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Found 6 results matching '"learning about the past"' within Secondary   (Clear filter)

  • Learning lessons from genocides

      Teaching History article
    ‘Never again'? Helping Year 9 think about what happened after the Holocaust and learning lessons from genocides ‘Never again' is the clarion call of much Holocaust and genocide education. There is a danger, however, that it can become an empty, if pious, wish. How can we help pupils reflect seriously on...
    Learning lessons from genocides

  • Lesson sequence: Twentieth-century Europe

      Article
    The first lesson of this sequence is available free to all secondary members here.  This series of lessons has been designed to support the teaching of recent 20th century history at Key Stage 3. This sequence of lessons will enable students to learn some of the historical context to the European Union...
    Lesson sequence: Twentieth-century Europe

  • Lesson sequence: Twentieth-century Europe - taster lesson

      Article
    This series of lessons has been designed to support the teaching of recent 20th century history at Key Stage 3. This sequence of lessons will enable students to learn some of the historical context to the European Union and Britain’s relationship with the European Union today. It combines overview and...
    Lesson sequence: Twentieth-century Europe - taster lesson

  • 'How our area used to be back then': An oral history project in an east London school

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. How can oral history enquiries engage students with the study of history and help them connect their learning about the past to their present lives? How can oral history engage and develop students' understanding of...
    'How our area used to be back then': An oral history project in an east London school

  • Write Your Own Historical Fiction competition 2024 – the winners

      The HA's writing competition for children aged 10-15 years
    Real history contains some of the most fanciful, exciting, worrying and incredible stories – learning about the past can open our eyes to how people have interacted with the world and each other for centuries. It is not surprising that alongside the real history most cultures and traditions have a...
    Write Your Own Historical Fiction competition 2024 – the winners

  • 'Please send socks': How much can Reg Wilkes tell us about the Great War?

      Teaching History article
    This was an opportunity all good historians dream about. A large box crammed with artefacts about a soldier who fought in the First World War, just begging to be read, studied, sorted and organised. Being faced with such a wealth of uncatalogued primary evidence could have proved daunting enough without...
    'Please send socks': How much can Reg Wilkes tell us about the Great War?