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  • What is a Synoptic Essay and How Do I Write One?

      Student Guides
    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 the Historical Association today Part of the A-Level History course now...
    What is a Synoptic Essay and How Do I Write One?

  • Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London (KS1)

      Lesson Plan
    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 Please note: this resource was created prior to the 2014 National...
    Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London (KS1)

  • Teaching History 29

      Journal
    Editorial, 2 Notes on Contributors, 3 The Assassination of John F. Kennedy - Keith Hodgkinson and Michael Long, 3 Notes and news, 7 Primary School Children's Preception of Authenticity and Time in Historical Narrative Pictures - John West, 8 A Course in Local History Tonbridge and Kent - Andrew Reekes,...
    Teaching History 29

  • The First Crusade - Antioch, Edessa, the fall of Jerusalem and the Crusader States

      Medieval World History
    In this podcast Professor Riley-Smith examines Antioch: the turning point of the Crusade, Edessa, the advance on Jerusalem, the use of modern warfare, the massacre of Jerusalem, ethnic cleansing, the consequences of the fall of Jerusalem and the creation of the Crusader States.
    The First Crusade - Antioch, Edessa, the fall of Jerusalem and the Crusader States

  • The Vikings

      Medieval European History podcast
    An HA Podcasted History of the Vikings featuring Professor Rosamond McKitterick.
    The Vikings

  • Oral history in primary schools

      Article
    Although this article focuses on a distinctive and effective historical activity it is important from the outset to recognise that involvement in oral history also has the potential to enhance learning across the ‘formal curriculum’ and beyond. Talking to older people about their lived experience and recording their memories provides...
    Oral history in primary schools

  • The Second Crusade

      Medieval World History
    In this podcast Professor Jonathan Phillips of Royal Holloway, University of London examines the Frankish establishment of control of the coast, economic and political development of the Latin East, the Revolt of Count Hugh of Jaffa and Melisende, Edessa and the re-emergence of Jihad, Bernard of Clairvaux, motives for going...
    The Second Crusade

  • A noisy classroom is a thinking classroom: speaking and listening in Year 7 history

      Teaching History article
    Rachael Rudham describes the thinking and discussion that led her department to plan systematically for the integration of speaking and listening tasks into Year 7 history lessons. Speaking and listening is a serious business; it is not a ‘light’ option, argues Rachael, and it should never be used as a...
    A noisy classroom is a thinking classroom: speaking and listening in Year 7 history

  • Teaching History 177: Out now

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    Read Teaching History 177 Building Knowledge As regular readers will know, the theme for each issue of Teaching History is usually determined in response to the range of proposals that the editors receive. Given the current focus within the education system in England on how knowledge is built cumulatively over...
    Teaching History 177: Out now

  • Story-telling and discussion: KS1 exemplar: Columbus the explorer

      Short Lesson Exemplar
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. Setting the scene: what is an explorer? 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...
    Story-telling and discussion: KS1 exemplar: Columbus the explorer

  • 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

  • New online records shed light on Suffrage movement

      Free to search until International Women's Day
    New online records reveal that “militant” Suffragettes were largely well educated, in their 30s and born in the South East Home Office & police files detail those on the front lines of the suffrage movement Records reveal that most “militant” suffragettes were well educated, in their 30s and born in...
    New online records shed light on Suffrage movement

  • Teaching History 153: The Holocaust & Other Genocides

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    02 Editorial 03 HA Secondary News 04 Tamsin Leyman and Richard Harris - Connecting the dots: helping Year 9 to debate the purposes of Holocaust and genocide education (Read article) 11 Darius Jackson - ‘But I still don't get why the Jews': using cause and change to answer pupils' demand for an...
    Teaching History 153: The Holocaust & Other Genocides

  • 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

  • Olympic Games

      Lesson Plan
    This was the fourth lesson in a ten-week unit about the ancient Greeks. We had already looked at Homer's Iliad, examining Greek ideas about heroes and roles; investigated the evidence for the Trojan War; and used topic books to identify and classify the main features of ancient Greek life. Throughout...
    Olympic Games

  • 'What's that stuff you're listening to Sir?' Rock and pop music as a rich source for historical enquiry

      Teaching History article
    Building on the wonderful articles by Mastin and Sweerts & Grice in TH 108, Simon Butler urges us here to make greater use of rock and pop music in history classrooms. His reasons are persuasive. First, it provides a rich vein of initial stimulus material to tap, helping us to...
    'What's that stuff you're listening to Sir?' Rock and pop music as a rich source for historical enquiry

  • Victorian child labour: slate mining

      Lesson Plan
    Please note: this free resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. For more recent resources see: Victorians (Primary History article, 2014) Scheme of work: Sarah Forbes Bonetta Scheme of work: Brunel Download Resources 1 and 2 as well as the teachers' notes.  Resources 1 gives you the paragraphs for the children to cut...
    Victorian child labour: slate mining

  • A search beyond the classroom: using a museum to support the renewal of a scheme of work

      Teaching History Article
    How many times have you been to a museum or a historical building or a significant place and thought that you want to capture some of its essence to bring back to your pupils? The challenges of geography, risk, expense and staffing can all act as limitations in the planning...
    A search beyond the classroom: using a museum to support the renewal of a scheme of work

  • Local study: Fulwell Windmill

      Lesson Plan
    Please note: This article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content and references may be outdated. The lesson formed part of a local study of Fulwell and Fulwell Windmill in Sunderland. It could also be taught as part of the Victorian Britain Study Unit. The children had already looked at maps and...
    Local study: Fulwell Windmill

  • Interpretations of the Spanish Golden Age

      Early Modern European History
    What was the long term impact of the Spanish Golden Age? How have interpretations of this period changed over time?
    Interpretations of the Spanish Golden Age

  • HA Awards Evening 2023 round-up

      14th July 2023
    It was a joy to bring together so many people to celebrate the study of history at our annual ‘Medlicotts’ awards evening on 12 July. Originally formed around awarding the Medlicott Medal for History to that year’s recipient it is now also an opportunity to celebrate all the awards, honours...
    HA Awards Evening 2023 round-up

  • Communicating about the past: Resource H

      Article
    Key stage 2-3 History Transition Project: sample scheme of work on Alexander the Great This resource was created as part of the above project whose activities are described in the introduction to Resource D.  Three teachers, Geraint Brown (an AST) and Matt Stanford, both of Cottenham Village College, and Dave...
    Communicating about the past: Resource H

  • The International Journal Volume 2 Number 2

      Journal
    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research Volume 2, Number 2 July 2002 Letting the Past Speak Contributor John Fines (1938-1999) An obituary by Jon Nichol 3 Introduction 5 1 History In Schools 1. What is History for in Schools? 6 2. The Respect that is Owed to the...
    The International Journal Volume 2 Number 2

  • Film: What's the wisdom on... Enquiry questions (Part 2)

      Your Virtual History Department Meeting
    We’ve been talking to our secondary school members and we know how difficult life is for teachers in the current circumstances, so we wanted to lend a helping hand. 'What’s the wisdom on…' is a new and already popular feature in our secondary journal Teaching History and provides the perfect stimulus for a...
    Film: What's the wisdom on... Enquiry questions (Part 2)

  • Triumphs Show 110: Would you sacrifice watching television for Great Britain?

      Teaching History feature
    This lesson has worked well with higher ability whole classes and with smaller groups with Special Educational Needs. It is essentially a citizenship exercise. It encourages pupils to explore their own values, to justify these values through argument and, through discussion, to understand and accept that others might hold different...
    Triumphs Show 110: Would you sacrifice watching television for Great Britain?