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  • Teaching black British history through local archives

      Primary History article
    The huge benefits that local archives can bring to primary history are explored by Steven Kenyon. He illustrates this with a case study of Lancashire Archives. The central focus is on ways in which local history can support diversity in the curriculum by providing three examples – one for Key Stage...
    Teaching black British history through local archives

  • Primary History 36: Through the viewfinder

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    3 Editorial 4 Primary Noticeboard 6 In My View: ‘History at Three. Over my Dead Body!’ – Hilary Cooper 8 Optional Assessment Materials for History at Key Stage 2 – Elin Jones 10 History co-ordinators’ dilemmas: Tim Lomas and Keith Dickson 12 A Load Of Rubbish: Using Victorian throwaways in...
    Primary History 36: Through the viewfinder

  • Primary History 27

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    3 Editorial – Penelope Harnett  4 Primary Noticeboard – edited by Tim Lomas 5 Planning for diversity in the Key Stage 2 history curriculum – Hilary Claire 8 History in the Foundation Stage – Jayne Woodhouse (Read article) 9 Academic and teaching subject knowledge and the KS2 history classroom: adaptation...
    Primary History 27

  • Creating drawings and environmental narratives for developing historical thinking

      Primary History article
    This article is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of teachers and subject leaders, join the Historical Association today Maria Vlachaki explores her home city of Thessaloniki, Greece with...
    Creating drawings and environmental narratives for developing historical thinking

  • The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR)

      Primary History article
    This article is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of teachers and subject leaders, join the Historical Association today In a celebration of the 200-year anniversary of the Stockton...
    The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR)

  • World War 1 Literature

      GCSE Topic Pack
    The Social and Political Climate in Britain before the Great War This resource is free to everyone. For access to a wealth of other online resources from podcasts to articles and publications, plus support and advice though our “How To”, examination and transition to university guides and careers resources, join...
    World War 1 Literature

  • Archimedes and the Syracusan War

      Lesson Plan
    Cross-curricular History and Science in the Literacy Hour Archimedes and how his weapons worked Archimedes is an excellent subject. Indeed, Archimedes offers an excellent cross-curricular lesson opportunity, as he covers science, mathematics and a range of other areas, including cunning plans to defeat enemy armies and navies. The previous week...
    Archimedes and the Syracusan War

  • 1851 by Asa Briggs

      Classic Pamphlet
    This classic pamphlet is being re-published in digital form to coincide with the special edition of The Historian devoted to the memory of Asa Briggs. He was one of the most illustrious members of the Historical Association and a devotedly loyal member all his life. One Historian has said that...
    1851 by Asa Briggs

  • Primary History 26

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    3 Primary Noticeboard – edited by Tim Lomas 7 Standards in primary history: onward and upward? A view from Ofsted – Scott Harrison (Read article) 10 Rhyd-y-Car cottages at St Fagans Museum of Welsh Life – Susanna Wood (Read article) 12 Asking the right questions. a study of the ability...
    Primary History 26

  • ‘Nothing was easy’: Viewing war, empire and racism through the eyes of a local Windrush migrant

      Primary History article
    This article is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of teachers and subject leaders, join the Historical Association today Andrew Wrenn shares examples from a fascinating project with which...
    ‘Nothing was easy’: Viewing war, empire and racism through the eyes of a local Windrush migrant

  • Artificial intelligence’s ChatGPT program: a powerful tool for teaching 7- to 11-year-olds history

      Primary History article
    This article is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of teachers and subject leaders, join the Historical Association today In Jon Nichol’s ‘Voice from the past’, he considers how...
    Artificial intelligence’s ChatGPT program: a powerful tool for teaching 7- to 11-year-olds history

  • Teaching Romans, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings in Britain

      Reference guide for primary
    This resource is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of teachers and subject leaders, join the Historical Association today Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings ‘Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings' is the...
    Teaching Romans, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings in Britain

  • Progression without Levels

      Briefing Pack
    "As part of our reforms to the national curriculum , the current system of ‘levels' used to report children's attainment and progress will be removed.  It will not be replaced." (DfE 2013) When National Curriculum levels were removed in 2014, it was all too easy to fall into the trap of...
    Progression without Levels

  • What is APP?

      Article
    Assessing Pupils' Progress in History APP is a tool to view pupil progress periodically by making use of collections of day to day learning in order to ‘make periodic judgements on pupils' progress using a wide range of evidence taken from a variety of classroom contexts.'[i]  QCDA is currently working...
    What is APP?

  • The British Association for Local History (BALH)

      History Network
    The British Association for Local History is the national charity which promotes local history and serves local historians. Its purpose is to encourage and assist the study of local history as an academic discipline and as a rewarding leisure pursuit for both individuals and groups. Local history enriches our lives...
    The British Association for Local History (BALH)

  • Polychronicon 144: Interpreting the 1930s in Britain

      Teaching History feature
    For students of my generation (born in 1954) the 1930s had a very clear identity; so, when the far-left Socialist Workers Party launched a campaign against unemployment, in 1975, with the slogan: ‘No Return to the Thirties', we all knew what they meant: unemployment, economic deprivation and the political betrayal...
    Polychronicon 144: Interpreting the 1930s in Britain

  • Promoting rigorous historical scholarship

      Teaching History article
    The history department at Cottenham Village College has one more member than you might expect. Ruth Brown is a teaching assistant (TA) and one of the longest-standing members of the department, and this article is about how her work has an impact on specific pupils, whole classes and teachers. The key...
    Promoting rigorous historical scholarship

  • Recorded webinar: Making the most out of Holocaust Memorial Day: challenges and opportunities

      Article
    Since 2001 the UK has marked Holocaust Memorial Day on 27th January, the date of the 'liberation' of Auschwitz Birkenau by Soviet soldiers in 1945. History teachers and their colleagues are often asked to 'mark' HMD in their schools. In this webinar we will explore themes of commemoration and education...
    Recorded webinar: Making the most out of Holocaust Memorial Day: challenges and opportunities

  • Professional wrestling in the history department: a case study in planning the teaching of the British Empire at key stage 3

      Teaching History article
    Three years ago (TH 99, Curriculum Planning Edition), Michael Riley illustrated ways in which history departments could exploit the increased flexibility of the revised National Curriculum. He showed that precisely-worded enquiry questions, positioned thoughtfully across the Key Stage, help to ensure progression, challenge and coherence. His picturesque image for this...
    Professional wrestling in the history department: a case study in planning the teaching of the British Empire at key stage 3

  • Implementing the 2014 curriculum in Year 2

      Primary History article
    The chance to pilot the new National Curriculum presented me with the opportunity I was looking for to revamp a tired Year 2 curriculum. I began teaching in Year 2 two years ago, having previously spent five years working in Key Stage 2. As in many other schools across the...
    Implementing the 2014 curriculum in Year 2

  • The Bigger Picture: Curriculum Overview

      HA Primary Subject Leader Area
    In this piece Stuart looks at the ‘bigger picture’ of curriculum overview and how, through careful curriculum mapping and the exploration of key trends, topics can be structured to fit together within a wider chronological narrative. He provides practical approaches and examples, as well as discussing historical concepts that occur in...
    The Bigger Picture: Curriculum Overview

  • Recorded webinar: How does good storytelling serve disciplinary thinking?

      Webinar series: Building and securing disciplinary thinking in primary history
    Building and securing disciplinary thinking in primary history Session 1: How does good storytelling serve disciplinary thinking? Why is storytelling so crucial to the journey of the lesson? How does powerful storytelling make knowledge memorable meaningful? How can I get better at storytelling? How does storytelling help children wrestle with...
    Recorded webinar: How does good storytelling serve disciplinary thinking?

  • Potential and pitfalls in teaching 'big pictures' of the past

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Jonathan Howson summarises findings from the recent ESRC funded research project - Usable Historical Pasts - and suggests how its insights might inform continuing professional debate and enquiry concerning both frameworks and ‘big pictures'. In...
    Potential and pitfalls in teaching 'big pictures' of the past

  • Polychronicon 142: 'instructive reversals' - (re)interpreting the 1857 events in Northern India

      Teaching History feature
    The dramatic, chaotic and violent events that took place in Northern India in 1857/8 have been interpreted in many ways, as, for example, the ‘Indian Mutiny', the ‘Sepoy War' and the ‘First Indian War of Independence'. The tales that have been told about these events have been profoundly shaped, however,...
    Polychronicon 142: 'instructive reversals' - (re)interpreting the 1857 events in Northern India

  • What’s The Wisdom On... Extended Reading

      Teaching History feature
    Why, in a history lesson (or out of a history lesson; let’s say, for a homework perhaps) might we want pupils to read more than a paragraph, to stay with the text, to actually read? We don’t mean plucking facts from information boxes, nor ploughing through four comprehension questions. We...
    What’s The Wisdom On... Extended Reading