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Ancient Sumer
Primary History article
For many teachers and children alike, Ancient Sumer will be completely new. Although Sumer has always been an option for teaching about Early Civilisations, the fame of Ancient Egypt, as well as being a tried-and-tested topic, has meant that Sumer has perhaps been overlooked. There is little danger of failing...
Ancient Sumer
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Case Study: World War II evacuation project
Primary History article
Editorial note: The WOW factor. When we first received and read the World War II Evacuation Project case study we simply went WOW! It was genuinely mind-blowing. Below we publish the main sections of the report. They bring to life an invaluable, ground-breaking case-study of national significance.
The case-study involved...
Case Study: World War II evacuation project
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The Great Fire of London 1666
Topic Pack
London in 1666 was a large and growing city. It was of great importance both as the country's capital city, but also as the seat of government. It was by far the largest city in the country. It had far outgrown its original city walls and because of its sprawling...
The Great Fire of London 1666
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Teaching pupils how history works
Teaching History article
In the last edition of Teaching History Jayne Prior and Peter John presented an approach to extended writing that relied upon pupils’ earlier work.1 Pupil indignation was key. Furious at the blandness of some text presented to them, they used their own knowledge of colour, detail and drama to challenge...
Teaching pupils how history works
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Historical Enquiries and Interpretations
Transition Training Session 1
This is the first of 5 sessions arising from the 2005 KS2-KS3 History Transition Project:
Transition training session 1: Historical Enquiries & Interpretations
Transition training session 2: Using ICT in the teaching of history
Transition training session 3: Extended writing in history
Transition training session 4: Joan of Arc -...
Historical Enquiries and Interpretations
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Extended Writing in History
Transition Training Session 3
This is the third of 5 sessions arising from the 2005 KS2-KS3 History Transitions Project:
Transition training session 1: Historical Enquiries & Interpretations
Transition training session 2: Using ICT in the teaching of history
Transition training session 3: Extended writing in history
Transition training session 4: Joan of Arc - Saint, Witch...
Extended Writing in History
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Manchester Branch Programme (with Liverpool and Chester)
Article
Entry to meetings is free to HA members, non-members £4 per meeting.
We are delighted to be able to welcome our members and interested members of the public to our 2024 – 2025 series of events. Of course, circumstances are always changeable and events may vary or be cancelled at...
Manchester Branch Programme (with Liverpool and Chester)
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Britain Since 1930
Topic Pack
This Topic Pack gives you a brief summary on Britain since 1930.
Britain Since 1930
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Victorian Britain: short lessons and exemplars
Multipage Article
Please note: these resources pre-date the current National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
A series of lessons, exemplars and guides to help you teach your students about Victorian Britain.
Victorian Britain: short lessons and exemplars
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Using the back cover image: Sandbach Crosses - an Anglo-Saxon market cross
Primary History feature
This image is a reconstruction, or interpretation, by Peter Dunn, an artist, of what Sandbach Crosses might have looked like in the ninth century. They are one of the few remaining Anglo-Saxon stone crosses in the country. They stand in the market place in Sandbach, Cheshire. You can find a...
Using the back cover image: Sandbach Crosses - an Anglo-Saxon market cross
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Investigating the Indus Valley (2600-1900 B.C.)
Primary History article
In 1924 The Illustrated London News broke the story of a sensational discovery in the Indian subcontinent. Ruined mounds at Mohenjodaro and Harappa, 600 km apart, were forgotten cities of a lost civilisation. Nearly all we know about the Indus Civilisation comes from archaeology. What survives leaves many unanswered questions,...
Investigating the Indus Valley (2600-1900 B.C.)
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The Maya: a 4,000-year-old civilisation in the Americas
Primary History article
Obscured by the fame of the Aztec empire or shrouded by a veil of mystery, the cultural history of the Maya has generally been misunderstood by the British public. Maya civilisation developed in a territory the size of Germany and Denmark together (nearly 400,000 km2). This vast territory shows three...
The Maya: a 4,000-year-old civilisation in the Americas
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What do we mean by Big Picture History?
Primary History article
Perhaps the best way to start thinking about Big Picture history is to say what it is not - it is not about rote learning dates or remembering ‘famous people and events' - Alfred the Great, The Battle of Hastings, Henry VIII, Florence Nightingale ....and so on! This factual knowledge...
What do we mean by Big Picture History?
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Romans, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings
Primary Lesson Plans
Please note: these resources were produced as part of the Nuffield Primary History project (1991-2009) and pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum.
A series of lessons, exemplars and guides to help you teach your students about the Romans, the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings.
Romans, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings
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Swansea Branch History
Branch History
History of the Swansea BranchThe first Swansea Branch of the Historical Association was established in 1923. Unfortunately, the activities of the branch are unknown as no local documentation from that time has survived. All that is certain is that by 1925 it had ceased to meet.Following a suggestion by the...
Swansea Branch History
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Place, time and society
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
Editor's note The Place, Time and Society 8-13 Project was established in 1971 ‘to explore the problems of the part of the curriculum for children aged 8-13 which is related to the subject-areas of history, geography and...
Place, time and society
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More than just the Henries: Britishness and British history at Key Stage 3
Teaching History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the current national curriculum
With the first teaching of a revised history curriculum due in September 2008 the debate over content and order is well under way. Robert Guyver, involved in the design of the curriculum development experiment that evolved into the 1991 version of...
More than just the Henries: Britishness and British history at Key Stage 3
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Case study: Creative approaches to learning about the Bristol blitz
Primary History article
The University of the West of England, Bristol has strong partnerships with many local schools and is developing innovative ways in working with trainees, teachers and children. The approach taken to learning about the Bristol Blitz provides an example of this partnership.
The Bristol Blitz day
The day was planned to...
Case study: Creative approaches to learning about the Bristol blitz
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Tudor World Lessons
Article
Please note: these resources pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum.
Lessons available on this site.
See also these short lesson exemplars: Finding out about Tudor life from topic books, Columbus a hero? (discussion and debate) and Columbus (story-telling).
Lessons
ReformationHow the Tudors came to PowerQueen Elizabeth ITudor Portraits: Who am I?Spanish...
Tudor World Lessons
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Helping students make sense of historical time
Primary History article
This article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
Once upon a time, educators believed that there was a property of children’s minds known as ‘understanding of time’. According to this belief, young children had little ability to understand when things happened, even within their own...
Helping students make sense of historical time
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World Study lessons
Lesson Plans
Sumerian history through story-telling and expressive movementAztec ExperienceThe Tomb of TutankhamunPyramid building
Background information for teachers: Ancient Egypt
Drama exemplar: Akhenaten
And here's another useful website we've found for Ancient Egypt (intended for university students but it's got some useful resources): Digital Egypt from UCL
World Study lessons
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Ancient Greek Myths
Lesson Plan
In this lesson on the Greek myths, the children used stories as a starting point for historical research, and gained an understanding that the past can be represented and interpreted in different ways.
They identified the key points in a text, and selected and record information relevant to the focus...
Ancient Greek Myths
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Ancient Greek Ideas: Science
Lesson Plan
Cross-curricular History and Science in the Literacy Hour
*(These resources are attached below)
Imagining what Greek science and a Greek science lesson at KS2 would be like
With the children raising questions and examining Ancient Greek ideas about our origins, this lesson has the potential to range widely and be...
Ancient Greek Ideas: Science
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Your Victorian (And Greek!) Olympic Games
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
The teaching ideas below are adapted from an idea the great John Fines developed for teaching Ancient Greek science. With active teacher support and guidance, it requires the pupils to use what they know, and their...
Your Victorian (And Greek!) Olympic Games
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Case Study: Historical information and the local community
Primary History article
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum.
The ICT revolution
A paper register, a pink-lined A4 mark book and a written school log book are surely historical artefacts? The transition from paper to digital technology continues, changing the world of the classroom teacher whose working life like mine,...
Case Study: Historical information and the local community
