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Good Evening Sweetheart
Historian article
The talk given by Sue and Pete Mowforth to the Glasgow Branch, reading from a selection of their parents’ war-time letters, resulted in a flurry of media interest from the national press and radio, including an appearance on the BBC’s The One Show in February 2017.
Olga and Cyril Mowforth married in June...
Good Evening Sweetheart
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The Historian 137: Branches
The magazine of the Historical Association
4 Reviews
5 Editorial (Read article)
6 HA Conference
8 A year in the life of a branch co-ordinator – Jenni Hyde (Read article)
14 Private Lives of the Tudors – Tracy Borman (Read article)
19 The President’s Column
20 Good Evening Sweetheart: experiences of an ordinary couple in the...
The Historian 137: Branches
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Teaching History 170: Historians
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
02 Editorial (Read article)
03 HA Secondary News
04 HA Update – make a ‘connecting with historical Scholarship’ resolution!
08 Myths and Monty Python: using the witch-hunts to introduce students to significance – Kerry Apps (Read article)
16 ‘This extract is no good, miss!’ Helping post-16 students to make judgements...
Teaching History 170: Historians
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The Historian 136: 1967 - A Year of Change
The magazine of the Historical Association
4 Reviews
5 Editorial (Read article)
6 Homosexuality in Britain since 1967 – Harry Cocks (Read article)
12 Reviews
13 The President’s Column
14 The origins and development of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights movement in Britain from 1960 to the present – Professor Sally R. Munt (Read...
The Historian 136: 1967 - A Year of Change
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Twickenham as a Patriotic Town
Historian article
Twickenham from the 1890s onwards grew as a town with a special sense of history. Nobody in authority on the local council could quite forget the reputation which the district had acquired as a rural arcadia. The aristocrats and gentry who built villas in the parish in the late 17th...
Twickenham as a Patriotic Town
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Primary History 33
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
3 Editorial
4 Primary Noticeboard
5 In My View: Revolting subjects? – Dr Grant Bage
7 Breadth and Balance within the primary history curriculum? – John Clements
8 History co-ordinators’ dilemmas – Karin Doull
10 QCA Update – Jerome Freeman
11 Multicultural teaching in Portugal: a perspective – Manuela Carvalho...
Primary History 33
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History Teaching in Belarus: Between Europe and Russia
IJHLTR Article
International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 15, Number 1 – Autumn/Winter 2017 ISSN: 14472-9474
Abstract
This paper is devoted to social uses of history teaching and history textbooks. It analyses, first, how the history of the lands of Belarus, at the crossroads between Europe and Eurasia, was...
History Teaching in Belarus: Between Europe and Russia
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Investigating Narrative Forms of History Pedagogy in Primary Initial Teacher Education in England
IJHLTR Article
International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 15, Number 1 – Autumn/Winter 2017 ISSN: 14472-9474
Abstract
Narrative forms of history may have a controversial status amongst professional historians, but the evidence for using narrative approaches in primary history is principally based on educational psychology and research into pedagogy....
Investigating Narrative Forms of History Pedagogy in Primary Initial Teacher Education in England
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The History of Afro-Brazilian People
IJHLTR Article
International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 15, Number 1 – Autumn/Winter 2017ISSN: 14472-9474
Abstract
This work is part of the following research projects: ‘Indians, Quilombolas, and Napalm’ funded by the Ministry of Education (MEC/CAPES-Brazil), and ‘Teaching-learning methodology and evaluation in controversial social issues of humanities and its...
The History of Afro-Brazilian People
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“They Ought to Know the Achievements of the Ancient Greeks”
IJHLTR Article
International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 15, Number 1 – Autumn/Winter 2017ISSN: 14472-9474
Abstract
This paper focus on the role of archaeology and material culture in supporting national narratives for younger generations, examining the ideas and perceptions of prospective teachers of Greek Primary Education. Firstly, the contribution...
“They Ought to Know the Achievements of the Ancient Greeks”
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‘It’s More Complex Than I Assumed’
IJHLTR Article
International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 15, Number 1 – Autumn/Winter 2017ISSN: 14472-9474
Abstract
As with many nations, the teaching of history in Australian schools is often contested. Two prevailing standpoints can be identified, the first of which, in broad terms, emphasises the acquisition of historical knowledge....
‘It’s More Complex Than I Assumed’
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Narrating “Histories of Spain”
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International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 15, Number 1 – Autumn/Winter 2017 ISSN: 14472-9474
Abstract
This study analyses the role of Spanish teacher training students as narrators of what they consider to be the history of Spain. Results of this empirical study are based on a random...
Narrating “Histories of Spain”
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Academic Critical Thinking, Research Literacy and Undergraduate History
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International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 15, Number 1 – Autumn/Winter 2017ISSN: 14472-9474
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The concept of critical thinking is pivotal in academia. Many see it as the very core of intellectual thought and the primary learning outcome of higher education. In addition to its universal merits,...
Academic Critical Thinking, Research Literacy and Undergraduate History
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The Past, the Present and the Future of the Economic Crisis, through Greek Students’ Accounts of their History
IJHLTR Article
International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 15, Number 1 – Autumn/Winter 2017ISSN: 14472-9474
Abstract
This is an analysis of 97 written questionnaires given to university students’, prospective teachers’. Students were asked first to narrate the Greek state’s history, second to make predictions about the future. It took...
The Past, the Present and the Future of the Economic Crisis, through Greek Students’ Accounts of their History
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Teaching History 169: A Time and a Place
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
02 Editorial (Read article)
03 HA Secondary News
04 HA Update – Teaching local history at Key Stage 3
08 From temple to forum: teaching final-year history students to become critical museum visitors – Michael Harcourt (Read article)
16 Triumphs Show: Using 360° VR technology with the GCSE Historic Environment study...
Teaching History 169: A Time and a Place
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IJHLTR International Journal Volume 15, Number 1
The International Journal of History Learning and Teaching
Editorial pp. 5–7Editorial: Identity, Nationalism And Thinking Historically
France pp. 8–23Anna Zadora, University of Strasbourg, FranceHistory Teaching In Belarus: Between Europe And Asia
Brazil pp. 24–33 Maria Auxiliadora Schmidt, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil The History Of Afro-Brazilian People: A Theme Of The Burdening History Of Brazil
Canada pp....
IJHLTR International Journal Volume 15, Number 1
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Managing the scope of study
Teaching History article
Anna Dickson and her department sought a solution to the challenges posed to their pupils by the expanded curricular scope of the new GCSE. In particular, they wanted to address the difficulties their pupils experienced in understanding the Cold War. Dickson outlines here how she drew on the work of...
Managing the scope of study
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France during the reign of Louis XVI
Historian article
The system of Ancien Régime France was indeed archaic, to the extent that its nominal social structure not only contained remnants of the feudal system, like many European countries at that time, but was largely based on it. The extensive corruption inherent in this same system was such that those...
France during the reign of Louis XVI
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History 347
The Journal of the Historical Association
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History 347
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The Historian 134: The End of Empire
The magazine of the Historical Association
4 Reviews
5 Editorial (Read article)
6 The end of the Roman Empire – Guy de la Bédoyère (Read article)
10 My Favourite History Place: Hadrian’s Wall – Sue Temple (Read article)
11 Empire cocktails in ten tweets
12 The Aztec Empire: a surprise ending? – Matthew Restall (Read article)
19 The President’s...
The Historian 134: The End of Empire
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Cunning Plan 98: Britain 1750-1900
Teaching History feature
Isaac Newton: ‘For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction'. Learning that results from action and reaction deepens pupils' understanding of historical content and use of key study skills. It forces them to understand, to wrestle, to articulate, to challenge, to question. Getting pupils to act and react...
Cunning Plan 98: Britain 1750-1900
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The International Journal Volume 14, Number 2
IJHLTR
Editorial and Editorial Review pp. 5–28 Editorial pp. 5–6 Editorial Review pp. 7–28 Jon Nichol, The Historical Association of Great Britain, United Kingdom – England Hilary Cooper, University of Cumbria, United Kingdom – England
Austria pp. 29–39 Are Historical Thinking Skills Important To History Teachers? Some Findings From A Qualitative...
The International Journal Volume 14, Number 2
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International Journal 14.2: Editorial review
IJHLTR Article
International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 14, Number 2 – Spring/Summer 2017ISSN: 14472-9474
Introduction: Thinking historically – syntactic ‘know how’ and substantive ‘know that’ knowledge
As an academic discipline History has two dimensions: the ‘know how’ syntactic or procedural knowledge of the skills and processes of ‘Doing History’ and...
International Journal 14.2: Editorial review
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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
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From The Holocaust To Recent Mass Murders And Refugees
IJHLTR Article
International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 14, Number 2 – Spring/Summer 2017ISSN: 14472-9474
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Through studying cases of genocide and mass atrocities, students can come to realize that: democratic institutions and values are not automatically sustained but need to be appreciated, nurtured, and protected; silence and indifference to the...
From The Holocaust To Recent Mass Murders And Refugees
