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Music in the History Curriculum
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content and references are outdated.
In a primary school in Devon, there is a teacher who sings to his class every day: traditional songs; love songs; lyrical ballads; sea shanties; tales of mystery and suspense; songs of ritual and ceremony, hunting songs,...
Music in the History Curriculum
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The Historian 77: William the Silent
The magazine of the Historical Association
Featured articles:
6 Hungarian Nationalism in International Context - R.J.W. Evans (Read article)
13 William the Silent: the first tolerant Prince - Stephen Morse (Read article)
22 Religion and Science in the Eighteenth Century - J.P. Lethbridge (Read article)
30 Oscar Wilde: the myth of martyrdom - Trevor Fisher (Read...
The Historian 77: William the Silent
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New opportunities for history: implementing the citizenship curriculum in England's secondary schools - a QCA perspective
Teaching History article
In September 2002 Citizenship becomes a completely new subject in England’s secondary schools. Jerome Freeman, Principal Officer for History with the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) — the authority responsible for advising the British government on curriculum content and qualification standards in England - outlines QCA’s view on the connections...
New opportunities for history: implementing the citizenship curriculum in England's secondary schools - a QCA perspective
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Teaching History 107: Little Stories, Big Pictures
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
This edition deals with the complex relationship between depth work and overview work. Revealing the big picture: patterns, shapes and images at Key Stage 3, Slavery, Learning and teaching about the history of Europe in the 20th Century, Teaching the history of 20th women in Europe, Using Ethel and Ernest...
Teaching History 107: Little Stories, Big Pictures
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Reading into writing
Article
Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content and references are outdated.
Background The emphasis in pupil writing in the National Literacy Strategy is upon non-fiction genres (DfEE:1997; DfEE: 1998). Such genres are essential tools for life and are at the centre of an effective literacy programme (Wray...
Reading into writing
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Creating Stories For Teaching Primary History
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content and references are outdated.
With primary history contributing to writing, some research by Sandra Dunsmuir and Peter Blatchford into pupils aged 4-7 has relevance to history teaching. The findings were published in the "British Journal of Educational Psychology", edition...
Creating Stories For Teaching Primary History
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Teaching History 36
Journal
Teaching History, June 1983 Number 36
In this issue:
Editorial, page 2
Off the Record: the Ommission of Women from Classroom Historical Evidence - Carol Adams, page 3
Sex Differences and Historical Understanding - Martin Booth, page 7
Sexist Microcosm - R.J. Bradbury and C.A. Newbould, page 9
A Feast...
Teaching History 36
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Primary History 28
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
3 Editorial – Penelope Harnett
3 Primary Noticeboard – edited by Tim Lomas
5 EuroClio Conference: Tallinn, Estonia – Penelope Harnett
6 Planning for diversity in the Key Stage 2 history curriculum: the Victorians – Hilary Claire
9 Can you bring the dead back to life...? – Victoria Rogers (Read article)...
Primary History 28
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Primary History 26
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
3 Primary Noticeboard – edited by Tim Lomas
7 Standards in primary history: onward and upward? A view from Ofsted – Scott Harrison (Read article)
10 Rhyd-y-Car cottages at St Fagans Museum of Welsh Life – Susanna Wood (Read article)
12 Asking the right questions. a study of the ability...
Primary History 26
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Teaching History 32
Journal
Editorial, page 2
The Role of History in Multi-Cultural Education - David Edgington, page 3
The Perception of Indian History Teachers about the Ideal Pupil - Vijay K. Raina, page 6
Can History Survive? - Trevor Fisher, page 8
Report: Teaching A Level History: A Conference Report - Sandra Armstrong,...
Teaching History 32
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Teaching History 34
Journal
Teaching History, October 1982 Number 34
In this issue:
Editorial, page 2
Museums and the Use of Evidence in History Teaching - Carol Adams and Sue Millar, page 3
A Course of Local History for 12-13 year olds and their Reactions to it - John Mathews, page 7
Developments in...
Teaching History 34
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Teaching History 96: Citizenship and Identity
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
Build it in, don’t bolt it on: history’s opportunity to support critical citizenship - Andrew Wrenn (Read article)
Weighing a century with a website: teaching Year 9 to be critical - Lindsey Rayner (Read article)
Democracy is not boring - Sean Lang (Read article)
Doomed Youth: Using theatre to support...
Teaching History 96: Citizenship and Identity
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Teaching History 94: Raising the Standard
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
Raising the Standard of History education. WW2 cemetries and twenty years of curriculum change, Ordinary pupils, extraordinary results: a structured approach to raising attainment at GCSE, Talk to your inspector: making the most of your history inspection, Stretching the very able student in the mixed ability classroom, Year 11 and...
Teaching History 94: Raising the Standard
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Working as a team to teach the Holocaust well: a language-centred approach
Teaching History article
Clear themes run through the work of the history department at Huntington School. A remarkably consistent emphasis on language and literacy, including work on speaking and listening of many types, is a hallmark of this sequence of six Year 9 lessons on the Holocaust, described in detail by head of...
Working as a team to teach the Holocaust well: a language-centred approach
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From horror to history: teaching pupils to reflect on significance
Teaching History article
In this detailed account of the first stages of a lesson sequence for Year 9 (13-14 year-olds), Kate Hammond sets out the tensions that must be examined and resolved when planning and teaching this most demanding of topics. How can young teenagers be helped to develop a mature response to...
From horror to history: teaching pupils to reflect on significance
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Teaching History 29
Journal
Editorial, page 2
Notes on Contributors, page 3
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy - Keith Hodgkinson and Michael Long, page 3
Notes and news, page 7
Primary School Children's Preception of Authenticity and Time in Historical Narrative Pictures - John West, page 8
A Course in Local History Tonbridge...
Teaching History 29
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Parallel catastrophes? Uniqueness, redemption and the Shoah
Teaching History article
Nicolas Kinloch’s 1998 review of Michael Burleigh’s Ethics and Extermination in Teaching History, 93, sparked a debate amongst our readers about the teaching of the Holocaust, concerning both rationales and practical approaches. Citing the damage caused to pupils’ understanding by a Spielberg view of history, he emphasised that the rationale...
Parallel catastrophes? Uniqueness, redemption and the Shoah
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Lecture: Exploring the saintly landscape
Annual Conference Podcast
Lecture: Exploring the saintly landscape
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Nazi creation of a Volksgemeinschaft
20th Century German History
In this podcast Professor Stephenson examines the extent that the Nazis were able to create a Volksgemeinschaft and the role propaganda played.
1. Nazi creation of a Volksgemeinschaft: Introduction 2. Equality but only amongst Aryans. Class irrelevant. 3. Indoctrination: promoting an unconditional sense of solidarity amongst Aryans. 4. Traditional allegiances...
Nazi creation of a Volksgemeinschaft
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Podcast: Medlicott Lecture 2018 - Justin Champion
Defacing the Past or Resisting Oppression?
Podcast: Medlicott Lecture 2018 - Justin Champion
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Welcome back to a new school year
Information
Welcome back to a new school year
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Welcome back to a new school year
Information
Welcome back to a new school year
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What's happening in History? Trends in GCSE and 'A'-level examinations
Teaching History article
Teaching History frequently celebrates and analyses the practice of those history departments that appear to buck trends. In keeping with the Historical Association’s Campaign for History and its popular ‘Choosing History at 14’ Pack, a number of articles and Triumphs Shows in recent editions of Teaching History have celebrated the...
What's happening in History? Trends in GCSE and 'A'-level examinations
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Teaching History 26
Journal
Editorial, page 2
Contributors, page 3
Trainee Teachers of History and Infants as Learners - John Fines, page 3
Howler of the Year Competition, page 5
A Castle in a Classroom - Carole Taylor and Joan Allmark, page 6
Indian Village: a Simulation Exercise - Thomas F. Willer and Bruce...
Teaching History 26
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Concerns over future of teacher training 2014
Article
The Facts
Increasing numbers of trainee teachers are entering the profession with little or no history-specific training.
Opportunities for graduates to increase subject knowledge alongside subject-based teaching practice in university centred school partnerships have been cut.
Our research shows that 90% of respondents agreed that all trainees should receive a...
Concerns over future of teacher training 2014
