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  • The Uses of History in the Twenty First Century

      Historian article
    During the last century or so there has developed a new ‘public role’ for history: the past as personal history, a vital element in the nourishing of people in society. During the past decades a new perception of what history is has manifested itself on two levels: first a shift of...
    The Uses of History in the Twenty First Century

  • Making the most of your Corporate Membership – adding extra logins

      Guide for Corporate Members
    So you’ve got corporate membership of the Historical Association – brilliant decision! With corporate membership you gain year-round assistance for: Your entire teaching staff or history department – unlock a range of research, CPD and guidance for historyteachers at all levels within your school or department. School members can have...
    Making the most of your Corporate Membership – adding extra logins

  • Recorded webinar: Dealing with the issues from lockdown in the primary history classroom

      Webinar
    In the last 12 months many pupils have missed significant chunks of school and importantly a significant chunk of their history learning. In this special one-off webinar we discuss some of the issues we are all facing. What does catch up in history look like? How helpful is this terminology?...
    Recorded webinar: Dealing with the issues from lockdown in the primary history classroom

  • Recorded webinar: Dealing with the issues from lockdown in the history classroom

      Webinar
    In the last 12 months students have all missed significant chunks of school and importantly a significant chunk of history lessons. In this special one-off webinar, some members of the HA secondary committee discuss the main issues we face as history teachers and offer some potential solutions. What does catch...
    Recorded webinar: Dealing with the issues from lockdown in the history classroom

  • The International Journal Volume 8 Number 2

      Journal
    The International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR] was founded to provide an international medium for reporting on History Education. Articles in the edition: Erinc Erdal and Ruken Akar Vural Teaching History through Drama: the ‘Armenian Deportation' Terry Haydn and Richard Harris Children's ideas about what it means...
    The International Journal Volume 8 Number 2

  • Teaching History 75

      The HA's journal for history teachers
    2 Editorial 3 News 5 The Dearing Final Report - Threat or Opportunity? - Carol White 7 Responses to the Dearing Report: History Post-16 - Laurie Taylor 9 Making Dearing Enduring - A Personal View - Roy Hughes 11 Teaching History at Key Stage 2 - One School's Approach -...
    Teaching History 75

  • The International Journal Volume 4 Number 1

      Journal
    Editorial  Historical Consciousness, Teaching and Understanding History    Articles Peter Lee'Walking backwards into tomorrow' Historical consciousness and understanding history   Robert Guyver and Jon NicholFrom Novice to effective Teacher: a Study of Postgraduate Training and History Pedagogy
    The International Journal Volume 4 Number 1

  • The Historian 136: 1967 - A Year of Change

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Reviews 5 Editorial (Read article) 6 Homosexuality in Britain since 1967 – Harry Cocks (Read article) 12 Reviews 13 The President’s Column 14 The origins and development of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights movement in Britain from 1960 to the present – Professor Sally R. Munt (Read...
    The Historian 136: 1967 - A Year of Change

  • The National Curriculum Attainment Target (from 2008)

      HITT Resource
    Level 4 Pupils show their knowledge and understanding of local, national and international history by describing some of the main events, people and periods they have studied, and by identifying where these fit within a chronological framework. They describe characteristic features of past societies and periods to identify change and...
    The National Curriculum Attainment Target (from 2008)

  • Teaching History 54

      Journal
    Editorial 2 Historical Association News 3 Articles: Computers in Secondary School History Teaching: an HMI view - Carole Baker and lain Paterson 7 Supporting the Future - MESU and the History Teacher - Sue Bennett 10 An Introduction to Computers in the History Classroom - John Simkin 12 GCSE Course...
    Teaching History 54

  • Talking to an HA Branch

      Information
    The inevitable answer is of course that branches differ in their audiences, with some having a smattering of academics, some with teachers and others largely made up with people with an interest in the subject but not professionally involved in history. That means some people will be relying on what...
    Talking to an HA Branch

  • Lesson sequence: Life in a Medieval Village

      Article
    The first lesson of this sequence is available free to all secondary members here.  This series of lessons has been designed to make gaining knowledge of medieval rural life engaging for students and to teach them how good historical fiction is constructed. Students learn how to write a story about life in...
    Lesson sequence: Life in a Medieval Village

  • Lesson sequence: Life in a Medieval Village - taster lesson

      Article
    This series of lessons has been designed to make gaining knowledge of medieval rural life engaging for students and to teach them how good historical fiction is constructed. Students learn how to write a story about life in the fourteenth-century Suffolk village of Walsham and to do so successfully they...
    Lesson sequence: Life in a Medieval Village - taster lesson

  • Period, place and mental space

      Teaching History article
    Period, place and mental space: using historical scholarship to develop Year 7 pupils' sense of period What is a sense of period? And how can pupils' sense of period be developed? Questions such as these have troubled history teachers for many years, often revolving around debates over the role played by...
    Period, place and mental space

  • Apology: Move Me On, TH185 

      17th January 2022
    The Historical Association would like to offer an unreserved apology for serious errors of judgement in relation to the Move Me On problem presented within Teaching History 185.   We recognise that the content of this feature has caused offence, that it contained negative stereotypical biases which we failed to recognise and act...
    Apology: Move Me On, TH185 

  • Teaching History 52

      Journal
    Editorial 2 News 3 Articles: Controversial Women - Hilary Bourdillas and Paula Bartley 10 Sources for Course - Malcolm Pearce 15 A Level History: On Historical Facts, and Other Problems - Keith Jenkins and Peter Brickley 19 The End of British History - Stephen Howarth 25 Renewed School History: An...
    Teaching History 52

  • Medieval British Jewish History

      Podcast
    In this podcast Paula Kitching looks at the history of the British Jewish Community in the Medieval Period.
    Medieval British Jewish History

  • Teaching History 107: Little Stories, Big Pictures

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    This edition deals with the complex relationship between depth work and overview work. Revealing the big picture: patterns, shapes and images at Key Stage 3, Slavery, Learning and teaching about the history of Europe in the 20th Century, Teaching the history of 20th women in Europe, Using Ethel and Ernest...
    Teaching History 107: Little Stories, Big Pictures

  • Local Authority Housing

      Classic Pamphlet
    Local authority housing has been a distinctive feature of the British housing system throughout the twentieth century. This pamphlet outlines the development of local authority housing in Britain from its origins in the late nineteenth century to the present day, focusing on the ways in which policy changes have affected...
    Local Authority Housing

  • Continuity in the treatment of mental health through time

      Teaching History article
    Where's the other ‘c'? Year 9 examine continuity in the treatment of mental health through time Helen Murray, Rachel Burney and Andrew Stacey-Chapman show how they strengthened three goals of their practice - secure knowledge, narrative shapes and conceptual analysis - by securing strong connection between them. The curricular focus...
    Continuity in the treatment of mental health through time

  • Hampstead & North West London Branch Programme

      Article
    All enquiries to Mandy Caller, mandycaller@gmail.com or telephone 07818 063594 All meetings are hybrid, and are held at 8pm on the third Thursday of the month September to April (excluding December) at Fellowship House, 136a Willifield Way, London NW11 6YD and simultaneously online via Zoom. Please email Dr Dudley Miles...
    Hampstead & North West London Branch Programme

  • Change and Continuity

      Key Concepts
    Please note: these links were compiled in 2009. For a more recent resource, please see: What's the Wisdom on: Change and Continuity.  This selection of useful Teaching History articles on Change and Continuity are highly recommended reading to those who would like to get to grip with these key concepts:  1. Michael Riley: Big Stories and...
    Change and Continuity

  • Researching History - Time travellers and Role Players

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. ‘Ok children, time for history.' Distant moans from the back of the class. Would I be surprised by this reaction? No, not if the teacher was diligently following the QCA guidelines for teaching history. Yes, if...
    Researching History - Time travellers and Role Players

  • Ofsted Framework 2025: What does it mean for me?

      Primary CPD in partnership with the Geographical Association
    6 March 2026 Book Now Supporting quality in primary history and geography The Ofsted 2025 EIF and report card system are now in schools. The Deep Dive has gone but does this mean that subject expertise no longer matters? In fact the opposite is true. Subject remains at the heart...
    Ofsted Framework 2025: What does it mean for me?

  • The Historian 164: Ancient Worlds

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Ask The Historian 5 Editorial (Read article) 6 Archaeology on the edge: exploring a precariously-placed Iron Age site in north Wales – Kathy Laws (Read article) 11 A splash of the Mediterranean in the Arabian Desert: the Ancient Kingdom of Nabataea – Tom Dunstan (Read article) 16 Five stones in St Albans: what...
    The Historian 164: Ancient Worlds