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In my view: Why we need a national talent search to identify and nurture our most able children
Primary History article
[Editorial note: Sir Cyril Taylor provides an overview of the challenge for the maintained sector that the education of Gifted and Talented pupils presents. In relation to the primary phase reliable data is not available: but there is no evidence that G&T provision is any better for 3-11 year olds...
In my view: Why we need a national talent search to identify and nurture our most able children
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Reading into writing
Primary History article
Introduction: Interactive Whole Class - Teaching, Textbreaker & EXIT
Demonstration and modelling relies upon pupils being able to read the text that is being modelled, including the most demanding document. Accordingly the Nuffield Primary History Project developed a whole class interactive teaching strategy to support pupil reading of difficult and...
Reading into writing
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The 'structured enquiry' is not a contradiction in terms: focused teaching for independent learning
Teaching History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated
Mike Gorman uses the language of the National Curriculum Order to describe and analyse his practice. Yet he throws down a challenge to those who use it uncritically rather than interpreting it to make their...
The 'structured enquiry' is not a contradiction in terms: focused teaching for independent learning
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Drama and role play
Primary History article
Drama and Role Play are powerful teaching approaches for language development. The themed edition of Primary History 48, Spring 2008 History, Drama and the Classroom provides a comprehensive introduction and detailed guidance to language development through roleplay and drama. PH 48 contains numerous case-studies illuminating a full range of approaches.
Case-Study...
Drama and role play
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Beyond the classroom walls: museums and primary history
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum.
Apart from the difficulty of getting hold of a hard copy of the new National Curriculum framework, museum educators have little to worry about in the results of the curriculum review. The framework reveals few changes that will affect what museums have...
Beyond the classroom walls: museums and primary history
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Hitler’s British Isles: The Real Story of the Occupied Channel Islands
Book Review
Hitler’s British Isles: The Real Story of the Occupied Channel Islands, Duncan Barrett, Simon and Schuster, 2018, 413p, £20-00. ISBN 978-1-4711-6637-2
Having just read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Bloomsbury 2008), this very interesting book has now extended considerably my understanding of the nature of the experiences of...
Hitler’s British Isles: The Real Story of the Occupied Channel Islands
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Teaching History 58
The HA's journal for history teachers
Articles:
7 National Curriculum History: Interim Report - Martin Booth
10 Teachers' Concerns over the Current Vogue in Teaching History - Peter Truman
17 Story-Telling in History - Alan Farmer
24 'Mr. History': the Achievement of R. J. Unstead Reconsidered - Sean Lang
27 'Let's Think about this': GCSE History - Computer Aided Course...
Teaching History 58
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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
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Birmingham Branch 1907-2007
Branch History
The Branch was founded in May 1907, a few months after the Historical Association was established. The founding Branch President was Professor John Masterman, Professor of History (1902-09) in the University of Birmingham's Department of Commerce, as it was designated in those days. He was one of several historians in...
Birmingham Branch 1907-2007
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Previous Young Quills winners
Information
Each year the Historical Association runs the Young Quills, a competition for published historical fiction for children and young adults. The Young Quills books for each year must be published for the first time in English in the year preceding the competition. Divided by age suitability, the books are given...
Previous Young Quills winners
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Hampstead & North West London Branch Programme
Article
All enquiries to Mandy Caller, mandycaller@gmail.com or telephone 07818 063594
All meetings are hybrid, and are held at 8pm on the third Thursday of the month September to April (excluding December) at Fellowship House, 136a Willifield Way, London NW11 6YD and simultaneously online via Zoom.
Please email Dr Dudley Miles...
Hampstead & North West London Branch Programme
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HA News, Autumn 2023
Welcome to the autumn 2023 edition of HA News magazine
Welcome to this packed autumn edition of HA News, featuring a mixture of what we've been up to, what we're planning on doing and some history pieces just for you.
Dr Gabrielle Storey explores the history and importance of medieval coronations, former HA President Dr Anne Curry writes about her experiences as an...
HA News, Autumn 2023
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Films: Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian Myths, Stories & Letters
Article
To accompany our series of podcasts looking at the ancient Near East we have put together a few films that give you a sense of the incredible literature and mythology that emerged from Mesopotamia and Egypt over their long histories.
We have also put together a few films that give voice to the ancient...
Films: Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian Myths, Stories & Letters
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Hull & East Riding Branch History
Branch History
The origins of the Hull branch of the HA go back to 1921. However the branch really came to life when Dr Fred Brooks arrived as Reader in Medieval History at the new University College of Hull. From 1930 to 1977 he was the mainspring of the activities and growth...
Hull & East Riding Branch History
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Teaching History 183: Race
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
02 Editorial (Read article for free)
03 HA Secondary News
04 HA Update: History For All – a wider view – Gabrielle Reddington (Read article)
08 Inventing race? Year 8 use early modern primary sources to investigate the complex origins of racial thinking in the past – Kerry Apps (Read...
Teaching History 183: Race
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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)
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The creative history curriculum
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content and links may be outdated.
Do you give in to bullying, stay loyal to your leader, admit your actions, betray your neighbours, challenge discrimination or just keep quiet? These were the issues faced by Year 4 children at East...
The creative history curriculum
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Podcast: The Historical Medicalization of Homosexuality & Transvestism
Podcast
In this podcast, Dr Tommy Dickinson of the University of Manchester, looks at the historical medicalization of homosexuality and transvestism.
1. Introduction: the historical medicalization of homosexuality and transvestism
HA Members can listen to the full podcast here
Suggested Reading:
Tommy Dickinson (2015) "Curing Queers": MentalNurses and their Patients 1935-1974.
Peter Conrad &...
Podcast: The Historical Medicalization of Homosexuality & Transvestism
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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
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Film: What's the wisdom on... Historical Interpretations
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... Historical Interpretations
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Film: What's the wisdom on... Evidence and sources
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... Evidence and sources
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The International Journal Volume 8 Number 2
Journal
The International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR] was founded to provide an international medium for reporting on History Education.
Articles in the edition:
Erinc Erdal and Ruken Akar Vural Teaching History through Drama: the ‘Armenian Deportation'
Terry Haydn and Richard Harris Children's ideas about what it means...
The International Journal Volume 8 Number 2
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Philip II of Spain: The Prudent King
Article
On the eve of the 400th anniversary of Philip II’s death James Casey rejects the traditional portrayal of the Spanish ruler as a cruel despot and argues his achievements were more the result of an extraordinary sense of duty fully in tune with the hopes and aspirations of his people....
Philip II of Spain: The Prudent King
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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
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Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust
Historian article
Daniel Goldhagen defines anti-semitism as ‘negative beliefs and emotions about Jews qua Jews.' Nazis believed Jews to be the source of Germany's misfortunes, and that they must be denied German citizenship and removed from German society. Hitler never compromised on the need to settle what he regarded as the Jewish...
Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust
