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  • Cunning Plan 103: why did Henry VIII marry so many times?

      Teaching History feature
    This enquiry sequence was inspired by an Historical Association lecture given last year by Susan Doran entitled, ‘Why did Elizabeth I not marry?’ Through its 14-19 conferences, sections of this journal and local branch activity, the Historical Association has started to secure stronger connection between up-to-date historical scholarship and classroom...
    Cunning Plan 103: why did Henry VIII marry so many times?

  • Investigating Victorian mining disasters

      Lesson Plan
    Please note: these free resources pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum.  In this series of lessons about two mining disasters, I integrated learning in history, literacy and ICT. As the children are an able group, I intended to challenge them to explore primary written sources, to identify differences between them, to...
    Investigating Victorian mining disasters

  • Investigating Henry VIII

      Lesson Plan
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. The lesson required the children to consider carefully their own opinions about Henry and anything that they knew about him. This was followed up by a literacy lesson in which they used the evidence to express a point of view regarding...
    Investigating Henry VIII

  • Approaches to the History Curriculum: Project based learning

      Briefing Pack
    Rationale/Origins Project based learning has been around for decades; it is not a new idea. When we think back to the curriculum of the 1970s and early 80s, integrated Humanities was once again all the rage. As the Nuffield review of 2008 highlights "between 1975 and 1983, HMI tried to...
    Approaches to the History Curriculum: Project based learning

  • Essex Branch Programme

      Article
    Talks on Saturdays, 2.30pm, Trinity Methodist Church, Rainsford Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2XB. Please check the calendar on this website for details. Visitors and prospective members warmly welcomed - £3, Associate Members fee £10.00 / £15.00 for 2 members at same address Branch Contact: Tony Tuckwell 01245 256423  tonytuckwell28@outlook.com    Website: https://essexbranchha.com Facebook:...
    Essex Branch Programme

  • Bath Branch Programme

      Article
    Entry to lectures is free for national HA members and Bath branch local members who have paid an annual subscription. Visitors are welcome and are asked to pay £5 per lecture. For more information please contact Mike Short, Branch Secretary, mikeshort20@btinternet.com or 01225 812945. Lectures begin at 7.30 pm at...
    Bath Branch Programme

  • The Military Historian and the Popular Image of the Western Front, 1914-1918

      Article
    Ian Beckett reviews recent revisionist interpretations of the Western Front. English teachers have much to answer for in terms of the enduring popular image of the Great War. Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Robert Graves are still pressed regularly into action as if they could possibly stand representatives of the...
    The Military Historian and the Popular Image of the Western Front, 1914-1918

  • Topic book blitz: asking and answering questions and Tudor Britain

      Short Lesson Exemplar
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. The topic book blitz approach, where children freely scan a range of topic books, provides both a marvellous stimulus to curiosity and questioning, and an authentic purpose for using research skills. One of our key principles is Questions and Questioning.In this...
    Topic book blitz: asking and answering questions and Tudor Britain

  • Saxon Ship Burial

      Lesson Plan (KS2)
    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. The class had investigated life in Roman Britain. A visit to Dewa Centre in Chester together with class lessons and individual...
    Saxon Ship Burial

  • Saxon Settlers in Britain

      Lesson Plans (KS2)
    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. This resource is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free...
    Saxon Settlers in Britain

  • Teaching History 58

      The HA's journal for history teachers
    Articles: 7 National Curriculum History: Interim Report - Martin Booth  10 Teachers' Concerns over the Current Vogue in Teaching History - Peter Truman  17 Story-Telling in History - Alan Farmer  24 'Mr. History': the Achievement of R. J. Unstead Reconsidered - Sean Lang  27 'Let's Think about this': GCSE History - Computer Aided Course...
    Teaching History 58

  • Local and Community History Month

      1-31 May each year
    The aim of the month is to increase awareness of local history, promote history in general to the local community and encourage all members of the community to participate. Activities happen across the UK and include trips, library exhibitions and local lectures. It is a great way for groups to...
    Local and Community History Month

  • HA Branches in the South East

      Branch details by region
    Beckenham & Bromley Branch Branch contact: Mrs A Wagstaff 020 8777 7742 aj60@dial.pipex.com  Cost: Entry to meetings is free for HA members and £2 for visitors. Associate membership of the branch is £12 for 2024/25 or £19.50 with our monthly news bulletin, The Beckenham Historian. Venue: All meetings take place at 7.45...
    HA Branches in the South East

  • Teaching History 57

      The HA's journal for history teachers
    Articles: 7 'Not the White Tights again!': Role-play in History Teaching at Degree Level - Ian Dawson  14 The Impact of GCSE History on Further Education - Ian Aveyard  17 Some Sixth-Former's Views of History - Janice C. Vaudry  25 A Small Oral History Project in Four Rural Cumbrian Primary Schools - Dilys M....
    Teaching History 57

  • Developments in firearms 1700 to WWI

      Podcast
    In this podcast Jonathan Ferguson of the Royal Armouries Museum discusses the development of firearms from the musket to the machine gun. This podcast looks at how the firearms developed through conflicts such as the American Revolutionary War, the Naploeonic Wars, The American Civil War and World War I.
    Developments in firearms 1700 to WWI

  • Who are we?

      Information
    There are many ways you can support our work to bring history to all: Become a Member Make a donation Contribute an article Other ways to support us We are a registered charity incorporated by Royal Charter (charity no. 1120261). We support the teaching, learning and enjoyment of history at all...
    Who are we?

  • What did you do in The Great War? A family mystery explored

      Historian article
    Research into family history is well-known as likely to dig up some uncomfortable evidence. Nearly every family has had its bastards; nearly every generation has had someone on poor relief. We had both. But more troubling was my recent suspicion that a hundred or so years ago not one but two...
    What did you do in The Great War? A family mystery explored

  • Espionage in the 20th and 21st centuries

      Podcast
    In this podcast Trevor Barnes looks at the development of global intelligence and security services from their early origins to the present day. He examines at the role these services had during the two World Wars, the signficance of espionage in the development of the Cold War and the importance and...
    Espionage in the 20th and 21st centuries

  • Polychronicon 142: 'instructive reversals' - (re)interpreting the 1857 events in Northern India

      Teaching History feature
    The dramatic, chaotic and violent events that took place in Northern India in 1857/8 have been interpreted in many ways, as, for example, the ‘Indian Mutiny', the ‘Sepoy War' and the ‘First Indian War of Independence'. The tales that have been told about these events have been profoundly shaped, however,...
    Polychronicon 142: 'instructive reversals' - (re)interpreting the 1857 events in Northern India

  • Taking Notes at A-Level History

      Student Guides
    A-Level History is not just about taking notes - but as with any subject you study at A-Level, there are some notes to keep. Here are some general common sense reminders about keeping notes, which may seem obvious - but you would be surprised how many people don't take their...
    Taking Notes at A-Level History

  • Interpretations and history teaching

      Teaching History article
    Gary Howells offers us a challenge: are we sure that we are teaching the study of interpretations correctly? It is much criticised at GCSE, but do we really engage our students in the process of writing history, and in understanding how history works, from 11-14? Or do we use reductive...
    Interpretations and history teaching

  • Steve Biko and the Soweto Revolt (uprising)

      Podcast
    In 1968 a 22-year-old medical student walked out of the conference for the National Union for South African students. Steve Biko was enraged that Black students at the supposedly anti-apartheid organisation were sleeping in separate dormitories from whites at the conference. Biko formed self-empowerment groups, which were more Black-focused and...
    Steve Biko and the Soweto Revolt (uprising)

  • Ways of making Key Stage 2 history culturally inclusive: A study of practice developed in Kirklees

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. Kirklees, West Yorkshire comprises Huddersfield, Dewsbury and Batley. There is a population of 300,000. Minority, ethnic pupils account for nearly 20%. Over the next decade it is predicted that there will be an increase in the number of pupils of Pakistani, Indian,...
    Ways of making Key Stage 2 history culturally inclusive: A study of practice developed in Kirklees

  • Publishing

      Information
    PublishingWe publish a number of journals and magazines as well as one-off publications to support history. Our in-house journals are:The HistorianThe historian is a specialist history magazine for the HA membership, containing articles and news from academics, research historians, and other heritage specialists. Articles cross all eras and disciplines of...
    Publishing

  • Do we have to read all of this?' Encouraging students to read for understanding

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. What’s the hardest part of history? Heads of Year 9 at options time seem depressingly clear - ‘Don’t do history, there’s too much writing.’ David Hellier and Helen Richards show that at The Green School...
    Do we have to read all of this?' Encouraging students to read for understanding