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  • Relevant, rigorous and revisited: using local history to make meaning of historical significance

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. The idea of engaging pupils with the relevance of local memorials is becoming commonplace in the history classroom. In Teaching History 109, Examining History  Edition, Dale Banham's pupils used First World War memorials to assess...
    Relevant, rigorous and revisited: using local history to make meaning of historical significance

  • How local history can bridge the gap...

      Primary History article
    A year on from the 2021 Development Matters and it is now much clearer how the changes in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, with its emphasis on the role of communities, place, space and histories, has provided greater support for teachers and children to make the transition from the Understanding the...
    How local history can bridge the gap...

  • Even more support for beginning teachers from the Historical Association

      Primary History article
    It is easy to be both overwhelmed and confused by the demands of teaching in the primary sector. The Historical Association has long been aware of the need to support student teachers, early career teachers and those that support them. With all the busy demands it is easy to miss...
    Even more support for beginning teachers from the Historical Association

  • Historical consciousness in sixth-form students

      Teaching History article
    Moving forwards while looking back: historical consciousness in sixth-form students A key concern driving debates about curriculum reform in England is anxiety that young people's knowledge of the past is too episodic - that they lack a coherent ‘narrative' or ‘map' of the past. While recent debate focused on what...
    Historical consciousness in sixth-form students

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      Information
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  • My Favourite History Place: Bulguksa Temple, Korea

      Historian feature
    Set among the forested Toham mountains in southeast Korea, Bulguksa (Bulguk Temple, the Temple of the Buddha Land), was founded during the Silla Dynasty (57 BC–AD 935). The history of this 1,300 year old sacred site reflects the long and sometimes turbulent history of Buddhism and its heritage in Korea, up to its...
    My Favourite History Place: Bulguksa Temple, Korea

  • Primary History summer resource 2024: the Ancient Greeks

      Primary member resource
    Our free summer resource for 2024 is intended to enhance your subject knowledge about Ancient Greece. The first article looks at an individual Greek, Pytheas. Often Greece is taught largely as an insular place of city states, but the reality is that Greece was heavily involved in trade and they...
    Primary History summer resource 2024: the Ancient Greeks

  • Ideas for Assemblies: historical events

      Article
    Here are a few suggestions for assemblies over the next few months (March-June); each idea is linked to a specific historical event from that month...
    Ideas for Assemblies: historical events

  • Victoria County History (VCH)

      History Network
    Victoria County History  Founded in 1899 and originally dedicated to Queen Victoria, the VCH is an encyclopaedic record of England's places and people from earliest times to the present day.  It is without doubt the greatest publishing project in English local history, having built an international reputation for scholarly standards. Based...
    Victoria County History (VCH)

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 94

      One aspect of teaching Benin that can never be ignored – the incredible bronzes
    Posters 1 and 2: The incredible Benin bronzes
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 94

  • Linking history and science: how climate affected settlement

      Primary History article
    Karin Doull looks at how previous civilisations were affected by natural climate change, often precipitated by volcanic eruptions. She suggests that any investigation into ancient civilisations should consider how physical geography contributed to the initial settlement and development. She argues that we should also look at what might have contributed to...
    Linking history and science: how climate affected settlement

  • Case Study: Promoting creativity, empathy and historical imagination

      Article
    Empathy and Imagination Creativity, imagination and historical empathy are concepts with different meanings although interrelated in the field of historical learning (Lee, 1984; Shemilt, 1984, Ashby & Lee, 1987). According to Lee (1984) concepts such as empathy, understanding and imagination are connected in complex ways in history. Lee discusses the...
    Case Study: Promoting creativity, empathy and historical imagination

  • English Heritage and Historical Association Local Heritage Project

      Article
    One year ago (2011), the south eastern branch of English Heritage and the Historical Association came together to see what we could do better in partnership. The outcome was the Local Heritage Partnership Project. The vision was to work together to provide access to and inspiration to carry out local...
    English Heritage and Historical Association Local Heritage Project

  • Learning history outside the classroom in an age of climate crisis

      Teaching History article
    Helen Snelson has long been an enthusiastic advocate for learning history outside the classroom. In recent years, as the extent of the climate crisis has become ever more apparent, she has been rethinking her approach to teaching within and about the historic environment. In this article, written in consultation with Adrian Gonzalez, she focuses...
    Learning history outside the classroom in an age of climate crisis

  • My Favourite History Place: Bad Godesberg Tower

      Historian feature
    Bad Godesberg tower is the most intact remnant of what was once a castle. Built in 1210 by the Archbishop of Cologne, Dietrich von Moers (circa 1385–1463), Godesberg Castle enjoyed a relatively quiet existence as an archiepiscopal seat. Then, on 31 October 1517, Martin Luther published his Ninety-Five Theses against...
    My Favourite History Place: Bad Godesberg Tower

  • Diversity and the History Curriculum

      Article
    It's very dangerous if you make it seem like history is the province of a certain segment of society. History should belong to and include all of us. The curriculum needs to appeal to as many children as possible or a number of them could become disenchanted with education because they...
    Diversity and the History Curriculum

  • Teaching History 166: The Moral Maze

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    02  Editorial (Read article) 03  HA Secondary News 04  HA Update 08  Putting Catlin in his place? Helping Year 9 to problematize narratives of the American West – Jess Landy (Read article) 16 Cunning Plan: Developing an enquiry on the First Crusade – Rachel Foster and Kath Goudie (Read article) 20  Active...
    Teaching History 166: The Moral Maze

  • Contribute an Article to Primary History

      Initial guidelines for contributors to Primary History
    To share good ideas and practice in teaching and learning history To help develop your own ideas and thinking Job progression: it can be reflected in your CV and also provides a step towards developing more extensive pieces of writing. Practitioner articles can be related to further research studies such...
    Contribute an Article to Primary History

  • Manchester (with Liverpool and Chester) Branch History

      Branch History
    The Branch is proud of its role in the foundation of the Historical Association 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 currently...
    Manchester (with Liverpool and Chester) Branch History

  • Teaching History 187: Widening the World Lens

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    02 Editorial (Read article for free) 03 HA Secondary News 04 HA Update 08 Beyond the balance sheet: navigating the ‘imperial history wars’ when planning and teaching about the British Empire – Alex Benger (Read article) 22 Weaving the threads: helping Year 9 to engage effectively with ‘other genocides’ –...
    Teaching History 187: Widening the World Lens

  • Scheme of work: The history of the ancient Olympic Games

      Sporting Heritage scheme of work for primary history (Key Stage 2)
    This unit produced by Sporting Heritage is designed flexibly as either a chronological or a thematic study. As such, its editable core PowerPoint resources can be used as a depth or extended overview topic in relation to:   Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and the Greeks’...
    Scheme of work: The history of the ancient Olympic Games

  • A cuisine fit for wartime: history and practices of Ukrainian cooking

      Historian article
    Olena Braichenko examines the most common dishes of Ukrainian cuisine, describing the culinary traditions of the indigenous people of Ukraine – the Crimean Tatars. She explains how the Soviet past influenced the gastronomic culture of Ukrainians and what peculiarities of Ukrainian culinary behaviour contribute to stability and survival in the...
    A cuisine fit for wartime: history and practices of Ukrainian cooking

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 93

      Coronations
    Poster 1: What continuities and change can you see in coronations from the distant to recent past? Poster 2: Some objects used or presented at a coronation
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 93

  • Pull-out posters: Primary History 91

      One of my favourite history places; What's in a road?
    One of my favourite history places What's in a road?
    Pull-out posters: Primary History 91

  • Tackling A-level students’ misconceptions about historical interpretations and the historiography of Scottish witchcraft

      Teaching History article
    Maya Stiasny was troubled by a stubbornly persistent flaw in her A-level students’ conception of historical interpretations. Students were seeing historians’ arguments as snapshots in time, emerging magically and unproblematically out of personal views, rather than crafted as a process. Stiasny wanted her students to understand that process as an academically rigorous...
    Tackling A-level students’ misconceptions about historical interpretations and the historiography of Scottish witchcraft