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The Englishness of George Orwell
Podcast
George Orwell is best known for Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty Four - one book an allegory of The Russian Revolution, and the other a science fiction dystopia about a globalized world. Before these two last works, the heart and soul of Orwell's writing had been about England and the...
The Englishness of George Orwell
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Legacies of the Cement Armada
Historian article
Steven Pierce writes about Nigeria, long known for its flamboyant corruption, some of which stems from accidents of history. Its true international notoriety emerged in 1974–75, when half the world’s concrete supply was mysteriously diverted to the port of Lagos, paralysing it for a year. This article examines how the press coverage...
Legacies of the Cement Armada
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History 333
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 98, Issue 333
All HA members have access to all History journal articles (Wiley Online Library site). To access History content:
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Editorial...
History 333
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Uncovering the hidden histories: black and Asian people in the two world wars
Teaching History Article
The stories we tell in history are often stories about ourselves. This can lead to tremendous distortion. Rupert Gaze was shocked when a young black student told him that there was no point in his studying the Second World War because it had nothing to do with him or his...
Uncovering the hidden histories: black and Asian people in the two world wars
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We Also Served: British Asian Veterans of WW2
We Also Served
In search of the story of British Asian Veterans of World War Two.‘We also served' is a moving short film, which follows pupils from Beardwood and St Bede's high schools as they research why the contribution of these soldiers is not more widely recognised.
We Also Served: British Asian Veterans of WW2
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Polychronicon 143: the Balfour Declaration
Teaching History feature
In a letter from the British Foreign Secretary, A.J. Balfour, to Lord Rothschild, the Anglo-Jewish leader, on 2 November 1917, the British Government declared its intention to ‘facilitate' the ‘establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people'. The Balfour Declaration, as it became known, was endorsed by...
Polychronicon 143: the Balfour Declaration
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Using Folktales, Myths and Legends
Global Learning
This resource was commissioned by the Historical Association to offer teachers an entry point into the new primary History curriculum using stories: folktales, myths and legends from the civilisations, communities and cultures of the statutory programmes of study.
In this resource, pupils are encouraged to recall and retell stories orally,...
Using Folktales, Myths and Legends
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History 346
The Journal of the Historical Association
All HA members have access to all History journal articles (Wiley Online Library site). To access History content:
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Articles...
History 346
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What’s the wisdom on… enquiry questions
Teaching History feature
One way of explaining what is meant by an enquiry question is to start with what it is not.
What's the Wisdom On... is a short guide providing new history teachers with an overview of the ‘story so far’ of practice-based professional thinking about a particular aspect of history teaching. It...
What’s the wisdom on… enquiry questions
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Move Me On 195: trainee has not been given any scope to learn to plan
Teaching History feature
Move Me On is designed to build critical, informed debate about the character of teacher training, teacher education and professional development. It is also designed to offer practical help to all involved in training new history teachers. Each issue presents a situation in initial teacher education/training with an emphasis upon...
Move Me On 195: trainee has not been given any scope to learn to plan
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Primary History 92
The primary education journal of the Historical Association
04 Editorial (Read article for free)
06 HA Update
08 Teaching about Remembrance Day in EYFS – Jenny Munro, Paige Hazell, Tanya Wasik, Rianna Kelly and Helen Crawford (Read article)
12 The new King – Karin Doull (Read article)
16 ‘Remember, remember the Fifth of November!’ Where might the Gunpowder Plot sit...
Primary History 92
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Viking Burial Mound
Lesson Plan (KS2)
Please note: this lesson was produced as part of the Nuffield Primary History project (1991-2009) and pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. It is part of a full sequence of lessons available here.
In this simulation of an excavation, the children investigate a past event and imaginatively reconstruct what happened, on the basis of the...
Viking Burial Mound
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History 382
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 108, Issue 382
All HA members have access to all History journal articles (Wiley Online Library site). To access History content:
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Special...
History 382
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Writing a History Policy
HA Primary Subject Leader Area
In this piece Bev explains why it’s important for history subject leaders to develop a whole school policy for history, key pieces of information you may want to include, and the need to review the policy on a periodic basis. It also includes two exemplars policies for you to review...
Writing a History Policy
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What’s the wisdom on… Interpretations of the past
Teaching History feature
How often do your pupils actually look at the products of historians – their scholarly writing, their debates, their to-and-fro of argument?
What's the Wisdom On... is a short guide providing new history teachers with an overview of the ‘story so far’ of practice-based professional thinking about a particular aspect of...
What’s the wisdom on… Interpretations of the past
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Each man's life was worth 1sh 1d 1/2d!
Historian article
Alf Wilkinson explores Britain's biggest coal mining disaster, at Senghenydd Colliery, in South Wales, in October 1913.
At ten past eight in the morning of Tuesday 14 October 1913, just after 900 men had started work underground, an explosion ripped through Senghenydd Colliery, near Caerphilly, killing 439 miners and, later...
Each man's life was worth 1sh 1d 1/2d!
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North London Branch Programme
Branch Programme
All meetings will be held at 8pm at the Jubilee Hall, 2 Parsonage Lane, Enfield, EN2 0AJ.
Street parking nearby. Nearest stations Enfield Chase (10 mins walk) and Enfield Town (15 mins).
Please contact Robert Malleson, Branch Secretary for details at rpmassociates1@aol.com .
Non-members welcome (£2 per meeting at Hall). ...
North London Branch Programme
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The War of American Independence
Classic Pamphlet
In the two-hundredth year of American Independence, it is proper to ask: why did it occur? It need not have happened; it was the act of men, not immutable forces. But once the tensions became acute, the three thousand miles of ocean were a difficult chasm to bridge. The War...
The War of American Independence
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History 327
The Journal of the Historical Association, Volume 97, Issue 327
All HA members have access to all History journal articles (Wiley Online Library site). To access History content:
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History 327
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Women in Late Medieval Bristol
Classic Pamphlet
During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries Bristol was one of England's greatest towns, with a population of perhaps 100,000 after the Black Death of 1348. Its status was recognised in 1373, with its creation as the realm's first provincial urban county, but only in 1542, with the creation of the...
Women in Late Medieval Bristol
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100 not out: the Nuneaton branch centenary
HA News
For the 2018–19 season, the Nuneaton Branch of the HA is celebrating its centenary. Founded in 1919, by 1921 there were 78 members. In 1924, members went on a ‘charabanc’ tour of Leicestershire churches, ending at Fenny Drayton, where they joined in the celebrations for the tercentenary of the birth...
100 not out: the Nuneaton branch centenary
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‘Traditional’ or ‘University-led’ PGCE
Routes into Teaching
What is a PGCE?
‘PGCE’ or ‘Post-Graduate Certificate of Education’ is simply the title of the award that is made to postgraduate students who successfully complete a university-accredited programme of initial teacher education. It isn’t actually a very good label for the traditional route into teaching since all the...
‘Traditional’ or ‘University-led’ PGCE
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Is teaching about the Holocaust suitable for primary aged children?
Primary History case study
Editorial note: While this is a valuable paper, we must point out that the normal ethical procedures concerning such a sensitive, emotional subject must be followed in relation to pupils, their parents/carers and the wider community, i.e. the protocols for permission and clearance to teach such topics must be followed....
Is teaching about the Holocaust suitable for primary aged children?
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Young Quills Awards 2010 Reviews
Reviews
Reviews attached below
The Historical Association announces the shortlist for the 2010 Young Quills Award. This prize has two separate categories; Primary and Secondary, although some books obviously fit into both categories. Books are selected for the shortlist by children reviewers in each category.
In order to qualify for the...
Young Quills Awards 2010 Reviews
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Ian Coulson Annual Bursary for Local History / Archaeology in Kent Schools 2023-24
17th April 2024
Teachers of History in Kent and Medway schools are invited to apply for the 2024-25 Ian Coulson Bursary for Local History/Archaeology in Schools. A grant of up to £1000 is available to help teachers develop new teaching resources for local history and/or archaeology in both primary and secondary schools.
The...
Ian Coulson Annual Bursary for Local History / Archaeology in Kent Schools 2023-24
