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  • New, Novice or Nervous? 169: Developing a sense of place

      Journal article
    This page is for those new to the published writings of history teachers. Each problem you wrestle with, other teachers have wrestled with too. Quick fixes don’t exist. But in others’ writing, you’ll soon find something better: conversations in which other history teachers have debated or tackled your problems – conversations any history...
    New, Novice or Nervous? 169: Developing a sense of place

  • Attempting to reach the heart of the matter

      Journal article
    Michael McIntyre and Vanessa Hull explain the work of Facing History and Ourselves, an education organisation based in the United States and working internationally. Facing History aims to engage students in reflection on why violence occurred in the past, on what this teaches us about the world today and on...
    Attempting to reach the heart of the matter

  • 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

  • Looking through the keyhole at Birkenhead from 1900 to 1950 with Year 7

      Journal article
    Matt Jones wanted to harness the power of local history to help his students understand the profound social changes experienced across Britain in the first half of the twentieth century. While he hoped that the personal stories of six families in Birkenhead would help to humanise abstract concepts such as...
    Looking through the keyhole at Birkenhead from 1900 to 1950 with Year 7

  • Defying the ‘constrictive grip of typologies’

      Journal article
    History teachers have frequently made recourse to character cards as a device to help young people, each assigned specific roles, to understand how different kinds of people responded in different ways to particular situations in the past. Edward FitzGerald builds on this tradition, demonstrating the value of using rich historical...
    Defying the ‘constrictive grip of typologies’

  • History 352

      The Journal of the Historical Association
    All HA members have access to all History journal articles (Wiley Online Library site). To access History content:  1. Sign in to the HA website (top right of any page)2. Then click this link to allow access to History content on the Wiley site.   NB all links below go to the Wiley Online Library site and open in a new window or tab. Access the full edition online Clerical...
    History 352

  • Hosting teacher development at historical sites: the benefits for classroom teaching

      Journal article
    Many previous contributors to Teaching History have demonstrated the power of site visits to stimulate young people’s engagement and enrich their understanding of history. It is usually assumed, however, that the young people themselves will have the opportunity to visit the site in question – an assumption that cannot always...
    Hosting teacher development at historical sites: the benefits for classroom teaching

  • Exploring and Teaching Medieval History in Schools

      A secondary education publication of the Historical Association
    This resource is free to everyone. For access to our library of high-quality secondary history materials along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of history teachers and subject leaders, join the Historical Association today  Three words sum up the approach of this publication to the...
    Exploring and Teaching Medieval History in Schools

  • The Swansea Branch Chronicle 17

      Branch Publication
    3. Editorial4. Patagonia - Trevor A. Johnson6. The Significance of Migration - Anita Arcari8. The Highland Clearances - John Easton Law11. Emigration to New Zealand - Rosemary Harvard Jones13. Branch News 15. Jews in Wales - Leonard Mars17. Joe’s Gelato - Lucy Hughes19. Unity in Diversity - Natalie Paisey
    The Swansea Branch Chronicle 17

  • Polychronicon 152: Changing interpretations of the workhouse?

      Teaching History feature
    The workhouse has long held a negative reputation in the popular imagination as the dreaded destination of the destitute, an institution guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of the Victorian poor. This is partly owing to its design under the New Poor Law of 1834 as an explicit punishment...
    Polychronicon 152: Changing interpretations of the workhouse?

  • HA Blog Watch

      Selected history education blogs
    We've collated some of the best history education blogs here. The list isn't exhaustive so if there is a great history education blog out there that is not on this list – let us know! One Big History Department HA Secondary Committee blog One Big History Department (OBHD) has been...
    HA Blog Watch

  • Teaching History 169: A Time and a Place

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    02 Editorial (Read article) 03 HA Secondary News 04 HA Update – Teaching local history at Key Stage 3 08 From temple to forum: teaching final-year history students to become critical museum visitors – Michael Harcourt (Read article) 16 Triumphs Show: Using 360° VR technology with the GCSE Historic Environment study...
    Teaching History 169: A Time and a Place

  • Ideas for Assemblies: Women in parliament

      Article
    A fundamental part of British values is our democracy. The system theoretically gives people equal rights because everyone is entitled to one vote that has the same value when placed in the ballot box. The progress made with regards to equal suffrage is an important aspect of teaching about democracy...
    Ideas for Assemblies: Women in parliament

  • One of my favourite history places: Hadrian's Wall

      Article
    Choosing Hadrian’s Wall as one of my favourite places is a bit of a cheat really as it is a 73-mile-long (80 Roman miles) wall punctuated with a whole range of 20 individual sites each worth a visit; from mile castles and forts to desolate sections with fabulous views or...
    One of my favourite history places: Hadrian's Wall

  • M&S brings over 130 years of archives into your classroom

      Article
    There is something really magical about making your own discoveries. Investigating something sparked by your own curiosity and using your own skills of observation and deduction to find out more is exciting. Human beings have always wanted to find out about our history and our place in the world –...
    M&S brings over 130 years of archives into your classroom

  • Having fun through time

      Article
    This article is about planning and teaching about ‘having fun across time’ for use in the later years of Key Stage 2 – investigating questions such as ‘Were people having fun in the same ways in the Middle Ages as in the Roman or Victorian periods?’ ‘What did our parents...
    Having fun through time

  • The Vikings: ruthless killers or peaceful settlers?

      Primary History article
    This article outlines how one Year 4 teacher approached the topic of the Vikings. The teaching of The Vikings allows for a range of historical concepts to be explored such as: Chronological understanding – how long did Viking influence last? Where does it appear on the timeline of Britain? What...
    The Vikings: ruthless killers or peaceful settlers?

  • Home Front Legacy 1914-18

      Article
    Home Front Legacy 1914-18 is your opportunity to research, discover and record the remains of the First World War Home Front in the United Kingdom. This partnership project, co-ordinated by the Council for British Archaeology with support and funding from Historic England, is open to everyone. You don’t need any...
    Home Front Legacy 1914-18

  • History outside the classroom at Key Stage 1

      Article
    When thinking about what history means to five- to seven-year-old children, the chances are it is quite a muddle of ideas – from princesses and castles through to dinosaurs and Second World War fighter planes – without a great deal of coherence as to how it all fits together. Learning...
    History outside the classroom at Key Stage 1

  • ‘It’s a great big ship!’: Teaching the Titanic at Key Stage 1

      Article
    Edith Haisman, a 15-year-old passenger on the Titanic, exclaimed, ‘It’s a great big ship!’ when she first caught sight of it. Similar excitement could be generated among your pupils by incorporating a study of the Titanic into your curriculum. If you are tired of teaching about the Great Fire of...
    ‘It’s a great big ship!’: Teaching the Titanic at Key Stage 1

  • Is There a Place for The Holocaust in the Primary Curriculum?

      Article
    The Holocaust – the murder of approximately six million Jewish men, women and children by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during the Second World War – is possibly the most difficult event that any history teacher will ever have to teach. Most obviously, it can be deeply upsetting, for educators...
    Is There a Place for The Holocaust in the Primary Curriculum?

  • Early Years: Learning about the Past through 'People Who Help Us'

      Article
    'People who help us’ is a popular learning theme in the Foundation Stage. It helps children develop their knowledge of the world around them and understand how they are part of a local and wider community. Aspects of this theme can also provide opportunities for children to develop their understanding...
    Early Years: Learning about the Past through 'People Who Help Us'

  • Learning without limits

      Teaching History article
    Richard Kerridge writes here about his efforts to help students to overcome an experience that was once his own: of being labelled low-ability, with all the attendant lowering of expectations that this entails. He recognises the merits of rigorously ensuring that all students should be able to access their entitlement...
    Learning without limits

  • New, Novice or Nervous? 168: Local history

      Teaching History feature
    This page is for those new to the published writings of history teachers. Each problem you wrestle with, other teachers have wrestled with too...   The opportunities afforded by local history are far from parochial. The study of a neighbouring town, a local battalion, a village street or even a...
    New, Novice or Nervous? 168: Local history

  • Move Me On 168: teaching exam classes

      Teaching History feature
    Move Me On is designed to build critical, informed debate about the character of teacher training, teacher education and professional development. It is also designed to offer practical help to all involved in training new history teachers.  This issue’s problem: Robert Nivelle is nearing the end of his first (relatively long)...
    Move Me On 168: teaching exam classes