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  • Liverpool's revolutionary Old Dock

      Visit
    If you want to get up close to history, Liverpool's revolutionary Old Dock – the world's first commercial enclosed wet dock – opened in May 2010 as the city's latest historic attraction, with free ticketed tours for schools and members of the public starting from Merseyside Maritime Museum. For the first time...
    Liverpool's revolutionary Old Dock

  • The British soldier in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars

      Historian article
    Scum of the earth – or fine fellows? Carole Divall asks whether the men of the British Army really were ‘the scum of the earth’, as often asserted, or willing soldiers who earned the respect of the French. ‘Soldiers were regarded as day labourers engaged in unsavoury business; a money...
    The British soldier in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars

  • The Economic Impact of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars on Britain

      Podcast
    In this podcast Professor Patrick O'Brien of the London School of Economics discusses the economic impact of the Revoutionary and Napoleonic wars on Britain.
    The Economic Impact of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars on Britain

  • Teaching History 153 Supplement: Curriculum Evolution

      Secondary journal supplement
    A special supplement to Teaching History to support the 2014 National Curriculum. 1) Thinking about how the HA can support your department  2) Jamie Byrom: Alive ... and kicking? Personal reflections on the revised National Curriculum and what we might do with it 3) Michael Fordham: O Brave New World,...
    Teaching History 153 Supplement: Curriculum Evolution

  • Film: Lenin's early thought

      Film Series: Power and authority in Russia and the Soviet Union
    As Lenin’s own political outlook and beliefs developed so did the European movements of Socialism and Communism. Groups emerged that wanted to radically change society and social structures. Lenin positioned himself as one of the leaders and crucially one of the thinkers behind these new ideas and movements.  Dr Lara...
    Film: Lenin's early thought

  • Film: Lenin's origins

      Film Series: Power and authority in Russia and the Soviet Union
    Lenin was born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov in 1870. This film takes us through his middle-class origins, how he was radicalised by the world he saw around him, especially following the execution of his brother, and how the future politician and revolutionary developed amongst the extremes of Imperial Russian society. In...
    Film: Lenin's origins

  • The evolution of surgery

      Podcast
    In this podcast, Michael Crumplin explores the development of military surgery during the Napoleonic Wars. He provides a brief context of the evolution of surgery and outlines the changes in training, surgical knowledge, militarisation, apparatus and patient experience. 
    The evolution of surgery

  • Recorded webinar: Dealing with the issues from lockdown in the primary history classroom

      Webinar
    In the last 12 months many pupils have missed significant chunks of school and importantly a significant chunk of their history learning. In this special one-off webinar we discuss some of the issues we are all facing. What does catch up in history look like? How helpful is this terminology?...
    Recorded webinar: Dealing with the issues from lockdown in the primary history classroom

  • Recorded webinar: Dealing with the issues from lockdown in the history classroom

      Webinar
    In the last 12 months students have all missed significant chunks of school and importantly a significant chunk of history lessons. In this special one-off webinar, some members of the HA secondary committee discuss the main issues we face as history teachers and offer some potential solutions. What does catch...
    Recorded webinar: Dealing with the issues from lockdown in the history classroom

  • Out and About: Charles Darwin, a voyage of discovery

      Historian feature
    Dave Martin follows Charles Darwin’s journey from university back to his birthplace, Shrewsbury. Cambridge The bronze statue of Darwin as a young man perches elegantly on the arm of a garden bench in the grounds of Christ’s College, Cambridge where he was a student from 1829 to 1831. Of this...
    Out and About: Charles Darwin, a voyage of discovery

  • Film: Lenin and the birth of Soviet Russia

      Film Series: Power and authority in Russia and the Soviet Union
    Having changed the course of Russian society Lenin now needed to secure his Bolshevik survival. Unlike his predecessor he saw no need to continue with the Imperialist policies of a war in Europe. Territory could be sacrificed for control, but would promises and rhetoric be enough to govern among people...
    Film: Lenin and the birth of Soviet Russia

  • Little Jack Horner and polite revolutionaries: putting the story back into history

      Teaching History article
    Three years ago, Séan Lang argued that narrative, which had gone rather out of fashion, needed to be brought back into our teaching. Alf Wilkinson goes further. It is not just narrative which is needed: it is story. The move away from story is not a problem confined uniquely to...
    Little Jack Horner and polite revolutionaries: putting the story back into history

  • Darwin: Human Evolution & Darwin's Legacy

      The History of Science
    In this podcast Professor Jim Secord and Dr Alison Pearn of the Darwin Correspondence Project examine the significance of the publication of Darwin's 'The Descent of Man', theological controversy, Darwin's family and Darwin's legacy.
    Darwin: Human Evolution & Darwin's Legacy

  • The Development of the Irish Nationalist and Unionist Movements in the 19th Century

      19th Century Irish History
    In this podcast Dr Matthew Kelly of the University of Southampton discusses how the Nationalist and Unionist movements developed during the 19th century, looking at their initial objectives and the impacts these movements had on Anglo-Irish relations.
    The Development of the Irish Nationalist and Unionist Movements in the 19th Century

  • The Establishment of English Protestantism 1558-1608

      Classic Pamphlet
    The Reformation which Queen Elizabeth and her ministers created was a series of acts of state, but if we consider it only at the level of official hopes and pronouncements, we will paint a picture of hopeless unreality. For the Reformation to success, the government needed to follow up its...
    The Establishment of English Protestantism 1558-1608

  • Local significant individuals

      HA regional resources
    The National Curriculum specifies a local study both at Key Stages 1 and 2. Basing your local study around an individual is a great way to bring the heritage of your locality to life. Many of these individuals are part of larger national events and changes and seeing these changes at...
    Local significant individuals

  • Thomas Paine

      Pamphlet
    The radical writer Tom Paine (1737-1809) has become a neglected figure, but this work argues that he should be rightly regarded as an original thinker, whose publications contributed to revolutionary discourses in America, France and Britain in the late 18th Century. He deserves to be remembered in the United States...
    Thomas Paine

  • The Victorian Age

      Classic Pamphlet
    This Classic Pamphlet was published in 1937 (the centenary of the accession of Queen Victoria, who succeeded to the throne on June 20, 1837). Synopsis of contents: 1. Is the Victorian Age a distinct 'period' of history? Landmarks establishing its beginning: the Reform Bill, railways, other inventions, new leaders in...
    The Victorian Age

  • Teaching Ancient Egypt

      Article
    Editorial note: This paper has two sections: first, a background briefing about Ancient Egypt with a timeline and map that introduces the second section's three teaching activities on: building the Great Pyramid of Giza; Hatshepsut, Egypt's great woman pharaoh; and Akhenaten and his attempt to revolutionise Egyptian religion. ‘Hail to thee, O...
    Teaching Ancient Egypt

  • Polychronicon 158: Reinterpreting Napoleon

      Teaching History feature
    On 18 June 2015, the two-hundredth anniversary of the great battle of Waterloo will be commemorated in Britain and on the continent (though not in France). It will represent the climax of the Napoleonic bicentenary, which has been in full flow since the turn of the twenty-first century. Fresh biographies...
    Polychronicon 158: Reinterpreting Napoleon

  • The Historian 126: The Battle of Waterloo

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Reviews 5 Editorial 6 The Battle of Waterloo: Sunday 18 June 1815 - John Morewood (Read Article) 13 News from 59a 14 Scum of the earth - or fine fellows? The British soldier in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars - Carole Divall (Read Article) 19 The President's Column 20 Medical...
    The Historian 126: The Battle of Waterloo

  • In Search of the New Woman

      Book Review
    In Search of the New Woman: Middle-Class Women and Work in Britain 1870-1914 by Gillian Sutherland (Cambridge University Press), 2015187pp., £55 hard, ISBN 978-1-107-09279-2 Women increasingly demanded and gained constructive and useful roles in society with campaigns for control over property, economic independence and admission to education and to the...
    In Search of the New Woman

  • Religion and Politics 1559-1642

      Classic Pamphlet
    It 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

  • Early British Women Engineers

      Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines
    In this podcast Henrietta Heald looks at some of the pioneering British women engineers of the early 20th century and the role they played in fighting for economic freedom. '"Women have won their political independence. Now is the time for them to achieve their economic freedom too." This was the...
    Early British Women Engineers

  • Indus Valley KS2 Commonwealth Institute resources

      KS2 Indus Resources
    When the Indus Valley was first included in the English National Curriculum, the Commonwealth Institute, London, commissioned a teaching & activity pack, published 1995. Its' sections covered key questions and aspects of the topic, offering a choice of activities andapproaches.  It was recommended by QCA (QCDA) in the 1998 non-statutory...
    Indus Valley KS2 Commonwealth Institute resources