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  • 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?

  • Thinking makes it so: cognitive psychology and history teaching

      Teaching History article
    What, exactly, is learned knowledge - and why does it matter in history teaching? Michael Fordham seeks to use the general tenets of cognitive psychology to inform the debate about how history teachers might get the best from their students, in particular in considering the role of memory. Fordham surveys the latest research concerning memory while also arguing that remembering does matter in history...
    Thinking makes it so: cognitive psychology and history teaching

  • Polychronicon 166: The ‘new’ historiography of the Cold War

      Teaching History feature
    A great deal of new writing on the Cold War sits at the crossroads of national, transnational and global perspectives. Such studies can be so self-consciously multi-archival and multipolar, methodologically pluralist in approach and often ‘decentring’ in aim, that some scholars now worry that the Cold War risks losing its coherence as a distinct object of...
    Polychronicon 166: The ‘new’ historiography of the Cold War

  • Cunning Plan 166: developing an enquiry on the First Crusade

      Teaching History feature
    "What shall I say next? We were all indeed huddled together like sheep in a fold, trembling and frightened, surrounded on all sides by enemies so that we could not turn in any direction. It was clear to us that this had happened because of our sins. A great clamour rose to the sky, not...
    Cunning Plan 166: developing an enquiry on the First Crusade

  • Exploring the Cornish Religious Landscape

      Historian article
    The Cornish religious landscape shares one particularly significant feature with its Welsh neighbour to the north. The Celtic tendency to dedicate churches to very local saints is very strong in both Cornwall and Wales, with the church dedications frequently being mirrored by the place name. This similarity is, to an...
    Exploring the Cornish Religious Landscape

  • Historians in The National Archives

      Historian article
    The author of this article approached the Editor to give him a flavour of what might be found in The National Archives relating to political, secret service and civil service ‘interest’ in the views and activities of historians over the last century. It is certainly very significant that some of...
    Historians in The National Archives

  • Out and about in the Trent Valley

      Historian feature
    In the muddy corner of a field fringing Biddulph Moor in North Staffordshire, a small fenced enclosure surrounds Trent Head, ‘official' source of the River Trent (SJ905 579). In truth, any of a handful of springs that rise nearby might serve. Pilgrims are well advised to equip themselves with Wellington...
    Out and about in the Trent Valley

  • Teaching History 136: Shaping the Past

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    02 Editorial 03 HA Secondary News 04 When were Jews in medieval England most in danger? Exploring change and continuity with Year 7 – Ben Jarman (Read article) 13 Shaping macro-analysis from micro-history: developing a reflexive narrative of change in school history – Hywel Jones (Read article) 22 Triumphs show: How...
    Teaching History 136: Shaping the Past

  • Primary History 52: Education and the Environment

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    03 Editorial 04 In my view: Education and the built environment – Dominic Balmforth 06 In my view: Primary history and Engaging Places – Rochelle Whitty 08 In my view: Engaging Pupils: An A Level student describes her experience of collaborative working with Key Stage 2 – Bernice Waghorn 09...
    Primary History 52: Education and the Environment

  • Bringing the Civil War to life in Somerset

      Primary History article
    As a lecturer in education teaching humanities at Plymouth University, I spend my time encouraging student teachers to move away from writing lesson plans with a focus on research and recording, to creating lessons that are dynamic – engaging children in historical activities to develop a passion for history. Student...
    Bringing the Civil War to life in Somerset

  • Ideas for Assemblies: The life stories of refugees - Judith Kerr

      Primary History feature
    Judith Kerr, author of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and the Mog stories, came to Britain in 1936 with her brother Michael and their parents, Alfred and Julia Kerr. Her father was Jewish, an anti-Nazi, and famous theatre critic who fled Berlin as Hitler came to power in 1933,...
    Ideas for Assemblies: The life stories of refugees - Judith Kerr

  • Making the most of the post-1066 unit

      Primary History article
    Making the most of the post-1066 unit: looking at continuity and change over 10,000 years The ‘aspect or theme of British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066’ unit is designed to extend the period of study beyond 1066 to help pupils develop a coherent picture of British  history....
    Making the most of the post-1066 unit

  • Learning about the past through ‘ourselves and our families’

      Primary History Article
    ‘Ourselves and our families’ is a popular theme in foundation settings and Reception classes. It is often undertaken at the beginning of the academic year, although it can be taught later when teachers have a better understanding of children’s home circumstances. This theme can provide many opportunities for children to...
    Learning about the past through ‘ourselves and our families’

  • The International Journal Volume 7 Number 1

      Journal
    Articles Dursun DilekUsing a Thematic Teaching Approach Based on Pupils' Skill and Interest in Social Studies Teaching   Helena GillespieTeaching Emotive and Controversial History to 7-11 Year Olds: a Report for The Historical Association   Robert GuyverThe History Curriculum in Three Countries - Curriculum Balance, National Identity, Prescription and Teacher...
    The International Journal Volume 7 Number 1

  • Comparing the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Jameson Raid

      Historian article
    Duplicated Debacles? A comparison of the 1895-96 Jameson Raid and the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion. Adam Burns and Robert Gallimore take us on two invasions, one by land and one by sea. Following the Cuban Revolution of 1959 and the rise to power of the socialist regime of Fidel...
    Comparing the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Jameson Raid

  • The Lady of the Black Horse: Mabel Stobart (1862–1954)

      Historian article
    Peter Down takes us on a winter retreat over snow-covered mountains. Mabel St Clair Stobart was born into a wealthy Victorian family and enjoyed an idyllic childhood. She was gifted academically and excelled at sport. Married at 22, she had two sons. Unfortunately in 1903 her husband lost his fortune and...
    The Lady of the Black Horse: Mabel Stobart (1862–1954)

  • The Historian 32

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    3 Feature: Aggressive but Unsuccessful: Louis XIV and the European Struggle - Jeremy Black 10 Update: The Reign of Richard II, 1377-1399 - Alison McHardy 13 Education Forum: National Curriculum History: A Framework for the Future - Sue Bennett 14 Forum: Archive Services in Danger - Rosemary Dunhill 14 Reconstructing...
    The Historian 32

  • The Gallipoli Memorial, Eltham

      Historian article
    On April 13 2000 the Bishop of Oxford, the Right Reverend Richard Harris, gave the final Gallipoli Memorial Lecture in the Gallipoli Memorial Chapel at Holy Trinity Church, Eltham. The National Gallipoli Memorial was established there due to the effort and enthusiasm of Holy Trinity’s Vicar, the Reverend Henry Hall,...
    The Gallipoli Memorial, Eltham

  • Polychronicon 165: The 1917 revolutions in 2017: 100 years on

      Teaching History feature
    The interpretive and empirical frameworks utilised by scholars in their quest to understand the Russian revolutions have evolved and transformed over 100 years. The opening of archives after the collapse of the Soviet Union enabled access to a swathe of new primary sources, some of which have had a transformative...
    Polychronicon 165: The 1917 revolutions in 2017: 100 years on

  • The International Journal Volume 8 Number 2

      Journal
    The International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR] was founded to provide an international medium for reporting on History Education. Articles in the edition: Erinc Erdal and Ruken Akar Vural Teaching History through Drama: the ‘Armenian Deportation' Terry Haydn and Richard Harris Children's ideas about what it means...
    The International Journal Volume 8 Number 2

  • British organised youth and the First World War

      Historian article
    This posthumously published article by John Springhall was presented to us, with recommended illustrations, shortly before his death. It reflects his interest in popular culture and how people lived their lives in quite a remarkable manner. Adult-directed British uniformed youth movements played a  significant but often overlooked role during the...
    British organised youth and the First World War

  • The Great Yarmouth Suspension Bridge Disaster of 1845

      Historian article
    Many communities have cataclysmic disasters which tend to dominate or define their local history. Gareth Davies reveals that the sudden collapse of the Great Yarmouth Suspension Bridge is a telling example of this trend. Beside the waters of the River Bure in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk stands a shiny black memorial...
    The Great Yarmouth Suspension Bridge Disaster of 1845

  • Teaching the First World War in the primary school

      Article
    The current commemorations of the First World War have opened the door to some real opportunities for those teaching primary history – perhaps even considering taking children to the battlefields. Although this is customarily a secondary-school experience, this article outlines the opportunities for primary-age children. The suggestions here are based...
    Teaching the First World War in the primary school

  • Learning about the past through toys and games

      Article
    A learning theme centred on toys and games is perfect for younger children as the Early Years curriculum is, of course, all about learning through play. Planned carefully, it can also provide many opportunities for children to develop their understanding of the past. Adult-directed learning opportunities Provide the children with...
    Learning about the past through toys and games

  • Polychronicon 164: The End of the Cold War

      Teaching History feature
    A quarter-century on from 1989-91, with a large amount of archive and media material available, these epic years are ripe for historical analysis. Yet their proximity to our time also throws up challenging questions about the practice of ‘contemporary history’, and the complexity of events raises larger issues about how...
    Polychronicon 164: The End of the Cold War