Lovely spending time this weekend with @catherinepriggs.bsky.social @jacobolivey.bsky.social @egcarr.bsky.social @kerrylouisehistory.bsky.social and so many other Hachette Learning authors and friends at the @histassoc.bsky.social conference. A wonderful event with truly wonderful people.

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

Will you be starting a new role as a subject leader in September? It’s not too late to book onto the summer cohort of our ever popular Subject Leader Development Programme! @hughrichards.bsky.social @catherinepriggs.bsky.social @egcarr.bsky.social www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...

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What an excellent day at #Soane26 So much food for thought from @sam-jones.bsky.social @paulalobo.bsky.social and @heatherbellaf.bsky.social as well as Sit Richard Evans. Wonderful to catch up with history teaching colleagues. Thank you so much @michaeldoron.bsky.social and team for organising.

Early morning train through a flooded landscape heading for #Soane26 Looking forward to presenting on assessment and the curriculum, sharing an approach from my department, and to the other amazing sessions on offer.

Anyone explicitly teach continuity explicitly? We do so as part of change but I’m interested in what continuity could look like for history teachers. Thank you so far to L (not on here), @egcarr.bsky.social and @alistairdickins.bsky.social

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

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

This is a brilliant piece. I had the privilege of a pre-publication preview and have adopted Sarah and Jessie's analogies in my teaching with Year 10. Do read it!

Sarah Jackson-Buckley@historysuperfan.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Coming out of my maternity leave bubble to share that Jessie Phillips and I have written in the latest TH on how to help pupils understand the role of the historian. We suggest how alternative job comparisons to the historian as a detective could work.Thanks @marywoolley.bsky.social for editing it!

I talked recently to our SLT about some of the stuff we want our curric to do. I reckon MFL does some things on my list more than almost any other subject, and we lose a hell of a lot if we focus only on the instrumentalist angle and let langs become even more of a (wealthy) minority pursuit.

After the publication of the Curriculum and Assessment Review a few weeks ago I expressed concern about the future of languages in schools, particularly at KS4. The DfE’s response and Progress 8 proposals have only made me more worried. Here’s a quick thread to explain why. bsky.app/profile/mrmo...

Jonathan Mountstevens@mrmountstevens.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Subjects: - Threat to MFL from removal of EBacc. This is very precarious and needs strong protection. - Will offer of Triple Science for all actually lead to greater equity or just mean lower grades for some?

Having taken a look at the Curriculum and Assessment Review, I’m feeling more reassured than I was with the titbits leaked in advance to the press. I haven’t read every bit of it yet, but here are a few things I’m pleased about and a few things that worry me (definitely not comprehensive)…

Subjects: - Threat to MFL from removal of EBacc. This is very precarious and needs strong protection. - Will offer of Triple Science for all actually lead to greater equity or just mean lower grades for some?

It was a pleasure to host @catherinepriggs.bsky.social at Avanti Grange and a great opportunity to showcase our curriculum, drawing so much on the brilliant #ChangingHistoriesKS3

Will Goodfellow@willgoodfellow82.bsky.social · 9mo ago

#ChangingHistoriesKS3 is improving history curriculums in schools across the country. A huge thank you to @catherinepriggs.bsky.social for her reflections on the impact the Changing Histories curriculum is having on the pupils at Avanti Grange School. www.hachettelearning.com/blog/when-th...

Excited to be leading a two-part webinar series with @haringeyeduc.bsky.social on leading secondary history - helping subject leaders turn vision into practice. Perfect current and aspiring history leads & SLT wanting to strengthen subject leadership in their schools. Links below 👇

This was always going to be the direction given how little illegal immigration there is. This is going to do us all damage for years to come.

Niche@mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The points @msjasminemn.bsky.social makes in the body of the article are important. Rhetoric around immigration has now moved against not only illegal immigration, but legal immigration. schoolsweek.co.uk/ive-given-my...

Thrilled to say I'm a judge for the first ever Inspiring History Teaching Awards, in association with Historic Royal Palaces. Do you know a great history teacher in the UK who deserves to go down in history? Nominate them here bit.ly/42yhGZP

Soviet history teachers, my reading on the Khrushchev/Brezhnev era doesn’t match what I’ve read on 1917-53 or Gorbachev and end of USSR. I’m keen to level up. What should I read (other than general overviews of the whole Soviet period, which I’ve done)? @alistairdickins.bsky.social can you help?

A conversation with some colleagues this morning has reminded me of this (amongst other things!): uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2024/06/11/e...

Experience and the educational ecosystem: why retention of experienced colleagues matters for beginning teachers

Photo by zhang kaiyv on Pexels.com A little while ago I had the opportunity to chat with a teacher who is 20 odd years into their teaching career.  As they spoke about their Trust’s approach to cur…

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Delighted to share this new blog on teaching People’s Health Industrial using the fabulous work of @manchesterhistory.uk and the story of Angel Meadow. I’ve loved working on this. Thanks Dean for your incredible book. #historyteacher open.substack.com/pub/petejack...

World building with Angel Meadow

Teaching Industrial People's Health through the story of Victorian Britain's most savage slum

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If you've found this book helpful, could you send me a few words about via DM or below. I'm hoping to put together a collection of positive comments for the author who's having medical treatment at the moment. Many thanks.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPcAFoh... This short film features my mother, daughter of a Holocaust survivor, and now an activist against the war in Gaza. Please share widely

I enjoyed today's @teachertapp.bsky.social blog from @theeef.bsky.social about knowledge of Latin and Greek supporting spelling. educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/eef-blo...

EEF blog: Getting to the root of vocabulary instruction

The EEF is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement.

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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!

Fascinating conversation with Year 10 students yesterday, studying Huguenot refugees in early modern Britain. One student remarked on the impact and legacy of the Huguenots in relation to establishing the Bank of England - 'so they were French but they created the English national bank! ...

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!

I've been thinking about this a lot since you posted yesterday @freereed59.net so, for what it's worth, here is my list of some key features of a great @histassoc TH article... 1/

Here is a question for #HistoryEducation. What makes a good Teaching History article? A short thread for #historyteacher s. Teaching History is a journal published by @histassoc.bsky.social and read by thousands of teachers. (Is that the right 'number'?) 1/n 🧵

Really enjoyed our Hums department meeting today. A focus on using choral response in a subject specific way. We read blogs by @claireharley.bsky.social @priteshraichura.bsky.social & @steplab.bsky.social module. All followed up by a discussion of how we are implementing it & how we can improve!

Following on from our HA talk in May, @petejackson.bsky.social and I have written a blog post on writing and using well-researched stories for GCSE History. Please do check it out! open.substack.com/pub/benbasse...

Making GCSE History Memorable

How historical stories can capture attention, deepen knowledge, and sharpen curriculum focus. (This post will also appear on Pete Jackson's substack)

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