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Why Gerry likes history now: the power of the word processor
Article
Ben Walsh argues that many teachers of history completely miss the point of the word processor. Criticising those who use it merely for 'typing up' he reminds us that the purpose of the word processor, as with any other resource, is to teach good history. He analyses the types of...
Why Gerry likes history now: the power of the word processor
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Teaching History 104: Teaching the Holocaust
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
Special 64 page themed edition of Teaching History including: Uniqueness, redemption and the Shoah, Teaching pupils to reflect on significance, Teaching the Holocaust: the experience of Yad Vashem, Working as a team to teach the Holocaust: a langauge centred approach, Moral dilemmas, Challenging sterotypes and avoiding the superficial, Armenia and...
Teaching History 104: Teaching the Holocaust
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Tell Us What you Want
A call for suggestions
The Historical Association strives to produce articles, podcasts, films, guides, events, and journals to help you with your career and your understanding and enjoyment of history.
We would like your input as to work you would like us to do. If you have any suggestions or ideas for things that...
Tell Us What you Want
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Searching for the Shang in Shropshire
Primary History article
The introduction of the new primary curriculum in September 2014 presented a range of challenges for primary schools. Within the history orders for Key Stage 2 were new areas of study including prehistoric Britain as a compulsory study, and new optional study areas of early Islamic civilisation and Shang China....
Searching for the Shang in Shropshire
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The Great Debate Final 2024
25th March 2024
Winner:
Emma Crow of Broxburn Academy, Broxburn, Scotland
Runners up:
Abigail Powers of The Ladies’ College, Guernsey
Erica Wright of William Farr School, Lincolnshire
Rachel McGarry of Shavington Academy, Crewe, Cheshire
Finalists
Sofia Ntege, North Oxfordshire Academy, Banbury
Harry Gray, Exeter School, Exeter
Rhea Cherrington, Bablake School, Coventry
Molly Grimshaw,...
The Great Debate Final 2024
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Rescuing assessment from ‘knowledge-rich gone wrong’
Teaching History article
Christine Counsell sets out her concerns about the effects on history teaching of recent trends in secondary assessment practice. Situating her analysis within a long-term story of interplay between government policy, classroom practice and school leadership responses to inspection, Counsell sees new distortions emerging in the name of knowledge. She argues...
Rescuing assessment from ‘knowledge-rich gone wrong’
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Themes over Time
HA Resources
The study of an aspect or theme in British history that consolidates and extends pupils'chronological knowledge from before 1066While the 2014 Curriculum sets out the broad focus of each particular content area, considerable choice has been left to history departments in determining which particular events or developments to include and...
Themes over Time
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History and the Literacy Hour
Article
Amid fears of history being lost from the Key Stage One curriculum, following suspension of the statutory orders, research which considered the use of historical story as part of the Literacy hour, was carried out by Paula Silvera, a final year BEd student at Newman College of Higher Education, to...
History and the Literacy Hour
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Early Modern British Jewish History
Podcast
Shakespeare. Cromwell and Ben Israel. Marrano Jews become an integral part of the community.
Early Modern British Jewish History
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The Historian 139: The Anglo-Saxons
The magazine of the Historical Association
4 Reviews
5 Editorial (Read article)
6 New light on Rendlesham: lordship and landscape in East Anglia, 400-800 – Christopher Scull and Tom Williamson (Read article)
12 The Venerable Bede: recent research – Conor O’Brien (Read article)
16 Alfred versus the Viking Great Army – Caitlin Ellis (Read article)
23 The President’s Column...
The Historian 139: The Anglo-Saxons
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Film: Reimagining the Blitz Spirit
The mobilisation of World War II propaganda in our own times
Dr Jo Fox continued our virtual branch lecture series this July on the subject 'Reimagining the Blitz Spirit: the mobilisation of World War II propaganda in our own times'. Jo Fox is the Director of the Institute of Historical Research and a well-known historian specialising in the history of propaganda, rumour and truth telling.
This...
Film: Reimagining the Blitz Spirit
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Good Evening Sweetheart: real-life romance of young couple separated by WWII
2nd July 2019
Historical romances are not always confined to fiction and flights of fancy – sometimes they actually occur within our own communities. The real-life romantic story of two young people separated by war was uncovered by Sue and Peter Mowforth who revealed the experience of their parents in a talk to the...
Good Evening Sweetheart: real-life romance of young couple separated by WWII
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The International Journal Volume 14, Number 1
IJHLTR
Editorial and Editorial Review pp 5–12
National, International, Local And Regional History Curricula – Issues And Concerns pp 16–66
Australia pp 16–27 Resisting The Regime: An Insider’s View Of Australian History Education 2006–2014 Tony Taylor, University of Technology Sydney/Federation University Australia, Ultimo, Sydney/Churchill, Victoria
Greece pp 28–54 The Traumatic Memory...
The International Journal Volume 14, Number 1
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Recorded webinar: History for All - Approaches from the Special Sector
History for all series
Whilst many teachers in mainstream schools now have useful links with primary coordinators and have a working knowledge of how the curriculum is approached and implemented in Key Stages 1&2, few colleagues have contact with special schools and the expertise which our colleagues in special education can share with us...
Recorded webinar: History for All - Approaches from the Special Sector
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"...someone might become involved in a fascist group or something...": pupils' perceptions of history at the end of Key Stages 2, 3 and 4
Teaching History article
In contrast with earlier studies which presented a bleak picture of the impact of history teaching, Paul Goalen presents a small-scale study that is optimistic. For pupils in three schools at least, the history teaching of the late 1990s seems to be winning through. Goalen argues that the National Curriculum...
"...someone might become involved in a fascist group or something...": pupils' perceptions of history at the end of Key Stages 2, 3 and 4
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Making the most of your secondary membership
Information
Making the most of your HA membership
HA membership offers much more than just your subscription to Teaching History. As a member you can enjoy a holistic package of benefits and resources designed to support you, whatever challenge you may face. With the vast array of support available it can...
Making the most of your secondary membership
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What made your essay successful? I ‘T.A.C.K.L.E.D' the essay question!
Teaching History article
Teaching in Singapore, Tze Kwang Teo cannot conceive of a history teacher unfamiliar with the mnemonic ‘PEE' (or ‘PEEL') used to structure students' essays. Its ubiquity is testimony to its power, reminding students both to explain and to substantiate their claims. Yet, as Foster and Gadd have argued, its neat formulation can restrict and distort historical thinking. Building on their critique, Teo argues that the focus of PEE/L...
What made your essay successful? I ‘T.A.C.K.L.E.D' the essay question!
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The End of Colonial Rule in West Africa
Classic Pamphlet
The dissolution of colonial empires since the Second World War is a major theme of contemporary history, and one which will challenge historians for many years to come. There are still sharp disagreements as to how this change should be described. European scholars tend to use the term ‘decolonization' (at...
The End of Colonial Rule in West Africa
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The Historian 129: From Source to Screen
The magazine of the Historical Association
4 Reviews
5 Editorial
6 Battle of the Somme: the making of the 1916 propaganda film - Taylor Downing (Read article)
12 MOOCs and the Middle Ages: England in the time of King Richard III - Deirdre O’Sullivan (Read article)
18 Earth in vision: pathfinding in the BBC’s archive of...
The Historian 129: From Source to Screen
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Drama and story telling
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
Everyone loves a story - especially a story well told. To encourage learning all primary teachers should consider the creative art of telling a story, as well as developing a variety of ways of interacting through...
Drama and story telling
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York and North Yorkshire Branch Programme
Article
York & North Yorkshire Branch Programme 2023-24
Branch Contact All enquiries to: Elizabeth McCulloch, Elizabeth.McCulloch@boothamschool.com, 07884435701
Talks free to members, £2 for visitors.
Autumn Term - 2023
Thursday 14 September 4.30-6pm (for all)
Borthwick Archives
Connections: York - Slavery - Industrial Britain
This is a YorkClio teachers’...
York and North Yorkshire Branch Programme
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Online course: Teaching empire through material culture
HA online course for primary and secondary teachers
The topic of empire lends itself ideally to a material approach – the objects often provide the opportunity to bring in indigenous voices to our study of the imperial past, while our classroom experience has shown that objects provide a powerful channel through which to access complex and sometimes uncomfortable...
Online course: Teaching empire through material culture
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Teaching History 64
Journal
Editorial 2
News 3
Articles:
The Professional Craft Knowledge of the History Teacher Peter John 8
Talking about History: Group Work in the Classroom - Practice and Implications Kenneth Brzezicki 12
Issues in the Teaching of History - Towards a Skills/Concept-led Approach Jane Jenkins 17
Bebba and her Sisters Gully...
Teaching History 64
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Teaching History 118: Re-thinking Differentiation
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
05 Does differentiation have to mean different? – Richard Harris (Read article)
13 Engaging with each other: how interactions between teachers inform professional practice – Simon Letman (Read article)
17 Seeing, hearing and doing the Rennaissance (Part 2) – Maria Osowiecki (Read article)
26 Polychronicon: Henry VII: Diligent bureaucrat or paranoid blunderer? (Read...
Teaching History 118: Re-thinking Differentiation
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Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London (KS1) - more lessons
Lesson Plans
Please note: these resources pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum.
This resource is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of teachers and subject leaders, join the Historical Association today
These...
Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London (KS1) - more lessons
