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  • 'Now listen to Source A' : Music and History

      Teaching History article
    In Steve Mastin’s classroom, pupils do not just read, look at and observe their historical sources. They listen to them. Steve’s classroom is already full of music. He uses it variously - to focus, settle or simply to expand the cultural curiosity of his pupils. Pupils expect to walk in...
    'Now listen to Source A' : Music and History

  • Triumphs Show 135: how trainee teachers learned to put history back into GCSE

      Teaching History feature
    What do you know about how your local museums can help your GCSE planning and teaching? How can your new GCSE courses for September make use of the free resources, artefacts and images that our local and national museums house? That's just what the PGCE history group from Leeds Trinity...
    Triumphs Show 135: how trainee teachers learned to put history back into GCSE

  • The International Journal Volume 3 Number 2

      Journal
    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research Volume 3 Number 2 July 2003 ISSN 1472 - 9466 Editorial Keith Crawford - The Role and Purpose of Textbooks   Articles Jason Nicholls  - Methods in School Textbook Research   Penelope Harnett - History in the Primary School: the Contribution of...
    The International Journal Volume 3 Number 2

  • Film: China's Good War

      How World War II is shaping a new nationalism
    In this lecture Professor Mitter uses film and other propaganda works to explore how key events of global history are being represented in China to develop a different understanding of its own past. The talk addresses a number of the factors for this change in how China is reflecting on...
    Film: China's Good War

  • How ‘good’ are Key Stage 3 textbooks in supporting the teaching of the Holocaust?

      Teaching History article
    Convinced of the value of a good textbook as a teaching and learning resource, Alex Diamond set out to understand teachers’ thinking about Holocaust textbooks and what it would be for a textbook to represent Holocaust history adequately. As Diamond’s discussion shows, this is a multi-faceted issue. Evaluating textbook representation involves reflecting...
    How ‘good’ are Key Stage 3 textbooks in supporting the teaching of the Holocaust?

  • Teaching for beginners

      Multipage Article
    This section is divided into three sub-sections: 2.1 What is history in schools?2.2 Historical knowledge2.3 History classroom practice An introduction to the discipline of history in schools is covered in ‘What is history in schools?’ Beginning teachers need to learn and think about the nature and purposes of history in the school classroom...
    Teaching for beginners

  • Triumphs Show 136: how one history department changed pupils' and parents' perceptions of homework

      Teaching History feature
    Devising worthwhile and engaging homework tasks, week in week out, can prove both demanding and frustrating - particularly in contexts where we know students will have be chased to complete them. How can we make homework planning easier and more effective - and cut down the time spent chasing recalcitrant...
    Triumphs Show 136: how one history department changed pupils' and parents' perceptions of homework

  • Nutshell 127

      Article
    What exactly is TEACH all about? It stands for Teaching Emotive and controversial Issues in History. It was a project funded by the DfES and produced by the Historical Association. The main focus was on how such matters are addressed by those teaching history to those as young as 3...
    Nutshell 127

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      Information
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    Our policies

  • Thematic GCSE Content

      GCSE Resources
    The helpful guide below sets out links to a range of podcasts, articles and pamphlets that will provide subject knowledge guidance that you may find useful for all of the identified thematic topics of the  GCSE specifications. In addition there are also links to helpful articles dealing with bigger picture...
    Thematic GCSE Content

  • Hampstead & North West London Branch Programme

      Article
    Hampstead & North West London Branch Programme 2024-25     Meetings 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. Please email to see if Zoom is available. The cost of Membership is £15...
    Hampstead & North West London Branch Programme

  • Exploring the past through active enquiry

      Primary History article
    Story and enquiry – that’s what I think of when considering history. The stories of events and people pull you into the past and stories generate a curiosity that encourages exploration. ‘Finding out’ is central to what we do in history. Our early-years classrooms must provide vibrant and challenging environments...
    Exploring the past through active enquiry

  • Using indigenous and traditional stories to teach for climate and ecological action

      Primary History article
    Caitríona Ní Cassaithe and Anne Marie Kavanagh explore how herbs and wild plants were and are used to create natural remedies. They use archive material and oral history to promote and explore indigenous voices. They suggest how this could be applied and developed within your own communities. They also make...
    Using indigenous and traditional stories to teach for climate and ecological action

  • Film: Building Subject Knowledge Quickly

      Teaching History for Beginners webinar series
    This film continues our Teaching History for Beginners filmed webinar series.  As a teacher, you may be teaching topics that you have never studied before. In this episode of the Beginning Teacher webinar series, Laura London, Lecturer in Education on the history PGCE at the University of East Anglia gives advice on...
    Film: Building Subject Knowledge Quickly

  • Writing: demonstration and modelling

      Primary History article
    Pupils' historical writing can take thousands of different forms, for example, an advert, comic, magazine article, love letter, short story, exam essay, poster or account of a castle visit. For pupils to compose in any genre they must understand and assimilate the genre's skeletal framework, its mode, tenor, field - pp....
    Writing: demonstration and modelling

  • Film: Death in the Diaspora

      British & Irish Gravestones
    As British and Irish migrants sought new lives in the Caribbean, Asia, North America and Australasia, they left a trail of physical remains where settlement occurred. Between the 17th and 20th centuries, gravestones and elaborate epitaphs documented identity and attachment to both their old and new worlds. In this Virtual...
    Film: Death in the Diaspora

  • From flight paths to spiders’ webs: developing a progression model for Key Stage 3

      Teaching History journal article
    The disapplication of level descriptions in the 2014 National Curriculum has spurred many history departments to rethink their approach not only to assessment but to their models of progression. In this article Rachael Cook builds on the recent work of history teachers such as Ford (TH157), Hawkey et al (TH161),...
    From flight paths to spiders’ webs: developing a progression model for Key Stage 3

  • Membership Administrator Job Opportunity

      Join the HA team
    An exciting opportunity has recently arisen for a Membership Administrator to join the Historical Association's small and busy team to help deliver first-class services and support to our members.  The Historical Association (HA) is a registered charity incorporated by Royal Charter. Since 1906 we have brought together people who share an interest...
    Membership Administrator Job Opportunity

  • The Historian 116: Devon's Militia and the Spanish Armada Crisis

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Reviews 5 Editorial 6 The Fall Of Singapore 1942 - Ted Green (Read Article) 11 The President's Column - Jackie Eales 12 My Favourite History Place: All Saints' Church, Harewood - Ian Dawson (Read Article) 13 1066 and all that in ten tweets - Paula Kitching 14 News from...
    The Historian 116: Devon's Militia and the Spanish Armada Crisis

  • 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

  • Factors influencing pupil take-up of history post Key Stage 3: an exploratory enquiry

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Last year, in Teaching History 132, Richard Harris and Terry Haydn shared their findings from a research project exploring children's views of school history. Here they report on further research, seeking to explain the wide...
    Factors influencing pupil take-up of history post Key Stage 3: an exploratory enquiry

  • Film: The Ruin of All Witches

      Life and Death in the New World
    Professor Malcom Gaskill joined the HA Virtual Branch on Thursday 10th December 2022 to discuss the subject of his book, The Ruin of all Witches, Life and Death in the New World, which was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize in 2022. His research explores the attitudes, beliefs and treatment of people as...
    Film: The Ruin of All Witches

  • Move Me On 114: Teaching history of medicine at GCSE

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Louis is having problems teaching the history of medicine course at GCSE.
    Move Me On 114: Teaching history of medicine at GCSE

  • The Medlicott Medal 2024

      25th April 2024
    Catherine Hall is Emerita Professor of Modern British Social and Cultural History at University College London. She has a long-established academic record in feminist history and empire and post-colonial history. She was a professor of history at UCL during a key development period and was the principal director of two key...
    The Medlicott Medal 2024

  • The Interactive Whiteboard or Smart Board

      Primary History article
    The interactive whiteboard [smartboard] has opened a pathway to explore sources and develop historical interest for children of all ages. It can be used in varied ways that allow a teacher to customise activities to match their intended outcomes. Support for this comes from the growth of easily accessible online databases...
    The Interactive Whiteboard or Smart Board