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  • The impact of World War II on British children's gendered perceptions of contemporary Germany

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content and references may be outdated. This article reports some surprising gender-based trends indicated by a small scale piece of classroom research looking into incidental responses of Year 6 pupils to the teaching of Study Unit 11b (Britain Since...
    The impact of World War II on British children's gendered perceptions of contemporary Germany

  • Top Tip: Approaches to planning interpretations-focused enquiries.

      Article
    Top Tip: Approaches to planning interpretations-focused enquiries.
    Top Tip: Approaches to planning interpretations-focused enquiries.

  • Thrive as an NQT (Part 2)

      Thrive Part 2
    Part 2 of our Thrive as an NQT guide takes you through predictions data, planning a school trip, continual professional development and after your NQT year.
    Thrive as an NQT (Part 2)

  • Before 1066 & All That: Transition between KS2 & KS3

      HA Guide
    This e-cpd unit models how primary and secondary teachers of history might improve transition between KS2 and KS3 through collaboration on a transition unit aimed at Year 6 pupils on the Vikings. It contains original teaching and training materials written by Andrew Wrenn, former Cambridgeshire Humanities Advisor and funded as...
    Before 1066 & All That: Transition between KS2 & KS3

  • Questions you have always wanted to ask about...Using photographs as sources of evidence

      Primary History article
    Alan Hodkinson answers questions about using photographs as sources of evidence.
    Questions you have always wanted to ask about...Using photographs as sources of evidence

  • Parliament & Constitutional Change 1660-1702

      Podcast
    In this podcast Professor Tony Claydon looks at Parliamentary and constitutional change between 1660-1702.
    Parliament & Constitutional Change 1660-1702

  • Podcast Series: Religion in the UK

      Multipage Article
    In Part 5 of our series on Social and Political Change in the UK 1800-present we look at religion in the U.K. This set of podcasts features Dr Janice Holmes of the Open University, Revd Dr Jeremy Morris, Dean, Fellow, and Director of Studies in Theology at King's College, Andrew Copson,...
    Podcast Series: Religion in the UK

  • How close was England to Absolutism 1660-88?

      Early Modern British History
    In this podcast Professor John Miller of Queen Mary University of London looks at English Absolutism 1660-88.
    How close was England to Absolutism 1660-88?

  • Away from the Western Front launches two national projects

      Creative Writing Competition and National Music Project
    ‘Away from the Western Front’ has launched two national projects and is offering everyone a chance to make a contribution to this First World War centenary commemoration. A National Music project and a Creative Writing Competition are part of the Heritage Lottery funded First World War 'Away from the Western...
    Away from the Western Front launches two national projects

  • Questions you have always wanted to ask about... History and written sources

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Pat Hoodless answers questions about history and written sources.
    Questions you have always wanted to ask about... History and written sources

  • The International Journal Volume 4 Number 1

      Journal
    Editorial  Historical Consciousness, Teaching and Understanding History    Articles Peter Lee'Walking backwards into tomorrow' Historical consciousness and understanding history   Robert Guyver and Jon NicholFrom Novice to effective Teacher: a Study of Postgraduate Training and History Pedagogy
    The International Journal Volume 4 Number 1

  • Edward III: Foreign Relations and the Hundred Years War

      Medieval British History
    In this podcast Professor Mark Ormrod discusses the impact of Edward III reign on foreign relations, relations between England and Scotland and the origins of the Hundred Years War.
    Edward III: Foreign Relations and the Hundred Years War

  • Questions you have always wanted to ask about... History and archaeology

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Don Henson answers questions about history and archaeology.
    Questions you have always wanted to ask about... History and archaeology

  • Edward I: Relations between England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland

      Medieval British History
    In this podcast Dr Philip Morgan of Keele University examines the significance of the reign of Edward I and relations between England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
    Edward I: Relations between England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland

  • My grandfather's recollections of the invasion of Normandy

      Historian article
    16-year-old Daisy Black of Newcastle-under-Lyme School in Staffordshire was the Senior Award winner in the Spirit of Normandy Trust Young Historian competition in 2007. Having been judged the winner by the Young Historian panel, the Spirit of Normandy Trsutees were so taken with her entry that they gave her an...
    My grandfather's recollections of the invasion of Normandy

  • Emotional response or objective enquiry? Using shared stories and a sense of place in the study of interpretations for GCSE

      Article
    In this article, Andrew Wrenn explores some issues that teachers might consider when supporting 14 and 15 year olds in their study of war memorials as historical interpretations. Tony McAleavy has argued that ‘popular' and ‘personal' interpretations and representations are just as worthy of study at Key Stage 3 as...
    Emotional response or objective enquiry? Using shared stories and a sense of place in the study of interpretations for GCSE

  • 'Be bloody, bold and resolute': Two possible interpretations of 'local history'

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. As a pre-Plowden primary teacher who queued to get my copy of that report in 1967 and as a contributory author to the Cambridge Primary Review (Alexander, 2009) forty-two years later I can claim, not an...
    'Be bloody, bold and resolute': Two possible interpretations of 'local 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

  • What Have Historians Been Arguing About... the impact of the English Reformation

      Teaching History feature
    Since the first stirrings of religious reform in the sixteenth century, people have been writing the history of the Reformation, debating what happened and why it happened. John Foxe arguably became the first historian of the English Reformation when he published Actes and Monuments in 1563. Better known as ‘The...
    What Have Historians Been Arguing About... the impact of the English Reformation

  • Move Me On 105: Teaching historical interpretations

      Teaching History feature
    This Issue's Problem: Charles Marks, PGCE history student, is very confused about teaching historical interpretations.
    Move Me On 105: Teaching historical interpretations

  • Questions you have always wanted to ask about... Accessing Archive Sources

      Primary History article
    Mary Mills answers questions about accessing archive sources. Please note: this article dates from 2003 and some of the sources and services referenced may no longer be available.
    Questions you have always wanted to ask about... Accessing Archive Sources

  • Using the back cover image: Oxford Street in the 1960s

      Primary History feature
    Photographs are very useful and productive documents when teaching history. They provide a snapshot of the past such as this one from just outside Selfridges on Oxford Street in London c.1962-64. Combined with further images from Heritage Explorer, clips from Pathé News, extracts from the 1911 Census, locally gathered images...
    Using the back cover image: Oxford Street in the 1960s

  • Teaching the Ancient Greeks

      Primary History article
    Ancient Greece has been part of the primary national curriculum since its inception in 1991 so you may already have a viable scheme of work and classroom resources in place. However, this is not a reason for eschewing the opportunity to review what you are doing, especially to explore how...
    Teaching the Ancient Greeks

  • What makes good local history?

      Primary History article
    Everywhere has a past and learning how to capitalise on that for primary history can be both rewarding and challenging. Not only are aspects of the local area's history a requirement in their own right at both key stages, but these aspects can also help to tell the national story,...
    What makes good local history?

  • Whole-school planning for progression

      Primary History article
    The challenge for subject leaders and school leadership teams continues to be managing the tension between what history has to offer your vision for learning and your children's entitlement to a high-quality history education. The new national curriculum has ensured that this year you have had a close look at...
    Whole-school planning for progression