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  • One Giant Leap – 50 years since the Apollo 11 Moon landing

      2nd July 2019
    “One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” is one of the most famous sentences of the 20th century, and it was about science and exploration not conflict – or was it? For centuries humanity has stared at the Moon and attributed to it portents of good...
    One Giant Leap – 50 years since the Apollo 11 Moon landing

  • Good Evening Sweetheart: real-life romance of young couple separated by WWII

      2nd July 2019
    Historical romances are not always confined to fiction and flights of fancy – sometimes they actually occur within our own communities. The real-life romantic story of two young people separated by war was uncovered by Sue and Peter Mowforth who revealed the experience of their parents in a talk to the...
    Good Evening Sweetheart: real-life romance of young couple separated by WWII

  • Global Learning & Critical Thinking

      Article
    Critical thinking GLP-E aims: Young people will also develop the skills to interpret that knowledge in order to make judgements about global poverty. In this way they will be able to: think critically about global issues. The GLP has a strong focus on developing young people's knowledge and understanding of...
    Global Learning & Critical Thinking

  • Centenary of the Treaty of Versailles 1919

      1st July 2019
    The end of June 2019 marked the centenary of the formal ending of the First World War. 11 November 1918 was only the Armistice – it needed a peace treaty to truly end the war. The Treaty of Versailles between the Allies and Germany was signed on 28 June 1919:...
    Centenary of the Treaty of Versailles 1919

  • Teaching History 175: Out now

      24th June 2019
    The effort to discern hidden voices is intrinsic to the integrity of historical practice. The professional historian poring over primary sources strives to establish who can be heard in any text or artefact, which voices are being inadvertently favoured or what light further voices might shed on the question in...
    Teaching History 175: Out now

  • Daniel Defoe, public opinion and the Anglo-Scottish Union

      Historian article
    There is a tendency to represent Daniel Defoe as a novelist and satirical journalist who was at one point placed in the London stocks as a punishment. Ted Vallance's article broadens our perspective to appreciate Defoe's activities as a propagandist in both England and Scotland... The September 2014 referendum on...
    Daniel Defoe, public opinion and the Anglo-Scottish Union

  • Global Learning & Critical Thinking

      Article
    Critical thinkingGLP-E aims: Young people will also develop the skills to interpret that knowledge in order to make judgements about global poverty. In this way they will be able to:think critically about global issues.The GLP has a strong focus on developing young people's knowledge and understanding of development, and in...
    Global Learning & Critical Thinking

  • HA Conference Round-up 2019

      3rd June 2019
    We knew the line-up of speakers was good, we knew that the historic city of Chester was a great choice, we knew the hotel would be welcoming, we knew we were going to cover around 2,000 years’ worth of history from the Romans to the current day in two days...
    HA Conference Round-up 2019

  • Teaching History 75

      The HA's journal for history teachers
    2 Editorial 3 News 5 The Dearing Final Report - Threat or Opportunity? - Carol White 7 Responses to the Dearing Report: History Post-16 - Laurie Taylor 9 Making Dearing Enduring - A Personal View - Roy Hughes 11 Teaching History at Key Stage 2 - One School's Approach -...
    Teaching History 75

  • 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

  • Stephen Lawrence Day introduced in schools and at the London Marathon

      22 April will be national Stephen Lawrence Day
    The Stephen Lawrence Trust was formed to provide a positive legacy to the senseless racially-motivated murder of Stephen Lawrence. This 22 April, the date of Stephen’s birthday, will be the inaugural national Stephen Lawrence Day. Every school in England has received a free information pack, including a personal letter from...
    Stephen Lawrence Day introduced in schools and at the London Marathon

  • Assessment and planning for progression at Key Stage 3

      HA Guide and Links
    The 2014 National Curriculum does not include an attainment target or any specified level against which you are expected to assess pupils' progress. The new attainment target says simply that: ‘By the end of each key stage, pupils are expected to know, apply and understand the matters, skills and processes...
    Assessment and planning for progression at Key Stage 3

  • Join and explore all you love about history

      Information
    HA membership starts from as little as £39.50 at concessionary rate, and £59.50 at individual rate.  You can also get two extra months for free by quoting the code OL19 over the phone.Call us on 0300 100 0223 or join online today Discover local branch talks and visits With over 45 vibrant local branches across the...
    Join and explore all you love about history

  • Britain 1900-1918

      Links to Articles & Podcasts
    Writing the First World War - Podcasts Richard Evans Medlicott lecture: The Origins of the First World War Gary Sheffield: Origins of the First World War   The Parliament Act of 1911 The Suffragette Movement - Podcast LGBT History 1914-18 Domestic impact of World War I  First World War treaties...
    Britain 1900-1918

  • Power and Democracy - GCSE

      Links to Articles & Podcasts
    Power and Democracy
    Power and Democracy - GCSE

  • The Historian 140: Out now

      Journal news
    It sometimes seems to those of us living in Scotland, Ireland and Wales that our histories have no importance to anyone beyond our borders and when Americans, and others around the world, say ‘England’ when they actually mean the ‘United Kingdom’, it is hard not to bristle. Contributors to this...
    The Historian 140: Out now

  • Contact your branch

      Information
    Bath Mr M Short 01225 812 945 mikeshort20@btinternet.com Beckenham & Bromley Mrs A Wagstaff 020 8777 7742 aj60@dial.pipex.com Bolton Ms Melissa Wright 07912 369060 MWright@boltonschool.org  Bournemouth Dr R Hill 0300 100 0223 suzannah.stern@history.org.uk Bristol Ms M Feerick 0117 9442896 maryfeerick58@gmail.com Buckinghamshire Terry Bloxham 01296 708926 secretarybucksha@gmail.com  Cambridge Dr Sean Lang...
    Contact your branch

  • Historical Association Annual Conference - Terms & Conditions

      Information
    Please read these terms and conditions carefully before booking onto the Historical Association’s Annual Conference. You should understand that by booking a place at this Conference, you agree to adhere to these terms and conditions. Please note that these terms and conditions are only applicable to the HA’s Conference and...
    Historical Association Annual Conference - Terms & Conditions

  • The Hopi is different from the Pawnee: using a datafile to explore pattern and diversity

      Article
    Dave Martin identifies the factors which led to new knowledge and understanding in a mixed ability Year 7 class. Not only did these pupils acquire greater knowledge of the native peoples of North America, they also learned transferable techniques for identifying and analysing pattern and diversity. Clear learning objectives led...
    The Hopi is different from the Pawnee: using a datafile to explore pattern and diversity

  • Teaching History 173: Out now

      Journal news
    Access Teaching History 173 here (free to HA Secondary Members) Opening Doors The theme for this edition of Teaching History draws part of its inspiration from calls for the school curriculum to give young people access to genuinely ‘powerful knowledge’: knowledge that will take them beyond the confines of their own...
    Teaching History 173: Out now

  • Making the most of your Corporate Membership – adding extra logins

      Guide for Corporate Members
    So you’ve got corporate membership of the Historical Association – brilliant decision! With corporate membership you gain year-round assistance for: Your entire teaching staff or history department – unlock a range of research, CPD and guidance for historyteachers at all levels within your school or department. School members can have...
    Making the most of your Corporate Membership – adding extra logins

  • SHP and 'What is history?'

      Article
    In the 1970s a new approach to history teaching was developed through the auspices of the Schools Council History Project (SCHP) later named the Schools History Project (SHP). In order to engage pupils (and reverse the perceived danger of a declining uptake of history amongst pupils) the project authors designed...
    SHP and 'What is history?'

  • Teaching History Curriculum Supplement 2014

      Changes to the secondary history curriculum
    Although modifications to the content of the National Curriculum for history have not been as dramatic as once feared, the effective revocation of the previous attainment target is radical indeed. When these changes are considered alongside the fact that more than half of maintained secondary schools (all academies and free...
    Teaching History Curriculum Supplement 2014

  • 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

  • The Historian 139: Out now

      Journal News
    There has never been a more exciting time to study Anglo-Saxon history. Recent archaeological discoveries are transforming our understanding of the narrative of early English history and have added new layers of meaning to our existing knowledge. New methodologies such as the study of landscape and of gender have challenged...
    The Historian 139: Out now