For the #historyreacher crew.Putting my money where my mouth is over teaching warfare. This year I to redid our FWW unit following a narrative format after looking at the work of @counsellc.bsky.social, @hughrichards.bsky.social, @michaeldoron.bsky.social, @paulalobo.bsky.social, /1

Happy post from yesterday - Changing Histories Fragile Worlds, hot off the press 😍 Really looking forward to diving into this during our next year’s school time. I’ve flicked through and already found some fascinating and unusual stories to explore. @counsellc.bsky.social

Excellent start to #rEDEastAnglia with a keynote form @counsellc.bsky.social that I can link to Art History (big up reception theory) and barrelled through my own session in time for break 💪

We're delighted to share that @counsellc.bsky.social will be joining us at #rEDEastAnglia as our new Keynote, bringing an incredible wealth of expertise to our fantastic line-up of speakers–it's NOT one to miss! 🤩✈️ 🎫 Book now: tinyurl.com/mryr325c #TransformingPD #TransformingLives #EduSky

We’re nearly there with #changinghistoriesks3 Fragile Worlds and I couldn’t be prouder of how this project is coming together. Here are a few stunning spreads. You can see more at the @histassoc conference this week! Massive thanks to the author team led by @counsellc.bsky.social #HAConf26

If you're a history teacher, and you've never been to a history teacher conference, or if you're a primary teacher and you lead or love history, then you cannot miss @histassoc.bsky.social conference, 15 & 16 May, in Newcastle. Two days packed with workshops – inspiration & history-geekery galore.

Historical Association@histassoc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

www.history.org.uk/aboutus/cate... What other conference gives you two days to listen to contemporary leading history scholarship? Join us in May to get your leading history fix @ward22.bsky.social @hisjournalha.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social

Well worth attending this. If you're new to history teaching especially then know that @1972shp.bsky.social has a long tradition of really outstanding subject-specific CPD. This is a great programme. Stimulating, varied, topical, rigorous. Check it out or ask @danlyndon.bsky.social for more info.

Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The final schedule for the SHP Developing Teachers' Conference is now live! www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/devteach/ and we are excited to welcome you all on Jan 31. Tickets still available for one more week from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata.... Plus the final chance to enter our draw ...

Thanks to @egcarr.bsky.social, @counsellc.bsky.social and all the other editors of Teaching History who put in so many hours to put together this amazing journal. For this edition, I really enjoyed writing up my thinking process for an enquiry on Toussaint L'Ouverture.

Elizabeth Carr@egcarr.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Teaching History 201 from @histassoc.bsky.social is online. Brilliant authors sharing their varied approaches to teaching about interpretations. Great CPD for history teachers and subject leads! @sehartsmith.bsky.social @historysuperfan.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social and others

The Schools History Project is absolutely thrilled to be able to offer the opportunity to work with one of the leading experts in the world in the field of History, Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence, Distinguished Professor Marnie Hughes Warrington ...

Have you got 49 seconds to spare? Check out our latest promo video for @1972shp.bsky.social's Developing Teachers' Conference, 31/01/26. Early Bird Tickets available from here store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... #skystorians #historyeducation #edusky www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4s6...

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A joy to see this. Feedback from pupils and parents shows #ChangingHistoriesKS3 is changing the game for KS3 history Rich story, deep scholarly connections, rigorous enquiry questions and enquiry journeys all need to be embedded and integrated, not bolted on as extra texts.

Elizabeth Carr@egcarr.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Lovely feedback from parents at our Open Evening tonight. Those new to the school blown away by our curriculum content. Existing parents telling me their children love History for the stories. It's #ChangingHistoriesKS3 Thanks to @counsellc.bsky.social @willgoodfellow82.bsky.social and authors!

You can read my article on using AI in the history classroom. www.history.org.uk/publications... @counsellc.bsky.social @andywalker1965.bsky.social @danlyndon.bsky.social‬ @richardjonesnerzic.bsky.social @edpodesta.bsky.social @apf102.bsky.social @hollyhiscox.bsky.social @historywo.bsky.social

Teachers of American history, @johnsimkin1945.bsky.social has pulled together a rather nifty and very interesting history of US tariffs across the 20th century.

John Simkin @johnsimkin1945.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Donald Trump and the history of US Tariffs spartacus-educational.com/spartacus-bl... @crispinb.bsky.social‬ @flibbertigibbitt.bsky.social‬ ‪@horhpodcast.bsky.social‬‬‬ @gemmamh.bsky.social‬ @terryhaydn.bsky.social @arthurjchapman.bsky.social @counsellc.bsky.social @renskejanssen.bsky.social

Working on creating lessons based on the super new book Connected Worlds c 1000 -c1600 by @counsellc.bsky.social et al. Lessons Intended for equiv yr 8, French students so this might work for EAL. Possibly too ambitious as I have not taught these students before so no idea of their level but 💪

I am education podcasting my way around the gravel roads of #Hokkaido. First up, I enjoyed the final They Behave For Me of the year with @counsellc.bsky.social talking about her classic blog on genericism. I welcome these dips into the classic blogs of the past having missed them 1st time around.

open.spotify.com/episode/4UZr... Really good episode with excellent food for thought for any senior leader trying to embed consistency in T&L across a sch alongside maintaining subject rigour and validity. @adamboxereducation.bsky.social @amymayforrester.bsky.social @counsellc.bsky.social 🍎🎓📚

Listening to this pca.st/episode/5203... It's very good breakdown of all sorts of aspects of education changes over the last 10 years and @counsellc.bsky.social has a great sense of what went well and what mutated to more of the same.

What is genericism, and why is it so important? With Christine Councsell

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Why did edu-legend @counsellc.bsky.social write Genericism's Children? Why is she worried about genericism, and why does she care so much about the dignity of individual subjects? All this and more, in a stonkingly good episode! open.spotify.com/episode/4UZr...

This short thread by Cat Priggs made me think: History planning is about tying things together into a shape, a flow – usually a story & often a parallel flow of the analytic direction created by the EQ. It isn't about breaking things up into propositions and it's rarely about teaching a procedure.

Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · last yr.

The chapter ties everything together into one rich and accessible narrative. In just one lesson, we: - Unpicked the chaos after William I’s death - Learnt how Henry I restored stability in England and Normandy…

How does an enquiry question sustain interest, build momentum and give all pupils access to disciplinary thinking across a lesson sequence? How does the EQ help you to integrate compelling stories and rich, extended text? Register bit.ly/4nrA8Mv for Cat and Elizabeth's webinar on Tues 8 July 3.30pm

Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · last yr.

Really excited to deliver this FREE session with @egcarr.bsky.social We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social

As I said in my lecture on Weds eve, receiving the Medlicott medal for services to history has been deeply special for me, not least because it allows me to celebrate and promote the importance of subject communities. We would be nowhere without @histassoc.bsky.social. Thank you HA. You're the best.

Historical Association@histassoc.bsky.social · last yr.

Christine Counsell is awarded the Medlicott Medal for services to history for 2025.

Last night I was honoured to receive an Honorary Fellowship from the @histassoc.bsky.social It’s hard to put into words what this means. It is more than an association to me; it’s a community that has supported, sustained and nurtured me at so many points in my career.

Brilliant to see Hachette Learning authors @catherinepriggs.bsky.social @davidjhibbert.bsky.social @michaeldoron.bsky.social and @lambhearttea.bsky.social receive their HA honorary fellowships. Huge congrats to #ChangingHistoriesKS3 series ed @counsellc.bsky.social on her Medlicott Medal too!

How does an enquiry question sustain interest, build momentum and give all pupils access to disciplinary thinking across a lesson sequence? How does the EQ help you to integrate compelling stories and rich, extended text? Register bit.ly/4nrA8Mv for Cat and Elizabeth's webinar on Tues 8 July 3.30pm

Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · last yr.

Really excited to deliver this FREE session with @egcarr.bsky.social We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social

Looking for FREE CPD that can make a real difference to your KS3 history teaching? Look no further. The heat wave of our awesome Changing Histories webinar series continues. First @counsellc.bsky.social, then @paulalobo.bsky.social followed by @hughrichards.bsky.social and now Cat and Elizabeth 🌡️ ☀️

Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · last yr.

Really excited to deliver this FREE session with @egcarr.bsky.social We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social

Genuinely been looking forward to this arriving - and just in time for planning next year. It looks just as fabulous as book 1! @counsellc.bsky.social #HomeEd #History

And here it is. Finally. Surrounded by some of the scholarship that shaped it. It’s beautiful and such fun to teach - it has given my Year 8 class stories to live inside. A parent messaged me to say history has ‘never been so fun!’ - all I did was tell the class stories from this book.

*Of course* school prepares children for their futures, but not by being a mini workplace. It’s by giving them a breadth of foundational knowledge and experience across the big, enduring disciplines and human pursuits. The kinds of things they won’t get chance to learn about or experience at work.

Big HA congratulations to Dr Christine Counsell on her OBE for services to education! 👏 She’s also receiving our 2025 Medlicott Medal for outstanding service to history. A year of well-earned recognition! Got a fave Christine moment? Tell us! #OBE #MedlicottMedal #HistoryEd

Delighted to see @counsellc.bsky.social recognised with an OBE. Where would we be without her wisdom on history, curriculum, assessment? She has profoundly shaped me as a history teacher and curriculum leader. schoolsweek.co.uk/kings-birthd...

King's birthday honours: Top gongs for northern trust CEOs

70 people with links to England's school system recognised

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