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  • One of my favourite history places: Durham Cathedral

      Primary History feature
    The best thing about Durham Cathedral is how it impresses on every scale and from every viewpoint. As you approach the city by train, it looms over the skyline hugging the River Wear and even dwarfing its imposing neighbour, Durham Castle. When you finally make the steep walk up towards cathedral green, the building towers above...
    One of my favourite history places: Durham Cathedral

  • Conwy Borough Branch Programme

      Branch programmes
    Branch Contact: Gemma Campbell conwyboroughha@gmail.com    Meetings are held on the third Monday of the month at Sheldons, 8 Penrhyn Rd, Colwyn Bay LL29 8LG unless otherwise stated.  Refreshments will be available to purchase (payment not included with the talk).   Doors open at 6.30 for refreshments and networking, talks begin at...
    Conwy Borough Branch Programme

  • Teaching History 136: Shaping the Past

      The HA's journal for secondary history teachers
    02 Editorial 03 HA Secondary News 04 When were Jews in medieval England most in danger? Exploring change and continuity with Year 7 – Ben Jarman (Read article) 13 Shaping macro-analysis from micro-history: developing a reflexive narrative of change in school history – Hywel Jones (Read article) 22 Triumphs show: How...
    Teaching History 136: Shaping the Past

  • Triumphs Show 172: The history classroom lending library

      Teaching History feature: celebrating and sharing success
    Tim Jenner and Jessica Angell share how the History Department Lending Library at Cambourne Village College began and developed, and the positive impact it has had on both students and staff.
    Triumphs Show 172: The history classroom lending library

  • My Favourite History Place: Hadrian’s Wall

      Historian article
    Choosing Hadrian’s Wall as one of my favourite places is a bit of a cheat, really, as it is a 73-mile-long (80 Roman miles) wall punctuated with a whole range of 20 individual sites each worth a visit; from mile castles and forts to desolate sections with fabulous views or...
    My Favourite History Place: Hadrian’s Wall

  • Primary History Summer Resource 2017: Roman Britain

      Teaching the Roman Britain National Curriculum unit of study
    This special Primary History summer resource for our members will equip you to teach the Roman Britain National Curriculum unit of study. Please note that it is not a resourced scheme of work. The unit includes the following enquiries: Enquiry 1: When did the Romans invade and why? Enquiry 2: Did...
    Primary History Summer Resource 2017: Roman Britain

  • Women’s Suffrage: history and citizenship resources for schools

      Article
    Are you teaching 20th-century history? Do you want to refresh your teaching of the campaign for women’s rights and equal representation? Don’t forget to register for the Suffrage Resources website, a free resource developed specifically for schools to help teachers and students explore the rich history of the suffrage movement and...
    Women’s Suffrage: history and citizenship resources for schools

  • New, Novice or Nervous? 171: Teaching Medieval History

      Teaching History feature: the quick guide to the no-quick-fix
    Was your diet of school history mostly modern? Are you more comfortable debating the industrial revolution than the feudal revolution? And do you now find yourself teaching more medieval history, particularly at GCSE and A-level? Recent changes to the examination specifications in England have made the medieval mainstream, and as...
    New, Novice or Nervous? 171: Teaching Medieval History

  • 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?

  • What confuses primary pupils in history? Part 1

      Primary History article
    This article is primarily concerned with how pupil progress is affected negatively by general misunderstandings and confusions. What are some of these confusions? Here are what some teachers felt were some of the main ones: Muddling issues from one period or place with those of another place. People in the past must...
    What confuses primary pupils in history? Part 1

  • Podcast: Why Medieval History Matters?

      Medieval History
    Why Medieval History Matters, Professor Anne Curry, President of the HA ‘I don't mind there being some medievalists around for ornamental purposes, but there is no reason for the state to pay for them'. So, allegedly, said Charles Clarke when Education Secretary in 2003. In fact, medieval history has never...
    Podcast: Why Medieval History Matters?

  • Move Me On 169: Planning a local history enquiry

      The problem page for history mentors
    This feature of Teaching History is designed to build critical, informed debate about the character of teacher training, teacher education and professional development. It is also designed to offer practical help to all involved in training new history teachers. Each issue presents a situation in initial teacher education/training with an...
    Move Me On 169: Planning a local history enquiry

  • Pull-out Posters: Primary History 75

      Posters: Sources, and How to read a house
    1. How to 'read' a house; 2. What sources can we use to learn about railways?
    Pull-out Posters: Primary History 75

  • On-demand webinar: Helping children think about change and continuity

      Building and securing disciplinary thinking in primary history
    Building and securing disciplinary thinking in primary history Session 4: Helping children think about change and continuity Historians, when studying a period of history, ask ‘what changed over this period?’ and ‘what stayed the same over this period?’ This session will explore disciplinary thinking around change and continuity, helping children to...
    On-demand webinar: Helping children think about change and continuity

  • What Have Historians Been Arguing About... the British Empire and the age of revolutions in the global South

      Teaching History feature
    The historiography of the British Empire has taken a long course since the era of decolonisation. Political histories of the late twentieth century considered the mechanisms connecting crises at the ‘periphery’ with metropolitan decision-making. One rather overused stereotype was the so-called ‘man on the spot’ pushing empire forward, be they...
    What Have Historians Been Arguing About... the British Empire and the age of revolutions in the global South

  • One of my favourite history places: Hadrian's Wall

      Article
    Choosing Hadrian’s Wall as one of my favourite places is a bit of a cheat really as it is a 73-mile-long (80 Roman miles) wall punctuated with a whole range of 20 individual sites each worth a visit; from mile castles and forts to desolate sections with fabulous views or...
    One of my favourite history places: Hadrian's Wall

  • My Favourite History Place: Waterloo Station

      Historian feature
    Waterloo station may not be an obvious choice for a favourite history place. It is big. It is busy. It’s a place that people pass through rather than linger. Yet its story is interesting. If time permits, an hour spent exploring is a rewarding experience. Passengers first used Waterloo in...
    My Favourite History Place: Waterloo Station

  • 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

  • Careers in History Pack Year 9

      Teachers' Notes
     
    Careers in History Pack Year 9

  • Circle Time in the secondary history classroom

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Circle Time is a commonly used technique in primary classrooms and is sometimes used in secondary personal and social education lessons. This open form of classroom organisation allows pupils to share opinions in a democratic...
    Circle Time in the secondary history classroom

  • On-demand webinar: Assessing pupils’ answers to enquiry questions

      Meaningful and useable assessment in the secondary history classroom
    Webinar series: Meaningful and useable assessment in the secondary history classroom Session 3: Assessing pupils’ answers to enquiry questions  This session will consider how history teachers can go about ‘marking’ pupils’ answers to enquiry questions in a way that values the pupils’ own voice and independent thinking, and avoids restricting...
    On-demand webinar: Assessing pupils’ answers to enquiry questions

  • One of my favourite history places: Fulham Palace

      Primary History feature
    In the south-west corner of London, nestled up against the Thames, lies Fulham Palace. This is a palace that was not for kings and queens but bishops, the princes of the church. This was the summer palace for the bishops of London which they retreated to when the heat and stench of the...
    One of my favourite history places: Fulham Palace

  • Teaching about heritage through a cross-curricular enquiry

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. What should we do with our brightest and best? Neal Watkin and Johannes Ahrenfelt suggest an enquiry for a very high ability Year 8 group which is both challenging and genuinely historical. The enquiry itself...
    Teaching about heritage through a cross-curricular enquiry

  • Using remote voting to involve everyone in classroom thinking at AS and A2

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Diana Laffin shares her findings on an action research project into the use of remote voting systems in the AS and A2 classroom. She was particularly interested in examining the impact of such devices on...
    Using remote voting to involve everyone in classroom thinking at AS and A2

  • How foundational concepts, supporting concepts and concrete examples can help untangle the past at Key Stage 3

      Teaching History article
    A central organising principle of any curriculum is the substantive concepts that underpin it. They provide a secure structure and enable students to develop deep understanding through multiple encounters with essential abstract ideas that are given concrete form in different historical contexts. Identifying the different levels or tiers to which different...
    How foundational concepts, supporting concepts and concrete examples can help untangle the past at Key Stage 3