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Remembrance Day at KS1
Lesson Plan
Famous event in the past
This lesson introduces a famous event in the past through personal family history.
(These resources are attached below)
The photograph of Angela's grandfather, and the surrounding illustrations, provided a direct route into discussions about remembrance and war, then ranged wider still.
The children's literacy was...
Remembrance Day at KS1
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Working as a team to teach the Holocaust well: a language-centred approach
Teaching History article
Clear themes run through the work of the history department at Huntington School. A remarkably consistent emphasis on language and literacy, including work on speaking and listening of many types, is a hallmark of this sequence of six Year 9 lessons on the Holocaust, described in detail by head of...
Working as a team to teach the Holocaust well: a language-centred approach
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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 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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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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Northampton Branch Programme
Article
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
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Northampton Branch Programme
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Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
HA policies
As a membership charity our purpose is to promote the study, teaching and enjoyment of history to the widest possible audience. We want everyone, regardless of background, to be able to engage with, debate, examine and shape history. As part of our ethos on diversity and inclusion we will not...
Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
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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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Illuminating the shadow: making progress happen in casual thinking through speaking and listening
Teaching History article
Here is another breath of fresh air from the Thomas Tallis history department. In TH 103, Head of Department Tony Hier showed how he developed a rigorous framework for implementing government initiatives and improving departmental professional discourse at the same time. This time, from history teacher Vaughan Clark, we get...
Illuminating the shadow: making progress happen in casual thinking through speaking and listening
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Course: Supporting SEND pupils in your primary history lessons
HA CPD course for history subject leaders in mainstream schools
Book Now
(Registration is via Cademy which opens in a new window. Please read the HA CPD terms and conditions before registering)
Available dates
Spring term: Friday 26 June 2026 (online)
What does the course cover?
Do you struggle to engage your lower attaining or EAL pupils in their history lessons? Are you finding...
Course: Supporting SEND pupils in your primary history lessons
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Find out more about Corporate Secondary Membership
Supporting high quality history
Read Simon's 4 reasons for taking out Corporate membership
Watch the film above for an overview of corporate membership benefits.
Corporate membership supports quality history provision across your school. It's the ideal option if you'd like multiple staff in your department to benefit from available resources and CPD support, while enjoying enhanced...
Find out more about Corporate Secondary Membership
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Supporting resources
Information
A wealth of resources exist on the rest of the HA website and on the HA Secondary Committee’s blog onebighistorydepartment (OBHD) to help teachers and to support better history teaching.
In addition, many books and articles have been published that are easily available to school history teachers. On this page you...
Supporting resources
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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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Portsmouth Branch Programme
Article
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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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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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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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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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 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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The Historian 169: Out now
The magazine of the Historical Association
Read The Historian 169: Visual Arts
Long before the development of written language, human societies communicated through images. From prehistoric cave paintings to medieval manuscripts, political cartoons and modern film. The visual arts have long provided a powerful means of recording, interpreting, and sharing human experience. For historians, such material...
The Historian 169: Out now
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Our work
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We bring together people who share an interest in, and love for the past and to further the study and teaching and enjoyment...
What do we do?
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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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Swansea Branch History
Branch History
History of the Swansea BranchThe first Swansea Branch of the Historical Association was established in 1923. Unfortunately, the activities of the branch are unknown as no local documentation from that time has survived. All that is certain is that by 1925 it had ceased to meet.Following a suggestion by the...
Swansea Branch History
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Urban spaces cross-curricular work: Science
Lesson Resources
Please note: this free resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum.
This is part of a set of subject areas also covering History, Literacy and Art & Design.
Fieldwork in urban public parks, gardens and open spacesPublic spaces offer a range of opportunities for children's learning, and can enable children to investigate, observe, wonder, record and...
Urban spaces cross-curricular work: Science
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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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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