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  • Film: Gorbachev - Downfall

      Film Series: Power and authority in Russia and the USSR
    Professor Archie Brown looks at the forces that led to Gorbachev's eventual downfall. He also examines the coup in 1991, the rise of Boris Yeltsin and the subsequent breakup of the Soviet Union. This film is part of our film series that looks at Russian history through the lens of leadership from Alexander...
    Film: Gorbachev - Downfall

  • Film: Gorbachev - Interpretations

      Film Series: Power and authority in Russia and the USSR
    Mikhail Gorbachev’s leadership and period in office is remembered differently in different parts of the world. Professor Archie Brown discusses the different interpretations the have developed in the West and in Russia to Gorbachev and his legacy. He describes the impact and development of Post-Soviet Russia and how this has influenced...
    Film: Gorbachev - Interpretations

  • Film: Gorbachev - Foreign Relations

      Film Series: Power and authority in Russia and the USSR
    Professor Archie Brown discusses how Gorbachev fundamentally reformed Soviet foreign policy, redefined relations with the West, fostered closer personal relationships with former adversaries and how he transformed the Cold War world. He examines Gorbachev's policy towards Eastern Europe and the fall of the Iron Curtain, and looks at how his new foreign...
    Film: Gorbachev - Foreign Relations

  • Out and About in ‘The most Loyal and Ancient City of Taunton’

      Historian feature
    The Somerset town of Taunton featured prominently in the highly significant political and religious conflicts of the seventeenth century. Isabella Peach examines Taunton’s role in these events and the impact they had on the town. Her article is based on her winning entry in the 2023 Young Historian Post-16 Local...
    Out and About in ‘The most Loyal and Ancient City of Taunton’

  • Slavery, child labour, or a grand day out? Hull’s agricultural hiring fairs, 1870–1950

      Historian article
    Agricultural hiring fairs – now largely forgotten –performed multiple social functions and were an intriguing aspect of rural life, writes Stephen Caunce. Over the last three decades, long-established British newspapers have endured a steady dwindling of staff, depth of reporting and public respect. Paradoxically, however, the digitalising of old content has...
    Slavery, child labour, or a grand day out? Hull’s agricultural hiring fairs, 1870–1950

  • Out and about in Sheffield

      Historian feature
    This article was commissioned by the Sheffield Branch of the Historical Association in response to an editorial invitation for items of wide Local History interest to be submitted for publication. It is hoped that John Salt's insight will encourage members to visit Sheffield and also give them ideas on what...
    Out and about in Sheffield

  • Out and About in Derry/Londonderry

      Historian feature
    Jenni Hyde was out and about in Derry in 2016 and describes how the sights of the city tell the story of a history which is so much more than just the legacy of the Troubles.
    Out and About in Derry/Londonderry

  • Move Me On 131: Mentor struggling to help trainee learn to plan independently

      Teaching History feature
    Richard Baxter's mentor is struggling to know how to help him plan independently. Richard Baxter is a relatively young trainee with a background in ancient history. He came to the PGCE course straight after completing his undergraduate degree, and is aware of his relative youth as well as what he...
    Move Me On 131: Mentor struggling to help trainee learn to plan independently

  • Pedagogy, politics and the profession

      Teaching History article
    History curriculum reform proposals and debates are a persistent feature of the contemporary educational landscape in England and, very probably, a ‘sign of the times' that can reveal a great deal about contemporary predicaments and concerns. History curriculum controversy is also a global phenomenon and one that can fruitfully -and,...
    Pedagogy, politics and the profession

  • Show and Tell: three Branch book events

      Historian article
    When members of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch were invited to share their views on ‘Books that Changed History’, not all the contributions were as overtly revolutionary as Thomas Paine’s Common Sense nor as familiar as the King James Bible. Marie Davidson and Richard Binns tell us more....
    Show and Tell: three Branch book events

  • 1066 and all what?

      Article
    Over dinner on 14 October a friend challenged me: ‘You’re a history teacher. How come everyone knows about the Battle of Hastings? There must have been loads of battles. Why that one?’ The year 1066 had an iconic role in English historical thought long before Sellar and Yeatman immortalised it...
    1066 and all what?

  • Studying the Maya

      Article
    Most pupils like history, but some struggle with aspects of reading and writing – how can we make history more accessible? This article explores some ways I have found useful in engaging pupils of all abilities. It will focus on activities that might be used in studying the Non-European Society...
    Studying the Maya

  • Stepping into the past: using images to travel through time

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Pupils are eternally curious about their teachers. Do they really have lives outside the classroom? Could Miss Jones have once been a child? Does she have parents and grandparents and a past of her own?...
    Stepping into the past: using images to travel through time

  • Move Me On 176: worried about how to deal with his own dyslexia in the classroom

      The problem page for history mentors
    Move Me On is designed to build critical, informed debate about the character of teacher training, teacher education and professional development. It is also designed to offer practical help to all involved in training new history teachers. Each issue presents a situation in initial teacher education/training with an emphasis upon...
    Move Me On 176: worried about how to deal with his own dyslexia in the classroom

  • Move Me On 189: engendering students' curiosity

      Teaching History feature
    Move Me On is designed to build critical, informed debate about the character of teacher training, teacher education and professional development. It is also designed to offer practical help to all involved in training new history teachers. Each issue presents a situation in initial teacher education/training with an emphasis upon...
    Move Me On 189: engendering students' curiosity

  • Film: Power and freedom: Introduction – 1714 to 1785

      Film Series: Power and freedom in Britain and Ireland: 1714-2010
    In Episode 1, Dr Robin Eagles (History of Parliament), discusses the development of power and freedom in Britain and Ireland from the reign of Queen Anne to the beginning of the Georgian Age. This was a period of strict hierarchy where the monarchy and aristocracy retained significant control over both...
    Film: Power and freedom: Introduction – 1714 to 1785

  • Primary Scheme of Work: Indus Valley

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (resourced)
    This unit on the Indus Valley Civilisation (2600-1900) BCE gives children the opportunity to study an ancient, 'lost' urban civilisation discovered by archaeologists in the Indian subcontinent, early 20th Century. The story of its discovery and the surviving evidence – architecture and artefacts – helps children understand how we  can...
    Primary Scheme of Work: Indus Valley

  • Sutton Hoo and long-distance contacts

      Historian article
    This article looks at the importance of long distance connections between the English kingdoms and the eastern Mediterranean in the sixth to eighth centuries. The relationship between the ship burial at Sutton Hoo – in the eastern English county of Suffolk – the people who discovered and excavated it, and what...
    Sutton Hoo and long-distance contacts

  • Teaching History 45

      Journal
    Editorial 2 Taking advantage of Tollund Man, Rob David 3 Artefacts in the Primary School, John Davies 6 Video and History, Alan Farmer 9 Teaching History in Malawi's Secondary Schools, Sean Morrow 14 A One-year Sixthform Local Studies Course, M.C. Holvoak 20 Report: Women's History Seminar, Sue Millar 22 Letters...
    Teaching History 45

  • Stanley Baldwin's reputation

      Historian article
    Falsification of history is normally associated with dictatorships rather than liberal democracies. Yet tendentious accounts of the recent past are part of the armoury of all types of political debate. Such manipulation usually has only a limited and short-term influence, because it is neutralised by different political parties offering contending...
    Stanley Baldwin's reputation

  • Virtual Branch Recording: Henry III and Simon de Montfort

      Article
    David Carpenter brings to life the dramatic events in the last phase of Henry III’s momentous reign, provides a fresh account of the king’s strenuous efforts to recover power and sheds new light on the rebel figure Simon de Montfort. Professor David Carpenter is a Professor of Medieval History at King's College...
    Virtual Branch Recording: Henry III and Simon de Montfort

  • HA Conference round-up 2022

      31st May 2022
    It really happened! In May 2019 as we departed from Chester, the HA team said 'we’ll see you in Bristol'. Then Covid hit and we didn’t see you in Bristol in 2020 or 2021, but in 2022 we did! We were finally back in person having a conference and it...
    HA Conference round-up 2022

  • Learning from a pandemic

      Teaching History article
    In order to contextualise and make sense of the Covid-19 pandemic, Verity Morgan worked with her school’s long-standing partner school in Ghana to devise an innovative project combining history and science, past and present. In this article, Morgan sets out the rationale for the project, her detailed adaptation of a British Council...
    Learning from a pandemic

  • 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

  • Teaching the Ancient Greeks: an introduction

      Reference guide
    This resource is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of teachers and subject leaders, join the Historical Association today Please note: this guide was written before the new National Curriculum...
    Teaching the Ancient Greeks: an introduction