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  • A View from the Classroom - Chronology

      Primary History feature
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. As a teacher, the passing of time in a classroom may be: challenging, stimulating, appear endless, be subject to constant change, though never dull. Years pass, yet at times it can seem but yesterday, when I...
    A View from the Classroom - Chronology

  • My Favourite History Place - Sackville College, East Grinstead

      Historian feature
    Sackville College almshouse in East Grinstead, Sussex, was founded in 1609, by Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset, when he wrote his will. He died 17 days later without seeing one stone laid, yet the College still stands, providing affordable accommodation for local elderly people of limited means. It is...
    My Favourite History Place - Sackville College, East Grinstead

  • 100 Years of Suffrage

      6th February 2018
    The Representation of the People Act of 1918 gave the vote to all men and some women. Was it the greatest turning point in the history of British democracy? The Historical Association is looking forward to exploring that very question at the final of our Great Debate competition for students...
    100 Years of Suffrage

  • Cunning Plan 165: Helping lower-attaining students

      Teaching History feature
    My GCSE students were about to embark on their controlled assessment, which asked them to weigh up conflicting views on the British military’s contribution to the D-Day landings. Students were asked to engage  with a range of historians’ views and textbooks as well as some contemporary source material to assess...
    Cunning Plan 165: Helping lower-attaining students

  • 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

  • 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

  • Direct teaching of paragraph cohesion

      Teaching History article
    How do we help pupils to write better paragraphs without actually doing it for them? How do we break down the process of essay writing into smaller steps without taking away pupils’ sense of the essay as a whole? How do we give lower-attaining pupils models, structures and frames without...
    Direct teaching of paragraph cohesion

  • The Personal Study Dealing With Significance

      Student Guides
    To access the PDF resources attached to this guide, along with a wealth of other online resources from podcasts to articles and publications, plus support and advice though our “How To”, examination and transition to university guides and careers resources, join the Historical Association today History courses at A-Level contain...
    The Personal Study Dealing With Significance

  • IJHLTR International Journal Volume 15, Number 1

      The International Journal of History Learning and Teaching
    Editorial pp. 5–7Editorial: Identity, Nationalism And Thinking Historically France pp. 8–23Anna Zadora, University of Strasbourg, FranceHistory Teaching In Belarus: Between Europe And Asia Brazil pp. 24–33 Maria Auxiliadora Schmidt, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil The History Of Afro-Brazilian People: A Theme Of The Burdening History Of Brazil Canada pp....
    IJHLTR International Journal Volume 15, Number 1

  • Communicating about the past: Resource G

      Article
    James Woodcock, 'Does the linguistic release the conceptual? Helping Year 10 to improve their causal reasoning' in Teaching History 119: Language issue (June, 2005) In this subtle article, James Woodcock experiments with introducing new vocabulary to a mixed-ability year 10 class working towards the enquiry question '"Hitler was not to...
    Communicating about the past: Resource G

  • The Great Debate Final 2024

      25th March 2024
    Winner:  Emma Crow of Broxburn Academy, Broxburn, Scotland  Runners up:  Abigail Powers of The Ladies’ College, Guernsey  Erica Wright of William Farr School, Lincolnshire  Rachel McGarry of Shavington Academy, Crewe, Cheshire  Finalists Sofia Ntege, North Oxfordshire Academy, Banbury Harry Gray, Exeter School, Exeter Rhea Cherrington, Bablake School, Coventry Molly Grimshaw,...
    The Great Debate Final 2024

  • Cunning Plan 98: Britain 1750-1900

      Teaching History feature
    Isaac Newton: ‘For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction'. Learning that results from action and reaction deepens pupils' understanding of historical content and use of key study skills. It forces them to understand, to wrestle, to articulate, to challenge, to question. Getting pupils to act and react...
    Cunning Plan 98: Britain 1750-1900

  • Young Historian Awards 2024 – the winners

      16th September 2024
    Spirit of Normandy Trust Senior Vivaan Davda – The Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai Spirit of Normandy Trust Key Stage 3 Joshua Broadbent – Royal Grammar School, Guildford Spirit of Normandy Trust Primary Salisbury Cathedral School Best School History Magazine [sponsored by the Mid-Trent and Mercia Branch] St Alban’s School Stockport...
    Young Historian Awards 2024 – the winners

  • What is APP?

      Article
    Assessing Pupils' Progress in History APP is a tool to view pupil progress periodically by making use of collections of day to day learning in order to ‘make periodic judgements on pupils' progress using a wide range of evidence taken from a variety of classroom contexts.'[i]  QCDA is currently working...
    What is APP?

  • The National Curriculum for History from September 2014: the view from Ofsted

      Article
    IntroductionWith the publication on 11 September 2013 of the final version of the revised National Curriculum for September 2014, subject leaders and classroom teachers could start to consider the implications of the proposed changes. For history at Key Stages 1 and 2, some parts of the programmes of study are...
    The National Curriculum for History from September 2014: the view from Ofsted

  • The Historian 57: Georgian Landscape

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Featured articles: 4 Georgian Landscape: 18th-century landscape design: the art that disguises art - John Cannon 10 Thomas Jefferson: an icon of American democracy reassessed - Colin Bonwick 11 Men of Genius and learning: rewriting the history of the Scottish Enlightenment - David Allan 20 Gladstone's Death and Funeral - Colin Matthew...
    The Historian 57: Georgian Landscape

  • The Historian 76: Jubilee and the idea of Royalty

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Featured articles: 6 2002 Medlicott Lecture: Jubilee and the idea of Royalty - Ben Pimlott (Read article) 16 The Irish historians’ role and the place of history in Irish national life - George Boyce (Read article)  20 The origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict - Ritchie Ovendale (Read article) 28 Archbishops...
    The Historian 76: Jubilee and the idea of Royalty

  • Using sites for insights

      Teaching History article
    Working alongside local history teachers to prepare for the new GCSE specifications Steve Illingworth and Emma Manners were struck that many teachers were concerned about two issues in particular: the breadth and depth of knowledge demanded and new forms of assessment, especially the historic environment paper. In this article they...
    Using sites for insights

  • World War II evacuation project - A living history experience

      Primary History case study
    Editorial note: The WOW factor. When we first received and read the World War II Evacuation Project case study we simply went WOW! It was genuinely mind-blowing. Below we publish the main sections of the report. They bring to life an invaluable, ground-breaking case-study of national significance. The case-study involved...
    World War II evacuation project - A living history experience

  • What is so important about interpretations?

      Primary History article
    Tim Lomas explores one of the key disciplinary concepts that form part of school history – that of interpretations and representations. This has been a staple of the National Curriculum since its inception. While many schools have a successful approach to it, others struggle. In this article Tim Lomas discusses its...
    What is so important about interpretations?

  • Out and About in Lyme Regis

      Historian feature
    Explore Lyme Regis’ past as John Davis guides you on a historical trail through the iconic seaside town...
    Out and About in Lyme Regis

  • Experienced Teacher Programme (ETP)

      Immersive online course for experienced history teachers
    Spring 2026 Cohort Start date: Wednesday 11 March, 5.15pm–6.30pm Book Now What is the Experienced Teacher Programme? This six-week online course is designed to energise your teaching and help you engage with the history education community. In this programme you will access rich, subject-specific professional development designed specifically for experienced teachers: an...
    Experienced Teacher Programme (ETP)

  • Germany

      Links to Articles & Podcasts
    Germany An HA Podcast Series: Modern German History (1914-1948) Building and assessing historical knowledge on three scales Kristallnacht Adolf Eichmann Reading and enquiring in Years 12 and 13: a case study on women in the Third Reich Podcast: Cold War Germany German Women 1900-1945 Nazism and Stalinism – suitable case for...
    Germany

  • Corporate secondary membership: a view from SLT

      By Simon Harrison, Headteacher
    From history teacher to Headteacher, in over 25 years of teaching I have filled most school roles; history teacher, in the ‘middle’ as a subject leader, an Advanced Skills Teacher, senior leader and eventually Headteacher. I have learned a lot about leadership in Secondary Schools along the way, and becoming...
    Corporate secondary membership: a view from SLT

  • Reading, recovering and re-visioning Victorian Women

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Knowledge of the experience of women during Victorian times has developed considerably during the last thirty years. History had a privileged place within the British Women’s Liberation movement in the early 1970s and reclaiming the...
    Reading, recovering and re-visioning Victorian Women