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Move Me On 154: Mixed Ability Groups
Teaching History feature
This issue's problem:Joe Priestley is having problems providing sufficient challenge for the higher attainers within his mixed ability groups
Joe Priestley has settled into his training placement very well and has impressed other members of the history department with his lively and engaging ideas.
In his early teaching he was...
Move Me On 154: Mixed Ability Groups
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Throw away the worksheets!
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
Those teachers who can still manage a school trip to the British Museum are in for a treat. The new Michael Cohen Gallery (Room 61) is everything a museum exhibition room should be. Its focus is...
Throw away the worksheets!
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The Historian 101: The snobbery of chronology
The magazine of the Historical Association
The snobbery of chronology: In defence of the generals on the Western Front - Mark Mortimer (Read Article)
President's Column - Anne Curry
The strange death of King Harold II: Propaganda and the problem of legitimacy in the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings - Chris Dennis (Read Article)
Winston Churchill and the Islamic...
The Historian 101: The snobbery of chronology
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Teaching History 100: Thinking and Feeling
The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
Exploring Values Through History, Rethinking roleplay, Gladstone spritual of Gladstone material? A rationale for using documents at AS and A2, Telling and suggesting in the Conwy Valley, NQT's, Confronting otherness: developing scrutiny and inference skills through drawing and much more...
‘I’ve been in the Reichstag’: rethinking roleplay - Ian Luff...
Teaching History 100: Thinking and Feeling
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Magna Carta: The Clauses
Podcast
In this set of podcasts Professor Louise Wilkinson of Canterbury Christ Church University looks at the key clauses in Magna Carta.
Magna Carta: The Clauses
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What Does the English Baccalaureate mean for me?
Briefing Pack
Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. Some content may be outdated and some links may no longer work.
History constitutes a key player in the new English Baccalaureate, being one of the two choices that students may opt for in the Humanities section. The English Baccalaureate is a...
What Does the English Baccalaureate mean for me?
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Contribute to our journals
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Petitioning the House of Commons, 1780–1918
Petitions, Parliament and Political Culture
In this podcast Professor Richard Huzzey and Dr Henry Miller of the University of Durham discuss their research project on 'Re-thinking petitions, Parliament, and people in the long nineteenth century'. During this project they analysed records of 1 million public petitions to the House of Commons in the period 1780-1918 - and...
Petitioning the House of Commons, 1780–1918
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Teaching History 70
The HA's journal for history teachers
9 Change and Continuity: Some Reflections on the First Year's Implementation of Key Stage 3 History in the National Curriculum - Robert Phillips
13 Implementing the National Curriculum, Term 1 - Ruth Watts
17 History Tasks at Key Stage 3: A Survey from Five Schools - Peter D. John
20...
Teaching History 70
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The 'Penny Dreadful'
Historian article
"I wish I know'd as much as you, Dick. How did you manage to pick it up?"
"Mother taught me most, and I read all the books I can get."
"So do I; sich rattling tales, too ---‘The Black Phantom; or, the White Spectre of the Pink Rock.' It's fine,...
The 'Penny Dreadful'
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Story-telling and simulation exemplar: The Great Exeter Fish War of 1309
Exemplar
The lesson was taught to 44 Year 3 children in a first school in Exeter. It describes how a story was used to introduce a local history unit, and how we followed it up. To begin, we sat the children on the carpet and told them John Hooker's story about...
Story-telling and simulation exemplar: The Great Exeter Fish War of 1309
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The British Templars
Podcast
Dr Steve Tibble unpacks the true history of the Knights Templar, challenging centuries of myth and conspiracy to reveal their real legacy - particularly in Britain. He explores their origins during the Crusades, the evolution of their military and religious roles, and the dramatic events that led to their downfall....
The British Templars
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The International Journal Volume 9 Number 2
IJHLTR
International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research Volume 9, Number 2 - Autumn/Winter 2010
ISSN 1472-9466
1. Editorial Hilary Cooper and Jon Nichol. 04
2. Articles
Eleni Apostolidou 06
Oscillating Between the Recent Past and the Remote Past: The Perceptions of the Past and the Discipline
of History...
The International Journal Volume 9 Number 2
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Cardiff Branch Programme
Article
Cardiff Branch Programme 2025-26
All enquiries to Professor Peter Edbury Edbury@cardiff.ac.uk or Dr Paul Webster WebsterP@cardiff.ac.uk
All talks start at 7pm via Zoom or Teams. A link to the talk is provided by email from Dr Webster.
All talks are free and Zoom/Teams allow us to have speakers...
Cardiff Branch Programme
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Children in the Second World War
Lesson Plan
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These lessons with Year 6 children at a voluntary-aided primary...
Children in the Second World War
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How the Tudors came to power
Lesson Plan
Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum.
The lessons described introduced a unit on the Tudors through the Battle of Bosworth.
In literacy, we had been learning how to identify key words and use these when writing notes. We had focused on information books, in particular a book...
How the Tudors came to power
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Celtic Britain: the land the Romans conquered
Lesson Plan
Please note: this lesson was produced as part of the Nuffield Primary History project (1991-2009) and pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. It is part of a full sequence of lessons available here.
Literacy was addressed throughout these lessons: introducing the text and the materials about the island, then working on the production...
Celtic Britain: the land the Romans conquered
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The Historian 107: The Price of Reform: The People's Budget and the Present Trauma
The magazine of the Historical Association
4 Editorial
5 The President's Column - Anne Curry
6 The price of reform: the people's budget and the present trauma - Hugh Gault (Read Article)
9 The Journey to Icarie and Réunion: A Romance of Socialism on the Texas Frontier - Donald J. Kagay (Read Article)
15 Arnold Wilkins:...
The Historian 107: The Price of Reform: The People's Budget and the Present Trauma
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English Heritage and Historical Association Local Heritage Project
Article
One year ago (2011), the south eastern branch of English Heritage and the Historical Association came together to see what we could do better in partnership. The outcome was the Local Heritage Partnership Project. The vision was to work together to provide access to and inspiration to carry out local...
English Heritage and Historical Association Local Heritage Project
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Significance
Key Concepts
Please note: these links were compiled in 2009. For a more recent resource, please see: What's the Wisdom on: Historical significance.
This selection of Teaching History articles on 'Significance' are highly recommended reading to anyone who wants to get to grips with this key concept. All Teaching History articles are free to HA Secondary Members...
Significance
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The First Fifty Years of the Historical Association
Classic Pamphlet
It was in the 19th century for the most part that the study of the past was revolutionized through the progress in criticism, the opening of archives and the great development of what we call ‘historical thinking’. In the same century the historical approach produced a transformation in many branches of...
The First Fifty Years of the Historical Association
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The International Journal Volume 9 Number 1
International Journal
International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research
Volume 9, Number 1 - July 2010
ISSN 1472-9466
1. Editorial - Hilary Cooper and Jon Nichol
2. Articles
Current reflections - 2010, on John Fines' Educational Objectives for the Study of History:
A Suggested Framework and Peter Rogers' The New History,...
The International Journal Volume 9 Number 1
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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
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The Personal Study Dealing With Significance
Student Guides
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History courses at A-Level contain...
The Personal Study Dealing With Significance
