"CPD from the Historical Association is always high quality and provides expert guidance and support."  At the HA we know how essential subject-specific CPD is for your development. That’s why, we offer a year-round programme of training that supports history teachers at all stages of their career, from trainees to...

The Mughal Empire dominated India’s political landscape for the better part of two centuries (1526–1707). At its height, the empire included 150 million subjects and stretched across most of the Indian subcontinent, encompassing 3.2 million kilometers (including parts of modern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan). The Mughals had a wide...

In the final workshop of our webinar series, we’ll investigate the lasting significance of the 1981 uprisings (including the Brixton ‘Riot’), exploring how a greater focus on the lead up to the uprisings can clarify their causes, events, and aftermath. We’ll consider the creative and determined forms of Black and...

This informal webinar will provide an introduction to the Chartered Teacher of History scheme, including the process, the framework and assessment and a chance to ask questions about the programme.

In the third workshop, we’ll consider how significant but complicated movements and legislation — like radical politics and the Great Reform Act — can be brought back down to earth in the classroom through personal stories and regional scene setting.  We’ll explore the key second-order concept of change and continuity ...

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...

This final session moves from collaboration to implementation. Participants will explore a range of strategies that underpin a practical, long-term inclusion strategy for their department. The session will cover: Embedding routines that support memory, literacy and confidence across KS3-4 Developing effective feedback strategies for SEND students that develop confidence and...

In the second workshop, we’ll tackle the tricky significance of representation in the American Revolution — what did revolution mean for enslaved African Americans, and how can their histories inform our teaching of a more inclusive, compelling, and representative story of independence?   Focusing on world-building and narrative, we’ll explore how ...

This session showcases an innovative pedagogical framework connecting historical source analysis with digital literacy to increase student digital resilience and address online misinformation and safety concerns. Partnering with PGCE beginning teachers, Dr Holmes will investigate and share schemes of learning that integrate these skills within existing curricula. The research demonstrates...

In this workshop, we’ll focus on reframing the significance of Magna Carta in your teaching. Pushing beyond the perspectives of King John and the Barons, we’ll share freshly-researched stories and source materials that highlight the roles of other parts of medieval society — like Londoners and Jewish communities — in...

Collaboration between subject teams and SEND departments has potential to transform the experience of pupils with SEN. This session focuses on building purposeful, sustainable partnerships. The session will explore: Understanding the SENDCo role and pressures in the current system Translating EHCP outcomes into meaningful goals in the history classroom -...

This session tackles the immediate departmental challenge: how generative AI changes homework, extended writing, and ‘independent research.’ The focus is not panic or policing — it’s assessment validity and workload reduction. We’ll examine what AI makes easier to fake, what remains robust, and how to redesign tasks so students must...

This webinar will focus on the 1650s when England was – for the first and only time in its history – a republic. After the public execution of Charles I, ‘dangerous’ monarchy was abolished, parliament sought to settle a republican constitution and, under the leadership of the soldier-statesman, Oliver Cromwell,...

A practical session translating classic source analysis into the messy conditions of the web: reposts, screenshots, decontextualised clips, algorithmic feeds, and influencer credibility cues. We’ll explore teachable routines for evaluating online material, building on the Stanford History Education Group’s research on lateral reading (leaving a source to investigate its credibility...

Digital archives represent both an enormous opportunity and a complex challenge for developing digital literacy. This session explores how to work effectively with digitised historical sources while building students’ critical understanding of digital curation, authenticity, and access. Drawing on The National Archives’ extensive education programme and online collections (with over...

This session explores how national SEND developments are reshaping expectations of subject leadership in mainstream schools. Participants will consider how history departments can lead inclusive practice from within. The session will examine: The direction of SEND reform and Ofsted’s focus on inclusion – and what these mean for history teaching...

While often viewed as a pariah state existing in isolation, the apartheid project was deeply entwined with global shifts in the 20th century. This webinar explores how international ideologies, Cold War geopolitics, and global anti-apartheid movements both challenged and inadvertently shaped the South African state. By contextualising apartheid within a...

This opening session establishes a shared, research-informed definition of digital literacy and distinguishes related terms (media literacy, information literacy, critical digital literacy, data literacy), examining what digital literacy means beyond basic technical skills. The session then argues that historical thinking offers a uniquely powerful toolkit for digital literacy: provenance, contextualisation,...

This informal webinar will provide an introduction to the Historical Association Quality Mark including the process, the framework and assessment and a chance to ask questions about the programme.

Welcome to the Historical Association's online course for developing subject leadership in history teaching. Led by a team of 6 experienced subject leaders, including Hugh Richards, Sharon Aninakwa, Ruth Lingard, David Hibbert, Elizabeth Carr and Catherine Priggs, this course will equip history leaders fully for the demands of the role and...