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  • My Favourite History Place - Sackville College, East Grinstead

      Historian feature
    Sackville College almshouse in East Grinstead, Sussex, was founded in 1609, by Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset, when he wrote his will. He died 17 days later without seeing one stone laid, yet the College still stands, providing affordable accommodation for local elderly people of limited means. It is...
    My Favourite History Place - Sackville College, East Grinstead
  • Anne Herbert: A life in the Wars of the Roses

      Historian article
    May I introduce you to Anne Herbert, Countess of Pembroke? I'm very fond of this modern imagined portrait by Graham Turner, partly because of the colour and detail but chiefly because it conveys a respect for the people who lived in the past and especially for Anne herself. My interest...
    Anne Herbert: A life in the Wars of the Roses
  • Teaching History 26

      Journal
    Editorial, 2 Contributors, 3 Trainee Teachers of History and Infants as Learners - John Fines, 3 Howler of the Year Competition, 5 A Castle in a Classroom - Carole Taylor and Joan Allmark, 6 Indian Village: a Simulation Exercise - Thomas F. Willer and Bruce M. Haight, 9 Bias in...
    Teaching History 26
  • Teaching History 41

      Journal
    Editorial BEd Students at Work in a Middle School, Michael Gibson 3 Report: The First BALH young Historians' workshop, David Haynes & Ray Acton 5 BBC Educational Broadcasting and Irish History, Victor Kelly 6 Whose Class Is It Anyway? Ian Jones 8 Report: The Second National Conference, Sneh Shalt 11...
    Teaching History 41
  • Film: An Interview with Margaret MacMillan

      An Interview with Margaret MacMillan
    The HA are delighted to announce that the Medlicott Medal for 2015 has been awarded to Professor Margaret MacMillan. The Medlicott Medal is for outstanding contributions to the study and enjoyment of history. The award will be presented on Wednesday 8 July 2015 in central London, where she will also...
    Film: An Interview with Margaret MacMillan
  • The International Journal Volume 12, Number 1

      Journal
    Editorial Sweden Ethical Values and History: a mutual relationship? Niklas Ammert, Linnaeus University (Kalmar)   Australia  Teaching History Using Feature Films: practitioner acuity and cognitive neuroscientific validation Debra Donnelly, University of Newcastle   Greece  The Difficult Relationship Between the History of the Present and School History in Greece: cinema as...
    The International Journal Volume 12, Number 1
  • Filmed Interviews: The Women of Bletchley Park

      The Women of Bletchley Park
    Bletchley Park was the most important of the top secret intelligence sites during the Second World War. The quiet Buckinghamshire village hosted 10,000 people dedicated to defeating the Nazis, 75% of those were women. In this podcast we are lucky enough to have some of those women talking about their...
    Filmed Interviews: The Women of Bletchley Park
  • The effect of the loss of the American Colonies upon British Policy

      Classic Pamphlet
    (1) Problems of an Empire in ruinsTwo weeks after Yorktown, but before the news of that disaster had reached England, George III wrote to Lord North that "The dye is now cast whether this shall be a great Empire or the least dignified of European states." England had not fought...
    The effect of the loss of the American Colonies upon British Policy
  • Global Learning Project - Hawkshead Primary

      GLP Case Study
    Hawkeshead Primary School in the Lake District is a small village school, with a teaching head. Yet they have gone to great pains to integrate the ideals of Global Learning into their curriculum. They are an Expert Centre, leading a team of 20 local schools - primary and secondary -...
    Global Learning Project - Hawkshead Primary
  • Primary History 14

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    4 Not Henry VIII! - Ann Darrant 6 History Through the Streets - Robin Coulthard 8 We Plough the Fields - Patrick Wood & Norma Bell 10 Digging for Victory - Erica Pounce 15 An Active Approach to Ancient History: the Greeks - Harriet Martin 18 Grace Darling and Reception Children...
    Primary History 14
  • Strange Journey: the life of Dorothy Eckersley

      Historian article
    Meeting in Berlin Three days before the outbreak of the Second World War, William Joyce, the leader of the British Nazi group, the National Socialist League, was in Berlin. He and his wife, Margaret, had fled there fearing internment by the British government if war broke out. Yet as war...
    Strange Journey: the life of Dorothy Eckersley
  • The Historian 118: Travel

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    5 Editorial 6 Cathars and Castles in Medieval France - Richard Eales (Read Article) 12 Travel - Nicolas Kinloch (Read Article) 17 The President's Column 18 It's Murder On The Orient Express - Alf Wilkinson (Read Article) 22 Taking tea with Frau von Papen - Andrew Kirkby (Read Article) 24 Marcus Morris and...
    The Historian 118: Travel
  • The International Journal Volume 11, Number 2

      Journal
    Content  Editorial History teaching, pedagogy, curriculum and politics: dialogues and debates in regional, national, transnational, international and supranational settings Robert Guyver, University of St Mark & St John, Plymouth   Australia Scarcely an Immaculate Conception: new professionalism encounters old politics in the formation of the Australian National History Curriculum Tony...
    The International Journal Volume 11, Number 2
  • Primary History 63: History & Creativity

      The primary education journal of the Historical Association
    Editorial and In My View 04 Editorial - history and creativity 05 Creativity and history - Hilary Cooper (Read article) Features 08 A creative Egyptian project - Caitlin Bates (Read article) 09 Diogenes - WHITHER CREATIVITY?! A consideration of the article Creativity and the Primary Curriculum - Peter Vass (Read...
    Primary History 63: History & Creativity
  • Case Study: Constructing women's past and gender perspective

      Primary History article
    Pupils as Journalists Background of the Study Historiography has expanded to include all social groups and identities in the community. The social historiographical approach became extremely important in the 20th century (Cooper, 2007, pp. 41-2). In parallel with social historiography and related second wave feminism, women began to write their...
    Case Study: Constructing women's past and gender perspective
  • An Interview with Jackie

      President Interview
    An au revoir but not goodbye from outgoing HA President Professor Jackie Eales  Jackie Eales has been an enthusiastic President for the last three years who has been very happy to visit many of the branches to give lectures and to assist in key HA events.Jackie's lectures at the HA annual...
    An Interview with Jackie
  • My Favourite History Place - All Saint's Church, Harewood

      Historian feature
    Harewood House, a few miles north of Leeds, attracts many historically-minded visitors to enjoy the work of Adam, Chippendale and Capability Brown but to my mind the real treasures of Harewood lie elsewhere. After negotiating the payment booths take the path immediately on your right, leading to the redundant church...
    My Favourite History Place - All Saint's Church, Harewood
  • Exeter Branch History

      Branch History
    A Brief History of the Exeter BranchExeter was one of the seventeen pre-First World War branches, founded in November 1906, the same year as the Historical Association itself. The Exeter branch was founded by Professor Walter (W.J.) Harte who became President of the (national) Historical Association 1932-36. Harte was appointed...
    Exeter Branch History
  • Welcome back to a new school year

      Information
    Welcome back to a new school year
  • Original medieval Windsor Castle revealed in new reconstruction

      Archaeology news
    Historians have reconstructed what Windsor Castle originally looked like when it was built by William the Conqueror in 1071 to deter Anglo-Saxon rebels. Researchers have used a series of archaeological discoveries made over recent decades to determine the original size and construction of Britain’s largest medieval fortress. The reconstruction of that first Windsor...
    Original medieval Windsor Castle revealed in new reconstruction
  • A View from the Classroom - Museums

      Primary History article
    Visits off site are viewed with anticipation and expectancy. One of the first visits I arranged was in the summer term of my first year of teaching in Stroud, Gloucestershire. I thought this would be an excellent opportunity for the children in a lower junior class to explore a real...
    A View from the Classroom - Museums
  • The Historian 114: TV: modern father of history?

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    5 Editorial 6 TV: modern father of history? - Bettany Hughes (Read Article) 11 The President's Column - Jackie Eales 12 My Favourite History Place: Mountfitchet Castle - Alf Wilkinson (Read Article) 13 Historical events or people in ten tweets - Paula Kitching 14 News from 59a 16 No longer "A...
    The Historian 114: TV: modern father of history?
  • Triumphs Show 138: a kinaesthetic interpretation of Dover castle

      Teaching History feature
    Licking the stones: a kinaesthetic interpretation of Dover castle in 360 degrees This is the story of one history department that, in collaboration with a local historical site, embarked on a ‘curriculum co-development project' with the art department. The aim was to use learning experiences outside the classroom to bring...
    Triumphs Show 138: a kinaesthetic interpretation of Dover castle
  • Drama and role play

      Primary History article
    Drama and Role Play are powerful teaching approaches for language development. The themed edition of Primary History 48, Spring 2008 History, Drama and the Classroom provides a comprehensive introduction and detailed guidance to language development through roleplay and drama. PH 48 contains numerous case-studies illuminating a full range of approaches. Case-Study...
    Drama and role play
  • Writing: demonstration and modelling

      Primary History article
    Pupils' historical writing can take thousands of different forms, for example, an advert, comic, magazine article, love letter, short story, exam essay, poster or account of a castle visit. For pupils to compose in any genre they must understand and assimilate the genre's skeletal framework, its mode, tenor, field - pp....
    Writing: demonstration and modelling