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  • Mystery of the Missing Cake

      Lesson
    Please note: these resources pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum and some content and links may be outdated History Mysteries at KS1 and KS2 The lessons centred round a mystery, the theft of a cake in an imaginary land where soft toys or characters from children's nursery rhymes live - Nursery...
    Mystery of the Missing Cake

  • The history of medicine – warts and all – for Key Stage 2

      Primary History article
    The story of the history of medicine is HUGE! In fact, it’s a story within story within a story… You only have to note the substantial amounts that have been written on the subject in the past, to realise that this is a story that could baffle and perplex even...
    The history of medicine – warts and all – for Key Stage 2

  • Film: Write your own historical fiction

      Webinar
    Film: Write your own historical fiction

  • The International Journal Volume 6

      Journal
    Articles Isabel Barca and Helena PintoHow Children Make Sense of Historic Streets: Walking through Downtown Guimaraes   Min Fui CheeTraining Teachers for the Effective Use of Museums   Terrie EpsteinThe Effects of Family/Community and School Discourses on Children's and Adolescents' Interpretations of United States History   David GerwinObject Lessons: Teachers,...
    The International Journal Volume 6

  • Quality Mark: The Five Phases

      Quality Mark Phases
    There are four phases you need to go through to be accredited with the Historical Association Quality Mark. Find out more via the links below:
    Quality Mark: The Five Phases

  • The Shang Dynasty

      Primary History article
    The Shang Dynasty of ancient China is a perfect topic to explore history alongside art and design. The only written information that remains from the Shang period is from the inscriptions found on oracle bones or artworks. Most of what we know about the Shang has been determined from the...
    The Shang Dynasty

  • The impact of World War II on British children's gendered perceptions of contemporary Germany

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the current National Curriculum and some content and references may be outdated. This article reports some surprising gender-based trends indicated by a small scale piece of classroom research looking into incidental responses of Year 6 pupils to the teaching of Study Unit 11b (Britain Since...
    The impact of World War II on British children's gendered perceptions of contemporary Germany

  • Online course: Teaching empire through material culture

      HA online course for primary and secondary teachers
    The topic of empire lends itself ideally to a material approach – the objects often provide the opportunity to bring in indigenous voices to our study of the imperial past, while our classroom experience has shown that objects provide a powerful channel through which to access complex and sometimes uncomfortable...
    Online course: Teaching empire through material culture

  • One of my favourite history places: Chichester's Roman walls

      Primary History feature
    One of my favourite places to explore are the Roman walls that encircle the city of Chichester. The walls help to offer glimpses into the distant past and act as a constant reminder of the legacy left by the Roman Empire.
    One of my favourite history places: Chichester's Roman walls

  • The Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings: push, pull, cause and consequence

      Primary History article
    The Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings shaped British history in ways that are directly relevant to us today and inform our language, laws and culture. Without them we would not have some of our greatest stories, heroes and artefacts. The recent exhibition at the British Library on the Anglo-Saxons is testament...
    The Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings: push, pull, cause and consequence

  • The Bronze Age: what was so special about copper and tin?

      Primary History article
    On first approaching this period it is possible to feel comfortable with the term ‘Bronze Age’ without ever really interrogating what this means. When did this period happen? What do we mean by the term the Bronze Age and was it different or the same around the world? Clearly there...
    The Bronze Age: what was so special about copper and tin?

  • Using a house for your local history study

      Primary History article
    A house can be an extremely effective focus for learning about the past, giving us insights into changes to domestic and social life.  We can explore how different inventions (e.g. electric lighting, washing machines, televisions) have changed the way we live, and we can look at some of the ways...
    Using a house for your local history study

  • Using the back cover image: painted wooden police truncheon

      Primary History feature
    This painted wooden police truncheon dates from the reign of King William IV (1830–37). It is decorated with a crown and the letters WIVR, standing for King William IV. For some pupils, its function may be obvious, for others it may be mistaken for a rounders or baseball bat, or...
    Using the back cover image: painted wooden police truncheon

  • The Historical Association's response to Curriculum Review 2024

      20th November 2024
    New government, new curriculum review. It always happens when there is a big change in who is in charge. But just because it always happens doesn’t mean we can ignore it. Ten years ago, substantial changes were made to education, and they have affected a whole generation of children and teachers....
    The Historical Association's response to Curriculum Review 2024

  • Indus Valley

      Topic Pack
    The names and stories of the people and their cities are a mystery, their ideographic script yet to be deciphered. So how do we know the ruined cities of the Indus Valley belonged to a unique civilisation, forgotten for millennia?
    Indus Valley

  • Engaging with each other: how interactions between teachers inform professional practice

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. What kinds of interaction take place in a history department? What might be their value? Between 1999 and 2003, Simon Letman, then history teacher and Director of Studies at The Royal Hospital School in Ipswich,...
    Engaging with each other: how interactions between teachers inform professional practice

  • IJHLTR International Journal Volume 15, Number 1

      The International Journal of History Learning and Teaching
    Editorial pp. 5–7Editorial: Identity, Nationalism And Thinking Historically France pp. 8–23Anna Zadora, University of Strasbourg, FranceHistory Teaching In Belarus: Between Europe And Asia Brazil pp. 24–33 Maria Auxiliadora Schmidt, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil The History Of Afro-Brazilian People: A Theme Of The Burdening History Of Brazil Canada pp....
    IJHLTR International Journal Volume 15, Number 1

  • Local Archaeology in the Classroom: Ebbsfleet Case Study

      Local Archaeology Case Study
    The Ebbsfleet Valley in Kent, home of Ebbsfleet International station and the high speed rail link between London and Kent has a long history. The site is close to the old Roman road between Dover and London of Watling Street. It is close to the river mouth and once benefitted...
    Local Archaeology in the Classroom: Ebbsfleet Case Study

  • HA News, Autumn 2024

      Welcome to the autumn 2024 edition of HA News magazine
    Welcome to the autumn edition of HA News. We have updates on the office team's move back into 59a, and HA President Alexandra Walsham's busy six months travelling the country supporting the HA and its activities, as well as membership, education and competition updates. Dr Dean A. Irwin shares ‘What got me into...
    HA News, Autumn 2024

  • Ideas for Assemblies: A slightly different view of remembrance

      Primary History feature
    The principle of this assembly is to show that positive events and developments can occur in the worst times and events of human history. To begin with, it is vital to ensure that the children (and staff!) know and understand that the First World War was not a good thing for...
    Ideas for Assemblies: A slightly different view of remembrance

  • 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

  • Riding along on my pushbike… exploring transport in EYFS

      Primary History article
    There is a myriad of opportunities for exploring the history of travel and transport in Early Years. You could focus on the Montgolfier brothers’ hot air balloon flight in the late eighteenth century, the invention of steam trains and motor cars in the nineteenth century, or even the space race...
    Riding along on my pushbike… exploring transport in EYFS

  • Three first-class ladies – teaching significant individuals in Key Stage 1

      Primary History article
    The turn of the 20th century was in many ways a golden age of aviation. In 1903 the Wright brothers conquered heavier-than-air flight. From that time onward there were many other visionaries who wanted to be part of the dream of flying. The topic of early aviation history is an...
    Three first-class ladies – teaching significant individuals in Key Stage 1

  • The Blitz: All we need to know about World War II?

      Primary History article
    The Blitz of 1940 is certainly a significant event in Britain’s past, one which has repeatedly been drawn upon as a symbol of national consciousness. It was a time when most of Europe had been defeated by the Nazi regime in Germany, typically through ‘Blitzkrieg’ – or lightning war methods...
    The Blitz: All we need to know about World War II?

  • Trade and pilgrimage in the Abbasid Caliphate

      Primary History article
    The Abbasid Caliphate stretched from North Africa across to Afghanistan and the North West Frontier. Within the caliphate there were movements of people, goods and ideas. The golden period of this early Islamic caliphate was around 900 AD. As the caliphs were building a major trading empire across the Middle...
    Trade and pilgrimage in the Abbasid Caliphate