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Teaching History 165: Conceptualising breadth
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
02 Editorial (Read article)
03 HA Secondary News
04 HA Update
08 ‘Victims of History’: challenging students’ perceptions of women in history - Bridget Lockyer and Abigail Tazzyman (Read article)
16 ‘It’s like Lord of the Rings, Sir. But real!’: Teaching, learning and sharing medieval history for all Chris Eldridge (Read article)...
Teaching History 165: Conceptualising breadth
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The International Journal Volume 4 Number 2
Journal
Jannet van Drie and Carla van BoxtelEnhancing Collaborative Historical Reasoning by Providing Representational Guidance
Nadine Fink Pupils' Conceptions of History and History Teaching
Alan HodkinsonMaturation and the Assimilation of the Concepts of Historical Time: a Symbiotic Relationship, or Uneasy Bedfellows? An Examination of the Birth-Date Effect on Educational...
The International Journal Volume 4 Number 2
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Move Me On 105: Teaching historical interpretations
Teaching History feature
This Issue's Problem: Charles Marks, PGCE history student, is very confused about teaching historical interpretations.
Move Me On 105: Teaching historical interpretations
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Primary History 48
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
05 In my view: The serious business of comedy – Tony Robinson interviewed by Peter Vass
06 In my view: Means and Ends: History, Drama and Education for Life – Dorothy Heathcote (Read article)
08 History Coordinators’ Dilemmas: Drama, creativity, literacy and the curriculum – Tim Lomas
10 Think Bubble:...
Primary History 48
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Primary History 65: Diversity and Inclusion
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
Overview
04 Inclusion & Diversity - Jon Nichol
05 History belongs to all of us - Diversity and the History Curriculum - Ilona Aronovsky (Read article)
12 Diversity in primary history: exemplar lessons: HA publications 2000-2013 and Nuffield Primary History - Sarah Codrington
14 Including the Muslim Contribution in the National...
Primary History 65: Diversity and Inclusion
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The Historian 43
The magazine of the Historical Association
Featured articles
3 Feature: Henry the Great? - E.W. Ives
9 Update: Eisenhower - Peter Boyle
13 Historiography: The Historical Novel: History as Fiction and Fiction as History - David Powell
16 Historiography: Has History Ceased to be Relevant? - Alan Bullock
21 Education Forum: The National Trust - Tricia Lankester...
The Historian 43
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What Have Historians Been Arguing About... transnational history
Teaching History feature
Until the beginning of the twenty-first century, historians’ aversion to sweeping generalisations meant that they typically conducted their research within the boundaries of the nation state. Following the fall of the Soviet Union, the rise of globalisation and the birth of the internet, new political, intellectual, and practical developments began...
What Have Historians Been Arguing About... transnational history
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Using local history to illuminate the complexities of interpretation with Year 8
Teaching History article
Jack Harris found that his pupils had little knowledge of Sir Harry Smith, the historical figure after whom their school was named, and who was commemorated in various ways in their local community. Researching Smith’s career and reputation, including his role in British colonialism, he uncovered varied interpretations. Harris worked...
Using local history to illuminate the complexities of interpretation with Year 8
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What can pupil voice tell us about perceptions of history?
Primary History article
This article is 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
Salma Begum and Rachel Bruce explore the use of pupil...
What can pupil voice tell us about perceptions of history?
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Thinking through history: assessment and learning for the gifted young historian
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
Historical enquiry requires reasoning. Even historical imagination depends on being able to evaluate a number of possible responses to an hypothesis and mastery of detail and argument. The high levels of thinking in history of...
Thinking through history: assessment and learning for the gifted young historian
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Teaching History 161: Support & Independence
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
02 Editorial
03 HA Secondary News
04 HA Update
08 ‘Come on guys, what are we really trying to say here?’ Using Google Docs to develop Year 9 pupils’ essay-writing skills - Lucy Moonen (Read article)
16 Post hoc ergo propter hoc? Using causation diagrams to empower sixth-form students in their...
Teaching History 161: Support & Independence
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Teaching History 128: Beyond the Exam
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
04 Teaching Year 9 about historical theories and methods – Kate Hammond (Read article)
11 Getting Year 7 to set their own questions about the Islamic Empire, 600-1600 – Sally Burnham (Read article)
18 Does scaffolding make them fall? Reflecting on strategies for developing causal argument in Years 8 and...
Teaching History 128: Beyond the Exam
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Creativity in history
Primary History article
Ask anyone for a list of creative subjects in schools and it is unlikely that history will be top of that list. However, over the last two-and-a-half years we have been working as part of a Creativity Collaborative of schools that seeks to foster creativity across the whole curriculum, including...
Creativity in history
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Writing in Primary History edition 1 and 100: has there been a dramatic shift?
Primary History article
This article is 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
Tim Lomas was astounded and partly horrified that he was...
Writing in Primary History edition 1 and 100: has there been a dramatic shift?
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Teaching History 172: Cause and consequence
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
02 Editorial (Read article)
03 HA Secondary News
04 HA Update
08 ‘Its ultimate pattern was greater than its parts’: using a patchwork quilt analogy at Key Stage 3 to support analytical thinking at GCSE – Ed Durbin (Read article)
16 Triumphs Show: the history classroom lending library – Tim...
Teaching History 172: Cause and consequence
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Working with Historical Picture Books
Primary History article
For the majority of children a picture book is the first book that they enjoy and share with an adult. Picture books introduce children to different genres of writing, different themes and different artistic styles. As young children 'read' and explore picture books they take meaning from the text and...
Working with Historical Picture Books
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What Have Historians Been Arguing About… climate history
Teaching History feature
Although some historians object to ‘presentism’ – studies of the past that are explicitly driven by present-day concerns – climate history as a field would probably not exist otherwise. Expensive technology is required to gather the raw data for research into past climates. Interdisciplinary collaboration is needed to develop robust...
What Have Historians Been Arguing About… climate history
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Primary History 27
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
3 Editorial – Penelope Harnett
4 Primary Noticeboard – edited by Tim Lomas
5 Planning for diversity in the Key Stage 2 history curriculum – Hilary Claire
8 History in the Foundation Stage – Jayne Woodhouse (Read article)
9 Academic and teaching subject knowledge and the KS2 history classroom: adaptation...
Primary History 27
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Primary History 29
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
3 Editorial – Tim Lomas
3 Primary Noticeboard – Tim Lomas
5 Britain and the wider world in Tudor times – Hilary Claire (Read article)
7 ‘No one else knows this’: Scottish primary schools using ICT to investigate local history – John W Robertson (Read article)
9 Monitoring, evaluating and...
Primary History 29
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Primary History 35
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
3 Editorial
4 Primary Noticeboard
6 In My View: The Primary National Strategy and primary history – Maureen Lewis
8 A Quick Guide to Museums and Galleries on the Internet – Jo Peat
11 Identity Crisis: History through Science, strange bedfellows or obvious partners? – Anthony Richards (Read article)
13...
Primary History 35
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Primary History 38
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
05 Editorial
06 Primary Noticeboard
08 Primary History: your views
10 History and the National Primary Strategy — Kevan Collins (Read article)
12 Creativity, imagination and fun in primary history — Tim Lomas (Read article)
16 Engage, innovate, motivate with QCA's new website for history — Jerome Freeman and Jane...
Primary History 38
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The International Journal Volume 10 Number 2
Journal
International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research Volume 10, Number 2- Spring 2012.
Marcelo Fronza and Maria Auxiliadora Moreira dos Santos The Conceptions of Objective Historical Knowledge of Young Students in Brazilian High Schools
Olga Magalhaes Historical Narratives of Young Portuguese Students
Rita de Cassia Goncalves Pacheco...
The International Journal Volume 10 Number 2
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History Education Research Journal
Formerly the International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research
History Education Research Journal
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Resourcing primary history: How to avoid going for any old thing
Primary History article
The recent survey of history teaching in primary schools conducted by the Historical Association revealed that the majority of respondents felt that they were short of resources to teach the revised National Curriculum. Not surprisingly most schools look to find resources that do the job cheaply. It is a truism...
Resourcing primary history: How to avoid going for any old thing
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What Have Historians Been Arguing About... Modern British LGBTQ+ history
Teaching History feature
While academic historians began to make important contributions to our understanding of British LGBTQ+ history in the 1970s (and, indeed, this built on historical scholarship from as early as the 1880s), the field of British queer history became properly established within university history departments and mainstream academic scholarship from the...
What Have Historians Been Arguing About... Modern British LGBTQ+ history
