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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?
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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
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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
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The Akkadian Empire (2334–2154 BC)
Ancient World History
The Akkadian Empire was the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia after the long-lived civilization of Sumer. It was centred in the city of Akkad and its surrounding region. The empire united Akkadian and Sumerian speakers under one rule. The Akkadian Empire exercised influence across Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Anatolia, sending military expeditions as far south as Dilmun and Magan (modern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman) in the Arabian Peninsula.
The Akkadian...
The Akkadian Empire (2334–2154 BC)
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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
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Sheffield Branch Programme
Article
All enquiries to Janine Baigent janine.baigent@hotmail.com
Meetings are held at the Lecture Theatre, Grayson Building, Birkdale School, Oakholme Road, S10 3DH. Entrance via the Endcliffe Grange Crescent gate. Parking available.
Date is usually the first or second Thursday of the month, doors will open at 7 pm and the...
Sheffield Branch Programme
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Bolton Branch Programme
Article
All enquiries to Mrs Melissa Wright mwright@boltonschool.org.uk 07912369060
All talks start at 6.30pm on the first Monday of the month (except Sept & Jan), and takes place in the Sutcliffe Suite, Bolton School Girls’ Division, Bolton School, Chorley New Road, Bolton BL1 4PA. Free parking is available in the Girls...
Bolton Branch Programme
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HA Branches in the South East
Branch details by region
Beckenham & Bromley Branch
Branch contact: Mrs A Wagstaff 020 8777 7742 BeckenhamHA@uclmail.net
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...
HA Branches in the South East
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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
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World War 2 Letters
Link
Lt. Richard (Dick) Kelner Williams volunteered for the Dorset Regiment in June 1940. He trained in Wiltshire with the 6th and 70th Dorsets in 1940 and 41. After a period in the Intelligence Section of the Dorsets he volunteered for the 1st Air Landing Squadron and the 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment before his commission...
World War 2 Letters
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Who are we?
Information
There are many ways you can support our work to bring history to all:
Become a Member
Give HA membership as a gift
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...
Who are we?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Developing engaging enquiries with online resources
Events
Don't worry about the answers... (make sure you're asking the right questions)
The attached PowerPoint is from the workshop given by Andrew Payne, Head of Education and Outreach, The National Archives.
This session looks at developing engaging enquiries with online resources for the classroom; including finding suitable source material, framing...
Developing engaging enquiries with online resources
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PSHE education and statutory status
Briefing Pack
A briefing for Head Teachers and Chairs of Governing Bodies
PSHE education and statutory status
Wash-up negotiations between the government and opposition parties on the Children, Schools and Families Bill resulted in the removal of the clauses to introduce PSHE education as a statutory subject in the national curriculum at...
PSHE education and statutory status
