Try before you join: free resource samples

Enjoy a taster of our expert-produced resources and see how HA membership can boost your pedagogy, your classroom practice and your professional journey at every stage of your career.

Teaching resources are just one part of the secondary membership package – find out more here.

Teaching History journal The UK’s leading journal for secondary history educators, offering over 50 years of expert curriculum insight, practical guidance, and professional inspiration for teachers at every stage of their career. Published quarterly, Teaching History is a dynamic chronicle of the discipline, playing a vital role in shaping the practice and discourse of history education. Browse the open access editions: Teaching History: Issue 200 (September 2025, 200th edition – ‘Telling Histories’) This landmark edition celebrates the journal’s impact by showcasing how storytelling, oracy, and inclusive curriculum design can deepen historical thinking, empower student voice, and reshape classroom practice. Teaching History: Issue 194 (March 2024, Climate and environment) Explores how history education can help students understand and respond to the climate crisis by integrating environmental perspectives into existing topics, such as humanity’s relationship with nature and the roots of climate change. Teaching History: Issue 171 (June 2018, Knowledge) Shows how thoughtful debates about both the content (‘what knowledge?’) and pedagogy (‘how to teach it?’), and have led the way in integrating substantive and disciplinary knowledge to build rich, meaningful historical understanding in the classroom. Explore past editions or take a look at our regular features library, both of which are unlocked with secondary membership. You can also access special ‘Exploring and Teaching’ editions on medieval history, the Korean War and twentieth-century history.

Practical teaching resources

Adaptable lesson sequences

Exclusive for corporate members
Producing well-crafted sequences of lessons can be a challenge. Access free lesson sequences produced as part of Teacher Fellowship programmes, but corporate members can also fully resourced sequences linked to lessons that have been featured in Teaching History.

Lesson sequence: Twentieth-century Europe
The first lesson from each sequence is free to access (see links below) or you can access this full taster sequence on twentieth-century Europe. This enquiry helps Key Stage 3 students understand the historical context of the European Union and Britain’s relationship with it, exploring themes of post-war cooperation, political stability, and division and unity in Europe.

Taster lessons:
The Normans | Life in a medieval village | 18th-century politics | WW1 | Muslim Tommies

Student Zone

Exclusive for corporate members
Corporate members gain access to the Student Zone section for pupils aged 14+, providing A-level and GCSE topic guides, guidance on exams, careers with history, transition to university and more.

Sample topic guide: The Tudors
This sample topic guide on the Tudors supports students in developing subject knowledge across key themes such as monarchy, government, religion, foreign policy, and social change from Henry VII to Elizabeth I.

Driving your discussion

These cards support teacher collaboration by guiding critical reflection on curriculum design, assessment, inclusion, and pedagogy. They offer structured prompts and resources to drive meaningful dialogue and improve practice across departments, networks, or training groups.
View the cards.

CPD tools Training films Through two main series: ‘What’s the Wisdom on…’ and ‘Teaching History for Beginners’, these films offer guidance on key aspects of history teaching – such as extended writing, questioning, lesson planning, and historical concepts. Watch for free: What’s the wisdom on… causation How to teach causal explanation effectively, emphasising the importance of narrative before analysis, types of causal patterns, and using scholarship to shape enquiry questions. Teaching history for beginners: disciplinary concepts Introduces new history teachers to the core second-order concepts, explaining their role in shaping historical understanding and offering practical guidance for effective classroom use. As well as our packed CPD calendar, members can access selected recordings of past webinars online. Driving your development Sitting within our comprehensive Beginning Teacher practice unit, practical bitesize video toolkit designed to help new history teachers successfully apply for their first post and thrive in their early career, with advice from experienced educators. Watch our taster films: How to do well on your first-post interview day Making the transition from ITE to ECT

Building subject knowledge, connecting with scholarship

Film series

Members gain access to all our interpretations film series, providing the latest scholarship and subject updates from expert contributors. Series covered to date include power and authority in Germany 1871-1991, the African American Civil Rights Movement, Russian leaders in the twentieth century, Tudor royal authority. This year sees the launch of our major new series on Power and freedom in Britain and Ireland: 1714-2010.

Watch for free: Tudor royal authority and Henry VIII
The full 11-film series for HA members explores how power and governance evolved under the Tudor monarchs – from Henry VII to Elizabeth I highlighting the influence of religion, foreign relations, and domestic politics on their rule. Speakers include Tracey Borman, Sue Doran and Anna Whitelock. You can watch two films in the series for free here:

• Tudor royal authority - overview 
• Henry VIII 

Podcast library

Membership gives access to a library of over 450 podcasts and non-members can listen to the first track of any podcast for free. They're a great way to expand and update your subject knowledge with the latest thinking.

Listen for free: Anglo-Saxon England from 871 to 1000
Professor Sarah Foot explores Anglo-Saxon England’s transformation under Alfred the Great and his successors, examining kingship, governance, foreign relations, and the sources that shape our understanding of this era.

Listen for free: The evolution of surgery
Michael Crumplin, explores the evolution of military surgery during the Napoleonic Wars, highlighting changes in surgical training, techniques, equipment, and patient experience, and linking these developments to broader shifts in warfare and medical practice.

On-demand short courses and webinars

Led by academics and researchers at the forefront of their fields, these courses explore captivating historical themes and ideas from a new perspective – without the pressure of a formal assessment. Take part in our live courses or access past courses on-demand.
View a taster version of our Berlin and the Berlin Wall short course 

History journal

Published continuously since 1912, History is a distinguished journal featuring insightful articles by leading historians. Spanning diverse periods, regions, and themes, its archive offers a wealth of scholarly content – both past and present – and is freely accessible to HA members.

Read for free: History 391
This issue explores global perspectives on political conflict and cultural heritage, featuring articles on topics from the British Museum’s role in imperial campaigns to underground activism in colonial Cyprus.

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Want a taster of the benefits before you join? In this recorded webinar, we guide you through some of the key benefits included as part of secondary membership – from online resources and journal support to CPD and accreditation routes.