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  • What's History got to do with me? Hooking a range of learners into History

      E-CPD
    *This is a fascinating unit containing lots of useful and relevant information. It was clearly ahead of its time, produced in 2006 and many of the suggestions and questions posed by Haydn, Kitson and Lomas are still current today. There is much good work going on in History classrooms at...
    What's History got to do with me? Hooking a range of learners into History

  • 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    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.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

  • Thinking about local history - Step by step local study

      Article
    The short walk from our school to St Mary's Parish Church, Leyton, takes us past late Victorian terraces, post-Second World War apartment blocks and early twentyfirst century social housing in one of the most densely populated and ethnically diverse parts of East London, sandwiched as it is between Stratford and...
    Thinking about local history - Step by step local study

  • Establishing a University-based HA Branch

      Article
    The following case study is based on my own experience of establishing the City of Lincoln HA branch, which is based at Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln, where I am a Senior Lecturer in History. The branch launched at the university on Wednesday 19th February 2014. Members of the BGU...
    Establishing a University-based HA Branch

  • AS & A2 History

      Article
    My complaints about the new AS/A2 specifications have been reported elsewhere,1 but below I outline my main concerns regarding the new examination system, which I see as a missed opportunity to introduce a 16-19 History curriculum that meets the needs of young people in the twenty-first century. The Curriculum 2000...
    AS & A2 History

  • Historian Membership Sample Resources

      Digital Resource Samples
    Historian membership gives access to a range of digital resources which help you to explore everything you love about history - whether that be new or familiar! Why not take a look at some of our sample resources?   The Historian magazine Issue 125 - Magna Carta The Historian magazine Issue 127 - Agincourt The Historian magazine Issue 138 - Hidden...
    Historian Membership Sample Resources

  • Teaching the very recent past

      Teaching History article
    ‘Miriam's Vision' is an educational project developed by the Miriam Hyman Memorial Trust, an organisation set up in memory of Miriam Hyman, one of the 52 victims of the London bombings of 2005. The project has developed a number of subject-based modules, including history, which are provided free to schools...
    Teaching the very recent past

  • Recorded webinar: Creating curriculum pathways: Government

      Webinar series: Creating curriculum pathways through primary history at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
    Webinar series: Creating curriculum pathways through primary history at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 This webinar was recorded as part of our webinar series exploring the teaching of substantive concepts in primary history. The National Curriculum for history requires pupils to gain understanding about abstract concepts of substantive...
    Recorded webinar: Creating curriculum pathways: Government

  • Using nominalisation to develop written causal arguments

      Teaching History article
    How nominalisation might develop students’ written causal arguments Frustrated that previously taught writing frames seemed to impede his A-level students’ historical arguments, James Edward Carroll theorised that the inadequacies he identified in their writing were as much disciplinary as stylistic. Drawing on two discourses that are often largely isolated from...
    Using nominalisation to develop written causal arguments

  • The Black Leveller

      Historian Article
    History is rarely far removed from today's concerns. What is true of history in general is true of biography; specifically. Darcus Howe: a political biography is no exception. In writing it, we were consciously intervening in current debates about Britain and ‘race'. The impetus to write emerged in 2008 during...
    The Black Leveller

  • Eric Hobsbawm: Is History Dangerous?

      Article
    Professor Eric Hobsbawm’s address at the Annual Dinner of the Historical Association meeting in Cambridge, April 1999, on accepting the Medlicott Medal. Our annual award the Medlicott Medal is awarded to individuals for outstanding services and current contributions to history.
    Eric Hobsbawm: Is History Dangerous?

  • 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

  • Primary History 42: Getting Out

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    04 HA Centenary Day and Competition 05 Editorial 06 Primary Noticeboard 08 In My View: the debate upon the English National Curriculum for history at KS2 — Robert Guyver and Jon Nichol 11 The Taunton Market Project: an innovative collaboration — Sue Berry 14 Geography and history: exploring the local...
    Primary History 42: Getting Out

  • New, Novice or Nervous? 162: GCSE Thematic Study

      Teaching History feature: the quick guide to the no-quick-fix
    Thematic studies have been a long-standing feature of the Schools History Project (SHP) GCSE specifications in England and Wales; but for teachers of ‘Modern World’ GCSE specifications, the thematic study in the new GCSE specifications for teaching in England from September 2016 is unfamiliar territory. Perhaps you are entirely new...
    New, Novice or Nervous? 162: GCSE Thematic Study

  • World War II evacuation project - A living history experience

      Primary History case study
    Editorial note: The WOW factor. When we first received and read the World War II Evacuation Project case study we simply went WOW! It was genuinely mind-blowing. Below we publish the main sections of the report. They bring to life an invaluable, ground-breaking case-study of national significance. The case-study involved...
    World War II evacuation project - A living history experience

  • 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

  • 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 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

  • 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 History 113: Creating Progress

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    This edition deals with creating progress: History teachers are creating progress - the idea and the reality. Why rely on others to define and design it? The creation process is every teacher's property and there is no celing on what we might help pupils achieve. JFK, Progression models, Roleplay in...
    Teaching History 113: Creating Progress

  • 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

  • Virtual Branch Recording: The Lines we Draw

      Article
    In this Virtual Branch Tim Franks, acclaimed BBC Journalist, talks about his personal history and identity drawing on his new biography The Lines we Draw: The Journalist, The Jew and an argument about identity.  We will delve into Tim's experiences as a journalist in some of the world's major conflict zones,...
    Virtual Branch Recording: The Lines we Draw

  • 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

  • Primary History 35

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    3 Editorial 4 Primary Noticeboard 6 In My View: The Primary National Strategy and primary history – Maureen Lewis  8 A Quick Guide to Museums and Galleries on the Internet – Jo Peat 11 Identity Crisis: History through Science, strange bedfellows or obvious partners? – Anthony Richards (Read article) 13...
    Primary History 35

  • 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