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  • Learning history outside the classroom in an age of climate crisis

      Teaching History article
    Helen Snelson has long been an enthusiastic advocate for learning history outside the classroom. In recent years, as the extent of the climate crisis has become ever more apparent, she has been rethinking her approach to teaching within and about the historic environment. In this article, written in consultation with Adrian Gonzalez, she focuses...
    Learning history outside the classroom in an age of climate crisis

  • Historical Perspective & 'Big History'

      Teaching History article
    Moving forward, looking back - historical perspective, ‘Big History' and the return of the longue durée: time to develop our scale hopping muscles ‘Big history' is a term receiving a great deal of attention at present, particularly in North America where considerable sums of money have been invested in designing curricula...
    Historical Perspective & 'Big History'

  • The Historian 51

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Featured articles: 9 Brasses and History (The 1707 Act of Union) - Christopher Whatley 14 Local Authority Record Offices: Our Heritage at Risk - Rosemary Dunhill (Read article) 16 The Eighteenth century in Britain: long or short? W.A. Speck  20 Football and British-Soviet relations: The Moscow Dynamo and Moscow Spartak tours of 1945...
    The Historian 51

  • Hidden in plain sight: the history of people with disabilities

      Teaching History journal article
    Recognising the duty placed on all teachers by the 2010 Equality Act to nurture the development of a society in which equality and human rights are deeply rooted, Helen Snelson and Ruth Lingard were prompted to ask whether their history curricula really reflected the diverse pasts of all people in...
    Hidden in plain sight: the history of people with disabilities

  • Primary History 77

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    04 Editorial (Read article) 05 HA Primary News 08 Learning about the Past in the Early Years through the Theme of ‘People Who Help Us’ – Helen Crawford (Read article) 10 Is There a Place for The Holocaust in the Primary Curriculum? – Martin Winstone (Read article) 18 ‘It’s A Great...
    Primary History 77

  • Cunning Plan 103: why did Henry VIII marry so many times?

      Teaching History feature
    This enquiry sequence was inspired by an Historical Association lecture given last year by Susan Doran entitled, ‘Why did Elizabeth I not marry?’ Through its 14-19 conferences, sections of this journal and local branch activity, the Historical Association has started to secure stronger connection between up-to-date historical scholarship and classroom...
    Cunning Plan 103: why did Henry VIII marry so many times?

  • Teaching about heritage through a cross-curricular enquiry

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. What should we do with our brightest and best? Neal Watkin and Johannes Ahrenfelt suggest an enquiry for a very high ability Year 8 group which is both challenging and genuinely historical. The enquiry itself...
    Teaching about heritage through a cross-curricular enquiry

  • Opinion: History, anti-history, and historical fiction

      Historian feature
    As he gives a lecture to the Historical Association’s Virtual Branch, novelist, historian and BBC New Generation Thinker Oskar Jensen shares his thoughts on history, fantasy and the need to engage with the past on its own terms.
    Opinion: History, anti-history, and historical fiction

  • Teaching History 155: Teaching About WW1

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    02 Editorial 03 HA Secondary News 04 HA Update 08 Rachel Foster - A world turned molten: helping Year 9 to explore the cultural legacies of the First World War (Read article) 20 Mary Brown and Carolyn Massey - Teaching ‘the lesson of satire': using The Wipers Times to build...
    Teaching History 155: Teaching About WW1

  • What was it like to live here in the past? Resourcing the local study

      Primary History article
    Finding sources for your local study can be a challenge, particularly if you are not familiar with the history of the area around your school. Please note: this article uses the Images of England website which has now closed down. The images can still be found via the Historic England website. This...
    What was it like to live here in the past? Resourcing the local study

  • Nineteenth Century African chiefs in Nuneaton: A local mystery uncovered

      Article
    In Nuneaton’s St. Nicolas Churchyard lies a sizeable, though not elaborate, flat gravestone. It commemorates Canon Robert Savage, Vicar of the parish 1845-71, his wife Emma and many of their children. This tombstone, like so many in our graveyards, reveals a wide range of historical information, recording significant detail about...
    Nineteenth Century African chiefs in Nuneaton: A local mystery uncovered

  • Primary History 91: Out now

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    Read Primary History 91 The Platinum Jubilee weekend has vanished in a swirl of colour, noise, pomp and silliness although I suspect Her Majesty and Paddington Bear’s tea party will live on for a long time. The second half of the summer term is upon us with sports days, leaving dos and...
    Primary History 91: Out now

  • Polychronicon 130: Dental, transcendental, regimental: Making Mangal Pandey

      Teaching History feature
    Have you stuggled to find an invigorating, exciting local enquiry to motivate your Year 9 class ? How do you engage students in lively debate? This was the challenge for one Norfolk school who wanted to develop a local study on the Poor Law and to create opportunities for students...
    Polychronicon 130: Dental, transcendental, regimental: Making Mangal Pandey

  • The International Journal Volume 14, Number 1

      IJHLTR
    Editorial and Editorial Review pp 5–12 National, International, Local And Regional History Curricula – Issues And Concerns pp 16–66 Australia pp 16–27 Resisting The Regime: An Insider’s View Of Australian History Education 2006–2014 Tony Taylor, University of Technology Sydney/Federation University Australia, Ultimo, Sydney/Churchill, Victoria Greece pp 28–54 The Traumatic Memory...
    The International Journal Volume 14, Number 1

  • My Favourite History Place: Sawley Abbey

      Historian feature
    Steve Illingworth highlights the importance of a remote Lancashire ruin which might have changed the course of history. Sawley Abbey in east Lancashire can appear to be an unassuming and insignificant place at first sight. Its main attraction appears to be aesthetic, with the Cistercian abbey being surrounded by fields and hills...
    My Favourite History Place: Sawley Abbey

  • The International Journal Volume 13, Number 2

      IJHLTR
    Editorial pp 3 Editorial Review pp 4–13 Australia pp 14–15 Review of: R. G. Collingwood: A Research Companion, James Connelly, Peter Johnson and Stephen Leach, London: Bloomsbury, Marnie Hughes-Warrington, Australian National University Britain pp 16–22 The Relevance Of George Orwell: Reflections On The Teaching And Learning Of History In A...
    The International Journal Volume 13, Number 2

  • Primary History 98: Out now

      Article
    Read Primary History 98 This edition goes to print when the post-election landscape in still hazy, especially regarding the role of history in the primary curriculum. We can remain optimistic that history will be a key part of a broad and balanced curriculum. As we patiently await future changes (it...
    Primary History 98: Out now

  • Establishing a dialogue with Year 9 about why environmental history matters

      Teaching History article
    The enquiry sequence on which Alex Benger reports in this article was inspired by two specific concerns: a sense that history education must have more to contribute to young people’s understanding of and ability to confront the climate crisis; and a desire to help pupils to engage more broadly with...
    Establishing a dialogue with Year 9 about why environmental history matters

  • Teaching History 26

      Journal
    Editorial, 2 Contributors, 3 Trainee Teachers of History and Infants as Learners - John Fines, 3 Howler of the Year Competition, 5 A Castle in a Classroom - Carole Taylor and Joan Allmark, 6 Indian Village: a Simulation Exercise - Thomas F. Willer and Bruce M. Haight, 9 Bias in...
    Teaching History 26

  • Teaching History 30

      Journal
    Editorial, 2 Notes on Contributors, 3 Down among the Deadmen: Graveyard Surveys for Local Studies - Brian Dix and Richard Smart, 3 Educational Objectives for History - Ten Years On -John Fines, 8 Notes and News, 10 A Primary School's Experiment with a Micro-Computor - James Gent, 11 History Abandoned?...
    Teaching History 30

  • Touching, feeling, smelling, and sensing history through objects

      Teaching History article
    Lots has been written in recent years about how history teachers can bring academic scholarship into the classroom. This article  takes this interest in academic practice a step further, examining how pupils can engage directly with the kinds of sources to which historians are increasingly turning their attention: the ‘everyday’ objects of ordinary life. Building on...
    Touching, feeling, smelling, and sensing history through objects

  • 'History on Trial'

      IJHLTR Article
    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 14, Number 2 – Spring/Summer 2017 ISSN: 14472-9474 Abstract This study discusses the relevance of morality in the explanation of controversial history. It presents a discourse analysis of two representative adolescents’ narratives from Mexico and Spain about the 16th century Spanish Conquest of...
    'History on Trial'

  • The Holocaust in history and history in the curriculum

      Teaching History article
    In this powerfully argued article Paul Salmons focuses directly on the distinctive contribution that a historical approach to the study of the Holocaust makes to young people's education. Not only does he question the adequacy of objectives focused on eliciting purely emotional responses; he issues a strong warning that turning...
    The Holocaust in history and history in the curriculum

  • The Historian 143: Literature

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Reviews 5 Editorial (Read article – open access) 8 Linking Law: Viking and medieval Scandinavian law in literature and history – Keith Ruiter (Read article) 13 The Memory of a Saint: managing the legacy of St Bernard of Clairvaux – Georgina Fitzgibbon (Read article) 17 Blurred Lines: the ever-decreasing...
    The Historian 143: Literature

  • Creating a school museum

      Primary History case study
    Using an artefacts loans service Within the UK there is a wealth of museums and heritage sites across the country, offering children, young people and teachers the chance to experience a hands on approach to history and telling the story of our past. However if you are unable to visit...
    Creating a school museum