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  • What is interesting about the Cold War?

      Article
    Almost 30 years after the end of the Cold War, diversity is suddenly galvanising the field of scholarly research into the Cold War. As the historian Federico Romero has argued, older, simpler interpretations ‘seem to be giving way to a looser understanding of the Cold War as an era that encompassed...
    What is interesting about the Cold War?
  • Making reading routine

      Teaching History article
    Inspired by the growing number of history teachers who have sought to introduce younger pupils to academic historical scholarship in the classroom, Tim Jenner wanted to bring about his own reading revolution at Key Stage 3. But rather than simply develop one-off lessons or enquiries based on scholarship his goal...
    Making reading routine
  • The International Journal Volume 1 Number 1

      Journal
    Editorial  Old Wine, New Bottles : National Identity, Citizenship and the History Curriculum for the 21st Century   Articles Penelope Harnett - History in the Primary School: Re-Shaping Our Pasts. The Influence of Primary School Teachers' Knowledge and Understanding of History on Curriculum Planning and Implementation.     Laura Capita,...
    The International Journal Volume 1 Number 1
  • Teaching History 17

      Journal
    About the journal, 2 The Editors, 2 Islam in history, 3 Resources - Islam in history, 5 African history in the classroom, 7 History in Central Africa, 10 Review article - recently published books on African history, 13 The historian's method - a course for the 'A' level student, 15...
    Teaching History 17
  • Teaching History 18

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    Editorial, 2 The contributors, 2 Geffrye Museum: People's Museum, 3 Report: Staffordshire Courses, July 1976, 5A Renaissance in history 'A' level, 6 Exploring a Community's Past, 11 Comment, 14 Making the best use of textbooks, 16 Detective exercises are not quite enough, 22 Review article - imagination and the historian,...
    Teaching History 18
  • Teaching History 19

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    Editorial, 2 The Contributors, 2 The Genesis of the History Teaching Film - B. J. Elliott, 3 Film and the History Teacher - J. Duckworth, 8 A Select List of Feature Films of use in the Teaching of History - T. Gwynn, 11 New Approaches to the Study and Teaching...
    Teaching History 19
  • Teaching History 20

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    Editorial, 2 The Contributors, 2 Residential Courses for Sixth Formers - Tony Taylor, 3 What is History? Two Conferences - Brian Scott, 5 Structured Sixth Form Study - David Killingray, 8 16+ Feasibility Study and Oral Assessment - John Hamer, 10 Comment, 13 Reports: Language and History Teaching, 15 History...
    Teaching History 20
  • Teaching History 23

      Journal
    Editorial, 2 The Contributors, 2 Teaching History: A Content Analysis of Numbers 1 to 20 - Keith Hodgkinson and J. B. Thomas, 3 History in Sixth Form Colleges in Hampshire - Joan Blyth, 7 `Booth at Hitchin': Assessing Thinking in History - Bernard Barker and Alan Southgate, 10 The Britannicus Letters...
    Teaching History 23
  • Teaching History 24

      Journal
    Editorial, 2 The Contributors, 3 `Public and Private Lives: Germany 1914 to 1939' - Diana Devlin, 3 The Perils of Clio in France - Clive Church, 7 Trends in History Teaching in France - L. 0. Ward, 12 How to Evaluate a History Department - John Higham, 14 Constraints in...
    Teaching History 24
  • Teaching History 25

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    Editorial, 2 Imaginative Writing Competition 1980, 2 The Teaching History Imaginative Writing Competition 1979, 3 The Contributors, 3 Patrick Richardson (1927-1979), 5 CEE History - One approach - Ian Dawson, 6 The Teaching of History, 11-18, A Consistent Approach - Jon Nichol, 9 Contradictory Ideas - Hugh Nicklin, 15 The...
    Teaching History 25
  • Teaching History 26

      Journal
    Editorial, 2 Contributors, 3 Trainee Teachers of History and Infants as Learners - John Fines, 3 Howler of the Year Competition, 5 A Castle in a Classroom - Carole Taylor and Joan Allmark, 6 Indian Village: a Simulation Exercise - Thomas F. Willer and Bruce M. Haight, 9 Bias in...
    Teaching History 26
  • Teaching History 27

      Journal
    Editorial, 2 Notes on contributors, 2 Oral History and the Raj - Andrew Reekes, 4 Programmed Learning and Guided Learning in History - Brian Garvey, 7 From a Victorian Scrapheap - David Jeremy, 10 Simulations and Computers - Richard Ennals, 13 Mr Polly's History, 16 Mission to England - Barbara...
    Teaching History 27
  • Teaching History 28

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    Editorial, 2 Notes on Contributors, 3 The Teaching History Imaginative Writing Competition 1980, 3 Why History - the Teachers - Peter Carpenter, 6 History 16-19, 8 Profile: Peggy Bryant - Martin Booth, 9 How I taught history - Sinclair Atkins, 11 Practical Points on Teaching History to less-able secondary pupils,...
    Teaching History 28
  • Teaching History 30

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    Editorial, 2 Notes on Contributors, 3 Down among the Deadmen: Graveyard Surveys for Local Studies - Brian Dix and Richard Smart, 3 Educational Objectives for History - Ten Years On -John Fines, 8 Notes and News, 10 A Primary School's Experiment with a Micro-Computor - James Gent, 11 History Abandoned?...
    Teaching History 30
  • Teaching History 32

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    Editorial, 2 The Role of History in Multi-Cultural Education - David Edgington, 3 The Perception of Indian History Teachers about the Ideal Pupil - Vijay K. Raina, 6 Can History Survive? - Trevor Fisher, 8 Report: Teaching A Level History: A Conference Report - Sandra Armstrong, 10 The History Curriculum...
    Teaching History 32
  • Teaching History 33

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    Editorial, 2 History Teaching and Artificial Intelligence - Richard Ennals, 3 Primary Schools: Humanities and Microelectronics - Ron Jones, 6 Choosing and Using Microcomputers: A Charter of Experience - John Wilkes, 9 Report: History and Computers - Frances Blow, 12 Report: Computer Assisted Learning in History - Derek Turner, 13...
    Teaching History 33
  • Teaching History 39

      Journal
    Editorial, 2 A Small Local Investigation - David Wright, 3 A Journey Back into the Past - Rebecca Bell, 5 History Workshop Centre (Report), 7 History of Education in Schools - Richard Aldrich, 8 Christmas Holiday Lecture Quiz Prizewinner, 11 Recreating a Trip to York in Victorian Times - Mike...
    Teaching History 39
  • Polychronicon 164: The End of the Cold War

      Teaching History feature
    A quarter-century on from 1989-91, with a large amount of archive and media material available, these epic years are ripe for historical analysis. Yet their proximity to our time also throws up challenging questions about the practice of ‘contemporary history’, and the complexity of events raises larger issues about how...
    Polychronicon 164: The End of the Cold War
  • Teaching History 41

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    Editorial BEd Students at Work in a Middle School, Michael Gibson 3 Report: The First BALH young Historians' workshop, David Haynes & Ray Acton 5 BBC Educational Broadcasting and Irish History, Victor Kelly 6 Whose Class Is It Anyway? Ian Jones 8 Report: The Second National Conference, Sneh Shalt 11...
    Teaching History 41
  • Teaching History 42

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    Editorial 2 History: A Most Crucial Element of the Curriculum, Gordon Batho 3 Report: Archives and Education in London 5 Towards a Nationally Agreed Framework I or the Teaching of Primary School History, T.D. Cook 6 Teaching Teachers: A Secondary History PGCE Course, Keith Jenkins 9 Bringing in the Horse,...
    Teaching History 42
  • Teaching History 43

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    Editorial 2 Teaching the Schools Council History Project in Hong Kong, 3 Andy Homden Lancashire Texti :es and the Indian Connection, Mary Searle-Chatterjee 7 Olivares, Ian Bradbury 9 History Across the Spectrum, John Higham 12 Simulation and History - what actually happens in the classroom? 14 Ian Cardall Talking History,...
    Teaching History 43
  • HA Honorary Fellows 2024

      HA awards
    Each year the Historical Association awards Honorary Fellowships to a small group of people. These awards are to recognise and celebrate outstanding services to history and to the Historical Association. The awards cover services to the Historical Association Branches (of which there are over 45 across the country), our committees and...
    HA Honorary Fellows 2024
  • Teaching History 45

      Journal
    Editorial 2 Taking advantage of Tollund Man, Rob David 3 Artefacts in the Primary School, John Davies 6 Video and History, Alan Farmer 9 Teaching History in Malawi's Secondary Schools, Sean Morrow 14 A One-year Sixthform Local Studies Course, M.C. Holvoak 20 Report: Women's History Seminar, Sue Millar 22 Letters...
    Teaching History 45
  • Teaching History 49

      Journal
    Editorial - Is Neutrality Possible? 2 Letters 3 News 4 Articles: Childrens' evaluation of evidence on neutral and sensitive topics Roger Austin, Gordon Rae and Keith Hodgkinson 8 Empathy - a case of apathy? - Trevor May and Sean Williams 11 Assessing Drama at GCSE - Graham King, Jennifer Tucker...
    Teaching History 49
  • Teaching History 50

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    Editorial - Towards 100 2 News 6 Articles: History Teachers for the 1990s and Beyond - Helen Patrick 10 Survival or Training? - Martin Booth, Gwenifer Shawyer and Richard Brown 16 Jorvik: some School Children's Reactions - Jeffrey Watkin 21 Research Work in the Primary School - D. Joan Jones...
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