I’m currently reading 12 books that I think I might disagree with, inspired by a lecture I went to by David Halpin. With this post, I’m finishing writing about the first book I read – Julian Le Grand’s ‘The Other
Distance – Paris, Syria and ‘us’.
I’m writing a section of a GCSE text book at the moment, for Edexcel’s recently approved spec (for teaching next year!). The section is about London in the Second World War, and it’s part of their warfare through time unit. This
In defence of inspirational posters in school.
I’ve never used a shop bought inspirational poster, but I have made a few, and I think that their judicious use can be very beneficial. With most things it’s the quality and the way you use them, rather than their
Historic Environment Studies – AQA in more depth
Last week I took an overview of all the environment studies. Though they’re (mostly) worth around 10% of the GCSE I wonder if they’ll be giving many HODs and teachers something to worry about as they start to think about
Historic Environment Studies at GCSE
There are big changes coming at KS4. Others have written excellent posts summarising the new specifications and the differences between them. On reflection there’s something for everyone in most specs – we will each find some aspects that we seem to
Northern History Forum
Last night I attended the Northern History forum at Leeds Trinity University, ran a workshop entitled ‘Playing Games in History’ and met some great teachers, new and experienced. Ben Walsh gave the opening address, and reminded us of the benefit
Great History spotted on the Web
I have read such great history around the web this week, that I thought I’d compile some of it into a post. Most of what I’ve spotted here should be directly relevant to teachers at KS3-5. A good example of that
A Cup of Tea from the History Resource Cupboard #28daysofwriting
So, yesterday was the end of a long week (even for a part timer like me), and I was stuck for something to do with my year 9 class. It was the end of the half term, they’d just done
#28days of Writing – Institutions and Strength.
Hmm, bit worried that I’m going to resort to this so early in my #28daysofwriting, but this evening I’ve been looking back at things that I started to write and then, for some reason, didn’t. Last summer I went to
Why I love: Target Notes
When I read Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (£) one of the things that really resonated with me was the difference that the authors draw between ‘rule learners’ and ‘example learners’ – between those who can see