Controversial issues

History is not an easy subject as it is full of contradictions and challenging situations. It requires children to look at how people responded to complicated dilemmas. It also requires them to consider motivation. Looking at what people did in the past children to make links with present events. It requires children to evaluate the history of their own country and how it has interacted with other people. Read more

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  • Podcast Series: Confronting Controversial History

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    Controversial History formed the focus of the Historical Association’s report, Teaching Emotive and Controversial History 3-19 (TEACH). Published in 2007, it offered teachers invaluable guidance for teaching historical topics that can stir emotion and controversy. However, the authors noted how the nature of the sensitivity can be affected by ‘time, geography and...

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  • T.E.A.C.H Online

    Multipage Article

    Please note: this unit was produced before the 2014 curriculum and therefore while much of the advice is still useful, some references and links may be out of date.  T.E.A.C.H. Online is a resource that follows on from the Historical Association's T.E.A.C.H. Report published in 2007 with support from DCSF. It offers further...

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