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New, Novice or Nervous? 155: Similarity & Difference
Teaching History feature
This page is for those new to the published writings of history teachers. Every problem you wrestle with, other teachers have wrestled with too. Quick fixes don't exist. But if you discover others' writing, you'll soon find - and want to join - something better: an international conversation in which...
New, Novice or Nervous? 155: Similarity & Difference
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The Investiture Disputes
Classic Pamphlet
Historical labels are dictated by a wayward fashion; and the name which is still most commonly associated with the first struggle of Empire and Papacy (1076-1122). "The Investiture Disputes," is neither lucid or appropriate. It has been commoner for historians to name the great wars of history after the issues...
The Investiture Disputes
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The Bristol Riots
Classic Pamphlet
In 1831, Bristol suffered the worst outbreak of urban rioting since the Gordon Riots in London over fifty years earlier. Twelve rioters were officially declared to have died as a result of confrontations with troops and special constables, and many more unidentifiable corpses were discovered among the ruins of the...
The Bristol Riots
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Making sense of the eighteenth century
Teaching History article
Making sense of the eighteenth century
Pressures on curriculum time force us all to make difficult choices about curriculum content, but the eighteenth century seems to have suffered particular neglect. Inspired by the tercentenary of the accession of the first Georgian king and the interest in the Acts of Union prompted...
Making sense of the eighteenth century
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Obituaries: the first verdict in history
Historian article
Last year marked the deaths of two world-renowned historical figures - Margaret Thatcher and Nelson Mandela. Their obituaries reflected the marked contrast in the way the pair were viewed. Mandela ended up by being universally admired, while Thatcher was both adored and despised in seemingly equal measure. Writer Nigel Starck...
Obituaries: the first verdict in history
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The International Journal Volume 11, Number 1
Journal
Editorial
Articles
Eleni Apostolidou Teaching and Discussing Historical Significance with 15 year-old students in Greece
Manuela Carvalho and Isabel Barca Students' Use of Historical Evidence in European Countries
P. Checkley and C. Checkley ‘Future Teachers of the Past' - An initial analysis of Initial Teacher Training students and their preparation...
The International Journal Volume 11, Number 1
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Teaching History 154: A Sense of History
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
02 Editorial
03 HA Secondary News
04 HA Update
08 Dan Smith - Period, place and mental space: using historical scholarship to develop Year 7 pupils' sense of period (Read article)
18 Katharine Burn - Making sense of the eighteenth century (Read article)
28 Cunning Plan: Layers of history (Read article)
30 Paula...
Teaching History 154: A Sense of History
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My Favourite History Place - Sackville College, East Grinstead
Historian feature
Sackville College almshouse in East Grinstead, Sussex, was founded in 1609, by Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset, when he wrote his will. He died 17 days later without seeing one stone laid, yet the College still stands, providing affordable accommodation for local elderly people of limited means. It is...
My Favourite History Place - Sackville College, East Grinstead
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Unpacking the suitcase and finding history: doing justice to the teaching of diverse histories in the classroom
Teaching History article
Unpacking the suitcase and finding history: doing justice to the teaching of diverse histories in the classroom
It has become a truism that Britain is a multi-cultural society yet, as Mohamud and Whitburn argue, there is still a great deal of thinking to be done by history teachers in accounting...
Unpacking the suitcase and finding history: doing justice to the teaching of diverse histories in the classroom
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Local Authority Housing
Classic Pamphlet
Local authority housing has been a distinctive feature of the British housing system throughout the twentieth century. This pamphlet outlines the development of local authority housing in Britain from its origins in the late nineteenth century to the present day, focusing on the ways in which policy changes have affected...
Local Authority Housing
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New, Novice or Nervous? 154: Using historical scholarship in the classroom
Teaching History feature
As another World Book Day goes past, you have been watching the English department wax lyrical about all of the wonderful books that pupils might read. You know that there is a wealth of well-written historical scholarship out there for pupils to dive into, yet you are not sure about...
New, Novice or Nervous? 154: Using historical scholarship in the classroom
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Journal
Editorial, 2
History Teaching and Artificial Intelligence - Richard Ennals, 3
Primary Schools: Humanities and Microelectronics - Ron Jones, 6
Choosing and Using Microcomputers: A Charter of Experience - John Wilkes, 9
Report: History and Computers - Frances Blow, 12
Report: Computer Assisted Learning in History - Derek Turner, 13...
Teaching History 33
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Peter Abelard
Classic Pamphlet
The Catalogue of Printed Books in the British Library contains a large number of entries under the name of Peter Abelard. Most relate to books published in the last two hundred years and most of the editions of works written by Abelard, as distinct from books about him or about...
Peter Abelard
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Teaching History 17
Journal
About the journal, 2
The Editors, 2
Islam in history, 3
Resources - Islam in history, 5
African history in the classroom, 7
History in Central Africa, 10
Review article - recently published books on African history, 13
The historian's method - a course for the 'A' level student, 15...
Teaching History 17
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The Origins of the First World War
Classic Pamphlet
The First World War broke out suddenly and unexpectedly in midsummer 1914, following the murder of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Hapsburg, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, at Sarajevo, in Bosnia, on 28 June. Since no war involving the European great powers had occurred since 1871, the possibility of...
The Origins of the First World War
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Teaching History 21
Journal
Editorial, 2
The Contributors, 2
Children's Inductive Historical Thought: an Interim Report from a Current Research Project - Martin Booth, 3
Classified Advertisements, 8
An Approach to Learning History in Primary Schools - R. N. Hallam, 9
Young Children and the Past - Joan Blyth, 15
Teaching the Varieties of...
Teaching History 21
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Teaching History 25
Journal
Editorial, 2
Imaginative Writing Competition 1980, 2
The Teaching History Imaginative Writing Competition 1979, 3
The Contributors, 3
Patrick Richardson (1927-1979), 5
CEE History - One approach - Ian Dawson, 6
The Teaching of History, 11-18, A Consistent Approach - Jon Nichol, 9
Contradictory Ideas - Hugh Nicklin, 15
The...
Teaching History 25
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Teaching History 27
Journal
Editorial, 2
Notes on contributors, 2
Oral History and the Raj - Andrew Reekes, 4
Programmed Learning and Guided Learning in History - Brian Garvey, 7
From a Victorian Scrapheap - David Jeremy, 10
Simulations and Computers - Richard Ennals, 13
Mr Polly's History, 16
Mission to England - Barbara...
Teaching History 27
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Teaching History 28
Journal
Editorial, 2
Notes on Contributors, 3
The Teaching History Imaginative Writing Competition 1980, 3
Why History - the Teachers - Peter Carpenter, 6
History 16-19, 8
Profile: Peggy Bryant - Martin Booth, 9
How I taught history - Sinclair Atkins, 11
Practical Points on Teaching History to less-able secondary pupils,...
Teaching History 28
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Teaching History 30
Journal
Editorial, 2
Notes on Contributors, 3
Down among the Deadmen: Graveyard Surveys for Local Studies - Brian Dix and Richard Smart, 3
Educational Objectives for History - Ten Years On -John Fines, 8
Notes and News, 10
A Primary School's Experiment with a Micro-Computor - James Gent, 11
History Abandoned?...
Teaching History 30
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Central and Local Government in Scotland Since 1707
Classic Pamphlet
This pamphlet provides an interesting approach to a historical topic which has been too frequently covered from a single viewpoint. The pamphlet delivers a thoroughly Scottish approach to the nature of the 1707 Union and the changing nature of Scotland in the following centuries. It highlights the disparity of the...
Central and Local Government in Scotland Since 1707
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Teaching History 31
Journal
Editorial, 2
List of Historical Association Area Education Advisers, 3
The 'Records Road Show' or Documents in Essex Classrooms - Ian Mason, 4
Schooling the Local Historian - Gareth Elwyn Jones, 7
Local History Teaching and the Ordinary Child - R. D. Woodall, 10
Lincolnshire Teachers' Views on a 16...
Teaching History 31
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Teaching History 39
Journal
Editorial, 2
A Small Local Investigation - David Wright, 3
A Journey Back into the Past - Rebecca Bell, 5
History Workshop Centre (Report), 7
History of Education in Schools - Richard Aldrich, 8
Christmas Holiday Lecture Quiz Prizewinner, 11
Recreating a Trip to York in Victorian Times - Mike...
Teaching History 39
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Teachng History 40
Journal
Editorial 2
`On Monday I Took Back the Armour and the Video's, Ross Lee and Richard Davis 3
Committed Historiography and History Teaching in Nigerian Secondary Schools, Noel A. Ihebuzor 8
Report: Historical Consciousness and Identity, Charles Hannam 11
The European Dimension and German History, T.C. Lewis 12
Outstanding History...
Teachng History 40
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Teaching History 42
Journal
Editorial 2
History: A Most Crucial Element of the Curriculum, Gordon Batho 3
Report: Archives and Education in London 5
Towards a Nationally Agreed Framework I or the Teaching of Primary School History, T.D. Cook 6
Teaching Teachers: A Secondary History PGCE Course, Keith Jenkins 9
Bringing in the Horse,...
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