This teacher’s guide, student booklet and scheme of work for Key Stage 3 can be freely downloaded from the Canterbury Archaeological Trust website here.     The project involved Year 9 students using the names on their local war memorial as the starting point for an investigation which culminated in them writing biographies of...

Birmingham – Friday 25 January 2019 - course postponed until 2019/20 Leeds – Monday 11 March 2019 London – Monday 17 June 2019 Time: 10.00am - 4.30pm Course Leader: Chris Trevor Price: HA members £150 plus VAT, non-members £200 plus VAT. Special discounted rates are available for those who have previously...

More breaking news: the event is free for teachers! On 23 March 2019 we are providing a fascinating event to refresh and develop teaching of the Tudor period and some of its main characters in the historic city of York. Our keynote speaker Tracy Borman is the well-known historian for...

You told us in our member surveys that you wanted more webinars and we listened! We know that it's not easy for teachers to get out of school or have budgets to afford a plentiful supply of CPD. We also know how hard it is to find good subject-specific CPD...

In the UK October is Black History Month – a few weeks of the year when men and women of colour are featured in classrooms and beyond. Is this to raise awareness of the diversity of the people of the past, or of people now, or the diversity around us...

Calling all primary trainee teachers!  To help kick-start your career the HA is offering a two-year membership deal for just £56.50 – which works out at less than 55 pence per week. This deal is over 10% cheaper than standard concessionary membership, and also includes a special renewal offer at the end...

Calling all secondary trainee teachers!  To help kick-start your career the HA is offering a two-year membership deal for just £70.50 – which works out at less than 68 pence per week. This deal is 10% cheaper than standard concessionary membership, and also includes a special renewal offer at the end...

Congratulations to all history teachers for another year of getting the best out of your students (congratulations to the students too!). We know it’s not always easy, and the past few years have been more pressurised than many with curricular and examination change adding to an already heavy workload. Numbers...

The government has reformed GCSE qualifications in England to make them more demanding. You can find out more about the new GCSEs here or by watching this short video. By 2020, all GCSEs in England will be graded using numbers instead of letters. The new grading scale runs from 9 to...

Following the Department of Education’s recent call for pilot schools to bid for Curriculum Development Funds, the Historical Association (HA) sought clarification specifically connected to disciplinary understanding. Within the guidance, the DfE sets out its criteria for programmes, one of which is that they should be structured on the basis of...