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  • PowerPoint presentation on developing ways to mainstream Black and Asian British history

      Article
    A new PowerPoint presentation by Dan Lydon on developing ways to mainstream Black and Asian British history in the secondary classroom...Click the link below to open the presentation>>>
    PowerPoint presentation on developing ways to mainstream Black and Asian British history

  • Assessment exemplar: children questioning artefacts

      Exemplar
    Questioning can be used in assessing childrens historical skills, as this example shows.The children were all in Year 4, and were withdrawn from their mixed Year 3/4 class for this lesson. They had covered several aspects of National Curriculum history, including over the past year the Egyptians and a local...
    Assessment exemplar: children questioning artefacts

  • Whole-school planning for progression

      Primary History article
    The challenge for subject leaders and school leadership teams continues to be managing the tension between what history has to offer your vision for learning and your children's entitlement to a high-quality history education. The new national curriculum has ensured that this year you have had a close look at...
    Whole-school planning for progression

  • Warfare - GCSE

      Links to Articles & Podcasts
    Warfare
    Warfare - GCSE

  • A scaffold, not a cage: progression and progression models in history

      Teaching History article
    The need to understand ways of defining progression in history becomes ever more pressing in the face of a target-setting, assessment-driven regime which requires us to measure progress at every turn. We must defend our professional expertise in terms of measurable outcomes. Did we add value? Have our end of...
    A scaffold, not a cage: progression and progression models in history

  • Making pupils want to explain: using Movie Maker to foster thoroughness and self-monitoring

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Sally Burnham shares her practice and reflections on the value of the software, ‘Movie Maker', for developing particular aspects of historical thinking and learning. In Teaching History 130, in the context of her Key Stage...
    Making pupils want to explain: using Movie Maker to foster thoroughness and self-monitoring

  • The Historian 126: The Battle of Waterloo

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Reviews 5 Editorial 6 The Battle of Waterloo: Sunday 18 June 1815 - John Morewood (Read Article) 13 News from 59a 14 Scum of the earth - or fine fellows? The British soldier in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars - Carole Divall (Read Article) 19 The President's Column 20 Medical...
    The Historian 126: The Battle of Waterloo

  • West Surrey Branch Programme

      Article
    All enquiries to Matthew Smith membershipwsha@yahoo.co.uk  Entry to meetings is free for HA members and students.  Associate membership of the branch which gives free entry to all meetings is £15 per year.  Non-members £6 per meeting, payable at the door.  Meetings on Tuesday except where stated. All meetings start at...
    West Surrey Branch Programme

  • Using causation diagrams to help sixth-formers think about cause and effect

      Teaching History article
    Alex Alcoe was concerned that mastery of certain keywords and question formulae at GCSE perhaps obscured fundamental gaps in his students’ understanding of the nature of causation. These gaps were revealed when he invited Year 12 students to make explicit, by annotating a diagram, their understanding of the relationship between...
    Using causation diagrams to help sixth-formers think about cause and effect

  • Super history teaching on the Superhighway: the Internet for beginners

      Article
    Isobel Jenkins and Mike Turpin answer some of those basic questions which many history teachers are afraid to ask, like ‘What exactly is it anyway?' and ‘Is this really worth my valuable time?' They outline the internet's value as a means of improving information access and as a way of...
    Super history teaching on the Superhighway: the Internet for beginners

  • History using information technology: past, present and future

      Article
    Alaric Dickinson gives an overview of recent developments in the teaching of history using ICT and relates these to different contexts. He examines the appeal of the History Using IT materials and places these in the context of earlier developments. He also considers the role of ICT in the context...
    History using information technology: past, present and future

  • Scheme of Work: Walter Tull

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 1 History (unresourced)
    Pupils will look at the childhood and football career of Walter Tull, what happened to him when he fought in World War I and why he was different from most people of his time. They will compare his experiences to issues and people still relevant today including the double Olympian...
    Scheme of Work: Walter Tull

  • The Historian 125: Magna Carta

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    All the linked individual articles in this edition are available open-access. 4 Reviews 5 Editorial 6 The making of Magna Carta - Sophie Ambler (Read Article) 12 Magna Carta: oblivion and revival -  Nicholas Vincent (Read Article) 15 The President's Column 16 Reinventing the Charter: from Sir Edward Coke to ‘freeborn...
    The Historian 125: Magna Carta

  • The Historian 72: Two Babies that could have changed world history!

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Featured articles: 6 Two babies that could have changed world history - Geoffrey Chamberlain MD (Read article) 12 The origins of the local government service - Kenneth Poole (Read article) 22 ‘Spy fever’ in Britain, 1900 to 1914 - James Hampshire (Read article) 28 Why did the Dome Fail? - Lucy...
    The Historian 72: Two Babies that could have changed world history!

  • New, Novice or Nervous? 172: Curriculum planning

      Teaching History feature: the quick guide to the ‘no-quick-fix’
    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 find something better: conversations in which history teachers have debated or tackled your problems – conversations which...
    New, Novice or Nervous? 172: Curriculum planning

  • The International Journal Volume 1 Number 2

      Journal
    Editorial  - History and the History Curriculum Articles Isabel Barca - Prospective teachers' ideas about assessing different accounts    Keith Barton - Primary children's understanding of the role of historical evidence: Comparisons between the United States and Northern Ireland    Carley Dalvarez - The Contribution of History to Citizenship Education ...
    The International Journal Volume 1 Number 2

  • Teaching History 53

      Journal
    Editorial 2 News 3 Articles: Multiculturalism and the Lower School History Syllabus: Towards a Practical Approach. - Paul Goalen 8 Using Audio-Visual Media with Slow Learners: A New Approach in History - Keith Hodgkinson 17 New History and Media Education - Derek McKiernan 20 Local History Studies in the Classroom...
    Teaching History 53

  • Who are we?

      Information
    There are many ways you can support our work to bring history to all: Become a Member Make a donation Contribute an article Other ways to support us We are a registered charity incorporated by Royal Charter (charity no. 1120261). We support the teaching, learning and enjoyment of history at all...
    Who are we?

  • Film: Bricks and the making of the city - London in the 19th century

      Virtual Branch
    In this HA Virtual Branch talk Peter Hounsell drew on his recently published book Bricks of Victorian London, exploring the crucial role brick production played in the creation of Britain's capital and why the important place of bricks in the fabric of the city isn't always obvious. Peter Hounsell has published...
    Film: Bricks and the making of the city - London in the 19th century

  • Film: Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe

      Virtual Branch Lecture Recording
    Ravenna was the capital of the Western Roman Empire from 402 CE until 751 CE, then later, the capital of the immense kingdom of Theoderic the Goth and finally the centre of Byzantine power in Italy. In this talk Professor Judith Herrin explores the history of the city, its peoples...
    Film: Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe

  • Opinion: Who was ‘the man of his time’?

      Historian article
    In this new, occasional section of The Historian, contributors share their thoughts on matters of public historical debate. We invite our readers to respond, either by writing to the editors at thehistorian@history.org.uk or by writing their own opinion piece. Here, Lorenzo Kamel shares his thoughts on why saying ‘he was a...
    Opinion: Who was ‘the man of his time’?

  • The Importance of Truth, Quality and Objectivity in the BBC German Service from 1938 to 1945

      Historian article
    Throughout the Second World War the BBC produced and transmitted regular broadcasts in German to Germany and other European countries occupied by the Germans. In this article Hattie Simpson evaluates the style and success of the BBC German Service. The article is based on her winning entry in the senior...
    The Importance of Truth, Quality and Objectivity in the BBC German Service from 1938 to 1945

  • Case Study: Teaching World War 1 and professional development

      Primary History case study
    Please note: This article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content and references may be outdated. During the autumn term 2008 I covered World War I as an example of how to attempt a cross curricular project at KS 2 [7-11 age range] with Newly Qualified Teacher Status [QTS] students. During my...
    Case Study: Teaching World War 1 and professional development

  • Communicating about the past: Resource H

      Article
    Key stage 2-3 History Transition Project: sample scheme of work on Alexander the Great This resource was created as part of the above project whose activities are described in the introduction to Resource D.  Three teachers, Geraint Brown (an AST) and Matt Stanford, both of Cottenham Village College, and Dave...
    Communicating about the past: Resource H

  • Medieval Britain 1066-1509

      HA Resources
    The development of Church, state and society in Medieval Britain 1066-1509While 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 how they can best 'combine overview and depth...
    Medieval Britain 1066-1509