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  • Minimalist cause boxes for maximal learning: one approach to the Civil War in Year 8

      Article
    Ian Gibson and Susan McLelland describe their work using cause boxes. They identity the type of historical learning that they felt was taking place and the range of factors which they judged to be critical in making it happen. Work with the cause boxes was carefully positioned within a sequence...
    Minimalist cause boxes for maximal learning: one approach to the Civil War in Year 8

  • What confuses primary pupils in history? Part 1

      Primary History article
    This article is primarily concerned with how pupil progress is affected negatively by general misunderstandings and confusions. What are some of these confusions? Here are what some teachers felt were some of the main ones: Muddling issues from one period or place with those of another place. People in the past must...
    What confuses primary pupils in history? Part 1

  • Local and Community History Month

      1-31 May each year
    The aim of the month is to increase awareness of local history, promote history in general to the local community and encourage all members of the community to participate. Activities happen across the UK and include trips, library exhibitions and local lectures. It is a great way for groups to...
    Local and Community History Month

  • International Journal 14.2: Editorial review

      IJHLTR Article
    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 14, Number 2 – Spring/Summer 2017ISSN: 14472-9474 Introduction: Thinking historically – syntactic ‘know how’ and substantive ‘know that’ knowledge As an academic discipline History has two dimensions: the ‘know how’ syntactic or procedural knowledge of the skills and processes of ‘Doing History’ and...
    International Journal 14.2: Editorial review

  • One of my favourite history places: Durham Cathedral

      Primary History feature
    The best thing about Durham Cathedral is how it impresses on every scale and from every viewpoint. As you approach the city by train, it looms over the skyline hugging the River Wear and even dwarfing its imposing neighbour, Durham Castle. When you finally make the steep walk up towards cathedral green, the building towers above...
    One of my favourite history places: Durham Cathedral

  • The Holy Grail? GCSE History that actually enhances historical understanding!

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Teaching History 109, Examining History Edition, launched a range of debates about the role and value of our public examinations in history, debates which have continued in these pages and in history teacher conferences (such...
    The Holy Grail? GCSE History that actually enhances historical understanding!

  • Triumphs Show 182: A public lecture series

      Teaching History feature
    The history we present to students, however rigorous and challenging, and however full of integrity in eflecting history as a discipline, is a shiny show of our best resources. Peeling back this curtain and allowing students to see the real world of academic history was a major motivation in inviting some...
    Triumphs Show 182: A public lecture series

  • My Favourite History Place: Lord Street, Southport

      Historian feature
    Trevor James introduces an international dimension to local history, revealing how a future French Emperor interpreted his affection for Southport’s Lord Street into the extensive redesign of Parisian streets.
    My Favourite History Place: Lord Street, Southport

  • The Historian 163: Ukraine

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Letters 5 Editorial (Read article) 6 Lands of Cossacks. Lands of wheat. Lands of possibilities. Lands of Freedom. Images of Ukraine through western lenses – Tetiana Vodotyka (Read article) 14 Cultural and historical heritage of Ukraine in the conditions of the new Russian-Ukrainian war (2014–24) – Olha Makliuk (Read...
    The Historian 163: Ukraine

  • One of my favourite history places: Bournville

      Article
    One of my favourite places is Bournville Village in the south of Birmingham – every time I go there it feels as if I am entering a different world, away from the noise and bustle of the city. Less than five minutes' walk away from the tourist attraction of Cadbury World is the village...
    One of my favourite history places: Bournville

  • Write Your Own Historical Fiction Competition 2024

      The Historical Association Historical Fiction Prize
    Entries to the 2024 competition are now closed.  Each year we are so impressed by the ever increasing number and standard of entries we receive around such a wide range of historical periods and settings. You can take a look at some of last year’s winning entries here. Unleash the creativity...
    Write Your Own Historical Fiction Competition 2024

  • Occult and Witches

      Historian article
    Occult and Witches: Some Dramatic and Real Practitioners of the Occult in the Elizabethan and Jacobean Periods One purpose of this paper is to show a correspondence between real-life Elizabethan and Jacobean practitioners of the occult and the depiction of their theatrical counterparts, with particular reference to perceived differences between,...
    Occult and Witches

  • Engaging places with KS2

      Article
    Engaging Pupils: An A Level student describes her experience of collaborative working with Key Stage 2.When the students at Thamesview Vocational Centre found out we were working with the local junior school, Riverview Primary, we were quite surprised. We had been working on the Engaging Places project which was a...
    Engaging places with KS2

  • Case Study: Historical information and the local community

      Primary History article
    The ICT revolution A paper register, a pink-lined A4 mark book and a written school log book are surely historical artefacts? The transition from paper to digital technology continues, changing the world of the classroom teacher whose working life like mine, began in the print age when digital-based education was...
    Case Study: Historical information and the local community

  • What history should we teach? The HA Primary Survey

      Primary History article
    The government's 2010 White Paper makes clear that the history curriculum will be reviewed. This is the ideal time to consider that very contentious issue - What History Should We Teach? And who better to ask than those who really know and understand what the curriculum will look and feel...
    What history should we teach? The HA Primary Survey

  • Studying History at university: Student's guide to applications

      University Application Guide
    So you've decided to apply to study history at university. This guide is intended to help you through the process so that your application is as good as it can be. It is not intended to replace the help and advice you can get from the people who know you...
    Studying History at university: Student's guide to applications

  • History outside the classroom at Key Stage 1

      Article
    When thinking about what history means to five- to seven-year-old children, the chances are it is quite a muddle of ideas – from princesses and castles through to dinosaurs and Second World War fighter planes – without a great deal of coherence as to how it all fits together. Learning...
    History outside the classroom at Key Stage 1

  • The death of a hero: Vice-Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson

      Historian article
    Michael Crumplin comments on the injuries and illnesses that Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson suffered during his shortened career. His bold leadership style, much admired by his naval companions, inevitably led to a series of wounds. Using a combination of contemporary accounts and current clinical, anatomical and physiological interpretation, this article...
    The death of a hero: Vice-Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson

  • Triumphs Show: Diversifying the curriculum at A-level

      Teaching History feature
    There is a wealth of literature arguing for the importance of accommodating a wide range of perspectives and experiences in school history curricula. Many have contended that it is crucial to include the stories of those traditionally omitted from historical records in order to teach history well. Others have emphasised...
    Triumphs Show: Diversifying the curriculum at A-level

  • Numismatics and History

      Classic Pamphlet
    Numismatics may be defined as the science of money in its physical aspects. It is only indirectly connected with the theory of money, which belongs to the sphere of economics. Its subject-matter consists of the material objects which in most societies are used to measure the worth of goods and...
    Numismatics and History

  • Primary History Summer Resource 2017: Roman Britain

      Teaching the Roman Britain National Curriculum unit of study
    This special Primary History summer resource for our members will equip you to teach the Roman Britain National Curriculum unit of study. Please note that it is not a resourced scheme of work. The unit includes the following enquiries: Enquiry 1: When did the Romans invade and why? Enquiry 2: Did...
    Primary History Summer Resource 2017: Roman Britain

  • My Favourite History Place: The Guild Chapel

      Historian feature
    Trevor James highlights a very important building to visit and celebrate during the HA's Annual Conference in Stratford-upon-Avon in May 2018.
    My Favourite History Place: The Guild Chapel

  • Citizenship and History

      E-CPD
    Welcome to this on-line self supported self-study UNIT on History and Citizenship Education. While the UNIT is designed for supported self-study we hope that you will work with a school mentor, and if available, a university tutor [Expert Learning Fellow or ELF].  This Citizenship and History Education UNIT introduces History/Citizenship Education...
    Citizenship and History

  • Using historical discourse to find narrative coherence in the GCSE period study

      Teaching History article
    When planning a GCSE period study on the American West, Alex Ford wrestled with reconciling the content demands of the examination specifications with the need to provide his students with a memorable narrative. In this article, Ford shows how he drew on the latest academic scholarship to construct a rigorous,...
    Using historical discourse to find narrative coherence in the GCSE period study

  • History in the early years

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Early years history should provide opportunities to expand the children's knowledge and understanding of events, people and changes in the past and develop children's investigative and interpretive skills. Children should focus on: Questioning Observation Generating thoughts...
    History in the early years