Somtimes I teach good: A history teacher’s blog
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illuminating Narratives: Roger Martyn & the church at Long Melford
The idea of teaching the Reformation through the lens of its impact on a specific village/church is by no means a unique idea, and Eamon Duffy’s The Voices of Morebath has been used to do just this. But I’ve always been intrigued by another church that was torn apart, put back together, and then whitewashed…
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illuminating Narratives: Francois-Jean Lefebvre
The term ‘Livre dangeruex’ is too much fun not to say… and this incredible narrative paints a vivid and brutal picture of the danger that French authorities, Monarchy and Church, believed enlightenment ideas held in the 18th century. It makes a cracking contrast to the more open sharing of ideas in Britain and helps set…
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How do you solve a problem like a cross-trust, cumulative 50 minute KS3 History summative assessment?
I’m just going to drop this here: When I first sat down to write this blog I tried to explain how we had tried to solve our assessment dilemma/opportunity/nightmare (delete as appropriate) before showing it, but that was too hard. So I thought I’d show, then tell (So do make sure to look through the…
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Nothing Profound. Just a better KS4…
This (potential) series of blogs isn’t going to introduce any radical new ideas to the realm of history teaching, but it hopefully will see new ideas underpin how I teach GCSE History. For the past three years we’ve been working on an entirely new KS3 History curriculum. Now it’s time to move on to the…
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