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Teaching History 186: Removing Barriers
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
02 Editorial (Read article for free)
03 HA Secondary News
04 HA Update
10 What did it mean to them? Creating a progression model for teaching historical perspectives in Key Stage 3 – Jacob Olivey (Read article)
18 It’s just reading, right? Exploring how Year 12 students approach sources – Jacqueline Vyrnwy-Pierce...
Teaching History 186: Removing Barriers
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Pull-out posters: Primary History 90
Timeline of Queen Elizabeth II; Queen and Commonwealth
Timeline of Queen Elizabeth II
Queen and Commonwealth
Pull-out posters: Primary History 90
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Primary Sources In Swedish And Australian History Textbooks
IJHLTR Article
International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 14, Number 2 – Spring/Summer 2017
ISSN: 14472-9474
Abstract
This article compares primary sources used in Swedish and Australian school History textbooks on the topic of the Vietnam War. The focus is on analysing representations of Kim Phuc, the young girl who was...
Primary Sources In Swedish And Australian History Textbooks
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'History on Trial'
IJHLTR Article
International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 14, Number 2 – Spring/Summer 2017
ISSN: 14472-9474
Abstract
This study discusses the relevance of morality in the explanation of controversial history. It presents a discourse analysis of two representative adolescents’ narratives from Mexico and Spain about the 16th century Spanish Conquest of...
'History on Trial'
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Out and About in Wheathampstead
Historian feature
Dianne Payne examines the structural local history of Wheathampstead and provides a template for wider comparisons.
The rural village of Wheathampstead in Hertfordshire, situated about four miles from St Albans, lies on the River Lea. The village and surrounding land has a long history and in ancient times was owned by the...
Out and About in Wheathampstead
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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?
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Primary History 90: Out now
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
Read Primary History 90
As head of state the Queen stands as our figurehead, a role she has held for seventy years. During that time much has changed. For most of us reading this journal we have known no other sovereign, never had a time when the Queen was not...
Primary History 90: Out now
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Jubilee medals: celebration and creation
Primary History article
The Queen’s jubilee is a great opportunity to explore a huge range of concepts with EYFS children, and what better way to celebrate the experience than by creating your own celebration medals and to wear them in your own celebrations, as a continuation of the celebrations of so many years past....
Jubilee medals: celebration and creation
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The Historian 11
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Feature: Sultan Süleyman's Marred Magnificence, John D. Norton
10 Prospect: History of Education at the Crossroads, Richard Aldrich
14 Personalia: Martin Booth and Keith Robbins
16 Reports: History at the Universities Defence Group and History at the Polytechnics
17 Portfolio Piece: John Hancock and the Declaration of Independence, John...
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Significance and interpretation in primary history
Primary History article
The terms ‘significance’ and ‘interpretation’ often go hand in hand with one another, but what do each of them mean and why is it that they fit together? Understanding both terms separately and how historians use interpretation to identify what is significant in history, and why historians cast their interpretations as to what...
Significance and interpretation in primary history
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Women and space: reaching for the stars
Primary History article
The exploration of the heavens has drawn mankind since the dawn of time. Vast monuments reached to the stars marked with astrological key points. Astronomers sought to understand the movement of the universe. Since the twentieth century however this investigation has moved into space itself, pioneered by restless and inquisitive souls...
Women and space: reaching for the stars
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How can we make effective use of the census in the primary history classroom?
Primary History article
If there is a list of sources that teachers are likely to be familiar with, it is almost certain that the census will be included. In part this is because this is something that we all participate directly in anyway so it has a personal resonance. It can hold a...
How can we make effective use of the census in the primary history classroom?
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The Historian 12
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Feature: A Prisoner's Pursuits: the Captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots, Gordon R. Batho
10 Record Linkage: Sir Lewis Harcourt and the Foreign Office Telegrams July 1914, Keith Wilson
13 Update: English Politics and Society in the Eighteenth Century, Bill Speck
16 HUDG: Middle Age Spread, John Boume
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Female migration to Australia
Primary History article
The Hyde Park Barracks, in Sydney, has a layered history. Designed by Francis Greenway (a convict architect) it was built between 1817 and 1819 by convict labour. Over the next three decades an estimated 50,000 male convicts passed through – some stayed for years, others days or only hours before...
Female migration to Australia
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The Historian 13
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Feature: Fiume 1919, John di Folco
6 Feature: Republicanism in Victorian Britain, Robert Woodall
10 Update: The Origins of the Cold War, John Young
14 Education Forum: Michael Biddiss, Alex Cowan
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Ukraine, children and schools
Primary History article
Children of different ages and maturity will have different levels of understanding and capacity for processing the information unfolding in Ukraine. Children under the age of five may have a very limited understanding of the conflict in Ukraine. If your young child asks you a question about what is happening, you...
Ukraine, children and schools
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The Historian 15
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Feature: The Tudor Princes of Wales, P.R. Roberts
10 Update: Germany 1860-1918, V.R. Berghahn
13 Education Forum: History at 16 to 18, Eric Evans
14 Local History: Some Social History Premises, Norman McCord
18 Personalia: Past Presidents, W. Norton-Medlicott
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The Historian 16
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Feature: Reflections on the Armada Campaign, A.N. Ryan
10 Europe: Adventure in Understanding, Frederic Delouche
11 Update: Women in America, Margaret Walsh
14 Education: History in Primary Schools, Ann Low-Beer
15 Eyewitness: Letters from Nuremberg, Ron Brooks
The Historian 16
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The Historian 17
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Feature: Sir Robert Peel, 1788-1850, Asa Briggs
8 Education Forum: The National Curriculum — what sort of history? Martin Roberts and Donald Read
9 Update: Politics and Religion in Tudor England, Ralph Houlbrooke
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The Historian 19
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Feature: Remembering Australia, K.S. Inglis
10 Update: Anglo-Saxon England, Henry Loyn
12 Comment: Curiouser and Curiouser, Colin Richmond
13 Portfolio: Cabinets of Curiosities, R. W. Unwin
18 Historical Reconstruction, Peter Brears
19 Education Forum: The Lost Generation? George Bernard
20 Local History: Shall I buy a Computer? David Short
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History 374
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 107, Issue 374
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History 374
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The Historian 22
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Feature: Palmerston, Man of Paradox, Muriel E. Chamberlain
10 Interpretation: Emperor Hirohito and Japanese History, Alan G.R. Smith
12 Local History: Vernacular Architecture and its Study, R. W. Brunskill
16 Update: The Crusades, Malcolm Bather
19 Education Forum: History 1989, Reform or Reaction, Christine Lloyd
20 Portfolio: Sinews of Wan Royalist Finances...
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The Historian 23
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Feature: Women in the Two World Wars, Penny Summer
10 Update: Modern India; Imperialism and Nationalism 1880 1947, Judith M Brown
13 Record Linkage: Heraldry and the Historian, Adrian Ailes
20 Anniversary: 150 Years of Photography
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The Historian 25
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Feature: Francesco Crispi and the Legacy of the Rsorgimento, Christopher Duggan
9 Update: Popular Protest in Britain c.1811-1850, John Rule
24 Education Forum: Computers in the Teaching and Learning of History, Aknic Dickinson
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‘Zulu’ and the end of Empire
Historian article
In this article, Nicolas Kinloch examines the 1964 film Zulu. He suggests what it might tell us about the reality of the British Empire and asks if it has anything to say about the era in which the film was made.
One of the most successful British films of 1964...
‘Zulu’ and the end of Empire