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  • Move Me On 146: Knowing enough to be able to start planning

      Teaching History feature
    This issue's problem: Jim Boswell is constantly anxious about whether he knows enough to be able to start planning. Jim Boswell is an articulate, enthusiastic student teacher, with previous voluntary work experience teaching English to young asylum-seekers and refugees. Other previous roles in sports coaching and refereeing have clearly paid dividends...
    Move Me On 146: Knowing enough to be able to start planning

  • Using museums and artefacts

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Over several years of reporting on primary history, the use of museums and artefacts has been identified in Ofsted reports as an issue for schools to address. Although there is now far greater expertise in...
    Using museums and artefacts

  • An introduction to Teaching History

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    Teaching History – the HA's journal for secondary history teachers Teaching History is the UK’s leading professional journal for history teachers at secondary level. Published quarterly with a distribution of over 3,000, Teaching History also boasts a growing international readership. These include teachers, heads of department, trainees, and libraries. Teaching History is free...
    An introduction to Teaching History

  • Developing enjoyable historical investigations

      Primary History article
    About 2,000 years ago, a baby was born. No, not that baby. Not Jesus. This baby was a girl. Where she was born and what she was called we don't know but I'll call her Helena - it feels rude to go on just calling her ‘she'. When Helena grew up she became wealthy. Perhaps...
    Developing enjoyable historical investigations

  • The Rise of American Empire, 1865-1920

      Podcast
    In this extensive podcast series, Dr Alex Goodall of UCL looks at the growth of the United States as an international power from the end of the American Civil War through to the early twentieth century. This was a critical period for understanding the United States rise to superpower status in the twentieth...
    The Rise of American Empire, 1865-1920

  • Revision Tips: How To Revise Properly!

      GCSE History Guide
    To download the PDFs attached to this resource, plus access to a wealth of other online resources from podcasts to articles and publications, support and advice though our “How To”, examination and transition to university guides and careers resources, join the HA today Revision....how dull! The thought of re-learning the...
    Revision Tips: How To Revise Properly!

  • Using sites and the environment exemplar: a visit to Petworth House, Sussex

      Exemplar
    A Year 5 class of 27 children were to visit the North Gallery at Petworth House in Sussex, where the 3rd Earl of Egremont kept his collection of sculptures and pictures. If the children were to learn I needed to give them a focus and a purpose.PreparationBeforehand, in the classroom,...
    Using sites and the environment exemplar: a visit to Petworth House, Sussex

  • Public History Courses

      Continuing Professional Development
    What is Public History? Public History is about understanding how the past has affected, and is used by, the present. It brings history to life and helps us understand the relationship between the past and the public at present. Public History can involve history in the community, and a Public...
    Public History Courses

  • 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)

  • Out and about in the Trent Valley

      Historian feature
    In the muddy corner of a field fringing Biddulph Moor in North Staffordshire, a small fenced enclosure surrounds Trent Head, ‘official' source of the River Trent (SJ905 579). In truth, any of a handful of springs that rise nearby might serve. Pilgrims are well advised to equip themselves with Wellington...
    Out and about in the Trent Valley

  • Ankhu and Nebu of Deir el Medina

      Primary History article
    Perhaps the hardest skill to develop in history is a sense of period. What was it really like to live in Ancient Egypt? Who should we study? Or, in this case, which workers were typical? Were these craftsmen in Deir el Medina typical of all the workers in Egypt? Or...
    Ankhu and Nebu of Deir el Medina

  • GCSE to AS level History

      Student Guides
    Surviving the leap from GCSE to AS level History - the student view. For many students the transition from GCSE to AS level is one of the hardest stages of their school career. This is the stage where teachers begin to stop guiding you along every step of the way...
    GCSE to AS level History

  • Archaeology: A view from the classroom

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content and references are outdated. Perhaps it is the earthiness of the ground beneath our feet which arouses pupils' curiosity. Or maybe, the idea of the unexpected with the hope of finding something precious or unusual, that is so engaging about archaeology....
    Archaeology: A view from the classroom

  • The snobbery of chronology: In defence of the generals on the Western Front

      Historian article
    Faced with the testimony of the huge casualty lists of the First World War, the desperate battles of attrition, the emotive evidence of the seemingly endless cemeteries and memorials, the moving war poetry of men such as Owen and Sassoon, and the memoirs of those who fought, it is not...
    The snobbery of chronology: In defence of the generals on the Western Front

  • 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

  • The Mayflower voyage and the English settlement of North America

      Early Modern North America
    The 1620 Mayflower voyage was the result of the desire of a religious Christian group, the Puritans, who wished to break away from the Church of England and create a new community away from Catholic-influenced Europe. Plans for the voyage were fraught with problems in the summer of 1620, and the...
    The Mayflower voyage and the English settlement of North America

  • A Vision of Britain Through Time

      Website
    This free-to-use and publically accessible website has now been updated and re-launched with a new look, extra content and improved search tools thanks largely to funding from JISC (the Joint Information Systems Committee of Britain's universities).Among the latest additions is a full listing of every General Election result, 1832 to...
    A Vision of Britain Through Time

  • Fact Based Quiz Ideas For Turning 3s into 4s and 5s

      Briefing Pack
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content and links may be outdated. If you are looking to raise your 3/4 grades into 4s/5s, a big focus is going to be fact retention. This can be in the form of fact based quizzes and organisational activities,...
    Fact Based Quiz Ideas For Turning 3s into 4s and 5s

  • Progression & Assessment without Levels - Guide

      Progression & Assessment
    In the 2014 national curriculum for primary and secondary history one of the key differences is that, for the first time since 1991, there are no level descriptions against which you can assess pupils' progress.  The new attainment target says simply that: ‘By the end of each key stage, pupils...
    Progression & Assessment without Levels - Guide

  • 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

  • The Migration of Indians to Guiana and Surinam

      Article
    While migration from Europe to North America and elsewhere is well known, that from India is less familiar to Western readers. Ananda Dulal Sarkar provides an account of Indian migrants to the former British and Dutch Guianas. Within India, particularly during British rule, young and able-bodied males migrated hundreds of...
    The Migration of Indians to Guiana and Surinam

  • Northampton Branch Programme

      Article
    Leicester & Northampton Branches Joint Programme of Online Talks & Activities 2024-25 Leicester Chair: Annabelle Larsen leicesterha@gmail.com Northampton Chair: David Waller david@davidwaller.org.uk Most talks will be on the second Tuesday of the month, 18.00-19.30.  Northampton Branch Programme 2025 **POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE 2025**. David Waller, University of Northampton. ‘The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election...
    Northampton Branch Programme

  • Teaching History 61

      The HA's journal for history teachers
    Articles: 8 Who is the National Curriculum in History for? - Sylvia Collicott  13 A Race between Education and Catastrophe: The Final Report of the History Working Group - Sue Styles  17 Why does it Matter? A Personal Response to the Final Report - Ian Dawson  22 From the Ivory Tower: A University...
    Teaching History 61

  • The Reformed Electoral System in Great Britain, 1832-1914

      Classic Pamphlet
    The struggle for parliamentary reform between 1830 and 1832 has long been regarded as one of the decisive battles of British political history. The Tories lamented that the passage of the Reform Bill meant the destruction of the constitution. Middle class Radicals welcomed the Reform Bill as the instrument that...
    The Reformed Electoral System in Great Britain, 1832-1914

  • Winston Churchill and the Islamic World: Early Encounters

      Historian article
    Winston Churchill had a major impact on British and world history in the twentieth century. A great deal has been written on his roles in the two world wars and on many aspects of his career. Yet relatively little attention has been paid to his relations with the Islamic world....
    Winston Churchill and the Islamic World: Early Encounters