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  • Children's thinking and history

      Article
    Hilary Cooper outlines the main features of children's historical thinking in History. These ideas are reflected in the government's provisional plans for the 2014 NC for History...
    Children's thinking and history

  • History and identity

      Article
    A sense of identity is at the heart of the proposed new NC for History. Sir Keith explores what this means for immigrant children of mixed heritage who grew up in Britain. Significantly, the last sentence of his paper dovetails with the government's views...
    History and identity

  • Teaching history as a national grand narrative

      Article
    There is no reason why highly sophisticated, intellectually challenging, creative and enjoyable ways to teach history to young children should not continue when a National Curriculum for History is based upon a country's Grand Narrative, know that knowledge, that can require knowledge of ‘facts' such as key dates, the names...
    Teaching history as a national grand narrative

  • Year 7 explore the story of a London street

      Teaching History article
    One street, twenty children and the experience of a changing town: Year 7 explore the story of a London street Michael Wood and others have recently drawn attention to the ways in which big stories can be told through local histories. Hughes and De Silva report a teaching unit through...
    Year 7 explore the story of a London street

  • Podcast Series: The Anglo-Saxons

      The Anglo-Saxons
    In this HA Podcast Series Professor Joanna Story of the University of Leicester looks at the history of the Anglo-Saxons.
    Podcast Series: The Anglo-Saxons

  • Podcast Series: William I to Henry VII

      Multipage Article
    An HA Podcasted History featuring Professor David Bates and Professor Nicholas Vincent of the University of East Anglia, Dr Philip Morgan of Keele University, Professor Mark Ormrod of the University of York, Dr James Davis of Queens University Belfast, Professor Michael Hicks of the University of Winchester, Dr Sean Cunningham of...
    Podcast Series: William I to Henry VII

  • Museums, schools and creativity: How learning can be enhanced

      Article
    What do we mean by creativity?In the last few years there has been an emphasis on the ‘creative curriculum', ‘creativity' and ‘creative teaching and learning', but there has not always been a shared understanding of what this means. This article uses the definition from ‘Creativity - find it, promote it'...
    Museums, schools and creativity: How learning can be enhanced

  • Podcast Series: Ancient British and Irish Pagan Religion

      Ancient British and Irish Pagan Religion
    In this podcast Professor Ronald Hutton of the University of Bristol looks at Ancient British and Irish Pagan Religion.
    Podcast Series: Ancient British and Irish Pagan Religion

  • HA Podcasted History: Ancient Persia

      Ancient Persia
    In this series of podcasts Professor Thomas Harrison of the University of Liverpool examines the Persian Empire, life in ancient Persian society and the Greek-Persian War.
    HA Podcasted History: Ancient Persia

  • Polychronicon 149: Interpreting the Persian Wars

      Teaching History feature
    Truth-loving Persians do not dwell upon The trivial skirmish fought near Marathon. So begins Robert Graves' poem, The Persian Version. The conceit of the poem is to invert the standard narrative of the Persian war of the early fifth century BC - a narrative drawn from Greek sources such as...
    Polychronicon 149: Interpreting the Persian Wars

  • A View from the Classroom: Writing History

      Article
    Introduction I imagine many people have memories of staring at a blank piece of paper - and wondering what to write.....and where to start? There are many questions to consider. How do children become eager and confident writers in the context of history? When is writing the best response, and...
    A View from the Classroom: Writing History

  • Diagrams in History

      Historian article
    One of the gifts of the social sciences to history is the use of expository diagrams; but attention is rarely given to the history of diagrams. Maps - schematized representations of locations in spatial relation to one another - can be dated back to Babylonia in the late third millennium...
    Diagrams in History

  • Chronology exemplar: overview of Britain since 1930

      Exemplar
    History co-ordinator Sharon Amess helped a student teacher in the Year 6 class with the Britain since 1930 unit. They decided to introduce the topic with a timeline, followed by group research into elements of British life since 1930, decade by decade.Timescales discussionPlacing photographs along a timeline helped the children...
    Chronology exemplar: overview of Britain since 1930

  • Time and Place; Using a Local Historical Site with Key Stage 2 and 3

      Time and Place
    English Heritage and the Historical Association have teamed up to provide this great new CPD guide to getting the most out of local historical sites with your classes. This easy to follow unit provides the basis for an entire unit of local study using the built heritage around you. Examples...
    Time and Place; Using a Local Historical Site with Key Stage 2 and 3

  • Story-telling and simulation exemplar: The Great Exeter Fish War of 1309

      Exemplar
    The lesson was taught to 44 Year 3 children in a first school in Exeter. It describes how a story was used to introduce a local history unit, and how we followed it up. To begin, we sat the children on the carpet and told them John Hooker's story about...
    Story-telling and simulation exemplar: The Great Exeter Fish War of 1309

  • A view from the classroom

      Article
    The end of one school year and the beginning of a new one is always a time for reflection. If it coincides with moving classrooms and changing key stage too, as I am from KS1 to KS2, there is a good opportunity to sort out resources, and plan a fresh...
    A view from the classroom

  • Saxons, Normans and Victorians

      Classic Pamphlet
    When Queen Victoria died in 1901, the Annual Register remarked that the feeling of forlorn-ness which swept the country had no parallel since the death of King Alfred. The men of the new century were driven to seek a Saxon parallel. So too were men at the beginning of the...
    Saxons, Normans and Victorians

  • Edward the Confessor and the Norman Conquest

      Classic Pamphlet
    Nine hundred years have elapsed since the death of Edward the Confessor, the last English king descended directly from Cerdic, king of Wessex in the sixth century - and so from the pagan gods. Nine hundred years are a long time; and if Edward had been succeeded by a son,...
    Edward the Confessor and the Norman Conquest

  • Podcast Series: British LGBTQ+ History

      Multipage Article
    In Part 4 of our series on Social and Political Change in the UK since 1800 we focus on UK LGBTQ+ History. This series of podcasts features Dr Matt Cook and Dr Sean Brady of Birkbeck, University of London, Professor Sally R Munt of the University of Sussex and Dr Emma Vickers...
    Podcast Series: British LGBTQ+ History

  • Podcast Series: The Vikings

      Podcasted history
    An HA Podcasted History of the Vikings featuring Professor Rosamond McKitterick, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge.
    Podcast Series: The Vikings

  • Doing History with Objects

      Article
    IntroductionI was talking about ‘Doing History' with historical artefacts and objects with a young teacher when she closed the discussion with the statement ‘It's alright for you, you're old, your house is full of old things - how do I get them?' Alas - I had to agree with her,...
    Doing History with Objects

  • GCSE Topic Pack: Medicine through Time

      Topic Pack
    Medicine Through Time is a Development study. It traces the development of medical practice from prehistoric times to present day. This development is not always continuous and sometime knowledge went backwards or stayed the same for long periods of time. You will need to know the reasons for this. Medical...
    GCSE Topic Pack: Medicine through Time

  • Podcast Series: The Women's Movement

      Multipage Article
    In Part 2 of our series on Social and Political Change in the UK 1800-present we look at the Women's Movement in the UK from its early origins through to the end of the 20th century Part 2 features Dr Anne Logan, Professor June Hannam and Ms Jean Spence. Also...
    Podcast Series: The Women's Movement

  • Key Stage 2-3 History Transition Project Final Report

      Final Report
    The project was steered and edited on behalf of the Historical Association by Andrew Wrenn, General Adviser for History, Cambridgeshire Advisory Service. It was funded by the Innovation Unit of the Department for Education and Skills.
    Key Stage 2-3 History Transition Project Final Report

  • Pyramid building

      Lesson Plan
    How did the ancient Egyptians build the pyramids? This lesson on pyramid-building includes visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learning activities catering for a range of learning styles and abilities. There are links with Science, Maths, and DT. For background information see Building the Great Pyramid on the BBC website. (These resources...
    Pyramid building