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  • Examining the Value of Teaching Sensitive Matters in History

      IJHLTR Article
    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 14, Number 2 – Spring/Summer 2017 ISSN: 14472-9474 Abstract Driven by the overarching objective of promoting reconciliation through education, this paper explores the impact of history teaching on youth identity and ethnic relations in Sri Lanka. Building on the arguments of scholars the...
    Examining the Value of Teaching Sensitive Matters in History

  • From The Holocaust To Recent Mass Murders And Refugees

      IJHLTR Article
    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 14, Number 2 – Spring/Summer 2017ISSN: 14472-9474 Abstract Through studying cases of genocide and mass atrocities, students can come to realize that: democratic institutions and values are not automatically sustained but need to be appreciated, nurtured, and protected; silence and indifference to the...
    From The Holocaust To Recent Mass Murders And Refugees

  • Are historical thinking skills important to history teachers?

      IJHLTR Article
    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research IJHLTR, Volume 14, Number 2 – Spring/Summer 2017 ISSN: 14472-9474 Abstract This article presents some findings of a qualitative interview study with 42 Austrian history teachers, conducted in the framework of an on-going three-year research project (2015–2018) funded by the Austrian Science Fund. The study...
    Are historical thinking skills important to history teachers?

  • Thinking makes it so: cognitive psychology and history teaching

      Teaching History article
    What, exactly, is learned knowledge - and why does it matter in history teaching? Michael Fordham seeks to use the general tenets of cognitive psychology to inform the debate about how history teachers might get the best from their students, in particular in considering the role of memory. Fordham surveys the latest research concerning memory while also arguing that remembering does matter in history...
    Thinking makes it so: cognitive psychology and history teaching

  • Polychronicon 166: The ‘new’ historiography of the Cold War

      Teaching History feature
    A great deal of new writing on the Cold War sits at the crossroads of national, transnational and global perspectives. Such studies can be so self-consciously multi-archival and multipolar, methodologically pluralist in approach and often ‘decentring’ in aim, that some scholars now worry that the Cold War risks losing its coherence as a distinct object of...
    Polychronicon 166: The ‘new’ historiography of the Cold War

  • The Chinese intervention in the Korean War

      Podcast
    In this podcast, Dr Jim Hoare (SOAS), examines the Chinese involvement in the Korean War. This podcast was produced as part of the Korean War Teacher Fellowship programme, and the Historical Association is delighted to be working with the World History Digital Education Foundation sponsored by the Korea Foundation on this programme as part of a...
    The Chinese intervention in the Korean War

  • Cunning Plan 166: developing an enquiry on the First Crusade

      Teaching History feature
    "What shall I say next? We were all indeed huddled together like sheep in a fold, trembling and frightened, surrounded on all sides by enemies so that we could not turn in any direction. It was clear to us that this had happened because of our sins. A great clamour rose to the sky, not...
    Cunning Plan 166: developing an enquiry on the First Crusade

  • Exploring the Cornish Religious Landscape

      Historian article
    The Cornish religious landscape shares one particularly significant feature with its Welsh neighbour to the north. The Celtic tendency to dedicate churches to very local saints is very strong in both Cornwall and Wales, with the church dedications frequently being mirrored by the place name. This similarity is, to an...
    Exploring the Cornish Religious Landscape

  • The British Association for Local History (BALH)

      History Network
    The British Association for Local History is the national charity which promotes local history and serves local historians. Its purpose is to encourage and assist the study of local history as an academic discipline and as a rewarding leisure pursuit for both individuals and groups. Local history enriches our lives...
    The British Association for Local History (BALH)

  • The Institute of Historical Research (IHR)

      History Network
    The Institute of Historical Research (IHR)

  • Historians in The National Archives

      Historian article
    The author of this article approached the Editor to give him a flavour of what might be found in The National Archives relating to political, secret service and civil service ‘interest’ in the views and activities of historians over the last century. It is certainly very significant that some of...
    Historians in The National Archives

  • 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

  • Help the National Portrait Gallery develop their schools offer

      1st December 2021
    The National Portrait Gallery is looking for teachers – secondary art, secondary history, primary school and teachers working in specialist settings – to help develop their schools offer. The Gallery is currently undergoing a massive transformation that will include a complete rehang of all their galleries, a new state-of-the-art learning centre, and...
    Help the National Portrait Gallery develop their schools offer

  • Out and about in the Trent Valley

      Historian feature
    In the muddy corner of a field fringing Biddulph Moor in North Staffordshire, a small fenced enclosure surrounds Trent Head, ‘official' source of the River Trent (SJ905 579). In truth, any of a handful of springs that rise nearby might serve. Pilgrims are well advised to equip themselves with Wellington...
    Out and about in the Trent Valley

  • Teaching History 136: Shaping the Past

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    02 Editorial 03 HA Secondary News 04 When were Jews in medieval England most in danger? Exploring change and continuity with Year 7 – Ben Jarman (Read article) 13 Shaping macro-analysis from micro-history: developing a reflexive narrative of change in school history – Hywel Jones (Read article) 22 Triumphs show: How...
    Teaching History 136: Shaping the Past

  • Primary History 52: Education and the Environment

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    03 Editorial 04 In my view: Education and the built environment – Dominic Balmforth 06 In my view: Primary history and Engaging Places – Rochelle Whitty 08 In my view: Engaging Pupils: An A Level student describes her experience of collaborative working with Key Stage 2 – Bernice Waghorn 09...
    Primary History 52: Education and the Environment

  • The Ottoman impact on their subjects

      A History of the Ottomans
    In this podcast Dr Fred Anscombe highlights the vastness of the Ottoman Empire, and explores shared common characteristics of culture and philosophy, and what made them unified as 'Ottoman'. He argues that the common terminology of referring to the Ottomans as Turks is questionable since the empire was so vast. He also explains how...
    The Ottoman impact on their subjects

  • Bringing the Civil War to life in Somerset

      Primary History article
    As a lecturer in education teaching humanities at Plymouth University, I spend my time encouraging student teachers to move away from writing lesson plans with a focus on research and recording, to creating lessons that are dynamic – engaging children in historical activities to develop a passion for history. Student...
    Bringing the Civil War to life in Somerset

  • Ideas for Assemblies: The life stories of refugees - Judith Kerr

      Primary History feature
    Judith Kerr, author of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and the Mog stories, came to Britain in 1936 with her brother Michael and their parents, Alfred and Julia Kerr. Her father was Jewish, an anti-Nazi, and famous theatre critic who fled Berlin as Hitler came to power in 1933,...
    Ideas for Assemblies: The life stories of refugees - Judith Kerr

  • Making the most of the post-1066 unit

      Primary History article
    Making the most of the post-1066 unit: looking at continuity and change over 10,000 years The ‘aspect or theme of British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066’ unit is designed to extend the period of study beyond 1066 to help pupils develop a coherent picture of British  history....
    Making the most of the post-1066 unit

  • Learning about the past through ‘ourselves and our families’

      Primary History Article
    ‘Ourselves and our families’ is a popular theme in foundation settings and Reception classes. It is often undertaken at the beginning of the academic year, although it can be taught later when teachers have a better understanding of children’s home circumstances. This theme can provide many opportunities for children to...
    Learning about the past through ‘ourselves and our families’

  • The International Journal Volume 7 Number 1

      Journal
    Articles Dursun DilekUsing a Thematic Teaching Approach Based on Pupils' Skill and Interest in Social Studies Teaching   Helena GillespieTeaching Emotive and Controversial History to 7-11 Year Olds: a Report for The Historical Association   Robert GuyverThe History Curriculum in Three Countries - Curriculum Balance, National Identity, Prescription and Teacher...
    The International Journal Volume 7 Number 1

  • Comparing the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Jameson Raid

      Historian article
    Duplicated Debacles? A comparison of the 1895-96 Jameson Raid and the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion. Adam Burns and Robert Gallimore take us on two invasions, one by land and one by sea. Following the Cuban Revolution of 1959 and the rise to power of the socialist regime of Fidel...
    Comparing the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Jameson Raid

  • The Lady of the Black Horse: Mabel Stobart (1862–1954)

      Historian article
    Peter Down takes us on a winter retreat over snow-covered mountains. Mabel St Clair Stobart was born into a wealthy Victorian family and enjoyed an idyllic childhood. She was gifted academically and excelled at sport. Married at 22, she had two sons. Unfortunately in 1903 her husband lost his fortune and...
    The Lady of the Black Horse: Mabel Stobart (1862–1954)

  • The Historian 32

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    3 Feature: Aggressive but Unsuccessful: Louis XIV and the European Struggle - Jeremy Black 10 Update: The Reign of Richard II, 1377-1399 - Alison McHardy 13 Education Forum: National Curriculum History: A Framework for the Future - Sue Bennett 14 Forum: Archive Services in Danger - Rosemary Dunhill 14 Reconstructing...
    The Historian 32