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  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 96

      Earthrise; Finding some of the great trees of the United Kingdom
    Poster 1: ‘Earthrise’, taken on 24 December 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders  Poster 2: Finding some of the great trees of the United Kingdom
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 96

  • Teaching History 87

      The HA's journal for history teachers
    6 Reading the Bickersteth Diaries - John Bickersteth 8 History at Home - Rob David 14 Nuffield Primary Project (Part I) - John Fines 21 Our History or Your History? (Part 2) - Gillian Wilson 24 Key Stage 2 Multi Cultural Issues (Part I) - Marika Sherwood 27 Primary School...
    Teaching History 87

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 93

      Coronations
    Poster 1: What continuities and change can you see in coronations from the distant to recent past? Poster 2: Some objects used or presented at a coronation
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 93

  • Were industrial towns 'death-traps'? Year 9 learn to question generalisations and to challenge their preconceptions about the 'boring' 19th century

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Kimberley Anthony and her history colleagues were troubled by Year 9's assumption that World War II was the only interesting thing that they were going to do in Year 9. Nineteenth-century industrialisation, even their own...
    Were industrial towns 'death-traps'? Year 9 learn to question generalisations and to challenge their preconceptions about the 'boring' 19th century

  • Decolonising the Partition of British India, 1947

      Historian article
    Amrita Shodhan explores the complex legacy of Partition in India and the difficulties faced by historians in unpicking these narratives. She re-evaluates the events of August 1947 through personal stories and popular memories. The Partition that we have inherited from 1947 has a complicated lineage. It was born out of...
    Decolonising the Partition of British India, 1947

  • Creating a progression model for teaching historical perspectives in Key Stage 3

      Teaching History article
    Jacob Olivey set out to design enquiries which would enable his pupils to reconstruct, using evidence, the perspectives of people in the past. In this article he shares in detail the planning and outcomes of two enquiries: one for Year 7 and one for Year 8. Olivey offers a example...
    Creating a progression model for teaching historical perspectives in Key Stage 3

  • Assessment without Level Descriptions

      Teaching History article
    Two heads of department in contrasting schools explain why they do not use Level Descriptions at all, other than at the very end of Key Stage 3. Influenced by ‘assessment for learning' principles, Sally Burnham and Geraint Brown develop a case for using assessment to help pupils grow in understanding...
    Assessment without Level Descriptions

  • Anniversaries: The Coventry Blitz and the Grave of the Unknown Soldier

      Primary History article
    This Autumn we remember two events related to the impact of war and how people have reacted to them.  The first anniversary remembers the Nazi devastation of Coventry 80 years ago on 14 November 1940 and the second event relates to the body of the ‘Unknown warrior’ who was laid...
    Anniversaries: The Coventry Blitz and the Grave of the Unknown Soldier

  • Examining the Value of Teaching Sensitive Matters in History

      IJHLTR Article
    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 14, Number 2 – Spring/Summer 2017 ISSN: 14472-9474 Abstract Driven by the overarching objective of promoting reconciliation through education, this paper explores the impact of history teaching on youth identity and ethnic relations in Sri Lanka. Building on the arguments of scholars the...
    Examining the Value of Teaching Sensitive Matters in History

  • Polychronicon 142: 'instructive reversals' - (re)interpreting the 1857 events in Northern India

      Teaching History feature
    The dramatic, chaotic and violent events that took place in Northern India in 1857/8 have been interpreted in many ways, as, for example, the ‘Indian Mutiny', the ‘Sepoy War' and the ‘First Indian War of Independence'. The tales that have been told about these events have been profoundly shaped, however,...
    Polychronicon 142: 'instructive reversals' - (re)interpreting the 1857 events in Northern India

  • Primary History 64: History 3-11: past, present and future

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    History & Identity 05 Teaching history as a national grand narrative - Hilary Cooper and Jon Nichol (Read article) 06 The place of history in the curriculum: a discussion document (1997) - John Fines 08 History and identity - Sir Keith Ajegbo (Read article) 09 Urban spaces near you - Jacqui...
    Primary History 64: History 3-11: past, present and future

  • Trade and pilgrimage in the Abbasid Caliphate

      Primary History article
    The Abbasid Caliphate stretched from North Africa across to Afghanistan and the North West Frontier. Within the caliphate there were movements of people, goods and ideas. The golden period of this early Islamic caliphate was around 900 AD. As the caliphs were building a major trading empire across the Middle...
    Trade and pilgrimage in the Abbasid Caliphate

  • Good practice in primary history: the Quality Mark scheme

      Primary History article
    This article aims to cover two separate but related aspects. Firstly, using the evidence of Quality Mark visits to primary schools, Bev Forrest identifies and explains some of the best practice observed on these visits. Secondly, Mel Jones focuses on one specific case study illustrating the type of primary history...
    Good practice in primary history: the Quality Mark scheme

  • Writing books for young children about the First World War

      Article
    It is hardly surprising that there are very few books for young children which tackle such a difficult subject as the First World War. In considering our approach, we knew we had to balance two distinct considerations – being absolutely true to the facts, yet, being sensitive to the effect of...
    Writing books for young children about the First World War

  • Are historical thinking skills important to history teachers?

      IJHLTR Article
    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research IJHLTR, Volume 14, Number 2 – Spring/Summer 2017 ISSN: 14472-9474 Abstract This article presents some findings of a qualitative interview study with 42 Austrian history teachers, conducted in the framework of an on-going three-year research project (2015–2018) funded by the Austrian Science Fund. The study...
    Are historical thinking skills important to history teachers?

  • Out and about in Zanzibar

      Historian article
    Joe Wilkinson takes us on a tour of the island of Zanzibar, where the slave trade continued long after the British abolished it. Mention Zanzibar and most people will think of an Indian Ocean paradise, perfect for honeymooners, relaxing on the popular pristine white north-eastern beaches of Bwejuu and Paje,...
    Out and about in Zanzibar

  • What Have Historians Been Arguing About... medieval science and medicine?

      Teaching History feature
    The phrase ‘medieval science’ may seem nonsensical. ‘How can... a synonym for “backward”,’ the editors of The Cambridge History of Science Volume 2 ask rhetorically, ‘modify a noun that signifies the best available knowledge from the natural world?’ To answer their question, we must rethink our assumptions, both about the...
    What Have Historians Been Arguing About... medieval science and medicine?

  • The Historian 72: Two Babies that could have changed world history!

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Featured articles: 6 Two babies that could have changed world history - Geoffrey Chamberlain MD (Read article) 12 The origins of the local government service - Kenneth Poole (Read article) 22 ‘Spy fever’ in Britain, 1900 to 1914 - James Hampshire (Read article) 28 Why did the Dome Fail? - Lucy...
    The Historian 72: Two Babies that could have changed world history!

  • Triumphs Show 105: Year 9s respond directly to 9/11

      Teaching History feature
    Caroline Godsell describes the reactions and concerns of two Year 9 classes after the 9/11 attack.
    Triumphs Show 105: Year 9s respond directly to 9/11

  • Primary history and British values

      Article
    In this article, Michael Maddison provides an overview of what schools must do in relation to promoting British values, as well as preventing extremism and radicalisation, and why it is so important that opportunities are taken in history to  deal with these two pressing issues. It is an updated version...
    Primary history and British values

  • Primary History 26

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    3 Primary Noticeboard – edited by Tim Lomas 7 Standards in primary history: onward and upward? A view from Ofsted – Scott Harrison (Read article) 10 Rhyd-y-Car cottages at St Fagans Museum of Welsh Life – Susanna Wood (Read article) 12 Asking the right questions. a study of the ability...
    Primary History 26

  • Triumphs Show 101: enthusing Year 8 about Oliver Cromwell

      Teaching History article
    Heather Scott explains how a two week written project on Oliver Cromwell motivated and enthused a Year 8 class.
    Triumphs Show 101: enthusing Year 8 about Oliver Cromwell

  • Triumphs Show 111: Recreating 1930s Europe with the help of Year 9

      Teaching History feature
    Sally Evans demonstrates how constructing a map of Europe can enhance pupils' understandings on the causations of World War Two.
    Triumphs Show 111: Recreating 1930s Europe with the help of Year 9

  • Triumphs Show 148.2: using pupil dialogue to encourage engagement with sources

      Teaching History feature
    Using pupil dialogue to encourage sophisticated engagement with source material - even at GCSE! Frustrated by the mechanistic approach that their pupils were using when working with historical sources, Tim Jenner and Paul Nightingale sought to experiment with a method of teaching sources which eschewed practice source questions in favour...
    Triumphs Show 148.2: using pupil dialogue to encourage engagement with sources

  • Uncovering the hidden histories: black and Asian people in the two world wars

      Teaching History Article
    The stories we tell in history are often stories about ourselves. This can lead to tremendous distortion. Rupert Gaze was shocked when a young black student told him that there was no point in his studying the Second World War because it had nothing to do with him or his...
    Uncovering the hidden histories: black and Asian people in the two world wars