Wisdom from Prof Terry Haydn
This very short blogpost is written by Helen Snelson, Chair of Secondary Committee. Having taught history and worked with beginning history teachers for quite a long time, I realise that sometimes it is useful simply to pass on knowledge of something that people might not have come across. Let me do that now with the teaching website of Professor Terry Haydn, Fellow of the HA. … Continue reading Wisdom from Prof Terry Haydn
Bringing the Black Tudors to Life Through an Interdisciplinary Approach
Alex Fairlamb (@LambHeartTea) is a Senior Leader in charge of Teaching and Learning and CPD, based in the North East, and also a member of the Historical Association Secondary Committee and the Schools North East Steering Board. The publication of Miranda Kaufmann’s ‘Black Tudors: The Untold Story’ had a profound effect, not only my teaching, but on many other educators’ teaching too. ‘The Tudors’ is … Continue reading Bringing the Black Tudors to Life Through an Interdisciplinary Approach
The power and potential of Pratchett (for your History curriculum)
Thanks to Gemma Hargraves, deputy head of the Crypt School, Gloucester, and member of Secondary Committee for this blogpost focused on building students’ sense of period and place to help them imagine a past world with joy. With the increasing prominence of stories in history education, I wanted to make the case for the inclusion of one of Terry Pratchett’s stories in a KS3 curriculum. … Continue reading The power and potential of Pratchett (for your History curriculum)
Making sure your first history post is the right post
Thanks to Simon Harrison, headteacher of Crofton School in Hampshire and member of HA Secondary Committee, for this blogpost. This post is specifically for people aiming to secure their first history teaching post in 2024. Getting your first teaching post is a big step, one many trainees will be looking to take in the next few months. However, in truth the recruitment crisis in teaching … Continue reading Making sure your first history post is the right post
Using Artificial Intelligence to support history teaching
Thanks to Will Bailey-Watson, University of Reading history PGCE and member of HA Secondary Committee, for sharing his initial explorations of AI to support history teaching. Hopefully this will help to start a discussion about AI and history teaching. We’d love to hear from you! Artificial Intelligence (AI) is clearly going to change the world. It probably already has done in ways I don’t know. … Continue reading Using Artificial Intelligence to support history teaching
You might want to rethink your teaching of 1381!
Thanks to the teachers and academics of the HA Fellowship ‘The People of 1381’, the resources have now started to go ‘live’. Here is a short introduction and links to the resources. Downloadable classroom resources with teacher guidance Support for teacher knowledge, curriculum and teaching ideas The importance of The People of 1381 Why make time for the people of 1381 in a crowded curriculum? … Continue reading You might want to rethink your teaching of 1381!
How do you get A Level History students to read?
Thanks to Sally Burnham, History teacher and Lead Practitioner, Lincolnshire, and member of Secondary Committee for this blogpost drawn from her experience of a Covid change that has been worth keeping. How do you get A Level History students to read? This was an age old problem for me. I know how important it is for students to be reading historians’ work both to deepen … Continue reading How do you get A Level History students to read?
Quality assuring your history curriculum by listening to students
Thanks to Phil Arkinstall and Helen Snelson of HA Secondary Committee for writing up this blogpost to share the HA Young Voices project and ideas about how you can develop your own work with students to support quality assurance processes. As history teachers we are required to quality assure what we do and to develop improvement plans. How often do we check with the young … Continue reading Quality assuring your history curriculum by listening to students
Curriculum Mapping your History Department
Thanks to Philip Arkinstall, Curriculum Leader for History at Hardenhuish School, HA Secondary Committee member and Trustee for this blogpost. Phil guides us through the process of curriculum mapping in a history department. Curriculum mapping our department was one of the best things we have done as a department and we began the process in 2018. It started in a department meeting, where I used … Continue reading Curriculum Mapping your History Department
Disability and the Tudors
Thanks to Alex Fairlamb for this blogpost. Alex Fairlamb is a Senior Leader in charge of Teaching and Learning and CPD, based in the North East. She is an SLE and an ELE. Alex is also a member of the Historical Association Secondary Committee. Alex tweets as @lamb_heart_tea Take two minutes to read the statement below and then reflect on the questions: “The curriculum in … Continue reading Disability and the Tudors
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