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  • Sharing The Past: Northamptonshire's Black History

      Book Review
    Northamptonshire Black History Association Pub 2008; ISBN:978 0 9557139 1 0; £12.95 [+£2.30 p and p] from: NBHA, Doddridge Centre, 109 St James Road, Northampton, NN5 5LD. How fortunate Northamptonshire history teachers are! With the current emphasis on community cohesion and diversity in the New Secondary Curriculum, they are presented...
    Sharing The Past: Northamptonshire's Black History

  • The International Journal Volume 3 Number 2

      Journal
    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research Volume 3 Number 2 July 2003 ISSN 1472 - 9466 Editorial Keith Crawford - The Role and Purpose of Textbooks   Articles Jason Nicholls  - Methods in School Textbook Research   Penelope Harnett - History in the Primary School: the Contribution of...
    The International Journal Volume 3 Number 2

  • Reading Branch History

      Branch History
    Brief 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

  • Booker T. Washington

      Podcasted history: A History of the United States
    Booker T Washington was the most influential African American leader at the turn of the 20th Century – so much so that at the time of his death he was described by someone as the 'most distinguished man, white or black who has come out of the South since the...
    Booker T. Washington

  • 'Britain was our home': Helping Years 9, 10, and 11 to understand the black experience of the Second World War

      Teaching History article
    In this article, Helena Stride shows how the Imperial War Museum responded to criticism that insufficient attention had been paid to the contribution of black and Asian people to Britain’s wars. She focuses on one of two resource-packs produced by the Museum, which highlights the experience of Britain’s colonial peoples,...
    'Britain was our home': Helping Years 9, 10, and 11 to understand the black experience of the Second World War

  • Transforming Year 7's understanding of the concept of Imperialism: a case study on the Roman Empire

      Teaching History article
    Those of us in the U.K. know that many of our pupils finish their entire historical education without a satisfactory grasp of basic substantive concepts as they are used in history. Do all our low-attaining or ‘low ability’ 14-year-olds who are pressured to drop history at 14 really emerge with...
    Transforming Year 7's understanding of the concept of Imperialism: a case study on the Roman Empire

  • Bolton Branch History

      Branch History
    The Bolton Branch of the Historical Association, having been founded in 1927, celebrated its 80th birthday suitably spectacularly in October 2007. Not only did it have, for the occasion, a distinguished Chief Guest as visiting lecturer, and an audience of nearly 200, but it also had a large, decorative and...
    Bolton Branch History

  • Using this map and all your knowledge, become Bismarck

      Teaching History article
    Understanding the past is not an abstract exercise. Historical questions revolve around decisions made by real people under real pressure. As historians, we factor psychological pressure into our analysis. How, though, are we to enable our students to do the same? To study why Bismarck began a programme of overseas...
    Using this map and all your knowledge, become Bismarck

  • 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!

  • How studying history can help with a range of careers involved in shaping the places we live.

      History & Careers Unit 5
    Town-planning, property development, leisure and heritage industries, archaeology and museum work. Context: This idea for a short series of lessons is aimed at year 7 students who are studying either a "Who do We think We are?" unit, or, more broadly, a unit on migration and settlement in Britain. It...
    How studying history can help with a range of careers involved in shaping the places we live.

  • The development of the British Navy

      Podcast
    In this podcast, Professor Bruce Collins of Sheffield Hallam University explores the development of the British navy during the French Wars and the 19th century. Professor Collins outlines the place of the navy in Britain’s psyche at the beginning of the French Wars and the importance of coastal transport, as well...
    The development of the British Navy

  • The International Journal Volume 1 Number 2

      Journal
    Editorial  - History and the History Curriculum Articles Isabel Barca - Prospective teachers' ideas about assessing different accounts    Keith Barton - Primary children's understanding of the role of historical evidence: Comparisons between the United States and Northern Ireland    Carley Dalvarez - The Contribution of History to Citizenship Education ...
    The International Journal Volume 1 Number 2

  • Progression in historical learning

      E-CPD
    N.B. This unit was produced before the 2014 curriculum and therefore while much of the advice is still useful, there may be some out of date references or links.  This unit is concerned with the way that children's learning takes place in history.  Without understanding the progression, it becomes impossible to...
    Progression in historical learning

  • Creating Variety in the Classroom

      Article
    Sometimes, pupils complain that there is a sameness to history lessons. History though offers scope for all kinds of exciting and varied activities targeting the key concepts and processes of the National Curriculum. Over the years, the following list has been gathered showing this variety. It could be used as...
    Creating Variety in the Classroom

  • Teaching History 123: Constructing History

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    06 Asses, archers and assumptions: strategies for improving thinking skills in history in Years 9 to 13 – Arthur Chapman (Read article) 14 Triumphs Show: 'Source Specs': making sources fun - Rachael Povey (Read article) 16 Little Jack Horner and polite revolutionaries: putting the story back into history – Alf Wilkinson (Read...
    Teaching History 123: Constructing History

  • Why we must change history GCSE

      Teaching History article
    A head of steam for change in GCSE history has been building for some time now amongst history teachers, heads of history, advisers, teacher-trainers, researchers, consultants and all who regularly engage in debate about history teaching and learning. All those who read widely, share their practice, experience many Key Stage...
    Why we must change history GCSE

  • Primary History 46: Editorial: History, Citizenship and the Curriculum - A Fit Purpose

      Primary History article
    Read Primary History 46 In AD 62 an earthquake devastated the town of Pompeii. In AD 1976 Jim Callaghan in his Ruskin speech set off a seismic shock that shook education to its foundations. Almost two decades after the 62 AD Pompeii earthquake’s warning signs the volcanic explosion of Vesuvius...
    Primary History 46: Editorial: History, Citizenship and the Curriculum - A Fit Purpose

  • The Trial of Charles I

      17th Century British History
    In this podcast Dr Jason Peacey examines the significance of the trial and execution of Charles I in Britain and in Europe and discusses how it was it reported.
    The Trial of Charles I

  • Primary History 39

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    04 Pupils’ reviews 05 Editorial 06 Primary Noticeboard 08 In My View: why should we continue to learn about the Second World War? — Dan Phillips 11 The impact of World War II on British children's gendered perceptions of contemporary Germany — Russell Gray (Read article) 14 When we were...
    Primary History 39

  • The Historian 79: Tony Blair, the Iraq War and a sense of history

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Featured articles: 6 Tony Blair, the Iraq War, and a sense of history - Dr Adrian Smith (Read article) 9 John Knox and womankind: a reappraisal - Maureen M Meikle (Read article) 16 Why did regional variations exist in the prosecution of witches between 1580-1650? - Robert Hodgkinson (Read article)...
    The Historian 79: Tony Blair, the Iraq War and a sense of history

  • Teaching History 112: Empire

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    Special 64 page themed edition of Teaching History including: A case study in planning the teaching of the British Empire at key Stage 3, Using this map and all of your knowledge become Bismark, National Archives and the british Empire, Imperialism and the Roman Empire, History's challenge: facing the future,...
    Teaching History 112: Empire

  • The Historian 42

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Featured articles 3 Feature: The British Empire and the Peace Conferences 1919-1923 - Michael Dockrill 9 Update: Taking Stock of Crime - Clive Emsley 13 Biography: When the Kissing had to Stop: Passion in the Thought of Mary Wollstonecraft - Susan Alendus 17 Local History: The VCH: Past, Present and Future - Kate Tiller...
    The Historian 42

  • Teaching History 108: Performing History

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    Special 64 page themed edition of Teaching History: Thinking from the inside: je suis le roi, International relations at GCSE, Using historical fiction in the history classroom, How useful is the music of African-Americans to historians, Using film at AS/A2 Level, Music and history, The unique contribution of theatre to...
    Teaching History 108: Performing History

  • Move Me On 96: Struggling with language register - getting pitch right

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: John Ball is having difficulty getting his language register right Problem: John is several weeks into his first school placement. He is very much enjoying the PGCE course. It is proving to be the intellectual and practical challenge that he hoped. He has come to the course...
    Move Me On 96: Struggling with language register - getting pitch right

  • Teaching History 33

      Journal
    Editorial, page 2 History Teaching and Artificial Intelligence - Richard Ennals, page 3 Primary Schools: Humanities and Microelectronics - Ron Jones, page 6 Choosing and Using Microcomputers: A Charter of Experience -John Wilkes, page 9 Report: History and Computers - Frances Blow, page 12 Report: Computer Assisted Learning in History...
    Teaching History 33