Overview To avoid anachronism and to help students more deeply understand a particular time and place, challenge them to list the key features of the [...]

Overview When covering content-heavy programmes of study, time is always tight. Rather than delivering lengthy, in-depth lectures or getting students to [...]

Overview Although roleplay and simulation exercises in the classroom are an entertaining way of bringing history to life, it is too easy to regard them as [...]

Overview The ‘mysterious moment’ approach is a great way to engage students at the beginning of a lesson and to generate some interesting questions. It [...]

Overview Artefacts, props and gadgets can serve as a great ‘hook’ into lessons. Over the years I have built up quite a collection in my own [...]

The potential of Google Maps for producing Virtual Field Trips is well-established, and I even coded my own online application (“Mission [...]

Overview In the modern history classroom, the use of source material is central to the investigative process. Students are encouraged to interrogate [...]

The most common, and maybe the very worst, teaching technique is to say to students “Hands up if you can answer this question”. This is [...]

The increasingly accessible nature of online video and textual sources means that it is now easier than ever to watch short clips from films and video [...]

When assessing the successes and failures of a particular historical figure, consider approaching the task in the form of a “school report”. [...]