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  • Cunning Plan 97: A-Level: International Relations 1890-1914

      Teaching History feature
    'No war is inevitable until it starts.' Good quote. Not mine, but A.J.P. Taylor's. The outbreak of the First World War is a good way to test it! Did the statesmen of the day know the First World War was coming? Put another way, why was there no general European...
    Cunning Plan 97: A-Level: International Relations 1890-1914

  • Computers don't bite! Your first tentative steps in using ICT in the classroom.

      Article
    This article is for beginners. It will also provide perspectives and ideas for those training history teachers in the use of ICT for improving pupils’ learning. Drawing upon his experience in managing the HA’s NOF training programme, Alf Wilkinson outlines some practical activities that are ideal for getting the novice...
    Computers don't bite! Your first tentative steps in using ICT in the classroom.

  • Move Me On 123: Teaching Key Stage 3 only once a week

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Seb Cabot finds it hard only seeing Key Stage 3 classes once a week: he's struggling to build effective teaching relationships and tackle worthwhile enquiries. 
    Move Me On 123: Teaching Key Stage 3 only once a week

  • Cunning Plan 123: planning a school trip

      Teaching History journal feature
    School trips are a fantastic opportunity for learning, but they must be planned tightly. Each trip must be carefully justified – what will the students learn which they cannot learn in school? Is this sufficient to justify them (and you) having a day out of the classroom? Does the trip...
    Cunning Plan 123: planning a school trip

  • Move Me On 95: Becoming frustrated with A level

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Mary nightingale, PGCE Student, is becoming frustrated with her 'A' Level Teaching Problem: Mary Nightingale is in the third term of her PGCE course. Although her work with classes at Key Stage 3 and 4 is very successful, she is becoming increasingly frustrated with her A level...
    Move Me On 95: Becoming frustrated with A level

  • Cunning Plan 95: Medicine through Time

      Teaching History feature
    GCSE development studies require students to assess change over vast periods of time. How can we cover the content whilst ensuring that our students do not lose sight of the big picture? Look to your choice of big enquiries for the solution. Here is one efficient and motivating approach devised...
    Cunning Plan 95: Medicine through Time

  • Move Me On 94: Struggling to find questioning style to develop pupils' thinking

      The problem page for history mentors
    This Issue's Problem: William Cuffay, PGCE student, is struggling to find a questioning style which will develop pupils' thinking. Problem: William Cuffay is half way through the second term of his PGCE course and is showing considerable promise. He is thorough in his lesson preparation, and has a clear sense...
    Move Me On 94: Struggling to find questioning style to develop pupils' thinking

  • Move Me On 121: Teaching outside subject area

      The problem page for history mentors
    This Issue's Problem: Because of the demands of the modular structure on non-specialists, the school's Key Stage 3 schemes of work are extremely detailed, and include individual lesson plans that staff are encouraged to use or adapt depending on their level of confidence. Arnie began by relying on the plan...
    Move Me On 121: Teaching outside subject area

  • Move Me On 120: Teaching Citizenship

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Tom Payne is confused and concerned about the role he’s expected to play in contributing to the cross-curricular teaching of Citizenship.
    Move Me On 120: Teaching Citizenship

  • Cunning Plan 120: Berlin after 1945

      Teaching History journal feature
    Anna Hamilton and Tony McConnell have created a 'Cunning Plan' to tackle to the question, 'Why was Berlin such a significant theatre of conflict after 1945?'.
    Cunning Plan 120: Berlin after 1945

  • Triumphs Show 120.1 - Is music the answer to the Irish question in schools?

      Teaching History feature
    Ian Ollerenshaw shares with us a way to help GCSE pupils understand the complexities of the ‘Irish Question’ and start to empathise with diverse perspectives. He uses a medium – music – that is familiar to teenagers, beginning with their own music before moving on to songs specifically about Ireland.
    Triumphs Show 120.1 - Is music the answer to the Irish question in schools?

  • From anecdote to argument: using the word processor to connect knowledge and opinion through revelatory writing

      Teaching History article
    Jayne Prior and Peter John argue that it is time to build upon what has been learned about historical writing using ICT and to acknowledge both opportunities and dangers in some current and popular practice. Critical of some of the weaker uses of ‘cut and paste’ activities, where pupils are...
    From anecdote to argument: using the word processor to connect knowledge and opinion through revelatory writing

  • Move Me On 118: Can't find connection between fun and serious learning

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Eddie can't find the connection between fun and serious learning.
    Move Me On 118: Can't find connection between fun and serious learning

  • Triumphs Show 117: Helping Year 9 to think and feel their way through the origins of the Holocaust

      Teaching History feature
    Dave Woodcraft is passionate about engaging students and making them care about the past. He is unrepentant about wanting his lessons to have an emotional impact and a relevant, immediate appeal. To this end, he frequently uses modern parallels in his classroom to make the point that issues in the...
    Triumphs Show 117: Helping Year 9 to think and feel their way through the origins of the Holocaust

  • Move Me On 116: Having problems with his mentor

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Henry Plant is having problems with his mentor. 
    Move Me On 116: Having problems with his mentor

  • Triumphs Show 116: A practical way of teaching the complexities of ‘The Troubles’ at GCSE

      Teaching History feature
    Helping pupils to understand sectarian divisions in Northern Ireland is not easy. For pupils to comprehend the origins and complexities of ‘the Troubles’ they need a big picture. That big picture could be viewed as the interaction of three concepts: time, place and identity. If pupils can at least glimpse...
    Triumphs Show 116: A practical way of teaching the complexities of ‘The Troubles’ at GCSE

  • Cunning Plan 116: how do earthquakes affect a place?

      Teaching History feature
    Cunning Plan for teaching geography: How do earthquakes affect a place?
    Cunning Plan 116: how do earthquakes affect a place?

  • Move Me On 115: the class already know all about WW1

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Vera is worried that her Year 9 class already know all about World War One. 
    Move Me On 115: the class already know all about WW1

  • Move Me On 113: Getting pupils to really care about what happened in the past

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Ronnie Wedgewood is struggling to get pupils really to care about what happened in the past. 
    Move Me On 113: Getting pupils to really care about what happened in the past

  • Triumphs Show 113: How to make the Elizabethan Religious Settlement sufficiently complicated for Year 8

      Teaching History feature
    This edition of the 'Triumphs Show' explains 'How to make the Elizabethan Religious Settlement sufficiently complicated for Year 8'.
    Triumphs Show 113: How to make the Elizabethan Religious Settlement sufficiently complicated for Year 8

  • Move Me On 112: Has problems with his subject knowledge

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Tom MaCaulay is having problems with his subject knowledge.
    Move Me On 112: Has problems with his subject knowledge

  • Cunning Plan 111: Year 8 lesson on C.V. Wedgwood's writing

      Teaching History feature
    This edition of 'Cunning Plan' is a Year 8 lesson on C.V. Wedgwood's writing. There is also a supplementary download commenting on the C.V. Wedgwood text used.
    Cunning Plan 111: Year 8 lesson on C.V. Wedgwood's writing

  • Move Me On 111: Having problems with Differentiation

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Frances is having problems with differentiation.
    Move Me On 111: Having problems with Differentiation

  • Triumphs Show 111: Recreating 1930s Europe with the help of Year 9

      Teaching History feature
    Sally Evans demonstrates how constructing a map of Europe can enhance pupils' understandings on the causations of World War Two.
    Triumphs Show 111: Recreating 1930s Europe with the help of Year 9

  • Triumphs Show 110: Would you sacrifice watching television for Great Britain?

      Teaching History feature
    This lesson has worked well with higher ability whole classes and with smaller groups with Special Educational Needs. It is essentially a citizenship exercise. It encourages pupils to explore their own values, to justify these values through argument and, through discussion, to understand and accept that others might hold different...
    Triumphs Show 110: Would you sacrifice watching television for Great Britain?