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  • 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
  • Primary History 7

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    4 Editorial 5 News 6 Post-Dearing History-Missed Opportunities: Muddle and Fudge? A look at the new curriculum - Paul Noble 9 History in the Primary Curriculum: Interpreting the Vikings - Keith Crawford 12 Deconstruction or Reconstruction - Peter Vass 14 A Victorian Case Study: Simulating Aspects of Victorian Life in...
    Primary History 7
  • 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
  • Should empathy come out of the closet?

      Teaching History article
    What is historical empathy and why is it important? What has gone wrong and what had gone right in past attempts to develop students' empathetic understanding? What does progression look like in this area of historical thinking and what are the  preconceptions that can act as barriers to progression? Lee...
    Should empathy come out of the closet?
  • Government response to the ITT Market Review consultation

      2nd December 2021
    The government has published a response to the ITT Market Review consultation carried out in the summer of 2021. The consultation proposed radical changes to the ITT landscape. The HA responded to the consultation due to the possible unintended consequences that the proposals may have for quality and supply of history...
    Government response to the ITT Market Review consultation
  • Time and Place; Using a Local Historical Site with Key Stage 2 and 3

      Time and Place
    English Heritage and the Historical Association have teamed up to provide this great new CPD guide to getting the most out of local historical sites with your classes. This easy to follow unit provides the basis for an entire unit of local study using the built heritage around you. Examples...
    Time and Place; Using a Local Historical Site with Key Stage 2 and 3
  • On-demand webinar: Assessing pupils’ answers to enquiry questions

      Meaningful and useable assessment in the secondary history classroom
    Webinar series: Meaningful and useable assessment in the secondary history classroom Session 3: Assessing pupils’ answers to enquiry questions  This session will consider how history teachers can go about ‘marking’ pupils’ answers to enquiry questions in a way that values the pupils’ own voice and independent thinking, and avoids restricting...
    On-demand webinar: Assessing pupils’ answers to enquiry questions
  • Education Objectives for the Study of History: A suggested framework

      Classic Teaching History Pamphlets
    Teachers of history in many parts of the country are now trying to formulate objectives for the study of their subject. This framework is put forward as a possible aid to them in a task which all admit to be a difficult one. Here, we try to spell out the...
    Education Objectives for the Study of History: A suggested framework
  • 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
  • Approaches to the History Curriculum: Project based learning

      Briefing Pack
    Rationale/Origins Project based learning has been around for decades; it is not a new idea. When we think back to the curriculum of the 1970s and early 80s, integrated Humanities was once again all the rage. As the Nuffield review of 2008 highlights "between 1975 and 1983, HMI tried to...
    Approaches to the History Curriculum: Project based learning
  • Mini Scaffolds: Charts, Concept webs, Diagrams, Mini-Frames

      Primary History article
    The language of History develops subject content knowledge and associated vocabulary & phraseology, p. 30. Pupils can record, extend and develop their historical language through using a range of mini-scaffolds or frameworks that they flesh out with teacher guidance and support. A class can build upon basic historical vocabulary through questioning,...
    Mini Scaffolds: Charts, Concept webs, Diagrams, Mini-Frames
  • '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
  • Past Forward: University history and school history

      Article
    Recent trends in university history University historians have little incentive to discover what goes on in school history classrooms and many disincentives, as pressures of work mount and the ogres of university management point to the overwhelming need to improve, or sustain, current Research Assessment Exercise grades. History is rarely...
    Past Forward: University history and school history
  • Film: What's the wisdom on... Change and continuity (Primary)

      Article
    Please note: the 'What's the Wisdom On' film series has been produced principally for secondary school history teachers, however some of the content is transferrable to a primary setting. Secondary members can view the film here We know how difficult life is for teachers in the current circumstances. We also understand your need...
    Film: What's the wisdom on... Change and continuity (Primary)
  • Using ICT in Primary History

      Article
    Alf Wilkinson our Professional Development Officer has produced a PowerPoint presentation to enable more effective use of ICT in the primary classroom...
    Using ICT in Primary History
  • The International Journal Volume 9 Number 2

      IJHLTR
    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research Volume 9, Number 2 - Autumn/Winter 2010 ISSN 1472-9466   1. Editorial Hilary Cooper and Jon Nichol. 04 2. Articles Eleni Apostolidou 06 Oscillating Between the Recent Past and the Remote Past: The Perceptions of the Past and the Discipline of History...
    The International Journal Volume 9 Number 2
  • Working with Historical Picture Books

      Primary History article
    For the majority of children a picture book is the first book that they enjoy and share with an adult. Picture books introduce children to different genres of writing, different themes and different artistic styles. As young children 'read' and explore picture books they take meaning from the text and...
    Working with Historical Picture Books
  • Move Me On 167: Frames of reference

      Teaching History feature
    This feature is designed to build critical, informed debate about the character of teacher training, teacher education and professional development. This issue’s problem: Eleanor Franks doesn’t really understand her students’ frames of reference and the difficulties that many of them have in making sense of the particular historical phenomena she is teaching them about. Eleanor Franks,...
    Move Me On 167: Frames of reference
  • Triumphs Show 129: Holding a live debate around an historical theme

      Teaching History feature
    Beheading Headlines: Holding a live debate around an historical theme Studying the events surrounding the execution of Charles I is exciting on many levels: the first English King to be executed by his ‘people', the gory public beheading and the controversy surrounding the trial and verdict... But studying the Civil...
    Triumphs Show 129: Holding a live debate around an historical theme
  • Film: What's the wisdom on... Enquiry questions (Part 2)

      Your Virtual History Department Meeting
    We’ve been talking to our secondary school members and we know how difficult life is for teachers in the current circumstances, so we wanted to lend a helping hand. 'What’s the wisdom on…' is a new and already popular feature in our secondary journal Teaching History and provides the perfect stimulus for a...
    Film: What's the wisdom on... Enquiry questions (Part 2)
  • Knowledge and the Draft NC

      Teaching History article
    Silk purse from a sow's ear? Why knowledge matters and why the draft History NC will not improve it Katie Hall and Christine Counsell attempt to construct a Key Stage 3 scheme of work out of the draft National Curriculum for history that was released for consultation in England in...
    Knowledge and the Draft NC
  • How We Used to Sleep

      School Resources
    Want to take a fresh look at medicine through time with your students? If so, you might be interested in teaching them about sleep’s history in the Renaissance. By focusing on sleep – something that we all do and have an opinion on – students can be introduced to changing...
    How We Used to Sleep
  • Primary History 6

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    4 Guest Editorial - No Nonsense! - John Fines 6 News 7 Inspections Tim Lomas 9 Seven Inspectors Inspecting Paul Bish 10 Changes in the National Curriculum Paul Noble 11 History in the National Curriculum Assessment at Key Stage 1 - A Case Study Brian Scott 13 Was it worth...
    Primary History 6
  • Teaching History 87

      The HA's journal for history teachers
    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...
    Teaching History 87
  • Film: What's the wisdom on... Enquiry questions Part 2 (Primary)

      Article
    Please note: the 'What's the Wisdom On' film series has been produced principally for secondary school history teachers, however some of the content is transferrable to a primary setting. Secondary members can view the film here We know how difficult life is for teachers in the current circumstances. We also understand your need...
    Film: What's the wisdom on... Enquiry questions Part 2 (Primary)