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  • New alchemy or fatal attraction? History and citizenship

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. The citizenship curriculum at both Key Stages 3 and 4 is currently being redefined and much has been said recently about the contribution that history could or should make to citizenship agendas and to the...
    New alchemy or fatal attraction? History and citizenship
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) in primary history – take CARE!

      Primary History article
    Teaching has embraced many revolutionary changes before: the photocopier, the calculator, the internet, even the smartboard!  The Assistant Director-General of UNESCO (2023) though feels that these could pale into insignificance when compared to the rise of AI. This article looks at ways in which Generative AI might be used by...
    Artificial Intelligence (AI) in primary history – take CARE!
  • Opportunities, challenges and questions: continual assessment in Year 9

      Teaching History article
    Our means of assessment might pose a problem. History teachers regularly set specific targets, with implicit or explicit reference to National Curriculum Levels, which are designed to move our pupils on and make them better historians. How, though, are we to prevent them from achieving their targets in a rather...
    Opportunities, challenges and questions: continual assessment in Year 9
  • Beyond the bolt-on: placing local history at the heart of a diverse and decolonial curriculum

      Teaching History article
    Students’ rapt response to a filmed interview with a former miner now working as part of the school’s premises team convinced Fred Oxby of the power of local stories. This was not simply because they captured students’ attention, nor even because such stories enabled them to see that history was not...
    Beyond the bolt-on: placing local history at the heart of a diverse and decolonial curriculum
  • History Abridged: POTUS - President of the United States

      Historian article
    History Abridged: This feature seeks to take a person, event or period and abridge, or focus on, an important event or detail that can get lost in the big picture. Think Horrible Histories for grownups (without the songs and music). See all History Abridged articles Described as the most powerfully...
    History Abridged: POTUS - President of the United States
  • The Historian 158: Out now

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Read The Historian 158: Music Anniversaries provide enticing opportunities for historians and the public to reflect on moments from our collective past. For choral music lovers this year is significant as it is the four hundredth anniversary of the death of the Tudor composer William Byrd, which is being marked by...
    The Historian 158: Out now
  • The Dilemma of Senator Williams

      IJHLTR Article
    Abstract The titled “Senator Williams, Do You Vote For or Against on the Diego Resolution before Senate” encourages students to engage in historical empathy and critical inquiry on the possible military intervention in the small hypothetical country of Ersatz. The Diego Resolution asks the Senate to endorse the President’s plan to move a...
    The Dilemma of Senator Williams
  • A hankering for the blank spaces: enabling the very able to explore the limits of GCSE

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Many of us would love to have the problems encountered by Oliver Knight at his previous school. His students were simply doing too well - leaving him wondering how to stretch them to the limit...
    A hankering for the blank spaces: enabling the very able to explore the limits of GCSE
  • Making the most of a census

      Primary History article
    This article looks at how children can utilise and manipulate mathematical data to make sense of a historic past. The focus is on helping children see the numbers as a resource for understanding the experiences of those that lived in this place. Aim: Understand historical concepts such as continuity and...
    Making the most of a census
  • Triumphs Show: Embracing scholarship to guide Year 7 on an exploration of the Silk Roads

      Teaching History feature
    It has been the same for history teachers all over the country: the dramatic shift in perspective after reading Peter Frankopan’s The Silk Roads. Frankopan’s groundbreaking scholarship transported me to distant lands. His book introduced me to cultures and civilisations previously unknown. I wanted my pupils to venture along the same...
    Triumphs Show: Embracing scholarship to guide Year 7 on an exploration of the Silk Roads
  • Religion and Beliefs in Ancient Egypt: Lesson Plans

      Lesson Plans
    Lesson Plans 1 & 2: Introduction to what Egyptians believed.  How do we know? Polytheistic, gods, goddesses, creation. Wall paintings, gods and preparation for the afterlife. Comparison of Christian creation story to that of Ancient Egypt. Lesson Plan 3: Myth, Ra, Osiris, Isis, Horus. Beliefs and attitudes of the past. Religious...
    Religion and Beliefs in Ancient Egypt: Lesson Plans
  • The Historian 156: Out now

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Read The Historian 156 The sadness that came with the death of our patron Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is tinged with our appreciation of her willingness many years ago to become our patron. Some of our older members will remember that she and the Duke of Edinburgh attended our...
    The Historian 156: Out now
  • The Historian 149: Pandemics

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Reviews 5 Editorial (Read article for free) 6 Florence Nightingale and epidemics – Richard Bates (Read article) 11 Real Lives: Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial in Hints churchyard: Edward George Keeling – Trevor James (Read article) 12 The experience of Bilston in the cholera epidemic of 1831–32: a melancholy pre-eminence in...
    The Historian 149: Pandemics
  • Polychronicon 130: Dental, transcendental, regimental: Making Mangal Pandey

      Teaching History feature
    Have you stuggled to find an invigorating, exciting local enquiry to motivate your Year 9 class ? How do you engage students in lively debate? This was the challenge for one Norfolk school who wanted to develop a local study on the Poor Law and to create opportunities for students...
    Polychronicon 130: Dental, transcendental, regimental: Making Mangal Pandey
  • The Historian 160: Sport in History

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Letters 5 Editorial (Read article) 6 Faster, higher, stronger – but don’t try too hard: political and social attitudes underpinning the 1924 Olympics – Steve Illingworth (Read article) 12 Who only history know? Cricket, society, and the historical oversight of sport – Duncan Stone (Read article) 16 The right to...
    The Historian 160: Sport in History
  • From tragedy to triumph: The courage of Henrietta, Lady of Luxborough 1699-1756

      Historian article
    Why is Henrietta Luxborough, who was born in 1699, of interest today? In the first place because of whom she was; in the second because of what happened to her; and in the third because of her courage which enabled her to overcome adversity and lead a life utterly different...
    From tragedy to triumph: The courage of Henrietta, Lady of Luxborough 1699-1756
  • History Journal Film: The Letters, Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell

      History journal blog
    The History journal team are delighted to launch their first in a series of films interviewing the authors at the cutting edge of historical research. Today, we are thrilled to welcome John Morrill, professor emeritus of the University of Cambridge and emeritus fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge, and Dr Joel...
    History Journal Film: The Letters, Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell
  • Recorded webinar: Histories of Indigenous peoples of North America

      Article
    Any study of the intercultural relationships between the Indigenous peoples of North America and British settlers usually focuses on the differences that resulted in disputes and violence. However, on closer examination, the interaction also involved the exchange of ideas and the forging of alliances, which required diplomacy and respect for...
    Recorded webinar: Histories of Indigenous peoples of North America
  • Out and About in ‘The most Loyal and Ancient City of Taunton’

      Historian feature
    The Somerset town of Taunton featured prominently in the highly significant political and religious conflicts of the seventeenth century. Isabella Peach examines Taunton’s role in these events and the impact they had on the town. Her article is based on her winning entry in the 2023 Young Historian Post-16 Local...
    Out and About in ‘The most Loyal and Ancient City of Taunton’
  • Film: Primary History and the Ofsted Inspection Framework

      Article
    In May of 2021, Ofsted published a blog post of findings from visits carried out to 24 different primary schools in order to gather evidence as to the quality of history education provided by these outstanding schools. You can find the blog here: https://educationinspection.blog.gov.uk/2021/04/27/history-in-outstanding-primary-schools/  Areas of both strength and improvement were outlined, although the...
    Film: Primary History and the Ofsted Inspection Framework
  • Virtual Branch Recording: Food and drink in the medieval monastery

      Article
    In his recent book The Monastic World, Andrew Jotischky looks at how from the late Roman Empire onwards, monasteries and convents were a common sight throughout Europe. The history of monasticism is defined by the fierce and passionate abandonment of the ordinary comforts of life, the most striking being food and drink....
    Virtual Branch Recording: Food and drink in the medieval monastery
  • Professional wrestling in the history department: a case study in planning the teaching of the British Empire at key stage 3

      Teaching History article
    Three years ago (TH 99, Curriculum Planning Edition), Michael Riley illustrated ways in which history departments could exploit the increased flexibility of the revised National Curriculum. He showed that precisely-worded enquiry questions, positioned thoughtfully across the Key Stage, help to ensure progression, challenge and coherence. His picturesque image for this...
    Professional wrestling in the history department: a case study in planning the teaching of the British Empire at key stage 3
  • Women & Medicine in Ancient Greece & Rome

      Ancient European History
    In this podcast Dr Richard Hawley of Royal Holloway, University of London, examines women and medicine in Ancient Greece & Rome.
    Women & Medicine in Ancient Greece & Rome
  • ‘Since singing is so good a thing’: William Byrd on the benefits of singing

      Historian article
    As the value of music education is again a topic of societal debate, Tudor composer William Byrd, the four hundredth anniversary of whose death is celebrated this year, was a powerful advocate of singing in early modern England, writes Katherine Butler. Tudor composer William Byrd (c.1540–1623) is recognised today not only...
    ‘Since singing is so good a thing’: William Byrd on the benefits of singing
  • Film: The life and legend of the Sultan Saladin

      Article
    Jonathan Phillips’s 2020 HA Virtual Conference keynote talk on The life and legend of the Sultan Saladin reveals how a man initially branded as ‘the son of Satan’ became so esteemed in Europe and, through extensive new research, we will follow how his character and achievements have acted as a role model for...
    Film: The life and legend of the Sultan Saladin