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Recorded webinar: Virtual History Forum: Reigning over change
Article
These three recordings are taken from the Virtual History Forum which took place in March 2022 and focused on change over the last 70 years.
2022 marked the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. This is an unprecedented occasion in our history. The last 70 years have seen both continuities and...
Recorded webinar: Virtual History Forum: Reigning over change
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Grace Darling
Lesson Plan
I taught a short history topic on Grace Darling, using a painting as the main focus, to encourage evidence-based learning. The painting depicts Grace and her father rowing towards the rocks where the remains of the Forfarshire are resting, with the lighthouse in the distance.
The speaking and listening elements...
Grace Darling
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Gwent Branch Programme
Article
All enquiries to Tessa Merrett tessamerrett@gmail.com 01495 225752
Meetings are held at St Augustine’s Church Hall (immediately behind the church), Commercial Street, Pontllanfraith, Blackwood, NP12 2JG
There is a large free car park next to the church and church hall. The entrance to the car park is off the roundabout...
Gwent Branch Programme
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Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch Programme
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All enquiries to Mrs Marie Davidson davidsonmh@googlemail.com tel 01419561172
All meetings are held at 11am on the second Saturday of the month at Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church Observatory Road, Glasgow West End G12 9AR.
Associate membership £20 per year. Talks free to national HA members and students, visitors £5.
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Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch Programme
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York and North Yorkshire Branch Programme
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All enquiries to Elizabeth McCulloch, Elizabeth.McCulloch@boothamschool.com 07884 435 701
Talks free to members, £2 for visitors.
York & North Yorkshire Branch Programme 2025-26
Autumn Term
Monday Sept 29th 2025 4.30-6pm at the Castle Museum. Meet at the museum entrance.
The History of Dress
Dr. Bethan Bide at the University...
York and North Yorkshire Branch Programme
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Out and About in Madagascar
Historian feature
Madagascar is one of the world’s more intriguing destinations. If it is famous for anything – apart from sharing a name with a truly terrible film franchise – it is probably for its wildlife, much of which is found nowhere else. But whereas most people have at least an idea of...
Out and About in Madagascar
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The Historian 159: Out now
The magazine of the Historical Association
Read The Historian 159: Branches
Welcome to this Branches edition of The Historian, a regular version of the magazine where many of the articles are based on talks and activities from Historical Association branches across the country. The last Branches edition came out in November 2021 and at that time...
The Historian 159: Out now
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Webinar series: Teaching inclusive primary history
HA webinar series for primary teachers and history subject leaders
What does this series cover?
The renewed Ofsted framework and the Francis Curriculum and Assessment Review sets out clear expectations for primary schools to include all pupils (however disadvantaged or vulnerable) in having access to the same historical knowledge, while also ensuring that the primary history curriculum effectively reflects the...
Webinar series: Teaching inclusive primary history
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Webinar series: AI in primary history
HA webinar series for primary teachers and history subject leaders
What does this series cover?
The proliferation of generative artificial intelligence is transforming education, the economy and society at a blistering pace. In the face of such seismic change, it can feel daunting. Whatever your level of experience with AI, this new webinar series will equip you to make informed...
Webinar series: AI in primary history
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Northampton Branch Programme
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Leicester & Northampton Branches Joint Programme of Online Talks & Activities 2025-26
All talks are online and take place at 6pm-7.30pm. Booking is through Eventbrite.
Entry is free of charge.
All enquiries for Leicester Branch: Dr Alex Byrne. alexander.bryne@dmu.ac.uk
All enquiries for Northampton Branch: Professor Matthew McCormack. Matthew.McCormack@northampton.ac.uk
9...
Northampton Branch Programme
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Medieval 'Signs and Marvels'
Historian article
Medieval ‘Signs and Marvels': insights into medieval ideas about nature and the cosmic order.
Many aspects of life in the Middle Ages puzzle the modern reader but some are stranger than others. What can possibly explain an event reported from Orford Castle, in Suffolk? This is an amazing tale and...
Medieval 'Signs and Marvels'
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The Historian 155: Out now
The magazine of the Historical Association
Read The Historian 155: Women and power
Since the publication of our Jubilee edition in the summer, the nation has mourned the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Her death marks the end of an era that will, no doubt, be studied in the future as a self-contained unit, like the...
The Historian 155: Out now
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HA activities and impact
10th November 2025
An understanding of history has the potential to change lives. The HA’s continuing work seeks to empower learners at every age and level to access high quality history education, inside and outside of formal learning contexts. We want everyone to be able to engage with, debate, examine and shape history.
In...
HA activities and impact
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Inspiring History Teaching Awards
Historic Royal Palaces launches brand-new Inspiring History Teaching Awards in association with the Historical Association
Entries to this year's awards have now closed. National and regional winners will be announced on Wednesday 25 March 2026. The awards ceremony will be held on Saturday 20 June 2026 at the Tower of London, where the overall winner will be announced.
Historic Royal Palaces’ launched the inaugural Inspiring History...
Inspiring History Teaching Awards
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Reading? What reading?
Journal article
Discussions with sixth-form students about reading led Carolyn Massey and Paul Wiggin to start a sixth-formreading group. They describe here the series of themed sessions that they planned, and the student discussion and reflections that resulted. Listening to their students discuss their reading led Massey and Wiggin to reflect on what is meant by ‘reading around’ the subject, and its role in students’ intellectual...
Reading? What reading?
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Portsmouth Branch Programme
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Unless otherwise stated, all talks start at 7pm and finish no later than 8.30pm. The venue for talks is: Room 1.09, Park Building, King Henry I St, Portsmouth, PO1 2BZ. Pay on arrival: £4 per lecture, or £20 for all lectures from October to May. Students and HA members pay...
Portsmouth Branch Programme
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The Medlicott Medal 2023
3rd April 2023
We are pleased to announce that Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch is to be awarded the Medlicott Medal for outstanding services and current contributions to history.
The award seeks to recognise individuals from a diversity of backgrounds in their service to history. Professor MacCulloch has an extensive academic CV, some of which is included at...
The Medlicott Medal 2023
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2017 Membership Survey: Results and Actions
Our promise to you
Talking and listening to members is central to what we do. In the summer of 2017 we conducted our largest membership survey of the decade, and invited you to tell us more about your membership experiences, what you value most, and what we can do to improve. Thank you to all who...
2017 Membership Survey: Results and Actions
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Nuneaton Branch History
Branch History
The Nuneaton Branch of the H.A. was originally founded in November 1919 as one part of a county wide Warwickshire branch. Instrumental in this was the editor of the Nuneaton Chronicle, Albert Francis Cross, assisted by local doctor turned local historian, Edward Nason. After this arrangement ended Nuneaton was re-founded...
Nuneaton Branch History
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Teaching History 76
The HA's journal for history teachers
6 I Thought It Was For Picking Bones Out Of Soup ... Using Artefacts In The Primary School - Liz Smith and Cathie Holden
10 Understanding Ethnocentrism: History Teachers Talking - Janet Maw
17 Critical History? - Rob Isaac
19 Language Use and Problem Solving in Primary History - Patricia Hoodless...
Teaching History 76
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Urban spaces cross-curricular work: Literacy
Article
Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum.
This is part of a set of subject areas also covering History, Science, and Art & Design.
See also Cross-curricular learning
Public spaces offer a range of opportunities for children's learning, and can enable children to investigate, observe, wonder, record and create....
Urban spaces cross-curricular work: Literacy
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General workshop resources – HA Conference 2014
Multipage Article
The resources in this section are from the general history workshops presented at the HA Annual Conference 2014.
The HA Annual Conference is a unique opportunity to join the history community on a weekend of engaging history. In the General pathway you can enjoy lectures from academic researchers and local branch historians...
General workshop resources – HA Conference 2014
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The Spanish Armada
Lesson Plan
Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum.
This is a highly interactive and stimulating simulation for years 3 and 4, and a very effective way of involving children in a range of issues.
We introduced the story of the Armada, outlining the main parties involved and the nature...
The Spanish Armada
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How the Tudors came to power
Lesson Plan
Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum.
The lessons described introduced a unit on the Tudors through the Battle of Bosworth.
In literacy, we had been learning how to identify key words and use these when writing notes. We had focused on information books, in particular a book...
How the Tudors came to power
