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  • A Historiography of the British Empire

      Podcast
    In this podcast Dr Larry Butler of the University of East Anglia examines how have interpretations of the British Empire have changed over the years.
    A Historiography of the British Empire

  • Introducing the Empire through coins

      Lesson Plan
    This coins lesson introduces children to the complex and controversial subject of the British Empire in a practical, hands-on way. (These resources are attached below) The lesson can stand alone or form an introduction to an in-depth study of empire, immigration and emigration. It overlaps usefully with geography and citizenship....
    Introducing the Empire through coins

  • Triumphs Show 167: Keeping the 1960s complicated

      Teaching History feature: celebrating and sharing success
    During her PGCE year, it became evident to Rachel Coleman just how much pupils struggled with the complicated nature of history. They were troubled in particular by the lack of definitive answers, by the range of perspectives that might be held at the time of a particular event or development...
    Triumphs Show 167: Keeping the 1960s complicated

  • Making the children work for the information!

      Primary History article
    Your local museum is often a rich but sometimes overlooked resource. Images, documents and maps show a broad range of history but one that also relates to the children’s own local area. This allows children to see the connection with their own past, providing them with examples that they can...
    Making the children work for the information!

  • The Sir Martin Gilbert History Prize 2022

      16th March 2022
    The Sir Martin Gilbert Learning Centre is delighted to announce the 2022 Sir Martin Gilbert History Prize. The essay question for this year is:   "Debates about war are important, but not more important than the human story of those who fought in them." – Sir Martin Gilbert  Discuss with reference to a...
    The Sir Martin Gilbert History Prize 2022

  • Captain Cook & the discovery of Australia & New Zealand

      The History of the Royal Society
    In this podcast Dr Jordan Goodman discusses Captain Cook and the discovery of Australia & New Zealand.
    Captain Cook & the discovery of Australia & New Zealand

  • The International Journal Volume 14, Number 2

      IJHLTR
    Editorial and Editorial Review pp. 5–28 Editorial pp. 5–6 Editorial Review pp. 7–28 Jon Nichol, The Historical Association of Great Britain, United Kingdom – England Hilary Cooper, University of Cumbria, United Kingdom – England Austria pp. 29–39 Are Historical Thinking Skills Important To History Teachers? Some Findings From A Qualitative...
    The International Journal Volume 14, Number 2

  • Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch Programme

      Article
    For any branch enquiries please telephone Marie Davidson on 0141 956 1172 All meetings are held at 11am on the second Saturday of the month at Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church Observatory Road, Glasgow West End G12 9AR.  Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch Programme 2025 11 January 2025 The Blitz...
    Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch Programme

  • The Chartists

      The History of Democracy in Britain
    In this podcast Professor Eric Evans examines the development of the Chartist movement and its legacy.
    The Chartists

  • The Aztecs & Spanish Conquest for GCSE

      Briefing Pack
    Ian Mursell set up Mexicolore in 1980 with his Mexican partner Graciela Sánchez and has worked since then with a wide variety of heritage and academic partners specialising in Aztec and Maya history. With the Aztecs now becoming a study unit on the OCR 2016 GCSE specification B, the Historical...
    The Aztecs & Spanish Conquest for GCSE

  • The Origins of the Local Government Service

      Historian article
    The concept ‘local government’ dates only from the middle of the nineteenth century. ‘Local government service’ emerged later still. In 1903 Redlich and Hirst1 wrote of ‘municipal officers’, while in 1922 Robson2 preferred ‘the municipal civil service’. ‘Local government service’ perhaps derives its pedigree from its use in the final...
    The Origins of the Local Government Service

  • A view from the classroom

      Article
    The end of one school year and the beginning of a new one is always a time for reflection. If it coincides with moving classrooms and changing key stage too, as I am from KS1 to KS2, there is a good opportunity to sort out resources, and plan a fresh...
    A view from the classroom

  • Castles: homes in the past

      Lesson Plan
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. The key stage 1 classes were looking at castles in terms of homes in the distant past. This was the second lesson- in the first we debated and decided the best place to build a castle....
    Castles: homes in the past

  • Mesopotamia: Making a picture of Mesopotamia in our heads

      Article
    Working in a small rural primary school in North Gloucestershire I was inspired by national news reports from Iraq to change the focus of our Ancient History study from Ancient Egypt to Mesopotamia, ‘the land between the rivers'. A study of this region of the Middle East fulfilled so many...
    Mesopotamia: Making a picture of Mesopotamia in our heads

  • Teaching History 166: The Moral Maze

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    02  Editorial (Read article) 03  HA Secondary News 04  HA Update 08  Putting Catlin in his place? Helping Year 9 to problematize narratives of the American West – Jess Landy (Read article) 16 Cunning Plan: Developing an enquiry on the First Crusade – Rachel Foster and Kath Goudie (Read article) 20  Active...
    Teaching History 166: The Moral Maze

  • New research sheds light on downfall of Classic Maya civilisation

      3rd August 2018
    The Maya was one of the world’s greatest ancient civilisations, and its apparently sudden decline in the 9th century AD has long been a subject for historical debate.   Now scientists have found evidence which appears to confirm the theory that the large-scale abandonment of Maya city states was precipitated by a massive drought...
    New research sheds light on downfall of Classic Maya civilisation

  • Charles Darwin's Early Life & the Voyage of the Beagle

      The History of Science
    In this podcast Professor Jim Secord and Dr Alison Pearn of the Darwin Correspondence Project look at Darwin's early life, education and the Voyage of the Beagle.
    Charles Darwin's Early Life & the Voyage of the Beagle

  • Film: Acts of Union and Disunion

      An Interview with Linda Colley
    Professor Linda Colley CBE, FBA, FRSL, FRHistS is a British Historian and a Fellow of the Historical Association. At the start of 2014 she wrote and presented a BBC Radio 4 series about the Acts of Union and Disunion, now a book. Over the summer she came into the HA...
    Film: Acts of Union and Disunion

  • Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust

      Historian article
    Daniel Goldhagen defines anti-semitism as ‘negative beliefs and emotions about Jews qua Jews.' Nazis believed Jews to be the source of Germany's misfortunes, and that they must be denied German citizenship and removed from German society. Hitler never compromised on the need to settle what he regarded as the Jewish...
    Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust

  • The Historian 124: Friend or Foe?

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Reviews 5 Editorial 6 An interview with Linda Colley (Watch the interview) 11 The President's Column 12 Friend or foe? Foreigners in England in the later Middle Ages - Mark Ormrod (Read Article) 18 Daniel Defoe, public opinion and the Anglo-Scottish Union - Ted Vallance (Read Article) 23 Memorial...
    The Historian 124: Friend or Foe?

  • Work experience opportunities at the HA

      Information
    Work experience can be a useful way to find out what kinds of careers and roles you are interested in and improve your employment prospects by gaining experience and skills, while demonstrating commitment to a particular career or subject area. The HA is a small and busy charity with offices based near...
    Work experience opportunities at the HA

  • Cunning Plan 163.1: GCSE Thematic study

      Teaching History feature
    I started teaching ‘crime and punishment through time’ thematically a few years ago. I was teaching it as a Schools History Project ‘study in development’. We had moved from ‘medicine through time’ in order to keep things fresh. After six times through the content, much as I loved it, crime,...
    Cunning Plan 163.1: GCSE Thematic study

  • Podcast Series: The Mughal Empire

      Multipage Article
    In this set of podcasts Ushma Williams looks at the rise, fall and legacy of the Mughal Empire.
    Podcast Series: The Mughal Empire

  • Polychronicon 163: Europe: the longest debate

      Teaching History feature
    On 23 June, electors in the United Kingdom will vote on whether they wish to remain part of the European Union. The passionate debate around the question has seen the spectre of Hitler and the example of Churchill invoked, with varying  plausibility, by both sides. It has also drawn on the...
    Polychronicon 163: Europe: the longest debate

  • Does the grammatical ‘release the conceptual’?

      Teaching History article
    Jim Carroll noticed basic literacy errors in his Year 13s’ writing, but on closer examination decided that these were not best addressed purely as literacy issues. Through an intervention based on clauses, Carroll managed to enable his students to write better, but he did this by teasing out principles of...
    Does the grammatical ‘release the conceptual’?