Helping students learn with simple physical activities
Ideas to make your history lessons more practical from Ian Dawson. By positioning pupils at different places in the classroom you can really help them understand some tricky concepts.
Latest articles – practical advice and resources to help history teachers improve classroom performance.
Teaching History Students to Argue
Understand the importance of argument and reasoning. Associate Professor of History in Education, Arthur Chapman, provides some practical ideas to help your pupils argue more effectively.
From The Silk Roads to Essex: bringing scholarship into the classroom
How Peter Frankopan’s The Silk Road inspired a new scheme of work for an Essex comprehensive. Director of Humanities Tom Pattison, discusses the whole process.
My principles of great revision
Assistant Principal Rachel Ball’s detailed insight into how she has changed her approaches to revision. She provides you with loads of practical take-away ideas to apply to your own classes.
Visualisers in the history classroom: when to use them and when to step away
History teacher, Rosie Culkin-Smith, espouses the joys of the visualiser. She explains how it can be an effective tool to help raise attainment.
The Challenges of Teaching GCSE History for the first time
What has it been like for a Newly Qualified Teacher to teach GCSE history for the first time, facing the challenges of the Covid-19 lockdowns?
Where in History? The 1960s
In this feature we ask people to share their favourite ‘Where in History?’ Lindsay Bruce discusses her passion for the 60s. Is her love of the 60s authentic? Who cares?!
The Power of Teacher Talk – Part 2
Liam Hall, Head of History and member of the senior leadership team at a large comprehensive school in the West Midlands, writes the second of two posts about the power of teacher talk.
Editorial
Editorial – April 2021
Welcome back to Practical Histories – a new, exciting, free resource to help offer practical ideas and inspiration for history teachers in the classroom.
