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  • The history of bigamy

      Historian article
    Though people are still sometimes prosecuted for repeatedly marrying immigrants to rescue them from the attentions of the Home Office, while forgetting to get divorced between times, one uncovenanted result of the now common practice of living together without matrimony is the decline of that celebrated Victorian institution: bigamy. In...
    The history of bigamy
  • 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
  • An integrated literacy and history unit of work

      Primary History article
    The passing of Harry Patch - the last World War I veteran - in the summer of 2009 is a fitting starting point for children in Key Stage 2 (7-11 year-olds) to begin to tackle some of the issues of the First World War. Many classes already study the Second...
    An integrated literacy and history unit of work
  • My Favourite History Place: Sutton Hoo

      Historian feature
    A Secret Uncovered, A Mystery Unsolved Sutton Hoo is a sandy heathland overlooking the estuary of the River Deben in Suffolk. In Old English a ‘hoo' is a promontory, ‘sutton' is southern, and ‘tun' is a settlement. Historians have known for years that the fields were farmed in the Iron...
    My Favourite History Place: Sutton Hoo
  • How should women’s history be included at Key Stage 3?

      Teaching History article
    Susanna Boyd ‘discovered’ women’s history while studying for her own history degree, and laments women’s continued absence from the school history curriculum. She issues a call-to-arms to make the curriculum more inclusive both by re-evaluating the criteria for curricular selection and by challenging established disciplinary conventions. She also weighs up...
    How should women’s history be included at Key Stage 3?
  • Teaching History 90

      The HA's journal for history teachers
    4 Editorial 5 Teaching History Briefing 10 A Role for History in Initial Teacher Education by Sally Pearce 12 In Touch with the Past: Music Making and Historical Re-enactments by Penlope Harnett and Liz Newman 17 Appeasement Role Play: the alternative to Munich by Robin Duff 20 Using Information Technology...
    Teaching History 90
  • How to research local and family history

      Guide to Local and Family Research
    An HA Podcasted Guide to researching local and family history featuring Dr Nick Barratt.
    How to research local and family history
  • The Historian 159: Out now

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Read The Historian 159: Branches Welcome to this Branches edition of The Historian, a regular version of the magazine where many of the articles are based on talks and activities from Historical Association branches across the country. The last Branches edition came out in November 2021 and at that time...
    The Historian 159: Out now
  • Primary History 48

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    05 In my view: The serious business of comedy – Tony Robinson interviewed by Peter Vass 06 In my view: Means and Ends: History, Drama and Education for Life – Dorothy Heathcote (Read article) 08 History Coordinators’ Dilemmas: Drama, creativity, literacy and the curriculum – Tim Lomas 10 Think Bubble:...
    Primary History 48
  • Teaching History 119: Language

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    05 Does the linguistic release the conceptual? Helping Year 10 to improve their causal reasoning – James Woodcock (Read article) 24 Are you ready for your close-up? – Heather Scott with Judith Kidd (Read article) 15 The Tudor monarchy in crisis: using a historian’s account to stretch the most able...
    Teaching History 119: Language
  • Triumphs Show 180: From ‘most able’ to ‘mini’ historians

      Teaching History feature
    Finding ways to stretch and challenge the highest-attaining students has been a long-standing concern of many history teachers, and strategies for doing so have developed far beyond merely bolting on additional tasks. One way in which I have sought to challenge my own high-attaining students has been by setting them...
    Triumphs Show 180: From ‘most able’ to ‘mini’ historians
  • Magna Carta and the Origins of Parliament

      Historian article
    In February this year the four surviving originals of Magna Carta were briefly brought together in the Houses of Parliament. John Maddicott, examining the Charter's role in the early development of Parliament, shows that the setting was well chosen. What did Magna Carta contribute to the origins of parliament? If...
    Magna Carta and the Origins of Parliament
  • History of Electricity

      The History of the Royal Society
    In this series of podcasts Dr Patricia Fara of Clare College, Cambridge, examines the role of the Royal Society in the development of electricity.
    History of Electricity
  • Move Me On 181: navigating the challenges of learning to teach history with visual impairment

      Teaching History feature
    Fiona Tait, a trainee with visual impairment, was unsure how she would navigate the challenges of learning to teach history... This feature of Teaching History is designed to build critical, informed debate about the character of teacher training, teacher education and professional development. It is also designed to offer practical help to all involved in training new history teachers. Each issue presents a...
    Move Me On 181: navigating the challenges of learning to teach history with visual impairment
  • What have historians been arguing about: African history in the precolonial period?

      Teaching History article
    The George Floyd killing and the Black Lives Matter movement in the UK have led to an upsurge in interest in African history: how (and whether) it is taught, where it is taught, and who teaches it. Although it is widely recognised that slavery must be taught, there is a desire for history...
    What have historians been arguing about: African history in the precolonial period?
  • Pupil voice: Democratising history lessons in Key Stage 1

      Primary History article
    Why is pupil voice important? Children are at the centre of everything we do and safeguarding their well-being and ensuring their progress across the curriculum is a key emphasis for schools. Recognising the importance of pupil voice in this is key. Robin Alexander’s Towards Dialogic Teaching: Rethinking Classroom Talk (2017)...
    Pupil voice: Democratising history lessons in Key Stage 1
  • ‘It’s kind of like the geography part of history, isn’t it, Miss?’

      Teaching History article
    Verity Morgan took an unusual approach to the challenge of teaching the Holocaust, coming to it through the lens of environmental history. She shares here the practical means and resources she used to engage pupils with this current trend in historiography, and its associated concepts. Reflecting on her pupils’ responses,...
    ‘It’s kind of like the geography part of history, isn’t it, Miss?’
  • On-demand webinar: Developing subject knowledge as a mentor

      Mentoring beginning and early career history teachers in the secondary school
    Mentoring beginning and early career history teachers in the secondary school Session 1: Developing subject knowledge This first webinar will begin with the question: What do beginning and early career history teachers need to know about history? It will explore the substantive and disciplinary subject knowledge that is essential for...
    On-demand webinar: Developing subject knowledge as a mentor
  • Blending history and creative writing: imagining a lost Anglo-Saxon poem

      Primary History article
    Decoding a manuscript, exploring glittering archaeology, imagining the emotions and sensations of a battle, and learning Old English vocabulary. These are all tasks that we, as teachers of medieval literature in the English Department at King’s College London, have assigned to our undergraduate classes. However, Key Stage 2 children can...
    Blending history and creative writing: imagining a lost Anglo-Saxon poem
  • Assessment for learning in Primary History

      A Guide to Assessment
    A Guide to Assessment for learning in Primary History
    Assessment for learning in Primary History
  • Filmed Lecture: Medlicott Lecture 2025 - Dr Christine Counsell

      Dr Christine Counsell
    The Historical Association's Medlicott Medal 2025 was awarded to Dr Christine Counsell. The award seeks to recognise individuals from a diversity of backgrounds in their service to history. Read more about Christine, her work and her award here. As is the custom, Dr Christine Counsell received her award and presented her...
    Filmed Lecture: Medlicott Lecture 2025 - Dr Christine Counsell
  • Do Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children see themselves in your history classroom?

      Helen Snelson and Richard Kerridge; resources from HA conference session, Bristol, May 2022
    Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people are the largest minority ethnic group in some communities (and therefore in some schools) in the UK.  Richard Kerridge and Helen Snelson have worked with the historian Professor Becky Taylor to produce a range of teaching resources for teaching the history of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller...
    Do Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children see themselves in your history classroom?
  • On-demand webinar series: Mentoring beginning and early career history teachers in the secondary school

      On-demand webinar series for secondary history mentors
    What does this series cover? Being an excellent history mentor is very different from being an excellent history teacher. In this series of five webinars, Laura London and Victoria Crooks outline the core principles that underpin the effective subject-specific mentoring of beginning and early career history teachers. With plenty of...
    On-demand webinar series: Mentoring beginning and early career history teachers in the secondary school
  • My Favourite History Place - All Saint's Church, Harewood

      Historian feature
    Harewood House, a few miles north of Leeds, attracts many historically-minded visitors to enjoy the work of Adam, Chippendale and Capability Brown but to my mind the real treasures of Harewood lie elsewhere. After negotiating the payment booths take the path immediately on your right, leading to the redundant church...
    My Favourite History Place - All Saint's Church, Harewood
  • ‘This extract is no good, Miss!’

      Journal article
    Frustrated that her A-level students were being overly dismissive when asked to judge the convincingness of academic historians’ arguments, Paula Worth drew on previous history-teacher research and theories of history for inspiration. After noting that her students would unjustly reject esteemed historians’ accounts for lack of comprehensiveness, Worth explains here...
    ‘This extract is no good, Miss!’