The power of substantive concepts in creating rich mental representations of the past
Sarah Jackson Buckley explains how to embed substantive concepts across your curriculum. Sarah also provides loads of examples for you to use.
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A journey into Historical Fiction
Sean Ingram shares how his passion for historical fiction has helped to enhance his curriculum – and encourage reading.
‘There’s just so much!’ The Journey to becoming a Qualified History Teacher
Helpful hints on what to expect on your journey to becoming a qualified history teacher from SCITT Secondary Lead and History Tutor Gary Craggs.
What are the potential implications of AI bots for essay-based subjects like History?
Jonty Leese casts his well-informed, critical and candid eye over all things AI, and unpicks some of the implications – and opportunities – for History teachers and students.
Disrupting the specification: representation at Key Stage 4 and 5
Claire Hollis on making the A level curriculum more representative. Claire explains the barriers she faced and offers clear solutions to help you to provide a more representative curriculum .
From Diversification to Decolonisation: A realistic guide to decolonising your Key Stage 3 History curriculum
In this illuminating piece, Molly Navey and Ellie Obsorne from Priory School in Lewes explain why and how they have worked hard to decolonise their KS3 curriculum. They provide an excellent rationale and free downloadable resources too.
“Nothing ever happened here!” A practical guide to building local history into your curriculum.
Neil Bates, persuades us that local history features in our Key Stage 3 curriculum. Not only does Neil provide a strong argument, he also gives some thoughtful and practical tips on how you could go about planning your own local history enquiry.
Practical ways to include Scholarship in your Classes
In this practical article, Simon gives you a handful of different ways that you can use historical scholarship with your students.
Five tips on improving student essay writing
Dr Dave Brown provides excellent advice and tips on how to help students improve their essay writing skills. Dave teaches A level students but his advice is useful to all of us! We really should spend more time thinking how to help students write better essays.
Where in History: The Romantic Era
In this excellent ‘Where in History’ Dr Alison Morgan explains how she would love to go back to The Romantic Era. This is a must read.
