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  • The British General Strike 1926

      Classic Pamphlet
    ‘The General Strike is a challenge to Parliament and is the road to anarchy and ruin.' (Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, 6th May 1926). ‘The General Council does not challenge the Constitution ... the sole aim of the Council is to secure for the miners a decent standard of life. The Council...
    The British General Strike 1926

  • The End of Colonial Rule in West Africa

      Classic Pamphlet
    The dissolution of colonial empires since the Second World War is a major theme of contemporary history, and one which will challenge historians for many years to come. There are still sharp disagreements as to how this change should be described. European scholars tend to use the term ‘decolonization' (at...
    The End of Colonial Rule in West Africa

  • Cunning Plan 96: teaching citizenship through KS3 history

      Teaching History feature
    Big theme: dissent and the formation of the concept of ‘rights' You can teach citizenship not only without compromising National Curriculum content, processes and concepts, but in such a way as to improve them. Review your department's ‘whole Key Stage' planning. Secure rigour and high levels of challenge by remembering...
    Cunning Plan 96: teaching citizenship through KS3 history

  • The Battle of Waterloo: Sunday 18 June 1815

      Historian article
    John Morewood explores the events of 18 June 1815 in detail and asks just how accurate is our view of what happened on the field of Waterloo. Summary Waterloo is the most famous battle in a four-battle campaign fought from 15 June to 19 June 1815. On one side were...
    The Battle of Waterloo: Sunday 18 June 1815

  • Polychronicon 158: Reinterpreting Napoleon

      Teaching History feature
    On 18 June 2015, the two-hundredth anniversary of the great battle of Waterloo will be commemorated in Britain and on the continent (though not in France). It will represent the climax of the Napoleonic bicentenary, which has been in full flow since the turn of the twenty-first century. Fresh biographies...
    Polychronicon 158: Reinterpreting Napoleon

  • The Story of the African Queen

      Historian article
    Where fact and fiction intercept: the story of The African Queen(s) by C.S. Forester When the Königin Luise was hull down over the horizon and the dhow was close in-shore the lieutenant left his post and went down to the jetty to meet his senior officer. The dhow ran briskly in,...
    The Story of the African Queen

  • Primary History 9

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    4 Editorial 5 A History Curriculum for the Millennium - Sue Bennett 7 Making the Most of a Past Non-European Society in Key Stage 2: A Case Study of Ancient Egypt - Tim Lomas, Dave Cordingley and Lesley Tyreman 9 'Time Machine' at the British Museum - Alan Francis 10 Bearpark...
    Primary History 9

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 100

      Exploring the early 1990s; Train travel
    These resources are free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of teachers and subject leaders, join the Historical Association today   Poster 1: Exploring the early 1990s Poster 2: Train travel has...
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 100

  • The Historian 111: An Intimate History of Your Home

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    5 Editorial 6 An Intimate History of Your Home - Lucy Worsley (Read Article) 10 The Tale of Two Winstons - Warren Dockter (Read Article) 13 The President's Column - Jackie Eales  14 Drought, Dust and Despair: The Story of pioneering British settlers' heartbreaking struggle to survive in the Victorian Mallee - 1923-1936 -...
    The Historian 111: An Intimate History of Your Home

  • The Historian 106: President Barack Obama and the State of the Union Address

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Editorial 5 The President's Column - Anne Curry 6 President Barack Obama and the State of the Union Address - Michael Dunne (Read Article) 13 Remembering Neville Chamberlain - Brent Dyck (Read Article) 15 Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust? - Sarah Newman (Read Article) 20 The Advent of Decimalisation in...
    The Historian 106: President Barack Obama and the State of the Union Address

  • Roald Dahl and the Lost Campaign

      Historian article
    Following the successful filming of his book ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, Roald Dahl has an international reputation as a children’s writer. There is, however, a macabre dimension to his writing underlined by his successful TV series ‘Tales of the Unexpected’. Dark episodes in Dahl’s highly successful career touched his...
    Roald Dahl and the Lost Campaign

  • Beware the serpent of Rome

      Article
    On 14 February 1868, the Carlisle Journal reported as follows: … two meetings were held in the Athenaeum in this city , “for the purpose of forming an auxiliary to co-operate with the Church Association in London, to uphold the principles and order of the United Church of England and...
    Beware the serpent of Rome

  • Move Me On 155: Historical Intepretation vs. Opinion

      Teaching History feature
    This issue's problem: Helena Swannick tends to treat differences between historical interpretations simply as matters of opinion. Helena Swannick is a career changer who has decided to come into teaching after many years' working in human resources and some time at home caring for two young children. Her degree was a...
    Move Me On 155: Historical Intepretation vs. Opinion

  • Teaching History 23

      Journal
    Editorial, 2 The Contributors, 2 Teaching History: A Content Analysis of Numbers 1 to 20 - Keith Hodgkinson and J. B. Thomas, 3 History in Sixth Form Colleges in Hampshire - Joan Blyth, 7 `Booth at Hitchin': Assessing Thinking in History - Bernard Barker and Alan Southgate, 10 The Britannicus Letters...
    Teaching History 23

  • Teaching History 27

      Journal
    Editorial, 2 Notes on contributors, 2 Oral History and the Raj - Andrew Reekes, 4 Programmed Learning and Guided Learning in History - Brian Garvey, 7 From a Victorian Scrapheap - David Jeremy, 10 Simulations and Computers - Richard Ennals, 13 Mr Polly's History, 16 Mission to England - Barbara...
    Teaching History 27

  • Move Me On 126: Setting worthwhile homework

      Teaching History feature
    Val Messalina is a lively and engaging young student teacher who has come straight to the PGCE course after completing her history degree. She has made a positive start to teaching but is quite nervous and tends to look for very clear guidance and support. She is now half way...
    Move Me On 126: Setting worthwhile homework

  • The Rainbow Circle and the New Liberalism

      Historian article
    The publication of the first volume of Paddy Ashdown’s Diaries in 2000 has focused renewed attention on the relationship between the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party. From the first meeting between Ashdown and Tony Blair at the latter’s house on 4 September 1994, less than seven weeks after his...
    The Rainbow Circle and the New Liberalism

  • What's New About New Labour?

      Historian article
    In the 1980s it was often argued that the Labour party was finished as a major force in British politics. Yet on 1st May 1997 it won a landslide victory, securing an overall majority of 179 in parliament. Two years into its term of office, it retains a strong lead...
    What's New About New Labour?

  • Painted Advertisements on Houses

      Article
    A.D. Harvey discusses a once-familiar feature of the inner city landscape. A generation ago one often saw advertisements, or the names of commercial enterprises, painted directly on to the brickwork of old buildings. With the destruction, or renovation, of the older sections of most British towns, these advertisements are now...
    Painted Advertisements on Houses

  • Peter Abelard

      Classic Pamphlet
    The Catalogue of Printed Books in the British Library contains a large number of entries under the name of Peter Abelard. Most relate to books published in the last two hundred years and most of the editions of works written by Abelard, as distinct from books about him or about...
    Peter Abelard

  • Cunning Plan 107: the big idea of Freedom

      Teaching History feature
    Big ideas, making connections, citizenship, thinking skills. We were nothing if not ambitious in our planning for this unit for a lower attaining Year 8 group at Langley School in Solihull. Having identified the big ideas which could underpin a dialogue between history and citizenship and make the connections between...
    Cunning Plan 107: the big idea of Freedom

  • Putting the Story back into History

      Primary History article
    Children love stories. They like the drama, the excitement, the chance to listen and to wonder. Narrative is a very important part of history and sometimes, by concentrating on facts or on skills, we tend to lose the view of the big picture, especially in the Key Stage 2 curriculum...
    Putting the Story back into History

  • The War of American Independence

      Classic Pamphlet
    In the two-hundredth year of American Independence, it is proper to ask: why did it occur? It need not have happened; it was the act of men, not immutable forces. But once the tensions became acute, the three thousand miles of ocean were a difficult chasm to bridge. The War...
    The War of American Independence

  • The effect of the loss of the American Colonies upon British Policy

      Classic Pamphlet
    (1) Problems of an Empire in ruinsTwo weeks after Yorktown, but before the news of that disaster had reached England, George III wrote to Lord North that "The dye is now cast whether this shall be a great Empire or the least dignified of European states." England had not fought...
    The effect of the loss of the American Colonies upon British Policy

  • Coherence in primary history: How can we get children to see that their history links up?

      Primary History article
    No teacher ever wants to claim that their history curriculum is incoherent. All schools want to have a curriculum that is logically ordered and consistent, that has clarity and that holds together. It is easy to assume that how we see this coherence as adults must also translate to the...
    Coherence in primary history: How can we get children to see that their history links up?