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  • Primary History 34: What the Dickens?

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    3 Editorial 4 Primary Noticeboard 6 In My View: Enjoying a good story – Paul Bracey 9 Breadth, Balance and the Literacy Hour – Roger Beard 11 “But why did Guy Fawkes try to blow up the king, Miss?” Investigating support for explanatory understanding in primary history books – A....
    Primary History 34: What the Dickens?

  • 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

  • Developing pupils' chronological understanding

      Article
    In its latest triennial history survey report, History for all, Ofsted concluded that, ‘history teaching was good or better in most primary schools' and, ‘most pupils reached the  end of Key Stage 2 with detailed knowledge derived from well-taught studies of individual topics'. The report went on to note, though,...
    Developing pupils' chronological understanding

  • 'How do ideas travel?' East meets west - and history meets science

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Jamie Byrom is well-known to readers of Teaching History, not least for introducing us to the concept ‘professional wrestling' in the history department (Teaching History,133, Empire Edition). That article, authored with Michael Riley, focused on...
    'How do ideas travel?' East meets west - and history meets science

  • Teaching History 78

      The HA's journal for history teachers
    5 Using History to Develop Citizenship Education in the National Curriculum - Peter John and Ian Davies 8 Developing a Multicultural Perspective Within Key Stage 3 National Curriculum History - Paul Bracey 11 History Education in a Democratic South Africa-  Peter Kallaway 17 History Teaching and the Council of Europe -...
    Teaching History 78

  • The Historian 147: The Historic Environment

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    5 Editorial (Read article) 6 ‘The cradle of the Industrial Revolution’: landscapes of early textile Lancashire – Michael Winstanley (Read article) 12 The invisible building: what was the forgotten purpose of St. John’s in Bridgend? – Molly Cook (Read article) 16 Grave matters: what the landscape and architecture of Britain’s largest cemetery might tell us...
    The Historian 147: The Historic Environment

  • 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

  • Celebrating success and recognising achievements – the Quality Mark evening!

      The Historical Association's Quality Mark for History
    On Friday 8 November 2024 there was a glittering event for those schools who have achieved the Quality Mark (QM) for History. We wanted to celebrate those who have put in the hard work and dedication to raise the standard of education, awareness, knowledge and enjoyment of history teaching in their...
    Celebrating success and recognising achievements – the Quality Mark evening!

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  • On-demand webinar: Mastering the memory challenge at GCSE

      Webinar series: Making history accessible
    Webinar series: Making history accessible Session 2: Mastering the memory challenge: running successful interventions with students who are struggling to remember at GCSE This webinar will explore a range of proven strategies for helping students remember more at GCSE. This includes:    How to avoid cognitive overload by maintaining an explicit...
    On-demand webinar: Mastering the memory challenge at GCSE

  • 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

  • Interpretations of History: Issues for Teachers in the Development of Pupils' Understanding

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. This article is based on collaborative work between staff at a University department of educational studies and a comprehensive school. Ian Davies and Rob Williams reviews the status and meaning of interpretations in history education...
    Interpretations of History: Issues for Teachers in the Development of Pupils' Understanding

  • 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

  • From temple to forum: teaching final-year history students to become critical museum visitors

      Journal article
    Across the globe, the centenary of World War I has prompted the creation of new exhibitions devoted to its commemoration. In New Zealand, Michael Harcourt wanted to explore whether teaching strategies intended to help students to engage critically with such exhibitions would have any lasting impact on the young people’s...
    From temple to forum: teaching final-year history students to become critical museum visitors

  • Drilling down: how one history department is working towards progression in pupils' thinking about diversity across Years 7, 8 and 9

      Teaching History article
    Matthew Bradshaw shares the early, tentative efforts of his history department to shape a new Key Stage 3 workscheme in the light of the 2008 National Curriculum for England. While his department's scheme is designed to secure progression in all conceptual areas, he chooses to focus here on the concept...
    Drilling down: how one history department is working towards progression in pupils' thinking about diversity across Years 7, 8 and 9

  • 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

  • 70 years of the Isle of Wight Branch

      1st July 2020
    In June 2020 the HA Isle of Wight branch celebrated its 70th birthday. Here, Honorary Secretary of the branch Terry Blunden looks back at the history and development of the branch since 1950. Although the Historical Association was formed in 1906 sixteen years elapsed before a branch was established on...
    70 years of the Isle of Wight Branch

  • 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

  • What Have Historians Been Arguing About... expanding the reach of the American Revolution

      Teaching History feature
    The Founding Fathers of the United States of America are never far from current political and cultural discussions. Whether prompted by the phenomenal success of Hamilton: the musical (2015), or the shocking scenes of riotous attack on the US Capitol in January 2021, the revolutionary intentions and legacy of such...
    What Have Historians Been Arguing About... expanding the reach of the American Revolution

  • The Bigger Picture: Curriculum Overview

      HA Primary Subject Leader Area
    In this piece Stuart looks at the ‘bigger picture’ of curriculum overview and how, through careful curriculum mapping and the exploration of key trends, topics can be structured to fit together within a wider chronological narrative. He provides practical approaches and examples, as well as discussing historical concepts that occur in...
    The Bigger Picture: Curriculum Overview

  • Young Historian Awards 2024 – the winners

      16th September 2024
    Spirit of Normandy Trust Senior Vivaan Davda – The Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai Spirit of Normandy Trust Key Stage 3 Joshua Broadbent – Royal Grammar School, Guildford Spirit of Normandy Trust Primary Salisbury Cathedral School Best School History Magazine [sponsored by the Mid-Trent and Mercia Branch] St Alban’s School Stockport...
    Young Historian Awards 2024 – the winners

  • Hearts, minds and souls: Exploring values through history

      Teaching History article
    Steve Illingworth argues that moral and intellectual development are not merely linked in the learning of history, but that moral development is a fitting goal for the study of history in its own right. He provides practical examples of ways of getting pupils to reflect on questions of right and...
    Hearts, minds and souls: Exploring values through history

  • Teaching History 77

      The HA's journal for history teachers
    6 History, Autonomy and Education or History Helps Your Students Be Autonomous Five Ways (with apologies to PAL dog food) - Peter Lee 11 Theory and Practice Essay: The Use of Resources and Teaching Aids in the Teaching of History, with particular reference to Year Eight - Elizabeth Danks 16...
    Teaching History 77

  • The Historian 145: Migration

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Reviews 5 Editorial (Read article) 6 Out and About: exploring Black British history through headstones – Jill Sudbury (Read article) 10 The 1620 Mayflower voyage and the English settlement of North America – Martyn Whittock (Read article) 16 Migration into the UK in the early twenty-first century: temporal trends and spatial...
    The Historian 145: Migration

  • Think Bubble 60: Writing from experience

      Primary History article
    The business of ‘experiencing' history is in as healthy state as it is possible to imagine. In a recent straw poll of primary GTP trainees in the Oxford-Bucks partnership over 80% cited drama, role play or similar inter-active experience as being the most memorable feature of learning history in the...
    Think Bubble 60: Writing from experience