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  • Peterloo: HA interview with Mike Leigh and Jacqueline Riding

      Article
    The film Peterloo dramatises the people and events that led to the infamous ‘Peterloo’ massacre in August 1819. Respected film-maker Mike Leigh created the film using historical records and sources from the period, as he and historical adviser Jacqueline Riding explained to the HA in a recent interview, which you can watch below.  
    Peterloo: HA interview with Mike Leigh and Jacqueline Riding

  • The Historian 124: Friend or Foe?

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Reviews 5 Editorial 6 An interview with Linda Colley (Watch the interview) 11 The President's Column 12 Friend or foe? Foreigners in England in the later Middle Ages - Mark Ormrod (Read Article) 18 Daniel Defoe, public opinion and the Anglo-Scottish Union - Ted Vallance (Read Article) 23 Memorial...
    The Historian 124: Friend or Foe?

  • Investigating ‘sense of place’ with Year 9 pupils

      Teaching History article
    Confined to his home during lockdown in 2020, teacher Josh Mellor became eager to explore the history of the physical environment on his doorstep. After reading about different approaches to using environmental history in the classroom, Mellor decided to design an enquiry to explore the changing landscape of the Fens in...
    Investigating ‘sense of place’ with Year 9 pupils

  • Saint Robert and the Deer

      Article
    It is almost a commonplace that there is an affinity between a holy man and the creatures of the wild. The archetype is St. Francis of Assisi but the phenomenon was well marked both before and after his time. I would like to consider briefly an episode in the life...
    Saint Robert and the Deer

  • Teaching History 57

      Journal
    Editorial 2 News 3 Articles: 'Not the White Tights again!': Role-play in History Teaching at Degree Level Ian Dawson 7 The Impact of GCSE History on Further Education Ian Aveyard 14 Some Sixth-Former's Views of History Janice C. Vaudry 17 A Small Oral History Project in Four Rural Cumbrian Primary...
    Teaching History 57

  • Children in the Second World War

      Lesson Plan
    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 lessons with Year 6 children at a voluntary-aided primary...
    Children in the Second World War

  • Teaching History 95: Learning to Think

      Journal
    Note-making, knowledge-building and critical thinking. Exceptional performances at GCSE: what makes a starred A? Analysing Anne Frank: a case study in the teaching of thinking skills, Motivating pupils through the poetic writing about the First World War, The history teachers guide to the internet and much more... Who wants to...
    Teaching History 95: Learning to Think

  • A team-taught conspiracy: Year 8 are caught up in a genuine historical debate

      Teaching History article
    Are top sets always our top priority? Of course, we know that every child matters (should that now have capital letters?) but those of us who teach in an ability-setted context also know that a bottom set left unable to access the curriculum is likely to pose bigger problems than...
    A team-taught conspiracy: Year 8 are caught up in a genuine historical debate

  • Where might the Gunpowder Plot sit within the principles of the new model curriculum?

      Primary History article
    The government has proposed creating a model curriculum for history. This will contain a range of non-statutory and supplementary guidance to focus history teaching. In July 2022, terms of reference to identify principles and approaches underpinning the model history curriculum were published. There will be an advisory panel that will...
    Where might the Gunpowder Plot sit within the principles of the new model curriculum?

  • The QCA history scheme of work for Key Stage 3

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. QCA's scheme of work for history at Key Stage 3, together with similar schemes for other subjects, has been published in response to widespread requests for more guidance on curriculum planning. Heather Richardson, Subject Officer (history)...
    The QCA history scheme of work for Key Stage 3

  • East Sussex Branch Programme

      Article
    All meetings (except The History Day) will be held from 7-9 pm in the large upstairs room at Bibendum, 1 Grange Road, Eastbourne BN21 4EU, a short walk from the railway station. The History Day will from 9.30 am – 2 pm on Saturday 1 June at St Saviour’s Church...
    East Sussex Branch Programme

  • Teaching History 59

      Journal
    Editorial News Articles: History and Economic Awareness in the National Curriculum David Kerr Deconstruction to Reconstruction: Women's History through Local History Dave Welbourne Keeping the Past under Review Linda Vitagliano and Peter Lim History as Ethnography: a Pyschological Evaluation of a Theatre in Education Project - George Shand, Rosemary Linnell...
    Teaching History 59

  • Background information for teachers

      Reference
    Here are summaries of the historical background to each of the History Study Units.
    Background information for teachers

  • Scheme of Work: Early Islam, including Baghdad

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (resourced)
    Children can be introduced to the idea that people from other civilisations have contributed to many ideas that impact on us still. They can learn about some of the differences in way of life between citizens of Baghdad and London c. AD 900. Links can be made with other cultures...
    Scheme of Work: Early Islam, including Baghdad

  • The Historian 123: Newcastle & the General Strike 1926

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Reviews 5 Editorial 6 Using the House by Wendy Barnes 11 The President's Column 12 Newcastle and the General Strike 1926 - Hugh Gault (Read Article)  16 A Story in Stone: the Tirah War Memorial in Dorchester - Dave Martin (Read Article) 20 The shortest war in history - Alf Wilkinson (Read...
    The Historian 123: Newcastle & the General Strike 1926

  • Cunning Plan 174: creating a narrative of the interwar years

      Teaching History feature
    The major aim of this sequence of lessons was to teach Year 8 how to create and refine a narrative. I chose a period I was substantively confident on, which lent itself well to the narrative form, had a number of prominent academic narratives published about it and followed neatly...
    Cunning Plan 174: creating a narrative of the interwar years

  • Teaching History 94: Raising the Standard

      Journal
    Raising the Standard of History education. WW2 cemetries and twenty years of curriculum change, Ordinary pupils, extraordinary results: a structured approach to raising attainment at GCSE, Talk to your inspector: making the most of your history inspection, Stretching the very able student in the mixed ability classroom, Year 11 and...
    Teaching History 94: Raising the Standard

  • Take one day: undertaking an in-depth local enquiry

      Primary History article
    Local history units of study provide teachers with valuable opportunities, but these can also seem daunting. Potential challenges for teachers include the perceived overwhelming scope of the topic, difficulties in developing subject knowledge and knowing where to find resources. However, none of these is insurmountable, if teachers identify a clear learning...
    Take one day: undertaking an in-depth local enquiry

  • Fifties Britain through the senses: ‘never had it so good’?

      Teaching History article
    Maya Stiasny was faced with difficulties familiar to many of us. Her new Year 12 students were struggling to get to grips with a new period of history. They were not interrogating primary sources with sufficient vigour. Her solution, detailed here, was novel. Working on the rich social history of post-war...
    Fifties Britain through the senses: ‘never had it so good’?

  • ‘But they just sit there’: using objects as material culture with Year 8

      Teaching History article
    Having specialised in the history of material culture during her degree, Gabriella West was struck by the dismissive attitude of her pupils towards the study of material objects from the past. She therefore set out to find the perfect object through which to induct her Year 8 pupils into the history...
    ‘But they just sit there’: using objects as material culture with Year 8

  • Animation case study: Indus Valley figurines

      Primary History case study
    Since the advent of animation software for schools, I wanted to trial an animation project, inspired by the quirky human and animal figurines, model wheeled carts and toys, all of terracotta, from the Bronze Age Indus Valley civilisation which clamour for clay / plasticine animation. A rich source of historical evidence,...
    Animation case study: Indus Valley figurines

  • Using the back cover image: Windmill Hill

      Primary History feature
    The back cover image is a reconstruction of prehistoric life based on the English Heritage site Windmill Hill. Such images are of great value to the teacher in bringing the distant past to life, and in deepening pupil understanding of its historical significance. Using these sorts of illustrations can help...
    Using the back cover image: Windmill Hill

  • The Historian 79: Tony Blair, the Iraq War and a sense of history

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Featured articles: 6 Tony Blair, the Iraq War, and a sense of history - Dr Adrian Smith (Read article) 9 John Knox and womankind: a reappraisal - Maureen M Meikle (Read article) 16 Why did regional variations exist in the prosecution of witches between 1580-1650? - Robert Hodgkinson (Read article)...
    The Historian 79: Tony Blair, the Iraq War and a sense of history

  • Gloucestershire Branch Programme

      Article
    Gloucestershire Branch Programme 2024-25 Contact details – Janet Graham at histassocglos@gmail.com or Robert Sutton on 01242 574889 Members and students free entry to all talks, visitors £4 entrance fee. Venues for most talks are the University of Gloucestershire either in Cheltenham or Gloucester. Directions can be found on the university...
    Gloucestershire Branch Programme

  • Nutshell 133

      Article
    Did we really need a new Attainment Target? Yes. The first one, developed in 1995, was a best effort to craft the old 1991 ‘statements of attainment' into holistic, ‘best fit' Level Descriptions. Since then, the history education community has learned a lot and some of the goals for pupils'...
    Nutshell 133