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History 365
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 105, Issue 365
All HA members have access to all History journal articles (Wiley Online Library site). To access History content:
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The...
History 365
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Using historical fiction in the classroom
Article
If it is a story then what has that got to do with my teaching history? Well to begin with the best historical fiction is well researched. Good writers like Jill Paton Walsh take their research very seriously. She has commented that, "the writer may invent characters, conversations, circumstances, but...
Using historical fiction in the classroom
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Pupils as apprentice historians (1) - History Detectives
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
The historian R.G. Collingwood inspired the Schools Council History Project [SC HP] that transformed the teaching of history in Britain from the early 1970s. The SC HP argued that pupils should be ‘apprentice' historians who developed the...
Pupils as apprentice historians (1) - History Detectives
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Preserving Ancient Cultural Heritage in a New State: Montenegro and the Looting of Doclea, 1882
Article
Our recent article on the plundering of the ancient site of Doclea in July 1882 provides an important case study in how new states preserved cultural heritage. The event occurred soon after Montenegro gained independence in 1878. A group of looters took advantage of the early stages of state formation...
Preserving Ancient Cultural Heritage in a New State: Montenegro and the Looting of Doclea, 1882
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Exploring the use of historical fiction to support historical learning
Article
How many of us became interested in history through reading a good historical story? When starting this article we came up with a seemingly endless list of historically based stories and films which have inspired us. Clearly, we are surrounded by references to the past in popular culture and our...
Exploring the use of historical fiction to support historical learning
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History Zone blog
Link
History Zone is a website created by Richard Brown - It's designed to promote history as a subject and a forum to put forward some of his ideas on the subject in his regularly updated blog.
History Zone has a wealth of resources for the history teacher or for those simply interested...
History Zone blog
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History 364
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 105, Issue 364
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History 364
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A View from the Classroom: Writing History
Article
Introduction
I imagine many people have memories of staring at a blank piece of paper - and wondering what to write.....and where to start?
There are many questions to consider.
How do children become eager and confident writers in the context of history?
When is writing the best response, and...
A View from the Classroom: Writing History
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Teaching History 123: Constructing History
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
06 Asses, archers and assumptions: strategies for improving thinking skills in history in Years 9 to 13 – Arthur Chapman (Read article)
14 Triumphs Show: 'Source Specs': making sources fun - Rachael Povey (Read article)
16 Little Jack Horner and polite revolutionaries: putting the story back into history – Alf Wilkinson (Read...
Teaching History 123: Constructing History
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History 362
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 104, Issue 362
All HA members have access to all History journal articles (Wiley Online Library site). To access History content:
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History 362
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History 361
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 104, Issue 361
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History 361
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Teaching History 90
The HA's journal for history teachers
4 Editorial
5 Teaching History Briefing
10 A Role for History in Initial Teacher Education by Sally Pearce
12 In Touch with the Past: Music Making and Historical Re-enactments by Penlope Harnett and Liz Newman
17 Appeasement Role Play: the alternative to Munich by Robin Duff
20 Using Information Technology...
Teaching History 90
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History 359
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 104, Issue 359
Guest editors: Catherine Kelly and Joan Tumblety
Articles
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History 359
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History 358
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 103, Issue 358
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Subversive...
History 358
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History 357
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 103, Issue 357
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A...
History 357
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History 356
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 103, Issue 356
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Articles
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History 356
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Teaching History 181: Handling Sources
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
02 Editorial: Handling Sources (read article for free)
03 HA Secondary News
04 HA Update
08 Being an historian: can online source banks help us to replicate the research experience of historians in the post-16 classroom? – Robin Conway and Amy Scott (read article)
17 'What is history': Africa and the excitement of sources with Year 7 – Adbul Mohamud and Robin...
Teaching History 181: Handling Sources
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The role of takeaways in shaping a history curriculum
Teaching History article
Jonathan Grande explains how he and his department faced up to the paradox that teaching rich detail is vital for good historical learning and is vital for students to remember in the short term, but is not essential to remember for ever. This article sets out his exploration of why...
The role of takeaways in shaping a history curriculum
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Primary History Survey Report 2012
Primary Survey
History in Primary SchoolsIn June the Secretary of State announced that history would remain a compulsory part of the primary curriculum from age 5 to age 11. We welcomed that announcement but urged a note of caution regarding slimmed down programmes of study. The Survey into History in English Primary...
Primary History Survey Report 2012
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Teaching History 138: Enriching History
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
02 Editorial
03 HA Secondary News
04 Alf Wilkinson: Making cross-curricular links in history: some ways forward (Read article)
08 James Woodcock: Disciplining cross-curricularity? Cottenham Village College history department's inter-disciplinary projects: an evaluation (Read article)
13 Michael Monaghan: Having ‘Great Expectations' of Year 9 Inter-disciplinary work between English and history...
Teaching History 138: Enriching History
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What are the reasons for linking art and history?
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content and links may be outdated.
Visual images, paintings, sculpture, photographs, cartoons from past times are important historical sources. Accordingly, Simon Schama embeds visual images and imagery in his historical oeuvre, not primarily as illustration but as a crucial...
What are the reasons for linking art and history?
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Teaching & Assessing Historical Understanding
Teaching of History Series No.63
The purpose of this pamphlet is to broach several issues relating to a child's understanding of some key concepts in History. These are:
Cause and consequence.
Time concepts, i.e. change, continuity, development, progression and regression.
Evidence.
Significance.
Similarity and difference.
Under each of these headings, consideration will be given to: ...
Teaching & Assessing Historical Understanding
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On-demand webinar: Literacy for historical thinking: supporting reading and writing at GCSE history
Webinar series: Making GCSE history accessible: supporting all learners at Key Stage 4
Webinar series: Making GCSE history accessible: supporting all learners at Key Stage 4
Session 1: Literacy for historical thinking: supporting reading and writing at GCSE history
Presenter: Catherine Priggs
This session explores the essential literacy skills required to engage effectively with history at Key Stage 4. Participants will examine the unique...
On-demand webinar: Literacy for historical thinking: supporting reading and writing at GCSE history
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Women’s Suffrage: the road to equality
Web resource launched to tie in with centenary of Act allowing women to stand as MPs
2018 has – rightly – seen a strong emphasis on the story of the suffragettes, of those courageous individuals who took to militant methods to get the vote for women. This is not their story; it is the often-overlooked story of the many thousands of women and men who fought...
Women’s Suffrage: the road to equality
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Teaching History 38
Journal
Editorial, 2
The Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education - What the History Teacher can Contribute - Ben Kerwood, 3
The Lincolnshire Educational Aids Project - A Successful Launch into Historical Aids - Ray Acton and Tim Hall, 8
The Humanities Teaching and Computing Project-Jon Nichol with Jackie Dean, 12
Report: HMI/National...
Teaching History 38
