Citizens and Communities

This edition deals with the complex debate about whether history should be taught for intrinsic or extrinsic reasons. Balancing the rationaland the emotional in the teaching of contentious topics, Historical significance, Local historical enquiry, Citizenship, Teaching political concepts to post-16 students and much more...

‘Don’t worry, Mr. Trimble. We can handle it’ Balancing the rational and the emotional in the teaching of contentious topics. - Alan McCully, Nigel Pilgrim, Alaeric Sutherland and Tara McMinn (Read article)

Cunning Plan: Political literacy - Richard Harris (Read article)

Historical significance – the forgotten ‘Key Element’? - Robert Phillips (Read article)

Have we got the question right? Engaging future citizens in local historical enquiry. - Gary Clemitshaw (Read article)

New opportunities for history: implementing the citizenship curriculum in England’s secondary schools – a QCA perspective - Jerome Freeman (Read article)

Ranking and classifying: teaching political concepts to post-16 students - Gary Howells (Read article)

What is good citizenship education in history classrooms? - Ian Davies, Geoff Hatch, Gary Martin and Tony Thorpe (Read article)

Move Me On: Teaching AS level (Read article)