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  • What’s The Wisdom On... Consequence

      Teaching History feature
    Consequence easily becomes ‘causation’s forgotten sibling’, as Fordham noted, in the title of a workshop presented at the 2012 Historical Association conference. The choice to treat consequence separately from causation in this series of articles is, therefore, a very deliberate one. Yet an emphasis on the importance of consequences should...
    What’s The Wisdom On... Consequence

  • Primary History 50

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    03 Editorial 05 In My View: History... about lives and living – Mick Waters (Read article) 07 In My View: primary history and the curriculum: a South African perspective – Gail Weldon (Read article) 08 In My View: history, values education & PSHE – Hilary Cooper (Read article)  09 In...
    Primary History 50

  • Film: Choosing the migration unit for GCSE

      A Departmental Journey
    When the first revised GCSE specifications were launched in 2016, Sharon Aninakwa and her team at the Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College in North London made the decision to change their thematic unit to a study of migration. Some years later, they have a chance to reflect upon...
    Film: Choosing the migration unit for GCSE

  • Census 2021: using the census in the history classroom

      Article
    As we approach the next census in March 2021, we are reminded of what a rich historical source the census is. For historians, using the census can shine a light on particular people and places – a snapshot in time. Big stories can be told through a sharp local lens...
    Census 2021: using the census in the history classroom

  • EYFS Medium Term Plan - Toys and Games

      Article
    This EYFS Medium Term Plan is based around the theme of Toys and Games. It is designed to give teachers and early years practitioners different starting points for learning about the past, across all areas of learning. The activities could be led with a whole class or as small group...
    EYFS Medium Term Plan - Toys and Games

  • Film: What's the wisdom on... Historical Significance (Primary)

      Article
    Please note: the 'What's the Wisdom On' film series has been produced principally for secondary school history teachers, however some of the content is transferrable to a primary setting. Secondary members can view this film here 'What’s the wisdom on…' is a popular feature in our secondary journal Teaching History and provides the perfect stimulus for...
    Film: What's the wisdom on... Historical Significance (Primary)

  • Film: What's the wisdom on... Historical Significance

      Your Virtual History Department Meeting
    'What’s the wisdom on…' is a popular feature in our secondary journal Teaching History and provides the perfect stimulus for a department meeting. 'What’s the wisdom on…' provides history teachers with an overview of the ‘story so far’ of many years of practice-based professional thinking about a particular aspect of history teaching. To...
    Film: What's the wisdom on... Historical Significance

  • Film: The life and legend of the Sultan Saladin

      Article
    Jonathan Phillips’s 2020 HA Virtual Conference keynote talk on The life and legend of the Sultan Saladin reveals how a man initially branded as ‘the son of Satan’ became so esteemed in Europe and, through extensive new research, we will follow how his character and achievements have acted as a role model for...
    Film: The life and legend of the Sultan Saladin

  • Scheme of work: Local history – the story of our High Street

      Scheme of Work, KS1 History, Changes Within Living Memory (unresourced)
    Teaching a unit that considers ‘changes within living times’ requires a focus that provides clear evidence of those changes. Children need to be able to identify specific differences as well as recognise relevant similarities. While we all still undertake shopping on a daily or weekly basis the processes involved in...
    Scheme of work: Local history – the story of our High Street

  • Film: Questioning in the History Classroom Part B

      Teaching History for Beginners webinar series
    This is the fourth film in the Teaching History for Beginners series. In this film, Ruth Lingard, head of history at Millthorpe School in York and PGCE tutor, takes us through the practical opportunities for effective questioning and the kinds of questions that lend themselves well to different purposes, second order concepts...
    Film: Questioning in the History Classroom Part B

  • Recorded lecture: Henry V: Henry the Conqueror?

      Article
    Henry V - Henry the Conqueror? In this lecture former HA President Anne Curry Emeritus Professor of Medieval History Southampton addresses the question Henry V - Henry the Conqueror?'. She explores the relationship between Henry V, his court and those in France. (Please note: if you have HA Membership and are...
    Recorded lecture: Henry V: Henry the Conqueror?

  • Film: What's the wisdom on... Similarity and Difference (Primary)

      Article
    Please note: the 'What's the Wisdom On' film series has been produced principally for secondary school history teachers, however some of the content is transferrable to a primary setting. Secondary members can view the film here 'What’s the wisdom on…' is a popular feature in our secondary journal Teaching History and provides the perfect stimulus for a department meeting....
    Film: What's the wisdom on... Similarity and Difference (Primary)

  • London and the English Civil War

      Article
    In the spring of 1643 William Lithgow, a Scot born in Lanark in 1582, who had spent most of his life travellingaround Europe, often on foot and having many fantastic adventures, decided to return to Britain. Having just turned sixty, he was obviously feeling pretty gloomy. ‘After long 40 years...
    London and the English Civil War

  • Scheme of work: Journeys - the story of migration to Britain

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (unresourced)
    This unit is designed as a thematic course looking at the big picture of migration to Britain over time. There are many ways that the course can be adapted to include different content which may be more relevant for the local community around your school. Most of the content described in...
    Scheme of work: Journeys - the story of migration to Britain

  • Film: Foreign Intervention in the Cold War

      Branch Lecture: Nuneaton Branch
    This filmed Branch Lecture entitled "Foreign Intervention in the Cold War" features Dr Volker Prott of Aston University. In his talk, Dr Prott, looks at three international crises of the 1960s and early 1970s, the Congo Crisis, the Kashmir dispute and the Indo Pakistan conflict over East Pakistan/Bangladesh. Dr Prott examines when, why and...
    Film: Foreign Intervention in the Cold War

  • 'Wanted, The Elusive Charlie Peace': A Sheffield Killer Of The 1870s As Popular Hero

      Historian article
    On 28 November 1876, William and John Habron, Irish brothers habitually in trouble with the police, were tried at Manchester Assizes for the murder three months before of Police Constable Nicholas Cock (on the basis of ‘scientific’ footprint evidence at the scene of the crime). The jury found 19 year-old...
    'Wanted, The Elusive Charlie Peace': A Sheffield Killer Of The 1870s As Popular Hero

  • From Ashes to Icon

      Historian article
    Charles Stirton reflects on Middleton Hall and the creation of the National Botanic garden of Wales. Something significant is stirring in the gardening world. This year Wales will make history by opening the first national botanic garden in the third millennium. When visitors enter the new garden on the 24th...
    From Ashes to Icon

  • What is interesting about the interwar period?

      Article
    The years between the Armistice of November 1918 and the German attack on Poland in September 1939 were undoubtedly a period of massive transformations. Public appetite to learn about specific aspects of this era remains strong. The making of communist rule in revolutionary Russia, the tribulations of Weimar Germany, the rise...
    What is interesting about the interwar period?

  • Film: What's the wisdom on...Similarity and Difference

      Your Virtual History Department Meeting
    We’ve been talking to our secondary school members and we know how difficult life is for teachers in the current circumstances,  so we wanted to lend a helping hand. 'What’s the wisdom on…' is a popular feature in our secondary journal Teaching History and provides the perfect stimulus for a virtual department meeting....
    Film: What's the wisdom on...Similarity and Difference

  • Film: An Introduction to Lesson Planning (Parts 6-10)

      Teaching History for Beginners webinar series
    This film continues our Teaching History for Beginners filmed webinar series. In this two-part film, Rachel Foster (teaching associate and secondary PGCE lead at the university of Cambridge) explores the key principles and processes of lesson planning for new teachers. View the first part here. This series is designed to support beginning...
    Film: An Introduction to Lesson Planning (Parts 6-10)

  • On Black Lives Matter

      Article
    2020 has been an interesting year in many ways – both as a year to make history and one that has sought to tackle many representations of the past. The Black Lives Matter campaign that has taken on new energy across the globe in response to the killing of a...
    On Black Lives Matter

  • Film: An Introduction to Lesson Planning (Parts 1-5)

      Teaching History for Beginners webinar series
    This film continues our Teaching History for Beginners filmed webinar series. In this two part film, Rachel Foster (teaching associate and secondary PGCE lead at the university of Cambridge) explores the key principles and processes of lesson planning for new teachers. View the second part here. This series is designed to support beginning history...
    Film: An Introduction to Lesson Planning (Parts 1-5)

  • Primary History 18

      Journal
    2 Editorial  3 Primary Updates 7 The Cabot Voyages and Atlantic Exploration uner the Tudors - Peter Fleming 8 Discovering Cabot's Bristol Kieron Costello 12 Reviews 16 History Matters 17 Lessons from History for Primary Schools Roy Hughes 19 PRIMARY HISTORY RESOURCES
    Primary History 18

  • Resourcing sources

      HA Primary Subject Leader Area
    As a subject leader, are you often asked to provide historical objects and other documentary sources to support your colleagues with the teaching of history, but don’t know where to start looking? Well – read on! Teachers need to give children experience of handling a range of sources of information....
    Resourcing sources

  • Film: What's the wisdom on... Change and continuity (Primary)

      Article
    Please note: the 'What's the Wisdom On' film series has been produced principally for secondary school history teachers, however some of the content is transferrable to a primary setting. Secondary members can view the film here We know how difficult life is for teachers in the current circumstances. We also understand your need...
    Film: What's the wisdom on... Change and continuity (Primary)