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  • A Social History of the Welsh Language

      Historian article
    When the historian Peter Burke wrote in 1987 ‘It is high time for a social history of language’, he could scarcely have imagined that the first to meet the challenge would be the Welsh. In November 2000 the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, a research...
    A Social History of the Welsh Language

  • The Historian 150: Aspects of Africa

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Reviews 5 Editorial (Read article for free) 6 The British Empire on trial – Gregory Gifford (Read article) 12 Zulu and the end of Empire – Nicolas Kinloch (Read article) 17 Legacies of the Cement Armada – Steven Pierce (Read article) 22 The Christian Kingdoms of Nubia and Ethiopia: neighbouring strangers? –...
    The Historian 150: Aspects of Africa

  • 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

  • Interpretations and history teaching

      Teaching History article
    Gary Howells offers us a challenge: are we sure that we are teaching the study of interpretations correctly? It is much criticised at GCSE, but do we really engage our students in the process of writing history, and in understanding how history works, from 11-14? Or do we use reductive...
    Interpretations and history teaching

  • Buckinghamshire Branch Programme

      Article
    Enquiries to Mrs.Terry Bloxham (Hon Secretary), 138 High Street, Aylesbury, HP20 1RB Tel: 07952 703535  E-mail: secretarybucksha@gmail.com Meetings are being held on Wednesdays at 8.00 pm online via Zoom (except for the June event which will be in-person) Admission to meetings is free to full and associate members of the...
    Buckinghamshire Branch Programme

  • 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)

  • Effective essay introductions

      Teaching History article
    Struck by the dullness of some of her students’ essay introductions, Paula Worth reflected on the fact that she had never focused specifically on introductions. After surveying existing work by history teachers on essay structure in general and introductions in particular, she turns to the work of historians. Drawing on...
    Effective essay introductions

  • The New History of the Spanish Inquisition

      Article
    Helen Rawlings reviews the recent literature which has prompted a fundamental reappraisal of the Spanish Inquisition. The Spanish Inquisition — first established in 1478 in Castile under Queen Isabella I and suppressed in 1834 by Queen Isabella II — has left its indelible mark on the whole course of Spain’s...
    The New History of the Spanish Inquisition

  • 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

  • OCR History A Level History: Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany 1919-63

      Review
    Professor Mary Fulbrook and David Williamson with Nick Fellows and Mike Wells Review by Barbara Hibbert This resource is one of a series produced by Heinemann to support the new OCR History A AS course.  It claims that it ‘exactly reflects the key issues and skills in the specification topics'. ...
    OCR History A Level History: Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany 1919-63

  • Shaping what matters: Year 9 decide why we should care about the Windrush scandal

      Teaching History article
    Mark Fowle began work on an enquiry to contextualise the Windrush scandal for his pupils in south London, in response to the first national Stephen Lawrence Day, in 2018. He went on to work with his colleagues in a new school to broaden pupils’ historical perspective through stories of migration...
    Shaping what matters: Year 9 decide why we should care about the Windrush scandal

  • 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

  • Putting the Story back into History

      Primary History article
    Children love stories. They like the drama, the excitement, the chance to listen and to wonder. Narrative is a very important part of history and sometimes, by concentrating on facts or on skills, we tend to lose the view of the big picture, especially in the Key Stage 2 curriculum...
    Putting the Story back into History

  • Slavery in Britain

      Primary History article
    Images reflect the social customs and attitudes of the society in which they are produced, and we may nowdisapprove of these attitudes. Conversely, our own ideas of what is right and wrong may well have been unacceptable in the past. Among these are the rights accorded to children, the disabled,...
    Slavery in Britain

  • Teaching History 147: Curriculum Architecture

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    02 Editorial  03 HA Secondary News  04 HA Update  08 Beth Baker and Steven Mastin - Did Alexander really ask, ‘Do I appear to you to be a bastard?' Using ancient texts to improve pupils' critical thinking (Read article) 14 Cunning Plan: Getting students to use classical texts - Beth Baker...
    Teaching History 147: Curriculum Architecture

  • 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

  • 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

  • The particular and the general

      Teaching History article
    When your pupils use terms such as ‘king’ and ‘Parliament,’ what image do they have in their head? Do they know what they are talking about at all? Do they have a nuanced, period-specific vision of what these terms mean in the context of their current historical studies, and of...
    The particular and the general

  • History in the Foundation Stage

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. In September 2000, the introduction of a foundation stage for children aged three to the end of the reception year was widely welcomed for the way in which it confirmed a distinct identity for the early years in education. The recent guidance...
    History in the Foundation Stage

  • A classic case for history?

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. History is now an extremely popular subject with children, parents and teachers says a new research study - especially when children find out about the Ancient Greeks and Romans.
    A classic case for history?

  • Cunning Plan... for studying medieval Ghana and Aksum

      Teaching History feature
    This Cunning Plan details an enquiry that I developed in order to achieve two curricular goals: to diversify our historical content and to help students to improve their disciplinary thinking and writing about similarity and difference. The enquiry addresses medieval Africa, specifically the East African kingdom of Aksum (approximately 300...
    Cunning Plan... for studying medieval Ghana and Aksum

  • On-demand webinar: Observation and feedback as a mentor

      Mentoring beginning and early career history teachers in the secondary school
    Mentoring beginning and early career history teachers in the secondary school Session 3: Observation and feedback In this third webinar, Laura and Victoria explore strategies for dialogic and history-specific observation and post-lesson reflection. This session will focus on how mentors can forefront historical learning in the observation cycle. Release date: Tuesday...
    On-demand webinar: Observation and feedback as a mentor

  • Opportunities for making use of your local park

      Primary History article
    Local parks are important local amenities that both enhance our wellbeing and provide an important contribution to the environment, especially in urban areas. This article identifies ways in which you can explore your local park, an amenity that, is familiar to most children, within its historical perspective. It considers resources...
    Opportunities for making use of your local park

  • 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

  • Teaching History 146: Teacher Knowledge

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    02 Editorial  03 HA Secondary News  04 Letters  05 HA update  09 Elizabeth Carr: How Victorian were the Victorians? Developing Year 8 students' conceptual thinking about diversity in Victorian society (Read article) 18 Robin Whitburn, Michelle Hussain and Abdullahi Mohamud ‘Doing justice to history': the learning of African history in...
    Teaching History 146: Teacher Knowledge