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  • Film: Unpicking the Ofsted subject report for history

      Rich Encounters With the Past
    In this webinar, history teachers and consultants Stuart Tiffany and Kerry Somers and Senior lecturer in primary education at Liverpool John Moore's University, Ailsa Fidler discuss the July 2023 history subject report with Ofsted National Lead for history, Tim Jenner. In the course of the webinar discussion, the key messages...
    Film: Unpicking the Ofsted subject report for history

  • History Journal Film: The Letters, Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell

      History journal blog
    The History journal team are delighted to launch their first in a series of films interviewing the authors at the cutting edge of historical research. Today, we are thrilled to welcome John Morrill, professor emeritus of the University of Cambridge and emeritus fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge, and Dr Joel...
    History Journal Film: The Letters, Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell

  • Blog off! Refreshing the public history blog

      History journal blog
    Image: Social media sites have provided a platform for fierce debates about the statues of slave traders such as Edward Colston. Even if we think the so-called ‘culture war’ is an overinflated red herring, there’s no denying that some of the fiercest debates about history are occurring online. Contests over...
    Blog off! Refreshing the public history blog

  • Sudan Holy Mountain: Jebel Barkal and its Temples

      Guide Book
    This guide book was produced by Timothy Kendall and El-Hassan Ahmed Mohamed (Co-Directors NCAM Archaeological Mission at Jebel Barkal) and has been published on our website by their kind permission (© 2022 Timothy Kendall and El-Hassan Ahmed Mohamed) to support our podcast that examines the history of Ancient Nubia and the Kushite...
    Sudan Holy Mountain: Jebel Barkal and its Temples

  • Petitioning the House of Commons, 1780–1918

      Petitions, Parliament and Political Culture
    In this podcast Professor Richard Huzzey and Dr Henry Miller of the University of Durham discuss their research project on 'Re-thinking petitions, Parliament, and people in the long nineteenth century'. During this project they analysed records of 1 million public petitions to the House of Commons in the period 1780-1918 - and...
    Petitioning the House of Commons, 1780–1918

  • Teaching & Assessing Historical Understanding

      Teaching of History Series No.63
    The purpose of this pamphlet is to broach several issues relating to a child's understanding of some key concepts in History. These are: Cause and consequence. Time concepts, i.e. change, continuity, development, progression and regression. Evidence. Significance. Similarity and difference.  Under each of these headings, consideration will be given to: ...
    Teaching & Assessing Historical Understanding

  • Bolton Branch Birthday

      Bolton Branch News
    Renowned historian Professor Sir Ian Kershaw joined the Bolton Branch of the Historical Association on 1 October 2007 to help celebrate their 80th anniversary. An audience of 185 people listened to his lecture on ‘The German People and the Persecution of the Jews', which examined the attitudes of the German...
    Bolton Branch Birthday

  • Films: Ancient Near East Architecture

      Visualise the Ancient Near East with 3d Models
    To accompany our podcast series on the Ancient Near East we have put together some films to help you visualise the buildings and cities of this period of Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Assyrian history. All the beautiful 3d models below were created by Artefacts, a conceptual design agency who specialise in the visualisation...
    Films: Ancient Near East Architecture

  • Films: Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian Myths, Stories & Letters

      Article
    To accompany our series of podcasts looking at the ancient Near East we have put together a few films that give you a sense of the incredible literature and mythology that emerged from Mesopotamia and Egypt over their long histories. We have also put together a few films that give voice to the ancient...
    Films: Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian Myths, Stories & Letters

  • How the Quality Mark for history can support you as a subject leader

      Article
    Whether you have been a history subject lead for a while or are new to the role, the HA’s Quality Mark (QM) for Primary History can help to support you in developing the subject in your school. In this guide experienced Quality Mark assessor and primary educator Sue Temple outlines...
    How the Quality Mark for history can support you as a subject leader

  • Ruins in the woods: A case study of three historical ruins 'hidden' in the woodland of Derbyshire

      Historian article
    Ruined buildings shrouded in trees, masonry crumbling into the undergrowth. It sounds like the backdrop for an Indiana Jones movie, the sort of thing people trek across Central America or the wilds of Cambodia to find. But Britain has its own share of enigmatic relics. Three very different such historical...
    Ruins in the woods: A case study of three historical ruins 'hidden' in the woodland of Derbyshire

  • Filmed Lecture: Medlicott Lecture 2023 - Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch

      Article
    The Medlicott Medal is awarded annually for outstanding services and contributions to history. This year the Medal went to renowned historian and author Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch who is currently Professor of the Church at Oxford. His 2008 book History of Christianity: the first three thousand years is the leading authority on the history...
    Filmed Lecture: Medlicott Lecture 2023 - Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch

  • The Historian 101: The snobbery of chronology

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    The snobbery of chronology: In defence of the generals on the Western Front - Mark Mortimer (Read Article) President's Column - Anne Curry The strange death of King Harold II: Propaganda and the problem of legitimacy in the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings - Chris Dennis (Read Article) Winston Churchill and the Islamic...
    The Historian 101: The snobbery of chronology

  • Recorded webinar: Cause and consequence

      Assessing substantive and disciplinary knowledge together in primary history
    The National Curriculum for History includes concepts of disciplinary knowledge which Ofsted expects to see taught hand in hand with substantive knowledge through Key Stages 1 and 2. This practical webinar will show how subject leaders can assess for progression in the concept of cause and consequence but combined with...
    Recorded webinar: Cause and consequence

  • Recorded Webinar: Mass-Observing Modern Britain

      Article
    Mass-Observation is probably the most consistently useful source for the study of mid and late 20th social lives Britain. It was established in 1937 with the aim of investigating ordinary life and developing an 'anthropology of ourselves.' It used a range of different methods to collect information, from recording overheard...
    Recorded Webinar: Mass-Observing Modern Britain

  • Film: A short history of Islamic thought

      Article
    In his book of the same name, A short history of Islamic thought, Dr Fitzroy Morrissey provides a concise introduction to the origins and sources of Islamic thought, from its beginnings in the 7th century to the current moment. In this talk he explores the major ideas and introduces the...
    Film: A short history of Islamic thought

  • School History Scene: the unique contribution of theatre to history teaching

      Teaching History article
    The study of history has to be vibrant. It is about real people, real dramas, real narrative, real human dilemmas. It is not surprising that, despite manifold structural pressures working against us, take-up for GCSE history is once again buoyant. There are all manner of reasons for this - is...
    School History Scene: the unique contribution of theatre to history teaching

  • The Rainbow Circle and the New Liberalism

      Historian article
    The publication of the first volume of Paddy Ashdown’s Diaries in 2000 has focused renewed attention on the relationship between the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party. From the first meeting between Ashdown and Tony Blair at the latter’s house on 4 September 1994, less than seven weeks after his...
    The Rainbow Circle and the New Liberalism

  • You are members of a United Nations Commission...' Recent world crises simulations

      Teaching History article
    David Ghere presents a teaching and learning rationale for simulations where the location is not identified. This creates a deliberately artificial situation where the student can tackle the problems and carry out the decision-making and problem-solving exercise without preconceptions. The author does not recommend leaving the activity at this stage,...
    You are members of a United Nations Commission...' Recent world crises simulations

  • What do children think about the the royal family and the coronation of King Charles III? 

      Pupil voice vox pops films
    Recently, Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, was interviewed for American television about the future of the monarchy and thoughts about a slimmed down royal family in line with how some European royal families operate. At a recent event in partnership with City, University of London and Southampton University about the...
    What do children think about the the royal family and the coronation of King Charles III? 

  • Film: Berengaria of Navarre

      History & Myth
    In this talk Dr Gabrielle Storey discusses the life and times of Berengaria of Navarre, queen of England, lord of Le Mans, and wife of Richard I. Berengaria of Navarre has been inaccurately labelled as the only queen never to have stepped foot in England. This talk will present new analysis...
    Film: Berengaria of Navarre

  • Film: Rome in the world/the world in Rome with Dr Lucy Donkin

      Article
    In-person tickets to HA Annual Conference 2023 are now limited but you can still book for an incredible virtual programme. To give you a taster of the fantastic sessions on offer, we've published one of the sessions from last year's HA Conference on Rome in the world/the world in Rome with...
    Film: Rome in the world/the world in Rome with Dr Lucy Donkin

  • The Coronation of King Charles III

      Resources for secondary schools
    2023 will see the first coronation of a British monarch for 70 years. Only those now in their 70s or above will remember the last one. The UK is the only country in Europe still to carry out a coronation, a ceremony that has its roots in traditions over a...
    The Coronation of King Charles III

  • The Coronation of King Charles III

      Resources for Key Stages 1 and 2
    2023 will see the first coronation of a British monarch for 70 years. Only those now in their 70s or above will remember the last one. The UK is the only country in Europe still to carry out a coronation, a ceremony that has its roots in traditions over a...
    The Coronation of King Charles III

  • Recorded Webinar: Nineteenth-century crime and punishment

      Article
    This webinar with Dr Emma D Watkins explores the changing understanding of crime and responses to it in the nineteenth-century. It provides a brief overview on the general shift from punishment of the body, to banishment, all the way through to imprisonment. With a particular emphasis on the use of...
    Recorded Webinar: Nineteenth-century crime and punishment