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Contribute to ‘History’ journal
The Journal of the Historical Association
First published in 1912, History has been a leader in its field ever since. It is unique in its range and variety, packing its pages with stimulating articles, extensive book reviews, and editorial notes. History balances its broad chronological coverage with a wide geographical spread of articles featuring contributions from social, political, cultural, economic...
Contribute to ‘History’ journal
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Teaching History 81
The HA's journal for history teachers
7 Fiction, Empathy and Teaching History - Victoria Mills
10 History and Language - Sara Alston
11 Teaching Children About Time - Terry Haydn
13 Art History as an Historical Discipline - C.H. Kauffmann
14 Battling On: family history in the primary classroom - Elizabeth M. Corrigan
19 A Tudor Feast...
Teaching History 81
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Knowledge-rich approaches to history
Primary History article
In recent years, there has been growing support from policy makers in England for knowledge-rich curricula which view subjects like history as having cultural capital that all pupils should have access to regardless of background. The work of E.D. Hirsch has been particularly influential in arguing that a lack of...
Knowledge-rich approaches to history
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History 392
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 111, Issue 392
All HA members have access to all History journal articles (Wiley Online Library site). To access History content:
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History 392
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History 374
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 107, Issue 374
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Fear,...
History 374
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Film: Writing history - The Life & Legend of the Sultan Saladin
Writing history featuring Professor Jonathan Phillips
In this first film from our new ‘meet the author’ series Professor Jonathan Phillips explores the memory of Sultan Saladin not just in the West but also in the Middle East, and how he researched this information in preparation for his new book. In this interview we ask questions about...
Film: Writing history - The Life & Legend of the Sultan Saladin
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History 391
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 110, Issue 391
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History 391
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Teaching History 181: Out now
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
Read Teaching History 181
Editorial: Handling Sources
While 2020 will go down in history as the year of the coronavirus pandemic, those who teach history may also remember this year for the impetus that it gave to calls for curriculum change. Petitions to the UK parliament demanding ‘compulsory teaching of Britain’s colonial past’ and greater inclusion of...
Teaching History 181: Out now
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History 390
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 110, Issue 390
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Editorial...
History 390
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The current condition of primary history
Article
This section looks at how primary history is currently performing largely through an analysis of a wide range of OFSTED evidence but also by examining the results of a recent Historical Association survey.
The current condition of primary history
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History 389
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 110, Issue 389
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Invited...
History 389
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History 388
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 109, Issue 388
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History 388
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History 383
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 108, Issue 383
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William...
History 383
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History 370
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 106, Issue 370
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Plenary...
History 370
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Using family history to provoke rigorous enquiry
Teaching History article
The idea of using ‘little stories' to illuminate the ‘big pictures' of the past was creatively explored in Teaching History 107, which offered teachers a wealth of detailed vignettes with which to kindle young people's interest and illuminate major historical events. Paul Barrett builds on the ideas explored in that...
Using family history to provoke rigorous enquiry
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Film: What's the wisdom on... Historical Significance
Your Virtual History Department Meeting
'What’s the wisdom on…' is a popular feature in our secondary journal Teaching History and provides the perfect stimulus for a department meeting. 'What’s the wisdom on…' provides history teachers with an overview of the ‘story so far’ of many years of practice-based professional thinking about a particular aspect of history teaching.
To...
Film: What's the wisdom on... Historical Significance
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History 381
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 108, Issue 381
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New...
History 381
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A view from the KS1 classroom - investigating an artefact
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
In the autumn of 2009 I saw some of the Anglo-Saxon Staffordshire Hoard on display at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, and stood in awe at the skills of the craftsmen. Reminded so vividly of the...
A view from the KS1 classroom - investigating an artefact
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History 378
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 107, Issue 378
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Prisoners,...
History 378
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A local history toolkit
Toolkit
Produced by the Historical Association for the National Literacy Trust's "The Olden Times" newspaper resource, May 2011. For more recent resources on local history enquiries see:
Local significant individuals
Local history scheme of work: your local high street
Local history scheme of work: transport
Incorporating local history into a scheme...
A local history toolkit
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History 377
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 107, Issue 377
All HA members have access to all History journal articles (Wiley Online Library site). To access History content:
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William...
History 377
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History 376
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 107, Issue 376
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‘The...
History 376
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Structuring a history curriculum for powerful revelations
Teaching History article
When planning a Key Stage 3 curriculum with his department, Will Bailey-Watson began to question some of the commonsense orthodoxies regarding chronological sequencing and curriculum design. Drawing on pre-existing debates about curricular structuring in the history education community both in England and internationally, Bailey-Watson identified cognitive, motivational, and disciplinary justifications...
Structuring a history curriculum for powerful revelations
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Eric Hobsbawm: Is History Dangerous?
Article
Professor Eric Hobsbawm’s address at the Annual Dinner of the Historical Association meeting in Cambridge, April 1999, on accepting the Medlicott Medal.
Our annual award the Medlicott Medal is awarded to individuals for outstanding services and current contributions to history.
Eric Hobsbawm: Is History Dangerous?
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Film: Questioning in the History Classroom Part A
Teaching History for Beginners webinar series
This film continues our Teaching History for Beginners filmed webinar series.
In this short filmed webinar, David Ingledew, senior lecturer in history education and ITE lead at the University of Hertfordshire sets out the scholarship, principles and context of questioning in the history classroom. This will be followed by a short film...
Film: Questioning in the History Classroom Part A
