This website replaces the award-winning Learning Curve, with all the same resources for teaching and learning history, but in an exciting new design and a structure that should make resources much easier to find and use.They have added in additional topic websites from The National Archives, covering subjects as diverse as the...

History campaigners demand more detailed subject coverage for trainees A government review of teacher training prompted by the Rose primary curriculum review should ensure students spend more than just a few hours on subjects, campaigners say. Some primary PGCE courses feature just half a day on humanities, despite worries that...

The HEDP launched its ground-breaking report "Teaching About the Holocaust in English Secondary Schools: An empirical study of national trends, perspectives and practice" on September 15, 2009.This research was commissioned by The Pears Foundation and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). The aims were to examine when, where, how...

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Second World War, the National Archives have created a series of six videocasts entitled 'War on Film'. These describe key events that inspired popular war films, using extracts from real government records and archive footage. Discover the real stories behind films such as 'The...

The Historical Association is pleased to announce the formation of a Committee for Public History which held its first meeting in May 2009.  Dr Andrew Foster, a member of Council, is the first chair of this committee and gave a brief account of its purpose at the AGM held in...

15th June 2009 To mark the tenth anniversary of Nelson Mandela stepping down from the presidency in South Africa and twenty years since the first steps were made to dismantle apartheid; the BBC release ‘Life under Apartheid: Racial Segregation in South Africa', a new online collection of interviews, documentaries, news...

Some of the winning entries are attached to the bottom of this page! The competition this year has again been very successful. We received 111 entries from 51 schools across England and Wales. These broke down into 39 stories from Year 7 pupils, 41 from Year 8 pupils and 31 from Year...

Podcast of the round table discussion available here! The History Matters Annual Conference in May 2009 saw the best turnout we've had for some time with a healthy and representative mix of HA members. Our thanks to all those who contributed their time and energy in delivering workshops and lectures....

The latest releases from the National Achieves including Jim Callaghan's fears about British defence and his plan to exclude Margaret Thatcher from the Royal Box. Discover online how the government of the day made those tough decisions during key events of the 20th century, covering two world wars and the...

Wanted to tell you about the new free resources from the Anne Frank Trust designed to complement the BBC drama "The Diary of Anne Frank". The resources are designed for KS2 and 3, focusing on History, English and Citizenship and are available for download from our website from the 9th of...