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  • Film series: Power and authority in Germany, 1871-1991

      Germany 1871-1945: Introduction
    The rise and fall of Germany in the 20th Century is one of the major political arcs of the modern period, and one that many feel familiar with – from the unification of the Germanic states, the defeat of the Kaiser in 1918, revolution, a weak Weimar Republic all the...
    Film series: Power and authority in Germany, 1871-1991

  • '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'

  • Writing the history of nineteenth-century Europe

      Annual Conference 2013 Podcast
    Keynote Speech from the Historical Association 2013 Annual Conference - Podcast Sir Richard Evans FBA - Regius Professor of History and President of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge ‘Study problems, not periods', Lord Acton famously advised in his Inaugural Lecture at Cambridge. Centuries in themselves have no historical meaning; the...
    Writing the history of nineteenth-century Europe

  • Triumphs Show 121: 60th Anniversary commemoration of the end of WWII

      Teaching History feature
    It’s early July 2004, and the history department of Harrogate Grammar School are chatting in the staff room enjoying a bit of spare time now that exam classes have disappeared. The subject of what the department will do next year when it comes to trips, speakers and special days comes...
    Triumphs Show 121: 60th Anniversary commemoration of the end of WWII

  • 200 editions of Teaching History

      23rd September 2025
    Standing on the shoulders of giants  We're proud to announce the publication of the 200th edition of Teaching History, the UK’s leading journal for secondary history educators. This landmark issue marks over five decades of thought leadership, innovation, and community-building in history education. Over the last 50 years, Teaching History has...
    200 editions of Teaching History

  • The Armada Campaign of 1588

      Classic Pamphlet
    Between 1585 and 1588 a state of undeclared war existed between England and Spain. During the course of those years, Philip II devised a plan for the 'Enterprise of England'. It was probably  the most ambitious military operation of the sixteenth century: a massive invasion to be mounted jointly by...
    The Armada Campaign of 1588

  • 1497, Cornwall and the Wars of the Roses

      Article
    Ian Arthurson reasseses the Cornish rising of 1497 on its 500th anniversary. On the 400th anniversary of this rebellion there was a good deal of agreement about the Wars of the Roses: ‘The slaughter of people was greater than in any former war on English soil ... The standard of...
    1497, Cornwall and the Wars of the Roses

  • Polychronicon 147: Witchcraft, history and children

      Teaching History feature
    Witchcraft is serious history. 1612 marks the 400th anniversary of England's biggest peacetime witch trial, that of the Lancashire witches: 20 witches from the Forest of Pendle were imprisoned, ten were hanged in Lancaster, and another in York. As a result of some imaginative commemorative programmes, a number of schools...
    Polychronicon 147: Witchcraft, history and children

  • Early Modern Britain 1509-1745

      HA Secondary Resources (Key Stage 3)
    While the 2014 Curriculum sets out the broad focus of each particular content area, considerable choice has been left to history departments in determining which particular events or developments to include and how they can best 'combine overview and depth studies to help pupils understand both the long arc of...
    Early Modern Britain 1509-1745

  • Film: Party Politics 1714-1785

      Film Series: Power and freedom in Britain and Ireland: 1714-2010
    In Episode 2, Dr Robin Eagles (History of Parliament), examines the birth of Britain’s two party system in the form of the Whigs and the Tories; two parties, whose rivalry would define politics in Britain from the Restoration and Glorious Revolution to the middle of the Victorian Age. During this...
    Film: Party Politics 1714-1785

  • The Romanov Tercentenary: nostalgia versus history on the eve of the Great War

      Historian article
    The spring of 2013 was unusually significant for devotees of the Romanov dynasty. Though there was little international recognition of the fact, the season marked the 400th anniversary of the accession of Russia's first Romanov tsar. Historically, the story was a most dramatic one, for Mikhail Fedorovich had not seized...
    The Romanov Tercentenary: nostalgia versus history on the eve of the Great War

  • President Barack Obama and the State of the Union Address

      Historian article
    Introduction Shortly after noon on 20 January 2009 Barack Obama began his historic Inaugural Address as 44th President of the United States of America. On the west porch of the Capitol, home to the US Congress, and under propitiously blue skies, the first African American president spoke before more than...
    President Barack Obama and the State of the Union Address

  • Podcast: Stalin 1928-1941

      Podcast
    On 15th November Dr Jane McDermid gave the first lecture in the HA's Sixth Form Lecture Series on the making of the Stalinist State at the National Archives, Kew. Click on the following links below to listen to her lecture and read the lecture notes!
    Podcast: Stalin 1928-1941

  • Polychronicon 142: 'instructive reversals' - (re)interpreting the 1857 events in Northern India

      Teaching History feature
    The dramatic, chaotic and violent events that took place in Northern India in 1857/8 have been interpreted in many ways, as, for example, the ‘Indian Mutiny', the ‘Sepoy War' and the ‘First Indian War of Independence'. The tales that have been told about these events have been profoundly shaped, however,...
    Polychronicon 142: 'instructive reversals' - (re)interpreting the 1857 events in Northern India

  • The Past, the Present and the Future of the Economic Crisis, through Greek Students’ Accounts of their History

      IJHLTR Article
    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 15, Number 1 – Autumn/Winter 2017ISSN: 14472-9474 Abstract This is an analysis of 97 written questionnaires given to university students’, prospective teachers’. Students were asked first to narrate the Greek state’s history, second to make predictions about the future. It took...
    The Past, the Present and the Future of the Economic Crisis, through Greek Students’ Accounts of their History

  • Film: Queer British History – 1714 to 1785

      Film Series: Power and freedom in Britain and Ireland: 1714-2010
    In episode 10, Dr Declan Kavanagh (University of Kent), reflects on Queer British history 1714-1785. Dr Kavanagh looks at the history of the language of LGBTQ+, in particular the term ‘queer’ in its very recent usage and how the language of descriptors for these communities has been influenced. Dr Kavanagh draws...
    Film: Queer British History – 1714 to 1785

  • Russian Revolution: Social Movements between the Revolutions Feb-Oct 1917

      Lecture
    On the 29th November Dr Jane McDermid gave the second of her lectures on the Russian Revolution, at the Weston Theatre, Manchester. John Laver, Principal Examiner in History at AQA also gave some invaluable advice on how to answer A Level History Exam questions. Click the links below to access their lecture notes>>>...
    Russian Revolution: Social Movements between the Revolutions Feb-Oct 1917

  • Teaching about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and events happening there

      Article
    The events of the last few days appear to have come out of nowhere to many people, especially children. While tensions have existed in the region for some time Russia’s decision to attack Ukraine was without provocation. To have war return in such a way to the edges of Europe...
    Teaching about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and events happening there

  • What time does the tune start? From thinking about 'sense of period' to modelling history at Key Stage 3

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. A ‘sense of period' is the contextual backdrop to the study of any aspect of history. As experienced historians, we tend to take for granted both our structural map of the past and our rich...
    What time does the tune start? From thinking about 'sense of period' to modelling history at Key Stage 3

  • Film: Power and Protest in Ireland – 1714 to 1785

      Film Series: Power and freedom in Britain and Ireland: 1714-2010
    In Episode 12, Professor Michael Brown of the University of Aberdeen discusses who held power in Ireland in 1714 and how the protestant ascendancy developed following the fall of James II and the rise of the Hanoverian dynasty. This is a period increasingly defined by the exclusion of Ireland’s Catholic and...
    Film: Power and Protest in Ireland – 1714 to 1785

  • Two Babies That Could Have Changed World History

      Historian article
    'At last have made wonderful discovery in Valley; a magnificent tomb with seals intact; re-covered same for your arrival. Congratulations.’ This telegram was sent from Luxor on the 6th November 1922 by Howard Carter to his coarchaeologist Lord Carnarvon in Britain. It started the Tut·ankh·Amen story which led to a...
    Two Babies That Could Have Changed World History

  • Looking through a Josephine-Butler shaped window: focusing pupils' thinking on historical significance

      Teaching History article
    Christine Counsell draws upon her recent work in developing definitions and practice concerning pupils' thinking about historical significance. Here she tries out those ideas in relation to the 19th century campaigner against the Contagious Diseases Acts,  Josephine Butler. Counsell explains why she developed her own set of criteria for structuring...
    Looking through a Josephine-Butler shaped window: focusing pupils' thinking on historical significance

  • Film: Power and Protest in Scotland – 1714 to 1785

      Film Series: Power and freedom in Britain and Ireland: 1714-2010
    In Episode 9, Professor Alison Cathcart (University of Stirling) discusses who held power in Scotland in 1714 and how the Union with England, together with the arrival of the Hanoverian dynasty, transformed the nation. She examines the central role of the Church of Scotland, the influence of the Royal Burghs,...
    Film: Power and Protest in Scotland – 1714 to 1785

  • Ffilm: Grym a Phrotest yng Nghymru – 1714 i 1785

      Article
    Ym Mhennod 9, mae Dr Eryn White (Prifysgol Aberystwyth) yn trafod pwy oedd mewn grym yng Nghymru ym 1714, y berthynas newidiol rhwng Cymru a'r Deyrnas Unedig ehangach a'r datblygiadau allweddol a ddigwyddodd yng Nghymru rhwng 1714-1785. Mae Dr White yn myfyrio ar ehangu cyflym print a llythrennedd yng Nghymru...
    Ffilm: Grym a Phrotest yng Nghymru – 1714 i 1785

  • Film: Finance in Britain and Ireland: 1714 to 1785

      Film Series: Power and freedom in Britain and Ireland: 1714-2010
    In Episode 5, Professor Anne Murphy (University of Portsmouth) examines the development of finance in Britain and Ireland, from the emergence of the Bank of England during the Nine Years’ War into a system that would facilitate the growth of the British Empire and Britain’s Industrial Revolution. During this period...
    Film: Finance in Britain and Ireland: 1714 to 1785