You can read my article on using AI in the history classroom. www.history.org.uk/publications... @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @peterjukes.bsky.social @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @petejackson.bsky.social @fredoxby.bsky.social @mr-s-tiffany.bsky.social

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...

We also have Rachel Bruce and Judy Clarke showing how they weave local stories into primary history teaching, helping students engage with the past and the familiar. @1972shp.bsky.social

Next up at the @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum we have the inimitable @petejackson.bsky.social sharing some strategies for writing.

We also have Charlotte Sellars discussing how we should present chronology to our primary students. @1972shp.bsky.social

It's the @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum tonight and we are kicking off with a session from @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social on teaching transatlantic enslavement using local stories.

Great analysis from Alex Ford on the Curriculim Review.

World Class or Bottom of the Class? A Deep Dive into the Curriculum and Assessment Review It's taken a while to digest but here are my initial thoughts on the Review and its implications for schools and school History #historyteacher #EduSky #CurriculumReview www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/world-c...

I love it when students bring in artefacts and this one is one of the best...a 1735 edition of Dialogues of the Dead in great condition....buzzing

We've been having lots of fun threading environmental history through existing parts of our curriculum this year. The only big surprise was how few y7 know the story of Robin Hood!!

1. After @btrappy.bsky.social's wonderful @1972shp.bsky.social conf session where she used an extract from Amitav Ghosh's "Sea of Poppies" in her Lessons on the British Empire in KS5, I was inspired to do similar using Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" when talking about Britain and Africa.

Donald Trump and the history of US Tariffs spartacus-educational.com/spartacus-bl... @northernhistory.bsky.social @denslon.bsky.social @lambhearttea.bsky.social @mrsball.bsky.social @1972shp.bsky.social @petejackson.bsky.social @fredoxby.bsky.social @mr-s-tiffany.bsky.social @htenuk.bsky.social

This, 100 times this. "Embedding Affirmation, Critical Thinking, Community, and Democracy is not a wellbeing add-on. It is safeguarding in practice. It is how we make school the place where young people are hardest to exploit." www.class13.org/flags-dont-l...

A mob of angry drunken men screaming abuse outside an asylum hotel have defended their actions, saying all they want is for women and girls to feel safe walking the streets. From the new Private Eye, out now.

Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

When you say that flags on roundabouts isn't about racism, that may well be the case for you. But these are the people you're throwing in with... Every argument about immigration has racism at its core. Peel back even one layer, it's always underpinned by racism and white supremacy. Always.

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Great thread. AI planned lessons I've seen are at best very superficial and at worst just plain poor. When teachers deliver lessons without doing the thinking themselves, or understanding the thinking of the person who planned, or without adapting, learning and student thinking are the casualties.

@iandawson51.bsky.social we are planning on doing a version of the classic skeletons at Maiden Castle enquiry next year. Do you have digital versions of the clues/sources by any chance?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rLR... I'm working really hard on trying to get my students to understand public feeling during of the Cold War. These brilliant street interviews during the Cuban Missile Crisis really help!

1. As part of my research, I've been looking at the history of how secondary teachers have navigated colonialism, enslavement and diversity in the past. In doing so, I have been reading some of the first editions of teaching history. Fascinating stuff. www.history.org.uk/publications...

IWM has recently launched our India's War collecting project, aiming to improve our representation of the Indian experience of the Second World War within the museum’s collections. More details here: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

I'm really looking forward to this. No doubt there will be some excellent workshops, keynotes and chances to discuss history teaching with a range of interesting and passionate people. There really is no better cpd!!

I was really struck by the power of KS4 stories at the HA conf during @benbassett.bsky.social and @petejackson.bsky.social's session. I'm so greatful to be able to try out one of their stories in our curriculum. Thank you 🙌🙌🙌. So wonderful to be part of a collaborative history teaching community.

Looking forward to reading this. So important that "global topics" like enslavement are also taught as local history. Congratulations @colinmccormick.bsky.social and @katieamery.bsky.social for all the work you did on this! Sheffield teachers can do similar with resources I've linked in comments.

It's that time if year again....buzzing

www.justgiving.com/campaign/ha-... The history of Roma, Gyspy, and Traveler people is absent in most schools. Help us change that by donating towards an HA fellowship! In memory of Helen Snelson and in the name of revealing hidden history, developing subject knowledge and doing justice to the past.

I'm going a bit meta with my new approach to the Cold War at GCSE. I am doing a whole lesson on what a superpower is to try and help students understand what I view as the key misconception still - what the cold wat actually was! Not a little relevant still of course. Let's see if it works!

The Labour Party government is such a depressing reality. No political backbone, no vision, no plan to make life better for working people. They already seem to work for the people who will employ them after the lose the next elections.

#haconf25 was a blast. Great to connect with colleagues, friends and teachers and enjoy some insightful, inspiring and thought-provoking sessions. We are so lucky to have spaces where we can elevate history and history teaching and share research, resources and ideas.

Excited to announce we are looking for a history teacher to join our team, contribute to our curriculum and teach across kS3,4 and 5. Deadline is teusday 6th June, so a slightly tight turnaround. I am happy to answer any question via dm or in linked email. www.waleshigh.com/jobs/teacher...

It's gona be so good! Last chance to get early birds...

Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC." And it's the mistake that the Labour Party is making. Trying to appease those who hate the Labour party and will never vote for it.

A misconception people seem to have about AI marking is that reading and feedback is just some chore which can be offloaded. Teachers learn as much about students from marking their work as the other way around. Understanding our students by reading their work is a big part of quality teaching.

Column. Muscle memory of the 'special relationship' is stopping UK grasping the sheer insanity of Trump regime. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is scandalous. Cutting benefits and yet open to giving tax breaks to bilionaires.

This looks interesting!

When I became a history teacher, I remember reading from my HoDs huge collection of Teaching History. It feels surreal to now have contributed myself! My article is about teaching local, decolonial history. Wonderful experience, enhanced greatly by Katharine Burn's editorial insights. Happy Easter.

@histedresearch.bsky.social does anybody have digital copies of the 1991 and 2007 national curriculums for history (uk) they would be willing to share? I'd be very greatful if so!

Observing our ITT teaching about the environmental impact of WWI. Exciting to begin developing our work on environmental history and also exciting when trainees bring such interesting planning ideas to the department. This lesson looks at impact on agriculture, humans, animals, water and woodland.

So many important points here...

NEW BLOG (don't die of shock): What is said and what is unsaid? The problems at the heart of the DfE's curriculum and assessment review. Part 1 of my reflection on the DfE's evolution not revolution approach to curriculum #historyteacher #ukedchat #edusky www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/what-is...

Two books I believe every UK history teacher should read. There are more of course, but these two are a great start....

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www.bbc.com/news/article... Oh no! Minister listens to unions. Unions represent the views of teachers, the people how who actually spend their time in classrooms teaching young people. listening to unions is not something to be ashamed of, nor is listening to teachers.

Matt Stibbe pushing against some of the mainstream curriculum assumptions about Germany and the end of WWI at the Yorkshire History Forum, @1972shp.bsky.social

@sarahdhistory.bsky.social talking us through her ingenious exploration of permacrisis and the work of historian Julie Gottlieb's work at the Yorkshire History Forum @1972shp.bsky.social

Interesting how Mark Cottingham uses personal histories to help students understand and connect to Sheffield's industrial past @ the Yorkshire History Forum @1972shp.bsky.social

Just booked my sessions for my 1st ever HA conference and it's Yorkshire History Forum tomorrow. Exciting times (if you're a nerdy history teacher 😀).

Last chance, will be a great event!!