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                                                                                Geography in the Holocaust: citizenship denied
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History articleIn this article David Lambert argues powerfully for teachers of the humanities to place citizenship at the centre of their work. He seeks to demonstrate that the division between subject-boundaries needs to be broken through if students are not to be denied what they are entitled to: an understanding of... Geography in the Holocaust: citizenship denied
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                                                                                Diversity resources and links for secondary history
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Articles, podcasts, films, webinar recordings and linksCategories
Diversity: general | Race and ethnicity | Empire and decolonisation | Transatlantic slavery | Non-European | Migration and immigration | Women's history | Working-class history | LGBTQI+ | Disability & accessibility | Gypsy, Roma & Traveller history | Teaching controversial issues | Inclusion and SEND
Please note that this is a... Diversity resources and links for secondary history
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                                                                                Recorded webinar: Histories of Indigenous peoples of North America
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    ArticleAny study of the intercultural relationships between the Indigenous peoples of North America and British settlers usually focuses on the differences that resulted in disputes and violence. However, on closer examination, the interaction also involved the exchange of ideas and the forging of alliances, which required diplomacy and respect for... Recorded webinar: Histories of Indigenous peoples of North America
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                                                                                Shaping what matters: Year 9 decide why we should care about the Windrush scandal
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History articleMark Fowle began work on an enquiry to contextualise the Windrush scandal for his pupils in south London, in response to the first national Stephen Lawrence Day, in 2018. He went on to work with his colleagues in a new school to broaden pupils’ historical perspective through stories of migration... Shaping what matters: Year 9 decide why we should care about the Windrush scandal
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                                                                                Filmed Lecture: Medlicott Lecture 2022 - David Olusoga
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    ArticleThis talk was presented at the Historical Association Awards evening, 7 July 2022. The talk is by Professor David Olusoga on the evening that he received the HA Medlicott Medal for Outstanding contributions to History. It is not to be used for any purpose or publicly reported on without the... Filmed Lecture: Medlicott Lecture 2022 - David Olusoga
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                                                                                Polychronicon 141: Adolf Eichmann
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History featureAlmost 60 years ago Adolf Eichmann went on trial for crimes committed against the Jews while he was in the service of the Nazi regime. His capture by the Israeli secret service and his abduction from Argentina triggered a number of journalistic books that portrayed him as a pathological monster... Polychronicon 141: Adolf Eichmann
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                                                                                Maybe they haven't decided yet what is right: English and Spanish perspectives on teaching historical significance
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History articleHistorians and history teachers understand well that students, when they ‘answer’ questions, are creating their own interpretation. We take account of this in our teaching too: we do not pretend that, beyond the level of the simplest closed questioning, there is ever a ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answer approach to history.... Maybe they haven't decided yet what is right: English and Spanish perspectives on teaching historical significance
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                                                                                Bristol and the Slave Trade
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Classic PamphletCaptain Thomas Wyndham of Marshfield Park in Somerset was on voyage to Barbary where he sailed from Kingroad, near Bristol, with three ships full of goods and slaves thus beginning the association of African Trade and Bristol. In the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Bristol was not a place of... Bristol and the Slave Trade
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                                                                                Elementary Education in the Nineteenth Century
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Classic PamphletAll schemes for education involve some consideration of the surrounding society, its existing structure and how it will-and should-develop. Thus the interaction of educational provision and institutions with patterns of employment, social mobility and political behaviour are fascinatingly complex. The spate of valuable local studies emphasizes this complexity and makes... Elementary Education in the Nineteenth Century
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                                                                                Religion and Politics 1559-1642
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Classic PamphletIt is a truism to say that religion and politics were inextricably mixed in the seventeenth century.
"So natural" wrote Richard Hooker,"is the union of religion with Justice, that we may boldly deem there is neither where both are not" Sir John Eliot observed that in the House of Commons... Religion and Politics 1559-1642
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                                                                                Radicalism and its Results, 1760-1837
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Classic PamphletRadicalism with a large "R", unlike Conservatism with a large "C" and Liberalism with a large "L", is not a historical term of even proximate precision. There was never a Radical Party with a national organization, local associations, or a treasury. But there were, and there are, "Radicals", generally qualified... Radicalism and its Results, 1760-1837
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                                                                                Enabling Year 7 to write essays on Magna Carta
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History articleSetting out to teach Magna Carta to the full attainment range in Year 7, Mark King decided to choose a question that reflected real scholarly debates and also to ensure that pupils held enough knowledge in long-term memory to be able to think about that question meaningfully. As he gradually prepared his pupils to produce their own causation arguments in response to that question, King was startled by... Enabling Year 7 to write essays on Magna Carta
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                                                                                Scots Abroad in the Fifteenth Century
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Classic Pamphlet(Historical Association Pamphlet, No. 124, 1942)
Dunlop's research into the occupations and attitudes of Scots abroad during the 15th century uncovers some surprising revelations about all members of the Scottish ex-pat society.
She particularly notes the ‘scurrilous' opinions of the French regarding Scotsmen's behaviour. While Scottish diplomatists and envoys tended... Scots Abroad in the Fifteenth Century
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                                                                                Finding the place of substantive knowledge in history
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History article‘What exactly is parliament?' finding the place of substantive knowledge in history
The relationship between knowledge and literacy is a central concern for all teachers. In his teaching, Palek noted that his students were struggling to understand complex substantive concepts such as ‘parliament' and decided to explore the relationship between students'... Finding the place of substantive knowledge in history
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                                                                                1066: The Limits of our Knowledge
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Historian articleAs the most pivotal and traumatic event in English history, the Norman Conquest continues to generate controversy and debate, especially among those who know little about it or enjoy passing judgement on the past. Who had the better claim to the English throne, William the Conqueror or Harold Godwineson? Was... 1066: The Limits of our Knowledge
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                                                                                HA Secondary History Survey 2014
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Survey Report‘History for all' is a phrase that has been used by many, including politicians, and historical knowledge has long been viewed as an essential part of a citizens' understanding of Britain and the wider world. Unfortunately, the HA annual survey for 2014 has revealed that bit by small bit that... HA Secondary History Survey 2014
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                                                                                Securing contextual knowledge in year 10
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History articleUsing regular, low-stakes tests to secure pupils' contextual knowledge in Year 10
Lee Donaghy was concerned that his GCSE students' weak contextual knowledge was letting them down. Inspired by a mixture of cognitive science and the arguments of other teachers expressed in various blogs, he decided to tackle the problem... Securing contextual knowledge in year 10
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                                                                                New, Novice or Nervous? 157: Teaching Overview
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History featureOverwhelmed by overview? Bewildered by how to teach bigger pictures? Tied up in mental knots by trying to work out the difference between thematic stories, frameworks and outlines? You are not alone.
Like many history teachers, you feel more confident when teaching depth studies but find yourself beating a rapid... New, Novice or Nervous? 157: Teaching Overview
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                                                                                Introduction to the Survive & Thrive Units
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    IntroductionWhat's the point of the four Survive and Thrive units?Survive:There are today many teacher-training routes into the teaching profession. The teacher-training year is always a difficult balancing act between gaining enough classroom experience and enough understanding of the theories that underpin the discipline's key skills. As a result, each teacher-training... Introduction to the Survive & Thrive Units
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                                                                                On British Soil: Hartlepool, 16 December, 1914
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Historian articleHeugh Battery, a Victorian survivor, received a new lease of life in 1908 when introduction of an improved Vickers 6-inch Mark VII gun greatly added to earlier, far less telling firepower. The Victorian pile was refurbished two years later and a pair of the new cannon installed. In 1907, the... On British Soil: Hartlepool, 16 December, 1914
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                                                                                Confounding expectation at Key Stage 3: flower-songs from an indigenous empire
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History articleIn this article Nicolas Kinloch examines aspects of an indigenous empire: that of Aztec Mexico. He attempts to persuade a group of mixed-ability Year 8 students to examine - and question - some of the assumptions they bring to the study of this empire. Their attitudes reflect quite widespread beliefs... Confounding expectation at Key Stage 3: flower-songs from an indigenous empire
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                                                                                The Investiture Disputes
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Classic PamphletHistorical 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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                                                                                Period, place and mental space
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Teaching History articlePeriod, place and mental space: using historical scholarship to develop Year 7 pupils' sense of period
What is a sense of period? And how can pupils' sense of period be developed? Questions such as these have troubled history teachers for many years, often revolving around debates over the role played by... Period, place and mental space
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                                                                                Film: Black British History – 1714 to 1785
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    Power and Freedom in Britain and Ireland: 1714–2010In Episode 4, Dr Montaz Marché (University College London) and Professor Ryan Hanley (University of Exeter), discuss the lives and experience of 18th century Black Britons.
In this discussion they look at the lives of both the exceptional and the ordinary, and reflect upon the politics of race and gender in... Film: Black British History – 1714 to 1785
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                                                                                HA Secondary History Survey 2012
                                        
                                            
                                        
                                    HA SurveyA little over a year ago Michael Gove announced the introduction of  the English Baccalaureate (EBacc). It would transform education and rid  schools and young people of ‘soft subjects'. However the real impact so  far has been less than impressive. Those schools that already taught  history well to GCSE continued... HA Secondary History Survey 2012