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  • Is any explanation better than none?

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. What do we know about progression in historical understanding? In Teaching History 113, Lee and Shemilt discussed what progression models can and cannot do to help us think about measuring and developing pupils' understanding and...
    Is any explanation better than none?

  • Triumphs Show 137: Assessing through reflection

      Teaching History feature
    Assessing through reflection: How one history department has found a way to satisfy the Senior Leadership Team, parents and pupils through tightly focused self-assessment Teachers are caught between a rock and hard place when it comes to assessment. Senior leaders want to see evidence of regular ‘levelling' while (most) pupils...
    Triumphs Show 137: Assessing through reflection

  • Using history to launch the creative curriculum

      Primary History case study
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. At its core, the creative curriculum is a carefully planned, thematic approach to teaching and learning, designed to support and stimulate children's natural curiosity and creativity. Children can work in depth, giving them time to reflect,...
    Using history to launch the creative curriculum

  • A view from the KS1 classroom

      Article
    Introduction "So what did you do at school, today?" As a child, I remember being asked this question often by my good humoured, paternal grandfather, when he met me at the end of the day. On returning from the trenches in 1919, he had trained to become a teacher and...
    A view from the KS1 classroom

  • The Historian 34

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    3 Feature: Looking Back on the Levellers, Austin Woolrych 10 Update: The Vietnam War, Peter Riddick 13 Education Forum: History in the National Curriculum and All That: Year One, Ian Coulson 14 Communications: County Records Office, F.B. Stitt 18 Local History: Managing the Past: Archaeology in the National Parks, Robert...
    The Historian 34

  • Germany: The Two Ottos, 1848-1871

      Podcast
    In this podcast, Dr. Anna Ross of the University of Warwick considers both Otto von Manteuffel and Otto von Bismarck by examining the roles each played in the unification of Germany. She particularly focuses on Otto von Manteuffel and his contributions while in office, specifically his backing of constitutions, his reform of...
    Germany: The Two Ottos, 1848-1871

  • Attempting to reach the heart of the matter

      Journal article
    Michael McIntyre and Vanessa Hull explain the work of Facing History and Ourselves, an education organisation based in the United States and working internationally. Facing History aims to engage students in reflection on why violence occurred in the past, on what this teaches us about the world today and on...
    Attempting to reach the heart of the matter

  • The Effect of Prior Knowledge on Teaching International History

      IJHLTR Article
    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 15, Number 1 – Autumn/Winter 2017ISSN: 14472-9474 Abstract The students’ prior knowledge is considered to be a factor of paramount importance to the learning process, particularly when teaching history in a diverse and multicultural learning environment. This paper explores the issue...
    The Effect of Prior Knowledge on Teaching International History

  • “They Ought to Know the Achievements of the Ancient Greeks”

      IJHLTR Article
    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 15, Number 1 – Autumn/Winter 2017ISSN: 14472-9474 Abstract This paper focus on the role of archaeology and material culture in supporting national narratives for younger generations, examining the ideas and perceptions of prospective teachers of Greek Primary Education. Firstly, the contribution...
    “They Ought to Know the Achievements of the Ancient Greeks”

  • Academic Critical Thinking, Research Literacy and Undergraduate History

      Article
    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR], Volume 15, Number 1 – Autumn/Winter 2017ISSN: 14472-9474 Abstract The concept of critical thinking is pivotal in academia. Many see it as the very core of intellectual thought and the primary learning outcome of higher education. In addition to its universal merits,...
    Academic Critical Thinking, Research Literacy and Undergraduate History

  • The Historical Manuscripts Commission

      Article
    The Historical Manuscripts Commission (or, to give it its full and formal title, the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts) was established in 1869. Its purpose was to enquire into the existence and whereabouts of manuscripts of value for the study of British history, and to make the results of its...
    The Historical Manuscripts Commission

  • Rotha Lintorn-Orman: the making of a fascist leader

      Historian article
    Stephen M. Cullen draws out the influences and events that shaped one of Britain’s most significant fascist organisers and leaders.
    Rotha Lintorn-Orman: the making of a fascist leader

  • The Russian Revolution 100 years on: a view from below

      Historian article
    Sarah Badcock sheds light on how ordinary Russians responded to the revolutions of 1917 that sought to change their lot and bring them freedom.
    The Russian Revolution 100 years on: a view from below

  • ‘Our March’: art and culture in the Russian Revolution

      Historian article
    Peter Waldron explores the role of art in communicating to the masses the ideas of politics and change in Bolshevik Russia.
    ‘Our March’: art and culture in the Russian Revolution

  • A revolution in warfare: the creation of the RAF

      Historian article
    A revolution in warfare started 100 years ago in November 1917. Paula Kitching describes the changing role of air power during the First World War that led to the creation of the RAF.
    A revolution in warfare: the creation of the RAF

  • 70 years – 70 ‘things’ that tell our story - project update

      HA project to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee
    Would you nominate the laptop computer or the mobile phone? Is it an image of the Maze Prison or of a map of Berlin that you would include on your list as objects that tell the story of the last 70 years? The Historical Association is putting togethera collection of...
    70 years – 70 ‘things’ that tell our story - project update

  • The Terror in the French Revolution

      Classic Pamphlet
    A natural reaction to the history of the French Revolution is to see it as a glorious movement for liberty which somehow ‘went wrong', ending in a nightmare of blood and chaos. This pamphlet explains what really happened, and why. It shows how the apparent achievements of the first two...
    The Terror in the French Revolution

  • History outside the classroom at Key Stage 1

      Article
    When thinking about what history means to five- to seven-year-old children, the chances are it is quite a muddle of ideas – from princesses and castles through to dinosaurs and Second World War fighter planes – without a great deal of coherence as to how it all fits together. Learning...
    History outside the classroom at Key Stage 1

  • Teacher Fellowship Programme: Teaching the Age of Revolutions

      Teacher Fellowship Programme 2018
    The 2018 Teacher Fellowship Programme looked at developing teaching of the Age of Revolutions (1755-1848) and was fully funded by the Age of Revolution education legacy project. It focused on embedding the teaching of late eighteenth and early nineteenth century history in UK schools through the development of teacher subject knowledge and subject...
    Teacher Fellowship Programme: Teaching the Age of Revolutions

  • Scheme of Work: Waterloo and the Age of Revolutions

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (resourced)
    This scheme of work explores the 'Age of Revolutions' period across the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It was written for the Historical Association by Karin Doull to supplement the Age of Revolutions Teacher Fellowship Programme, which is funded by Waterloo 200. The Napoleonic wars shaped their age: children...
    Scheme of Work: Waterloo and the Age of Revolutions

  • Teacher Fellowship Programme: The Cold War in the Classroom

      Teacher Fellowship Programme 2017
    Course lead: Ben Walsh Academic lead: Dr Jessica Reinisch (Birkbeck) The 2017 Teacher Fellowship Programme focused on the history and historiography of the Cold War. The course was taught by historians at Birkbeck College London in collaboration with the Historical Association. The programme was fully funded. The course provided opportunities to make sense...
    Teacher Fellowship Programme: The Cold War in the Classroom

  • The Oxford Movement and Anglican Ritualism

      Classic Pamphlet
    The English Reformation of the Sixteenth century had been a compromise, both politically and theologically. The administrative framework of the medieval church, with its system of church courts, private patronage, pluralism, the social and financial gulf between the lower and higher clergy, its inadequacy of clerical education and its hierarchical...
    The Oxford Movement and Anglican Ritualism

  • The later Middle Ages: Teacher Fellowship programme outcomes

      Multipage Article
    These resources were developed as part of the Historical Association’s inaugural Teacher Fellowship Programme funded by Agincourt 600. The programme was led by Ian Dawson and focused on developing teachers’ knowledge of late medieval history and translating this to the classroom. Featuring academic input from Professor Anne Curry, Professor Michael...
    The later Middle Ages: Teacher Fellowship programme outcomes

  • The Historian 33

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    3 Feature: The Ending of a Myth: The Fall of Singapore, 1942, Joseph Kennedy 9 Update: The Conservative Party and British Politics 1902-40, Stuart Ball 12 Education Forum: The Job of an Archives Education Officer, Mary Mills  28 Spotlight: Sheffield
    The Historian 33

  • Women and Gender in the French Wars

      The Napoleonic Wars
    In this podcast Dr Louise Carter critically examines the role of women in Britain during the French Revolution. During these wars, women were typically called on for army cooking, laundry, nursing and spying, and as such were considered part of the war machine. While women in the French wars accounted for...
    Women and Gender in the French Wars