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  • 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

  • Seeing a different picture: exploring migration through the lens of history

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Rosie Sheldrake and Dale Banham here share the results of their desire to use the curriculum changes which are upon us to do something which they had intended for some time. Their modern world study...
    Seeing a different picture: exploring migration through the lens of history

  • The Somme: a last innings for Yorkshire and England

      Historian article
    Ronan Thomas explores a tragic sporting outcome of the Battle of the Somme. At the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, the losses suffered by the British Army still have the power to shock. On 1 July 1916 alone nearly 60,000 men became casualties, of whom almost 20,000 were...
    The Somme: a last innings for Yorkshire and England

  • The Northern Ireland Question 1886-1986

      Classic Pamphlet
    The nature of the rights of majorities and minorities is one of the most intractable of the issues raised by the Northern Ireland question, especially since much depends on definitions. Ulster Protestants are a majority in that province but a minority in both Ireland and the United Kingdom, while Catholics,...
    The Northern Ireland Question 1886-1986

  • An attempt to make Year 9 Masters of Learning

      Teaching History article
    ‘Much to learn you still have!' An attempt to make Year 9 Masters of Learning How can history teachers structure learning pathways through historical content in ways that engage and challenge all pupils, that enable them to work at an appropriate pace and that also encourage pupils to self-assess and...
    An attempt to make Year 9 Masters of Learning

  • Circle Time in the secondary history classroom

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Circle Time is a commonly used technique in primary classrooms and is sometimes used in secondary personal and social education lessons. This open form of classroom organisation allows pupils to share opinions in a democratic...
    Circle Time in the secondary history classroom

  • Interdisciplinary forays within the history classroom

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. How might history and art mutually enrich each other and enhance pupil experience? The short answer, and there is much more to be said as Liz Dawes Duraisingh and Veronica Boix Mansilla show, is by...
    Interdisciplinary forays within the history classroom

  • The Historian 28

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    3 Feature: Japan in Perspective, Richard Tames 10 Eyewitness: One of a Luckless Tribe: Arthur Moore and the Amiens Despatch, Keith Haines 12 Record Linkage: Cartoon Corner: Curriculum Controversy Caricatured 14 Portfolio: Ramsay MacDonald: Aviator and Ac'ionman, Adrian Smith 16 Education Forum: Monsteh, History and the Young Child, Paul Noble...
    The Historian 28

  • New, Novice or Nervous? 162: GCSE Thematic Study

      Teaching History feature: the quick guide to the no-quick-fix
    Thematic studies have been a long-standing feature of the Schools History Project (SHP) GCSE specifications in England and Wales; but for teachers of ‘Modern World’ GCSE specifications, the thematic study in the new GCSE specifications for teaching in England from September 2016 is unfamiliar territory. Perhaps you are entirely new...
    New, Novice or Nervous? 162: GCSE Thematic Study

  • Britain: the regional battlefields that helped to create a nation

      Historian article
    In this article Geoffrey Carter will be taking a look at battlefields as key elements in British history and how these can be incorporated into the study of history at various levels and in various periods. The regional nature of many historic conflicts is sometimes forgotten but this is an...
    Britain: the regional battlefields that helped to create a nation

  • Using the back cover image: Oxford Street in the 1960s

      Primary History feature
    Photographs are very useful and productive documents when teaching history. They provide a snapshot of the past such as this one from just outside Selfridges on Oxford Street in London c.1962-64. Combined with further images from Heritage Explorer, clips from Pathé News, extracts from the 1911 Census, locally gathered images...
    Using the back cover image: Oxford Street in the 1960s

  • The Historian 27

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    3 Feature: The Question of Germanies, Michael Biddiss 10 Update: Britain at War 1914-1918, Keith Grieves 13 Portfolio: Moles under HQ? — Kennington Station and the First Tube Line, Neil Lloyd 14 Education Forum: History in Secondary Schools: the Scottish Experience, Mary B. Gould 15 Local History: Local History and...
    The Historian 27

  • The Sykes-Picot agreement and lines in the sand

      Historian article
    Paula Kitching reveals how a secret diplomatic negotiation 100 years ago provides an insight into the political complexities of the modern-day Middle East. The Middle East is an area frequently in the news. Over the last ten years the national and religious tensions appear to have exploded with whole regions...
    The Sykes-Picot agreement and lines in the sand

  • Britain and Brittany: contact, myth and history in the early Middle Ages

      Historian article
    Fiona Edmonds evidences the enduring links between Brittany and Britain throughout the early Middle Ages. Every year many thousands of British holidaymakers travel to Brittany in search of beaches, bisque and bonhomie. As they board the ferry, they may notice that they are travelling from one Bretagne to another. The names...
    Britain and Brittany: contact, myth and history in the early Middle Ages

  • Using databases to explore the real depth in the data

      Teaching History article
    Is it a good thing to have a lot of evidence? Surely the historian would answer that yes, it is: the more evidence that can be used, the better. The problem with this approach, though, is that too much data can be overwhelming for the history student - and, in...
    Using databases to explore the real depth in the data

  • Cunning Plan 159: Putting the people into Magna Carta

      Teaching History feature
    Does your heart skip with excitement at the prospect of a Year 7 lesson on Magna Carta? No? Magna Carta may be an important part of the long-term story of royal power and individual liberties but it is not a topic that excites many teachers. If it were, teachers would...
    Cunning Plan 159: Putting the people into Magna Carta

  • The International Journal Volume 5 Number 2

      Journal
    Articles Lieke van WijkThe Learning and Teaching of History in Europe: EUROCLIO's Enquiries Compared   Peter Brett Citizenship and the National Curriculum   Jerome FreemanThe Current State of the 4-19 History Curriculum in England and Possible Future Developments: a QCA Perspective   Jon NicholFrom Russia with Love: a History Curriculum...
    The International Journal Volume 5 Number 2

  • The Historian 26

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    3 Feature: Martin Luther King, Jr, Adam Fairclough 10 Update: David Lloyd George 1863-1945, Chris Wrigley 13 Education Forum: History and the National Curriculum, Martin Roberts 14 Portfolio: The Rise of the English Gentry 1150-1350, Cohn Richmond 19 Museums: Berlin Museums & the Third Reich, Tom Holder
    The Historian 26

  • What made your essay successful? I ‘T.A.C.K.L.E.D' the essay question!

      Teaching History article
    Teaching in Singapore, Tze Kwang Teo cannot conceive of a history teacher unfamiliar with the mnemonic ‘PEE' (or ‘PEEL') used to structure students' essays. Its ubiquity is testimony to its power, reminding students both to explain and to substantiate their claims. Yet, as Foster and Gadd have argued, its neat formulation can restrict and distort historical thinking. Building on their critique, Teo argues that the focus of PEE/L...
    What made your essay successful? I ‘T.A.C.K.L.E.D' the essay question!

  • Using the back cover image: Westonzoyland War Memorial

      Primary History feature
    The image on the back cover is of the war memorial in Westonzoyland, Somerset. It consists of a concrete plinth with a metal shell-case set on top, on the front of which is a plaque which reads: ‘This shell was presented by Westonzoyland Parish Council to commemorate the memory of...
    Using the back cover image: Westonzoyland War Memorial

  • The Harkness Method: achieving higher-order thinking with sixth-form

      Teaching History article
    Hark the herald tables sing! Achieving higher-order thinking with a chorus of sixth-form pupils On 9 April 1930, a philanthropist called Edward Harkness donated millions of dollars to the Phillips Exeter Academy in the USA. He hoped that his donation could be used to find a new way for students to sit around a table...
    The Harkness Method: achieving higher-order thinking with sixth-form

  • Out and about in the East Yorkshire Wolds

      Historian feature
    East Yorkshire is a somewhat neglected area for touring. Yet, the villages in the chalk Wolds possess much charm and a lot of surprising history to reward those who would explore them. In my youth, I toured these villages many times both on foot and by bicycle. This route is...
    Out and about in the East Yorkshire Wolds

  • Using the back cover image: Reconstructing the Romans

      Primary History feature
    Reconstruction drawings, diagrams and models are vital examples of interpretation that we can use to help pupils understand the past. On one level they help to fire imagination, while on another they offer a way of presenting important historical facts. The image overleaf is a reconstruction drawing of Chester's Roman...
    Using the back cover image: Reconstructing the Romans

  • The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain

      Primary History article
    Before the Romans arrived the islands which now make up Britain were populated with a variety of relatively large and small fortified or defended settlements. The people living here were usually part of tribes or clans and they probably raided each other's territory for cattle and other animals. The majority of people farmed in some way,...
    The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain

  • Local People and Places in the Early Years

      Article
    Learning in the Early Years through Local People and Places: developing historical concepts in the Early Years Foundation Stage Using the local environment as a starting point for historical learning in EYFS not only helps young children engage and make learning meaningful and relevant, but also helps them develop a strong sense of identity. Working...
    Local People and Places in the Early Years