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Teaching History 190: Ascribing significance
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
03 Editorial (Read article)
04 HA Secondary News
06 HA Update
08 Falling forward: three strategies to support pupils’ study of historical significance – Paula Worth (Read article)
22 Bringing historical method into the classroom: how the spectacle of teachers debating can help A-level students to understand the nature of interpretations –...
Teaching History 190: Ascribing significance
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A woman of masculine bravery: the life of Brilliana, Lady Harley
Historian article
Sara Read introduces us to a woman who challenged expectations during the turbulent years of the early seventeenth century.
In 1622 a pious young woman with a highly unusual first name, Brilliana Conway, sat at her desk doodling her signature on her commonplace book. She had lofty ambitions for her self-development...
A woman of masculine bravery: the life of Brilliana, Lady Harley
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Sir Francis Dent and the First World War
Historian article
Not your typical soldier, not your typical service
The term ‘citizen soldier' evokes a particularly powerful image in Britain. The poignant histories of the ‘Pals' Battalions' cast a familiar, often tragic shadow over the popular memory of the First World War. Raised according to geographical and occupational connections, names such...
Sir Francis Dent and the First World War
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Exploring Twentieth-Century History
Article
For a long time, history curricula on the 20th century prioritised the narrative of a slide from World War I to World War II and fascism above many other topics. But the history of the 20th century is both far more complicated and far more interesting than that. For the historians writing here, the...
Exploring Twentieth-Century History
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Teaching History 174: Structure
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
02 Editorial (Read article)
03 HA Secondary news
04 HA update
08 Austin’s narrative: an exploratory case study, with Year 8, into what kinds of feedback help students produce better historical narratives of the interwar years – Alex Rodker (Read article)
16 Cunning Plan: Teaching Year 8 to create and...
Teaching History 174: Structure
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Nuneaton Branch Programme
Article
Enquiries to Branch Secretary Michael Arnold. michael.arnold@cantab.net tel 07785 337147
Venue: Unless otherwise stated talks start at 7.30pm on Thursdays at Chilvers Coton Heritage Centre 4 Avenue Road, Nuneaton CV11 4LU. Ample parking available.
Associate membership is £15 per year. Talks free to national HA members and students, visitors: voluntary...
Nuneaton Branch Programme
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Swansea Branch Programme
Article
All enquiries to Liz McSloy FHA, Branch Secretary historyliz1565@yahoo.com 07810 304616
All meetings take place at the National Waterfront Museum, Oystermouth Road, Swansea, SA1 3RD at 11am.
The museum does not have a car park but there are a number of pay and display car parks within easy walking distance...
Swansea Branch Programme
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Nuneaton Branch History
Branch History
The Nuneaton Branch of the H.A. was originally founded in November 1919 as one part of a county wide Warwickshire branch. Instrumental in this was the editor of the Nuneaton Chronicle, Albert Francis Cross, assisted by local doctor turned local historian, Edward Nason. After this arrangement ended Nuneaton was re-founded...
Nuneaton Branch History
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Merseyside Branch programme
Article
Branch contact: For all enquiries, please contact Dr Heather Hatton Merseysideha@gmail.com
Venue: All talks start at 6pm and take place in the Liverpool John Moores Student Life Building, room 2.06, unless otherwise stated. Address: Copperas Hill, Liverpool L3 5AJ The venue is next to Liverpool Lime Street Station and for those driving parking can be...
Merseyside Branch programme
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The Historian 146: Civilisations
The magazine of the Historical Association
4 Reviews
5 Editorial (Read article)
6 The emergence of the first civilisations: many contexts, significant changes but is this the whole story? – Paul Bracey (Read article)
11 The many queens of Ancient Egypt – Joyce Tyldesley (Read article)
17 Out and About in Paestum – Trevor James (Read article)
20 Space...
The Historian 146: Civilisations
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American History Selected Articles
Selected Articles
American History - selected articles:
1. American West, up to 20th Century.
The American Diplomatic Tradition
Have gun, will travel: The myth of the frontier in the Hollywood Western
Buffalo Bill and his Wild West show opens London's Earl Court in 1887
Savages and rattlesnakes', Washington, District of Columbia: A...
American History Selected Articles
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CPD: Beyond the Ballot and Peterloo to the Pankhursts MOOCs
Secondary CPD from Royal Holloway, UK Parliament and People’s History Museum
Explore the history of the struggle for women’s suffrage and equality with this course developed by Royal Holloway, University of London, and the UK Parliament. With content from the Parliamentary Archives, the Women’s Library collection at the LSE Library and The National Archives; engaging videos, articles and quizzes; and a...
CPD: Beyond the Ballot and Peterloo to the Pankhursts MOOCs
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Teacher Fellowship Programme: Broadcasting and Social Change in Sixties Britain
Teacher Fellowship Programme 2022
This Teacher Fellowship Programme focused on developing the teaching of the history of equality and diversity in postwar Britain using video and audio sources. The programme was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council BBC History 100 Fellowship. The programme has sought to refresh the teaching of modern British history in schools by diversifying its content,...
Teacher Fellowship Programme: Broadcasting and Social Change in Sixties Britain
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Cunning Plan 161: Magna Carta's legacy
Teaching History feature
Both Dawson and Hayes have recently written Cunning Plans that show how exciting Magna Carta is.
So why not stop there? Bring the barons to life with a flare of Dawson and send Magna Carta flying across the continent with just a hint of Hayes. Hey, from the same edition,...
Cunning Plan 161: Magna Carta's legacy
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The Wolfson History Prize shortlist 2023
5th September 2023
Running on a different timetable to previous years, the Wolfson History Prize shortlist has now been announced. The Prize is an important contributor to marking the significance of historical scholarship and writer. The winner will be announced in November.
Bringing new stories from history to light, and challenging readers to...
The Wolfson History Prize shortlist 2023
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Battle of Arnhem Anniversary
75 years since Operation Market Garden
This September marks the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem in 1944 - otherwise known as Operation Market Garden. Launched on 17 September, it was an Allied attack to take further parts of Western Europe from Nazi control and continue the push created over the summer.
Building on the successes...
Battle of Arnhem Anniversary
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IJHLTR International Journal Volume 15, Number 1
The International Journal of History Learning and Teaching
Editorial pp. 5–7Editorial: Identity, Nationalism And Thinking Historically
France pp. 8–23Anna Zadora, University of Strasbourg, FranceHistory Teaching In Belarus: Between Europe And Asia
Brazil pp. 24–33 Maria Auxiliadora Schmidt, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil The History Of Afro-Brazilian People: A Theme Of The Burdening History Of Brazil
Canada pp....
IJHLTR International Journal Volume 15, Number 1
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Primary History 86
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
04 Editorial (Read article for free)
05 HA Primary News
06 HA Update
10 History in the news: George Floyd protest in Bristol: Colston statue toppled – Paul Bracey (Read article)
14 Developing chronological understanding and language in the Early Years and Foundation Stage – Damienne Clarke (Read article)
18 All the fun of the...
Primary History 86
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Florence Nightingale
Primary History resource
Born: May 1820; Died: August 1910
Background and early life
Florence Nightingale was born to a wealthy evangelical family in Florence, Italy in 1820. She was named after her place of birth. It was normal at the time for girls from wealthy families to be educated at home by a governess,...
Florence Nightingale
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Film: Stalin - The Early Soviet Economy & the preparation for war
Film Series: Power and authority in Russia and the Soviet Union
In this film, Professor James Harris (University of Leeds) examines how the New Economic Policy transformed the Soviet economy after the civil war, and looks at Stalin’s central role in that recovery. Key during that period was Stalin’s dispute with Nikolai Bukharin and the Great Break, and the drive to...
Film: Stalin - The Early Soviet Economy & the preparation for war
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Film: Stalin - Interpretations and Legacy
Film Series: Power and authority in Russia and the Soviet Union
In this film, Professor James Harris (University of Leeds) reflects upon how historical interpretations of Stalin have changed over time. Stalin’s legacy and influence continues to materialise in all subsequent Soviet and Russian administrations. The Man of Steel is used by politicians when they are looking for arguments to open...
Film: Stalin - Interpretations and Legacy
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Film: Stalin - World War II
Film Series: Power and authority in Russia and the Soviet Union
In this film, Professor James Harris (University of Leeds) examines Stalin and the Soviet preparations for global war. The reasons why Stalin agreed the Nazi-Soviet pact are explored as are Stalin’s response to invasion in 1941. Professor Harris addresses the impact the war had on the USSR and how that...
Film: Stalin - World War II
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Anorexia Nervosa in the nineteenth century
Historian article
First referred to by Richard Morton (1637-98) in his Phthisiologia under the denomination phthisis nervosa as long ago as 1689, anorexia nervosa was given its name in a note by Sir William Gull (1816-90) in 1874. Gull had earlier described a disorder he termed apepsia hysterica, involving extreme emaciation without...
Anorexia Nervosa in the nineteenth century
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The Historian 148: Out now
The magazine of the Historical Association
Read The Historian 148
How many times are we all going to write ‘it’s been an odd year’? – I know I have now written it many times, yet it has affected schedules and output here at the HA. So I am very sorry that this edition of The Historian...
The Historian 148: Out now
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Manchester Branch History
Branch History
Manchester Branch is proud of its role in the foundation of the Historical Association (HA) in 1906. Professor Thomas Frederick Tout and others at Manchester University had been discussing the idea of forming an Association to promote the teaching of a more relevant and vibrant form of history than was...
Manchester Branch History
