Handy History Teaching Tips

In this episode, Helen and Sally talk to Tessa Hosking, former history teacher and author of a 1984 textbook on Black British History. Huge thanks to Tessa for talking to us about past efforts to improve the diversity of school history and for her patience (it has taken nearly a year to get it uploaded!) Tessa's book is Black People in Britain 1650-1850 (1984) and is available second hand. The book that Tessa refers to towards the end of the podcast is Black Settlers in Britain 1555-1958 by Nigel File and Chris Power (1981). Tessa is an enthusiastic participant in What's Happening In Black British History? details of which can be found here - https://blackbritishhistory.co.uk/ Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally talk to History teacher Kate Smee, who reflects on the work she has been doing to decolonise the curriculum and take an anti-racist approach in the history classroom. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally talk to History teacher Joshua Preye Garry. You can read the blog post that Josh wrote here - https://blog.educationplatform.co.uk/author/jgarry/ - and read more about the How We Got Here project here - https://www.reachinghigher.org.uk/how-we-got-here Apologies for the occasional, mysterious gaps in the sound recording; Sally is probably going to be using them as an excuse to buy a new and better computer in the near future. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode of the series Doing History Better, Helen and Sally talk to History teacher Zara Daswani. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen asks Sally some questions about her learning from the Historical Association's Teaching Fellowship on Transatlantic Slavery. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

Way back before the 'rona really came to town, Helen and Sally recorded this podcast with Carmel Bones, who has all the best revision strategies. Carmel is a teacher and trainer of huge experience and we were lucky enough to have her share her favourites with us. As she says, it's never too early to start revising, and we hope this is a timely episode for helping students to get comfortable with their knowledge ready for the mocks. Please forgive us all the references to the spring push towards the exams, the summer cramming, and all those things that seemed so immovable and solid back in March.

In this episode of our series 'Doing History Better', Helen and Sally discuss how you could go about auditing your curriculum to improve representation. Prompt questions for your department meetings available on the York Clio website - https://yorkclio.com/diversity/ The T.E.A.C.H. report that Helen mentions is available here - https://www.history.org.uk/secondary/resource/780/the-teach-report Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally discuss ideas for Black History Month. Some helpful links: Historians display work via OBHD - https://onebighistorydepartment.com/2018/05/25/historians-for-your-classroom-free-resource/#more-276 Rejected Princesses - https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/ Black History Timeline - https://guardianbookshop.com/the-guardian-black-history-wallchart-full-set.html The Malcolm X Elders - https://www.acta-bristol.com/malcolm-x-elders-theatre/ www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk https://blackhistorystudies.com/ Sally's podcast recommendation - https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/ Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally introduce their new series, Doing History Better, and provide some practical tips for improving representation in your teaching. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally discuss the second order concept, significance. The Historical Assocation reading list on significance can be found here - https://www.history.org.uk/secondary/resource/2474/significance The Joshua Preye-Garry 'Moments with Tonbra' conversation is available on IGTV here - https://www.instagram.com/tv/CBY0Xh6JDXs/ Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally discuss the concept of interpretations. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally discuss the second order concept, similarity and difference. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally discuss the second order concept, change and continuity. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally discuss the second order concept, consequence. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode in our series on the disciplinary concepts of history teaching, Helen and Sally discuss causation. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this first episode of the new series, History as a Discipline, Helen and Sally muddle through their thinking on the substantive and the disciplinary, and discuss enquiry questions. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally share their ideas for oral history projects and using oral history in the classroom. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this special episode, Helen and Sally discuss principles and tips for creating rigorous home learning opportunities for your students. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this second episode of the new series, Revising History, Helen and Sally share their best tips for exam practice. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this first episode of the new series, Revising History, Helen and Sally share their revision techniques tried and tested. For more information on John Stanier's GCSE teaching method, have a read of his Teaching History article here - https://www.history.org.uk/secondary/resource/6276/an-attempt-to-make-year-9-masters-of-learning Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

With special guest Rich Kennett, in this end of term special, Helen and Sally discuss great places to go on nerdy history teacher holidays. The website Sally mentions is https://www.nps.gov/cali/index.htm Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this finale to their All Things Source-y series, Helen and Sally discuss top tips for emergency year 11 support with sources. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally discuss ideas for encouraging students to work with source provenance. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally discuss ideas for putting together a really effective source collection to use for an enquiry. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally discuss ideas for using objects and artefacts as sources in the classroom. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally discuss ideas for encouraging students to apply their knowledge when analysing sources. The excellent Paula Lobo blogpost referenced in this episode can be found here - https://lobworth.com/2017/10/21/so-thats-what-you-mean-miss-sourcework-and-multiple-choice-statements/ Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or Tweeting us @snelsonh and @Mrs Thorne

In this seasonal special for the winter break, Helen and Sally discuss what they've been reading and listening to in 2019. Listen to this for some recommendations to nourish your inner history nerd or for gift ideas for fellow history lovers. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or Tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally provide you with a list of their favourite places to look for sources that you can use in the classroom. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or Tweeting us @snelsonh and @Mrs Thorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally give some top tips for building wider contextual knowledge to help students interpret political cartoons. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally give some top tips for using a picture source with students. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

In this episode, Helen and Sally talk about how to encourage students to consider sources like historians. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @Mrs Thorne

For our inaugural season, we're talking all things source-y. In this episode, we talk about how teacher talk can help students to understand how to use sources as evidence. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or Tweeting us @snelsonh and @Mrs Thorne