HA Webinar: History + English for digital and media literacy: complementary disciplinary lenses
Historical thinking in a digital world: how history builds digital and media literacy
Event Type: CPD
Takes Place: 23rd June 2026
Time: 4pm - 5pm
Venue: Zoom
Description: A conversation-style session bringing History and English into productive alignment. We’ll compare how each subject approaches credibility, rhetoric, argument, narrative, and interpretation — then plan how departments can complement rather than duplicate each other. The goal is a coherent whole-school approach: history strengthens evidence, provenance, causation and contextual reasoning; English strengthens language, rhetoric, genre, and discourse awareness. The session will explore how English and History together can help students navigate misinformation, understand media bias and propaganda (both historical and contemporary), analyse the construction of digital narratives, and develop sophisticated critical thinking about online content. This partnership approach aligns with Professor Francis’s vision of embedding essential skills across the curriculum rather than creating isolated ‘digital literacy’ lessons. Participants will leave with a simple ‘division of labour’ model, examples of aligned tasks across KS3, strategies for cross-curricular collaboration, and shared resources and assessment approaches. The session draws on international examples of successful humanities collaboration from Scotland, Wales, and education systems in Scandinavia and New Zealand.
How to book: Booking online via the Cademy link below or via the bulk booking form to get a discount. To redeem your corporate recording offer please use the bulk booking form.
Price: £39 HA member, £67 non-member (bulk booking discount available). An extra fee is added if this is booked on Cademy.
Email: events@history.org.uk
Lecturer: Historical Association and English Association
Comments: Joining details are emailed to the registered attendee 1 week before the webinar with a reminder on the day. If you register within a week of the webinar you will receive this on the day only. A time-limited recording will be emailed within 2 working days