Owen Williams
@mrbwteach.bsky.social
Head of History & Politics based in SW London. Interested in all aspects of curriculum, practice and assessment.
Trying something new in September with our KS3 history booklets. Each lesson has been reformatted to start with an immersive story. The section is called 'Entering the Past' and is followed by a longer, more analytical section called 'Understanding the Past' where the main content is delivered.
New KS3 history curriculum on the way in September. It is being built upon these substantive and disciplinary progression models.
Lots of great ideas in TH202 from @alistairdickins.bsky.social @historyteacher89.bsky.social on how to use substantive concepts in curriculum design. I'm working on KS3 and these are the foundational/supporting concepts I've got. The articles suggest a wider range but I'm worried about overload.
Many thanks to @sam-jones.bsky.social @citoyenneclaire.bsky.social @mrsball.bsky.social @lambhearttea.bsky.social and @edurbin.bsky.social for a fantastically insightful array of workshops today #soane26Much appreciated!
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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Congrats to the #49ers. Incredible effort with so many key player injured.
A selection of the fantastic speakers in the History Strand at TTR Connect 2026 - Saturday 14th March in Manchester, make sure you get your free ticket here: www.ttradio.org/connect2026
Here's the first in a series of posts looking in detail at the workshops for the Schools History Project's Developing Teachers' Conference, Sat Jan 31st '26. Kicking us off is the SHP legend, Dale Banham, who'll be helping you to motivate your secondary history students #DTC26
Next week we will be trying out this new interpretation enquiry with Year 7. The aim is for the students to be able to name, describe and explain why @marcmorris.bsky.social used the ASC, Malmesbury and royal charters to write his chapter on Athelstan.
The Greatest Do Now Ever™️ This is the story of how one teacher set out to create the greatest Do Now Ever, and he changed my teaching for the better. Please share if you can 🙏 carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-greate...
With nearly half of the Russia and its Rulers course done (OCR) I've been thinking this week about the thematic essay questions. I'm going to try to get students to think thematically about the course as a whole but also comparatively. @harryhudson21.bsky.social
Help! I need a copy of the 2025 edexcel politics paper 1 - but I can't get on the website. Has anyone got a copy they send via DM?
One of the more unusual thank you gifts I’ve received from a student.
Nice range of entries to this year’s Make A Model For Open Evening Competition.
Recently I've been experimenting with a new type of booklet for students in KS3. Unlike my GCSE booklets, students don't write in these and instead use an exercise book for their class work. These booklets are also less task-based, consisting mainly of a story to be read and discussed in class.
Cracking day out at Chalke History Festival for our Y12 historians. Lots of fascinating talks all interspersed with regular artillery fire from the Living History area!
It’s Y13’s last day and the history office has been pranked with a hoard of mini Farages.
MASSIVE thanks from me and Katie to all the brilliant teachers who wrote... @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social Eoin Gallagher, Sorcha O'Callaghan, Dan Procter, Sherlon Atkins, @johnhough.bsky.social, Rebecca Chadwick. Out early May @katieamery.bsky.social pls rt
These revision timelines have formed the basis of my revision sessions with Year 11. Adding a summary box is a useful feature as it helps make sense of what otherwise could be an overwhelming mass of events.
