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  • France during the reign of Louis XVI

      Article
    The system of Ancien Régime France was indeed archaic, to the extent that its nominal social structure not only contained remnants of the feudal system, like many European countries at that time, but was largely based on it. The extensive corruption inherent in this same system was such that those...
    France during the reign of Louis XVI

  • Recorded webinar: Dealing with the issues from lockdown in the primary history classroom

      Webinar
    In the last 12 months many pupils have missed significant chunks of school and importantly a significant chunk of their history learning. In this special one-off webinar we discuss some of the issues we are all facing. What does catch up in history look like? How helpful is this terminology?...
    Recorded webinar: Dealing with the issues from lockdown in the primary history classroom

  • Recorded webinar: Dealing with the issues from lockdown in the history classroom

      Webinar
    In the last 12 months students have all missed significant chunks of school and importantly a significant chunk of history lessons. In this special one-off webinar, some members of the HA secondary committee discuss the main issues we face as history teachers and offer some potential solutions. What does catch...
    Recorded webinar: Dealing with the issues from lockdown in the history classroom

  • The Historian 9

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    3 Feature: The Past's Living Voice: Coinage as Media, Harold Mattingly 10 Update: Trade Unions in Britain 1875-1939, Chris Wrigley 24 Personalia: Profile of Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr 27 Spotlight: Bangor
    The Historian 9

  • Exploring the spices of the east: how curry got to our table

      Primary History article
    Every migrant to our shores brings with them the flavours and dishes of home, every trader searches for exotic and exciting new taste sensations. Britain’s culinary history has been shaped by migration, trade and empire. How curry, exploration and empire building are linked At the end of the Tudor period...
    Exploring the spices of the east: how curry got to our table

  • Developing a big picture of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

      Primary History article
    ‘I have got to stop Mrs Jackson’s family arguing’: These were the words of a Year 3 pupil to her headteacher in reply to a simple question about what she was learning in history. What this pupil was doing was getting ‘a big picture’ of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings and...
    Developing a big picture of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

  • Fifty years ago we lost the need to know our twelve times tables

      Primary History article
    In the first year of junior school, I was in Mrs Phillip’s class. She was one of those teachers who you remember, but, sadly not for good reasons. I was very frightened of Mrs Phillips and the worst part of every week was the tables test… forwards, backwards and questions...
    Fifty years ago we lost the need to know our twelve times tables

  • Potential and pitfalls in teaching 'big pictures' of the past

      Teaching History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Jonathan Howson summarises findings from the recent ESRC funded research project - Usable Historical Pasts - and suggests how its insights might inform continuing professional debate and enquiry concerning both frameworks and ‘big pictures'. In...
    Potential and pitfalls in teaching 'big pictures' of the past

  • The Historian 102: 'Catch me if you can'?

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    5 Editorial 6 ‘The end of all existence is debarred me': Disraeli's depression 1826-30 - W. A. Spech (Read Article) 11 President's Column 12 Cartoons and the historian - Roy Douglas (Read Article) 19 Anorexia Nervosa in the nineteenth century - A. D. Harvey (Read Article) 20 "Catch Me Who Can"? Richard...
    The Historian 102: 'Catch me if you can'?

  • The Ottoman impact on the development of Islam

      A History of the Ottomans
    In this podcast, Dr. Fred Anscombe explores changes in the religion of Islam through the period of the Ottoman Empire. He describes the different principles of Islam known as Sufism, Hanafi, and Sharia, and how they influenced the Ottomans.
    The Ottoman impact on the development of Islam

  • Community cohesion and the prevention of violent extremism

      Community Cohesion Guide
    A series of key stage targeted activities and schemes of work for promoting community cohesion and the prevention of violent extremism.
    Community cohesion and the prevention of violent extremism

  • Book for the Literacy Hour

      Article
    Jo Barkham reviews the book 'A Day in the Life of a Victorian Child', written by Penelope Harnett.
    Book for the Literacy Hour

  • Move Me On 181: navigating the challenges of learning to teach history with visual impairment

      Teaching History feature
    Fiona Tait, a trainee with visual impairment, was unsure how she would navigate the challenges of learning to teach history... 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...
    Move Me On 181: navigating the challenges of learning to teach history with visual impairment

  • What have historians been arguing about: African history in the precolonial period?

      Teaching History article
    The George Floyd killing and the Black Lives Matter movement in the UK have led to an upsurge in interest in African history: how (and whether) it is taught, where it is taught, and who teaches it. Although it is widely recognised that slavery must be taught, there is a desire for history...
    What have historians been arguing about: African history in the precolonial period?

  • ‘What is history?’ Africa and the excitement of sources with Year 7

      Teaching History article
    Many history departments choose to begin their Year 7 curriculum with an introduction to the nature of history and the processes in which historians engage as they develop, refine and substantiate claims about the past. In this article, Adbul Mohamud and Robin Whitburn report on an such an introductory unit, designed with a specific focus on the history...
    ‘What is history?’ Africa and the excitement of sources with Year 7

  • England Arise! The General Election of 1945

      Historian article
    ‘The past week will live in history for two things’, announced the Sunday Times of 29 July 1945, ‘first the return of a Labour majority to Parliament and the end of Churchill's great war Premiership.’ Most other newspapers concurred. The Daily Mirror, of 27 July, proclaimed that the 1945 general election...
    England Arise! The General Election of 1945

  • The Kingdoms and Empires of Oyo and Dahomey 1608-1800

      Podcast
    In this podcast Dr Toby Green of King's College London looks at the African Kingdoms and Empires of Oyo and Dahomey 1608-1800, in the area that today is Benin and North central Nigeria.
    The Kingdoms and Empires of Oyo and Dahomey 1608-1800

  • History in the news: George Floyd protest in Bristol – Colston statue toppled

      Primary History feature
    The killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 25 May 2020 sparked off protests against the way in which black people are treated both in America and many countries across the world. Thousands of people attended an anti-racist demonstration in Bristol. A group of the...
    History in the news: George Floyd protest in Bristol – Colston statue toppled

  • All the fun of the fair! Key Stage 1 – Beyond living memory

      Primary History article
    Alf Wilkinson outlines three activities looking at fairs past and present. We all enjoy a visit to the fair, don’t we? There’s always a bit of a buzz when the fair comes to town. In my village it arrives just in time for Feast Weekend, in the summer holidays. The rides...
    All the fun of the fair! Key Stage 1 – Beyond living memory

  • Anniversaries: The Coventry Blitz and the Grave of the Unknown Soldier

      Primary History article
    This Autumn we remember two events related to the impact of war and how people have reacted to them.  The first anniversary remembers the Nazi devastation of Coventry 80 years ago on 14 November 1940 and the second event relates to the body of the ‘Unknown warrior’ who was laid...
    Anniversaries: The Coventry Blitz and the Grave of the Unknown Soldier

  • History in the Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1

      E-CPD
    N.B. This unit was produced before the 2014 curriculum and therefore while much of the advice is still useful, there may be some out of date references or links.  Much has been written about the benefits of teaching history in the primary school.  A sense of history provides identity. Understanding history...
    History in the Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1

  • Scheme of work: Local history – the story of our High Street

      Scheme of Work, KS1 History, Changes Within Living Memory (unresourced)
    Teaching a unit that considers ‘changes within living times’ requires a focus that provides clear evidence of those changes. Children need to be able to identify specific differences as well as recognise relevant similarities. While we all still undertake shopping on a daily or weekly basis the processes involved in...
    Scheme of work: Local history – the story of our High Street

  • Transatlantic slavery – shaping the question, lengthening the narrative, broadening the meaning

      Teaching History article
    Nathanael Davies explains his radical rethink of how to teach transatlantic slavery. He explains how he came to question his earlier approach of focusing on the causation of ‘abolition’ and ‘emancipation’ and, instead, allowed scholarship, sources and his own students’ meaning-making to guide him to a different, and much more...
    Transatlantic slavery – shaping the question, lengthening the narrative, broadening the meaning

  • The Nation of the Scots and the Declaration of Arbroath

      Classic Pamphlet
    This pamphlet seeks to chart the progress of the Scottish struggle for independence after 1291 by considering the changing nature of the Scottish resistance. The primary sources are exiguous when compared to those bearing upon the English attempt at subjugation, and the interpretation offered is at best tentative: that initially...
    The Nation of the Scots and the Declaration of Arbroath

  • Education Objectives for the Study of History: A suggested framework

      Classic Teaching History Pamphlets
    Teachers of history in many parts of the country are now trying to formulate objectives for the study of their subject. This framework is put forward as a possible aid to them in a task which all admit to be a difficult one. Here, we try to spell out the...
    Education Objectives for the Study of History: A suggested framework