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  • Reading Branch History

      Branch History
    Brief outline history of the Reading Branch of the Historical Association Reading is one of the places to have had a branch before the First World War, between 1908 and 1911 as was shown in The Historian, ‘The Branches of the Historical Association 1906-2006'. The story of the current Reading...
    Reading Branch History

  • Plymouth Branch Programme

      Article
    www.ha-plymouth.org.uk   Enquiries to Alan H. Cousins Tel. 01752 843750 a.cousins345@btinternet.com  Booking for lectures: Booking is easy - just click on the title of the lecture and it will take you to the Eventbrite page. Eventbrite tickets will be free to Members; otherwise £6 or concessions £4. Meetings start at...
    Plymouth Branch Programme

  • Communicating about the past: Resource G

      Article
    James Woodcock, 'Does the linguistic release the conceptual? Helping Year 10 to improve their causal reasoning' in Teaching History 119: Language issue (June, 2005) In this subtle article, James Woodcock experiments with introducing new vocabulary to a mixed-ability year 10 class working towards the enquiry question '"Hitler was not to...
    Communicating about the past: Resource G

  • Britain's Olympic visionary

      Historian article
    Forty-six years before the modern Olympics began, the small Shropshire market town of Much Wenlock was the seemingly unlikely setting for the establishment of an ‘Olympian Games'. Commencing in 1850, they were to become an annual festival in the town. The architect of this sporting enterprise was a local surgeon...
    Britain's Olympic visionary

  • From tragedy to triumph: The courage of Henrietta, Lady of Luxborough 1699-1756

      Historian article
    Why is Henrietta Luxborough, who was born in 1699, of interest today? In the first place because of whom she was; in the second because of what happened to her; and in the third because of her courage which enabled her to overcome adversity and lead a life utterly different...
    From tragedy to triumph: The courage of Henrietta, Lady of Luxborough 1699-1756

  • Teaching and learning through personal, family and local history

      E-CPD
    N.B. This unit was produced before the 2014 curriculum and therefore while much of the advice is still useful, there may be some out of date references or links.  This unit is concerned with the way that primary age pupils can make use of their own personal, family and local history...
    Teaching and learning through personal, family and local history

  • Support Us

      Information
    As a charity the HA is completely independent of any government or statutory support, so we rely heavily on the work of volunteers (branch officers, workshop leaders and contributors to our publications). We also need donations and legacies to develop new resources and to help ensure everyone can access great...
    Support Us

  • Who do we represent?

      Information
    You don’t have to be an historian or history teacher to join the HA; you just need to love history. Our membership includes many thousands of history teachers and schools, academic historians, museum and heritage organisations, students of history of all ages – and many other individuals who just love...
    Who do we represent?

  • York and North Yorkshire Branch Programme

      Article
    All enquiries to Elizabeth McCulloch, Elizabeth.McCulloch@boothamschool.com  07884 435 701 Talks free to members, £2 for visitors.     York & North Yorkshire Branch Programme 2026-27 Autumn Term 2026   5pm - 6.30pm, Tuesday 29th September,  at Millthorpe School Hall, Nunthorpe Avenue, York, YO23 1WF Dawn of the Vikings Alex Harvey, archaeology postgraduate,...
    York and North Yorkshire Branch Programme

  • Teaching history through photographs in the internet and digital age

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content and links may be outdated. Images allow us to step back in time and ask important historical questions such as ‘Were the Victorians just like us?' Growing digitisation and the spread of the internet allow teachers and learners...
    Teaching history through photographs in the internet and digital age

  • Think Bubble 49: Frozen moments

      Primary History article
    Whenever I look at an old sepia photograph or one of those amazing 19th century genre pictures like William Powell Frith's Ramsgate Sands, it is not the immediate images that grab my attention. Although the detail is often remarkable, in the case of Ramsgate Sands the attentive mother gently introducing...
    Think Bubble 49: Frozen moments

  • Teaching History 131: Assessing Differently

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    02 Editorial 03 HA Secondary News 04 Speed cameras, dead ends, drivers and diversions: Year 9 use a ‘road map’ to problematise change and continuity – Rachel Foster (Read article) 09 The Holy Grail? GCSE History that actually enhances historical understanding! – Katie Hall (Read article) 17 ‘Create something interesting...
    Teaching History 131: Assessing Differently

  • Helping pupils with Special Educational Needs to develop a lifelong curiosity for the past

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Pupils in England have an entitlement to study history or geography until the age of sixteen. However, increasingly, some pupils seem to be discouraged from taking up this opportunity as it can be seen as...
    Helping pupils with Special Educational Needs to develop a lifelong curiosity for the past

  • Bolton Branch History

      Branch History
    The Bolton Branch of the Historical Association, having been founded in 1927, celebrated its 80th birthday suitably spectacularly in October 2007. Not only did it have, for the occasion, a distinguished Chief Guest as visiting lecturer, and an audience of nearly 200, but it also had a large, decorative and...
    Bolton Branch History

  • A Guide to the Key Stage 3 programme (pre-2014)

      Key Stage 3 Guide
    Please note: this unit was produced for a previous national curriculum (pre-2014). However, much of the advice remains useful and it provides a context to topics that continue to be very important for history teachers. Subject leaders, ITE providers and others may find it useful to consider how currently relevant topics were...
    A Guide to the Key Stage 3 programme (pre-2014)

  • Ealing Branch Programme

      Article
    All enquiries to Dr Philip Woods philipgwoods@outlook.com tel. 07922046578 All talks (with the exception of November meeting) start at 7.30pm on the second Tuesday of the month, and take place at Ealing Green Church, The Green, Ealing, W5 5QT. For details of transport and parking please see our website. Talks...
    Ealing Branch Programme

  • Manchester Branch Programme (with Liverpool and Chester)

      Article
    Entry to meetings is free to HA members, non-members £4 per meeting. We are delighted to be able to welcome our members and interested members of the public to our 2026-2027 series of events! Of course, circumstances are always changeable and so events may be changed or cancelled at short...
    Manchester Branch Programme (with Liverpool and Chester)

  • Taunton Deane Branch Programme

      Article
    All enquiries to Mr Geoff Bisson geoff.bisson51@gmail.com tel. 01823 353749 M 07888 641 587 All talks start at 7.30pm on Wednesdays and take place in the Birchall Hall, Queen's College, Trull Road, Taunton, TA1 4QS unless otherwise stated. Tea, coffee and biscuits are available for which a donation is welcome....
    Taunton Deane Branch Programme

  • Bath Branch Programme

      Article
    Entry to lectures is free for national HA members and Bath Branch local members who have paid an annual subscription (£18). Visitors are welcome and are asked to pay £6 per lecture. For more information please contact Mike Short, Branch Secretary, mikeshort20@btinternet.com or 01225 812945. Lectures begin at 7.30 pm...
    Bath Branch Programme

  • Sheffield Branch Programme

      Article
    For all branch enquiries to Michael Clarke m.s.clarke@birkdaleschool.org.uk Meetings are held at the Lecture Theatre, Grayson Building, Birkdale School, Oakholme Road, Sheffield S10 3DH. Entrance via the Endcliffe Crescent gate. Parking available on site. Usually held the first or second Thursday of the month. Doors will open at 7pm and...
    Sheffield Branch Programme

  • Richmond & Twickenham Branch Programme

      Article
    Enquiries: Richard Turk at richardgturk@yahoo.com or call 07958 729526 Entry to meetings is free for HA members, non-members £3 per meeting. Local membership of the Branch is £18 per year. All Meetings begin at 8pm (except May which starts at7.30pm) and take place at Richmond Library Annexe, Quadrant Road, Richmond upon Thames, TW9...
    Richmond & Twickenham Branch Programme

  • Isle of Wight Branch Programme

      Article
    All enquiries to Jacque Gazzard email: jacquegazzard@me.com Unless otherwise stated, meetings take place at Hunnyhill Room Riverside Centre, The Quay, Newport, PO30 2QR Meetings start at 7.30pm and finish at approximately 9pm.  Doors open at 7pm Talks free to Associate branch members, National HA members and Students, visitors £3. Branch Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistoricalAssociationIW  ...
    Isle of Wight Branch Programme

  • Bolton Branch Programme

      Article
    All enquiries to Mrs Melissa Wright mwright@boltonschool.org.uk 07912369060 Branch Website: https://boltonhistoricalassociation.wordpress.com X = @BoltonHistory BlueSky = @boltonhistory.bsky.social Facebook =Bolton Historical Association Bolton Branch Programme 2026-27    Monday 14 September 2026 Joanna Williams, Manchester author, biographer and historian The Great Miss Lydia Becker, Suffragist, Scientist and Trailblazer Fifty years before women...
    Bolton Branch Programme

  • How studying history can help with a range of careers involved in shaping the places we live.

      History & Careers Unit 5
    Town-planning, property development, leisure and heritage industries, archaeology and museum work. Context: This idea for a short series of lessons is aimed at year 7 students who are studying either a "Who do We think We are?" unit, or, more broadly, a unit on migration and settlement in Britain. It...
    How studying history can help with a range of careers involved in shaping the places we live.

  • HA Branches in the South East

      Branch details by region
    Beckenham & Bromley Branch Branch contact: Mrs A Wagstaff 020 8777 7742 BeckenhamHA@uclmail.net  Cost: Entry to meetings is free for HA members and £2 for visitors. Associate membership of the branch is £12 for 2024/25 or £19.50 with our monthly news bulletin, The Beckenham Historian. Venue: All meetings take place at...
    HA Branches in the South East