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  • History book for the literacy hour

      Article
    Jo Barkham reviews the book 'A Street Through Time, A 12,000 year journey along the same street', illustrated by Steve Noon and written by Dr Anne Millard, and comments on how the book can be used at Key Stage 1.
    History book for the literacy hour

  • 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)

  • Film: What's the wisdom on... Enquiry questions Part 1 (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 1 (Primary)

  • Polychronicon 147: Witchcraft, history and children

      Teaching History feature
    Witchcraft is serious history. 1612 marks the 400th anniversary of England's biggest peacetime witch trial, that of the Lancashire witches: 20 witches from the Forest of Pendle were imprisoned, ten were hanged in Lancaster, and another in York. As a result of some imaginative commemorative programmes, a number of schools...
    Polychronicon 147: Witchcraft, history and children

  • Film: What's the wisdom on... Evidence and sources (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... Evidence and sources (Primary)

  • The HA presents books by Asa Briggs to Keighley Library

      28th February 2018
    When Professor Asa Briggs died in 2016, the Historical Association lost a very dear and loyal friend. As a result the decision was made to publish a special edition of The Historian to celebrate the life of Lord Briggs. The intention was to focus on his work and achievements as an...
    The HA presents books by Asa Briggs to Keighley Library

  • HA Awards Evening 2023 round-up

      14th July 2023
    It was a joy to bring together so many people to celebrate the study of history at our annual ‘Medlicotts’ awards evening on 12 July. Originally formed around awarding the Medlicott Medal for History to that year’s recipient it is now also an opportunity to celebrate all the awards, honours...
    HA Awards Evening 2023 round-up

  • The International Journal Volume 5 Number 1

      Journal
    François AudigierHistory in the Curriculum   Nadine Fink Pupils' Conceptions of History and History Teaching    Philippe HaeberliRelating to History: an Empirical Typology   Peter LeeHistorical Literacy   Keith Barton and Alan W. McCullyLearning History and Inheriting the Past: the Interaction of School and Community Perspectives in Northern Ireland  ...
    The International Journal Volume 5 Number 1

  • Scott's 5-stage model for progression in conceptual understanding of causation

      Model
    The following model examines progression in learning within a particular domain - cause and consequence.  The Teaching History Research Group produced a series of stage descriptions which they tell us were based on a mixture of "personal experience, observation in many schools, discussions with teacher and research findings". It is...
    Scott's 5-stage model for progression in conceptual understanding of causation

  • Using Google Docs to develop Year 9 pupils’ essay-writing skills

      Teaching History article
    Lucy Moonen set out to explore whether collaborative writing in small groups, facilitated by the use of Google Docs, would help to sustain students’ focus on essay writing as the development of an historical argument. She explains how she set up an essay on the League of Nationals as a...
    Using Google Docs to develop Year 9 pupils’ essay-writing skills

  • Year 7 use musical language to think about King John

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. As an enthusiastic musician, Alison Meikle is always looking for ways to use music in the history classroom. While Teaching History has seen plenty of articles on using musical sources as evidence (e.g. Mastin in Teaching...
    Year 7 use musical language to think about King John

  • 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)

  • Absence and myopia in A-level coursework

      Teaching History article
    It is a charge commonly laid at history teachers that we, myopically, teach only the same-old same-old. Steven Driver has taken extreme steps to avoid this by focusing on a particular neglected event – the American occupation of Nicaragua in the early twentieth century – as part of his preparation...
    Absence and myopia in A-level coursework

  • 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

  • Nutshell 133

      Article
    Did we really need a new Attainment Target? Yes. The first one, developed in 1995, was a best effort to craft the old 1991 ‘statements of attainment' into holistic, ‘best fit' Level Descriptions. Since then, the history education community has learned a lot and some of the goals for pupils'...
    Nutshell 133

  • Primary History at Key Stage 1

      Primary Expert Podcasts
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum In this series of podcasts Dr Penelope Harnett, UWE and Sarah Whitehouse Senior Primary Lecturer at University of the West of England examine good history at Key Stage 1.  1. Chronology  2. What should history at Key Stage 1 do? Local History 3....
    Primary History at Key Stage 1

  • Primary History at Key Stage 2

      Primary Expert Podcasts
    In this series of podcasts Karin Doull, Principal Lecturer and Subject Co-ordinator (Primary History Education) at the University of Roehampton examines good history at Key Stage 2. 1. What makes a good primary history curriculum? 2. What makes a good history curriculum at Key Stage 2?3. Personalisation and local links4. The...
    Primary History at Key Stage 2

  • 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

  • Maths and History - Cross Curricular Case Study

      Case Study
    Maths and Museums: Norwich Castle Museum Working with Key Stage 3 MathsFaye Kalloniatis (Museum Education Manager, Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service)The project, ‘Storming the Castle, challenged the idea that museums are not places where schools can extend their students' maths skills. On the contrary, the project demonstrated that museums can...
    Maths and History - Cross Curricular Case Study

  • Recorded Webinar: African economic development in historical perspective

      Article
    Popular discussions of Africa often focus on the region’s relative poverty, and ask what role historical events like colonialism and the slave trade have played in shaping its development over time. For a long time, the absence of systematic data on African economies before c. 1960 meant these discussions were...
    Recorded Webinar: African economic development in historical perspective

  • Podcast Series: Modern Irish History

      Modern Irish History
    An HA Podcasted Series on Modern Irish History featuring Professor Peter Gray, Dr Fearghal McGarry & Dr Stuart Aveyard of Queen's University of Belfast and Dr Matthew Kelly of the University of Southampton.
    Podcast Series: Modern Irish History

  • 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

  • The Historian 166: Out now

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Read The Historian 166: Crime and Punishment Last summer, crime and punishment made the headlines as Britain’s prisons came close to full capacity. In response, the Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, ordered the release of nearly 10,000 prisoners who had served a significant portion of their sentence. The aim was to...
    The Historian 166: Out now

  • The Historian 6

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Articles include: 3 Feature: Forty Years in the Field – Maurice Beresford 10 Local History: Agrarian Changes in the 18th and 19th Centuries 15 Record Linkage: The Factory and the Community – Chris Wrigley 18 Westminster Diary: Archives in Danger 20 Personalia: Profile of Geoffrey Dickens 32 Spotlight: Styal
    The Historian 6

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