Thanks to Gemma Hargraves (@History_Girls) for writing here about here takeaways from the HA Conference. The conference sessions will be online until 4th January 2021, so there is still time to catch-up on other sessions once the rush of term is ended. Now is actually a great time to learn We’re all tired, busy adapting to blended learning, and facing various COVID related challenges… but … Continue reading Reflections on the HA Conference 2020
How can we prepare students for their GCSEs and A Levels in a time of remote learning and teaching from the front? – PART TWO Alex Fairlamb (@LambHeartTea) from HA Secondary Committee continues with part two of her blogpost focused on teaching exam-classes in Covid world. Once again, Alex has consulted colleagues around the country and we are really grateful to everyone whose helped with … Continue reading “I’m a Year 11/13 teacher in a Covid-classroom, get me out of here!!”…
Reflecting on the story so far… nurturing history teachers and teaching in the academic year 2020-21. Continue reading Nurturing history teachers and teaching in a time of Covid
Alex Fairlamb delves back into the TH archives and is inspired by Gary Howells’ work on the causes of World War One – part two. Continue reading Being ambitious with the First World War: ‘Blended, not binary.’
Alex Fairlamb delves back into the TH archives and is inspired by Gary Howells’ work on the causes of World War One – part one. Continue reading Being ambitious with the First World War: interrogating inevitability
An experienced subject leader shares his thinking about the year ahead in history subject leadership. Continue reading Looking Ahead to September: some initial thoughts for History Subject Leaders
Thanks to Dan Nuttall, who teaches history at Holy Cross College in Bury, for this blogpost. Dan continues our series where colleagues share how past Teaching History articles have made them think and encourage us to revisit them for ourselves. Recently, I noticed that a decades-old debate between history educators had resurfaced on Twitter. The debate concerned whether it was appropriate or not to ask … Continue reading Inspiration about the most controversial of concepts: Empathy
Thanks to Anne Hooper (@Hoops752), Lead Practitioner in History at Sandhurst School and member of HA Secondary Committee, for this reflection on Teaching History 111. Anne continues our series of looking back in the archives and reflecting on what colleagues have written that we can learn from today. As a history teaching community, we are in exciting times regarding reading and scholarship. The History Teachers’ … Continue reading Pearls of Wisdom from TH Journal 111
Thanks to Andrew Sweet, Head of Humanities at Millfield School, for this blogpost in which he shares practical ideas for Year 6 to Year 7 transition and reminds us that we can set high expectations. Planning for September! Where do we begin? The variables are considerable and quite daunting right now. The possibilities of teaching remotely or in a socially distanced classroom are hard to … Continue reading Bridging from Y6 to Y7 – transitional history
Gemma Hargraves (@History_Girls) of HA Secondary Committee continues our series of blogposts where a colleague reflects on a previous edition of Teaching History, and shares some thoughts about an article within it, with reference to where we are today. I recently read, for the first time TH 127 (June 2007) ‘Sense and Sensitivity’ edition. Although I wasn’t teaching when it was first published, this edition … Continue reading Inspiration from Teaching History 127 ‘Sense and Sensitivity’
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