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  • Politics, history and stories about the Cold War

      Article
    Interpretation of the Cold War is a fascinating area. Many students begin to study it certain pre-formed ideas – gleaned from their parents, perhaps, or from films or computer games. Historians have interpreted it in different ways – and those who believe in the ‘twenty-year rule’ that historical judgment is...
    Politics, history and stories about the Cold War

  • Teaching about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and events happening there

      Article
    The events of the last few days appear to have come out of nowhere to many people, especially children. While tensions have existed in the region for some time Russia’s decision to attack Ukraine was without provocation. To have war return in such a way to the edges of Europe...
    Teaching about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and events happening there

  • Primary History 18

      Journal
    2 Editorial  3 Primary Updates 7 The Cabot Voyages and Atlantic Exploration uner the Tudors - Peter Fleming 8 Discovering Cabot's Bristol Kieron Costello 12 Reviews 16 History Matters 17 Lessons from History for Primary Schools Roy Hughes 19 PRIMARY HISTORY RESOURCES
    Primary History 18

  • Couching counterfactuals in knowledge when explaining the Salem witch trials with Year 13

      Teaching History journal article
    Puzzled by the shrugs and unimaginative responses of his students when asked certain counterfactual questions, James Edward Carroll set out to explore what types of counterfactual questions would elicit sophisticated causal explanations. During his pursuit of the ‘gold standard’ of counterfactual reasoning, Carroll drew upon theories of academic history in...
    Couching counterfactuals in knowledge when explaining the Salem witch trials with Year 13

  • Primary History 17

      Journal
    2 News for the Young Historian Scheme - Trevor James 2 Editorial 4 Developing design and technology through history Gordon Guest 7 The Primary Latin Project Barbara Bell 11 Why teach about time in the primary school? Pat Hoodless 13 History in the Primary Years: The State of the Nation...
    Primary History 17

  • Teaching History 87

      Journal
    4 Editorial 5 News 6 Reading the Bickersteth Diaries John Bickersteth 8 History at Home Rob David 14 Nuffield Primary Project (Part I) John Fines 21 Our History or Your History? (Part 2) Gillian Wilson 24 Key Stage 2 Multi Cultural Issues (Part I) Marika Sherwood 27 Primary School Liaison:...
    Teaching History 87

  • The Historian 155: Out now

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Read The Historian 155: Women and power Since the publication of our Jubilee edition in the summer, the nation has mourned the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Her death marks the end of an era that will, no doubt, be studied in the future as a self-contained unit, like the...
    The Historian 155: Out now

  • Local People and Places in the Early Years

      Article
    Learning in the Early Years through Local People and Places: developing historical concepts in the Early Years Foundation Stage Using the local environment as a starting point for historical learning in EYFS not only helps young children engage and make learning meaningful and relevant, but also helps them develop a strong sense of identity. Working...
    Local People and Places in the Early Years

  • Starting a new Branch

      Organising and running an HA branch
    The Historical Association and its branches Branches have been an essential part of the Historical Association since it began. They exist in all parts of the United Kingdom and take a variety of forms. A branch provides a local forum to bring together all those with an interest in history:...
    Starting a new Branch

  • Holocaust Memorial Day 2024

      29th November 2023
    27 January 2024 is Holocaust Memorial Day, an annual event to recognise and remember the murder of six million Jews, as well as other victims of Nazi persecution including minority groups and political and ideological opponents. The day is also an opportunity to remember the other genocides that have been...
    Holocaust Memorial Day 2024

  • Out and About with Garibaldi

      Historian feature
    One approach used by British local historians is to explore and examine patterns in the landscape, based on a belief that the patterns will instruct and develop our historical awareness and understanding. Although approaches to local history may be less developed abroad, we can still apply our techniques to the...
    Out and About with Garibaldi

  • Scheme of Work: Waterloo and the Age of Revolutions

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (resourced)
    This scheme of work explores the 'Age of Revolutions' period across the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It was written for the Historical Association by Karin Doull to supplement the Age of Revolutions Teacher Fellowship Programme, which is funded by Waterloo 200. The Napoleonic wars shaped their age: children...
    Scheme of Work: Waterloo and the Age of Revolutions

  • Slaying dragons and sorcerers in Year 12: in search of historical argument

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Reflecting on his GCSE and post-16 students' essays, Michael Fordham began to wonder if there were something missing in the way he taught students to write. Work on structure that was designed to strengthen argument...
    Slaying dragons and sorcerers in Year 12: in search of historical argument

  • An attempt to make Year 9 Masters of Learning

      Teaching History article
    ‘Much to learn you still have!' An attempt to make Year 9 Masters of Learning How can history teachers structure learning pathways through historical content in ways that engage and challenge all pupils, that enable them to work at an appropriate pace and that also encourage pupils to self-assess and...
    An attempt to make Year 9 Masters of Learning

  • Cunning Plan 134: local history at KS3

      Teaching History feature
    Question: How can we plan to integrate local history into Key Stage 3 schemes of work so that pupils are engaged by the relevance of the subject across different periods of time? Local history can come in all shapes and sizes, from a large-scale oral history project to the perusal...
    Cunning Plan 134: local history at KS3

  • On-demand webinar: Establishing a clear rationale for your GCSE curriculum – Why is it important to go beyond the specification?

      Session 1 of Review and refine your teaching to improve GCSE grades
    Webinar series: Review and refine your teaching to improve GCSE grades Session 1: Establishing a clear rationale for your GCSE curriculum - Why is it important to go beyond the specification? This webinar will cover: Listening to student voice – how to build engagement and motivation Placing historical enquiry at...
    On-demand webinar: Establishing a clear rationale for your GCSE curriculum – Why is it important to go beyond the specification?

  • Primary History 44: Boudicca

      Journal
    05 Editorial 08 In My View: music in the history curriculum — Rosie Turner-Bisset (Read article) 09 History is a hot potato or thinking through history — Hilary Cooper 12 Reflections on writing ‘The song remembers when’: writing family story, writing history — Hilary Claire (Read article) 14 Think Bubble...
    Primary History 44: Boudicca

  • Cunning Plan 192: A suggested itinerary for visiting Berlin

      Teaching History feature
    The principles and approaches outlined in our article on Pages 59 to 64 of this edition can be applied to any site, although not necessarily all on the same trip! If you are visiting Berlin, and you want to examine it as a contested space, in what order might you...
    Cunning Plan 192: A suggested itinerary for visiting Berlin

  • New, Novice or Nervous? 157: Teaching Overview

      Teaching History feature
    Overwhelmed by overview? Bewildered by how to teach bigger pictures? Tied up in mental knots by trying to work out the difference between thematic stories, frameworks and outlines? You are not alone. Like many history teachers, you feel more confident when teaching depth studies but find yourself beating a rapid...
    New, Novice or Nervous? 157: Teaching Overview

  • The Historian 152: Built Environment

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Reviews 5 Editorial (Read article) 8 The Great Spa Towns of Europe: a UNESCO World Heritage Site – Catherine Lloyd (Read article) 16 Out and About in Wheathampstead – Dianne Payne (Read article) 20 The last days of Lord Londonderry – Richard A. Gaunt (Read article) 25 Reviews 26 Civilian expertise...
    The Historian 152: Built Environment

  • The International Journal Volume 12, Number 1

      Journal
    Editorial Sweden Ethical Values and History: a mutual relationship? Niklas Ammert, Linnaeus University (Kalmar)   Australia  Teaching History Using Feature Films: practitioner acuity and cognitive neuroscientific validation Debra Donnelly, University of Newcastle   Greece  The Difficult Relationship Between the History of the Present and School History in Greece: cinema as...
    The International Journal Volume 12, Number 1

  • Defying the ‘constrictive grip of typologies’

      Journal article
    History teachers have frequently made recourse to character cards as a device to help young people, each assigned specific roles, to understand how different kinds of people responded in different ways to particular situations in the past. Edward FitzGerald builds on this tradition, demonstrating the value of using rich historical...
    Defying the ‘constrictive grip of typologies’

  • How including histories of trees can connect the past with the present and the future

      Teaching History article
    Barbara Trapani’s article sprung from, and is written in, hope. Through introducing the history of, specifically, Europeans’ relationships with trees in Madeira, the Banda Islands and Britain, Trapani enabled her Year 8 pupils to appreciate the ways in which exploitative nations have used irreplaceable resources and profoundly altered ecosystems and landscapes...
    How including histories of trees can connect the past with the present and the future

  • New Initiatives Affecting Primary History 2010

      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 some of the most recent initiatives and how the knowledge management aspect might best be addressed.  It...
    New Initiatives Affecting Primary History 2010

  • 'How our area used to be back then': An oral history project in an east London school

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. How can oral history enquiries engage students with the study of history and help them connect their learning about the past to their present lives? How can oral history engage and develop students' understanding of...
    'How our area used to be back then': An oral history project in an east London school