyn Williams introduces us to the commercial and industrial background to modern-day warfare. When I think of war, I immediately see men and women in one of three uniforms: Royal Navy, RAF and Army. My research over the past seven years into how the British army was supplied in two...
    Civilian expertise in war

  • Primary Sources In Swedish And Australian History Textbooks

      IJHLTR Article
    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 14, Number 2 – Spring/Summer 2017 ISSN: 14472-9474 Abstract This article compares primary sources used in Swedish and Australian school History textbooks on the topic of the Vietnam War. The focus is on analysing representations of Kim Phuc, the young girl who was...
    Primary Sources In Swedish And Australian History Textbooks

  • The International Journal Volume 7 Number 1

      Journal
    Articles Dursun DilekUsing a Thematic Teaching Approach Based on Pupils' Skill and Interest in Social Studies Teaching   Helena GillespieTeaching Emotive and Controversial History to 7-11 Year Olds: a Report for The Historical Association   Robert GuyverThe History Curriculum in Three Countries - Curriculum Balance, National Identity, Prescription and Teacher...
    The International Journal Volume 7 Number 1

  • Interpretations of History: Issues for Teachers in the Development of Pupils' Understanding

      Article
    This article is based on collaborative work between staff at a University department of educational studies and a comprehensive school. Ian Davies and Rob Williams reviews the status and meaning of interpretations in history education and draws from work undertaken with students following an initial teacher education course in History,...
    Interpretations of History: Issues for Teachers in the Development of Pupils' Understanding

  • Polychronicon 118: interpretations of Henry VII

      Teaching History feature
    Polychronicon was a fourteenth-century chronicle that brought together much of the knowledge of its own age. Our Polychronicon in Teaching History is a regular feature helping school history teachers to update their subject knowledge, with special emphasis on recent historiography and changing interpretation. This edition of 'Polychronicon' explores the historical...
    Polychronicon 118: interpretations of Henry VII

  • Lions of the Great War: How are Sikh soldiers of the First World War seen today?

      Primary History scheme of work
    Lions of the Great War? How are Sikh soldiers of the First World War seen today?This Key Stage Three History scheme of work focuses in depth on the contribution of Sikh soldiers from the Indian subcontinent fighting on behalf of the UK between 1914 and 1918. It is designed to...
    Lions of the Great War: How are Sikh soldiers of the First World War seen today?

  • Triumphs Show: ‘The Strands of Memory’

      Teaching History feature
    In 2014, a group of French pupils from Lycée Léopold Sédar Senghor in Évreux was due to meet a British Second World War veteran, Eric Rackham, to hear him talk about his war experiences. Sadly, he passed away before the planned meeting. Paradoxically, this failed meeting led to the development...
    Triumphs Show: ‘The Strands of Memory’

  • Cunning Plan 135: challenging generalisations

      Teaching History feature
    Let's play ‘TOO SIMPLE!' (a.k.a. ‘the generalisation game'). Some years ago, in my own history classroom, in a not-very-inspired moment, I developed a straightforward, low-resource, low-preparation activity which turned out to have more power than I had anticipated in getting pupils to reflect on degree or type of similarity and...
    Cunning Plan 135: challenging generalisations

  • Polychronicon 117: interpretations of Douglas Haig

      Teaching History feature
    Polychronicon was a fourteenth-century chronicle that brought together much of the knowledge of its own age. Our Polychronicon in Teaching History is a regular feature helping school history teachers to update their subject knowledge, with special emphasis on recent historiography and changing interpretation. This edition of 'Polychronicon' considers the historical...
    Polychronicon 117: interpretations of Douglas Haig

  • Real Lives: Maria Rye’s emigration home for destitute little girls

      Historian feature
    Alf Wilkinson explores the controversial story of Maria Rye, who founded the Female Emigration Society in 1861 in order to take ‘surplus’ young ladies to Australia and New Zealand to work as teachers and governesses. As there was insufficient demand for these, she refocused her work on taking pauper children...
    Real Lives: Maria Rye’s emigration home for destitute little girls

  • Ankhu and Nebu of Deir el Medina

      Primary History article
    Perhaps the hardest skill to develop in history is a sense of period. What was it really like to live in Ancient Egypt? Who should we study? Or, in this case, which workers were typical? Were these craftsmen in Deir el Medina typical of all the workers in Egypt? Or...
    Ankhu and Nebu of Deir el Medina

  • The impact of the Reformation on Jewish-Christian Relations

      The Reformation
    In this podcast Professor Miri Rubin of Queen Mary University of London looks at the impact of the Reformation on Jewish-Christian relations?
    The impact of the Reformation on Jewish-Christian Relations

  • The International Journal Volume 5 Number 2

      Journal
    Articles Lieke van WijkThe Learning and Teaching of History in Europe: EUROCLIO's Enquiries Compared   Peter Brett Citizenship and the National Curriculum   Jerome FreemanThe Current State of the 4-19 History Curriculum in England and Possible Future Developments: a QCA Perspective   Jon NicholFrom Russia with Love: a History Curriculum...
    The International Journal Volume 5 Number 2

  • Polychronicon 114: interpretations of Oliver Cromwell

      Teaching History feature
    Polychronicon was a fourteenth-century chronicle that brought together much of the knowledge of its own age. Our Polychronicon in Teaching History is a regular feature helping school history teachers to update their subject knowledge, with special emphasis on recent historiography and changing interpretation. This edition of 'Polychronicon' investigates the differing...
    Polychronicon 114: interpretations of Oliver Cromwell

  • The impact of World War II on British children's gendered perceptions of contemporary Germany

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content and references may be outdated. This article reports some surprising gender-based trends indicated by a small scale piece of classroom research looking into incidental responses of Year 6 pupils to the teaching of Study Unit 11b (Britain Since...
    The impact of World War II on British children's gendered perceptions of contemporary Germany

  • Top Tip: Approaches to planning interpretations-focused enquiries.

      Article
    Top Tip: Approaches to planning interpretations-focused enquiries.
    Top Tip: Approaches to planning interpretations-focused enquiries.

  • Thrive as an NQT (Part 2)

      Thrive Part 2
    Part 2 of our Thrive as an NQT guide takes you through predictions data, planning a school trip, continual professional development and after your NQT year.
    Thrive as an NQT (Part 2)

  • Before 1066 & All That: Transition between KS2 & KS3

      HA Guide
    This e-cpd unit models how primary and secondary teachers of history might improve transition between KS2 and KS3 through collaboration on a transition unit aimed at Year 6 pupils on the Vikings. It contains original teaching and training materials written by Andrew Wrenn, former Cambridgeshire Humanities Advisor and funded as...
    Before 1066 & All That: Transition between KS2 & KS3

  • Questions you have always wanted to ask about...Using photographs as sources of evidence

      Primary History article
    Alan Hodkinson answers questions about using photographs as sources of evidence.
    Questions you have always wanted to ask about...Using photographs as sources of evidence

  • Parliament & Constitutional Change 1660-1702

      Podcast
    In this podcast Professor Tony Claydon looks at Parliamentary and constitutional change between 1660-1702.
    Parliament & Constitutional Change 1660-1702

  • Podcast Series: Religion in the UK

      Multipage Article
    In Part 5 of our series on Social and Political Change in the UK 1800-present we look at religion in the U.K. This set of podcasts features Dr Janice Holmes of the Open University, Revd Dr Jeremy Morris, Dean, Fellow, and Director of Studies in Theology at King's College, Andrew Copson,...
    Podcast Series: Religion in the UK

  • How close was England to Absolutism 1660-88?

      Early Modern British History
    In this podcast Professor John Miller of Queen Mary University of London looks at English Absolutism 1660-88.
    How close was England to Absolutism 1660-88?

  • Away from the Western Front launches two national projects

      Creative Writing Competition and National Music Project
    ‘Away from the Western Front’ has launched two national projects and is offering everyone a chance to make a contribution to this First World War centenary commemoration. A National Music project and a Creative Writing Competition are part of the Heritage Lottery funded First World War 'Away from the Western...
    Away from the Western Front launches two national projects

  • Questions you have always wanted to ask about... History and written sources

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Pat Hoodless answers questions about history and written sources.
    Questions you have always wanted to ask about... History and written sources