Puzzling History

This edition looks at two types of puzzles: first, those we tackle as historians, puzzles about the past and, second, those puzzles that occured for people living in the past, puzzles form their perspectives - dilemmas, decisions and judgements that require us to imagine ourselves into their situation in a disciplined way.

How Michael moved us on: transforming Key Stage 3 through peer review - Tony Hier (Read article)

Why essay-writing remains central to learning history at AS Level - Richard Harris (Read article)

The new history ‘AS-Level’: principles for planning a scheme of work - Rachael Rudham (Read article) 

You are members of a United Nations Commission...’ Recent world crises simulations - David L Ghere (Read article)

Reflecting on rights: teaching pupils about pre-1832 British politics using a realistic role-play - Geoff Lyon (Read article)

Working with Boudicca texts – contemporary, juvenile and scholarly - Robert Guyver (Read article)

What’s happening in History? Trends in GCSE and ‘A’-level examinations, 1993–2000 - Chris Husbands (Read article)

Triumphs Show: Using active learning to motivate GCSE groups - Phil Smith (Read article)

Cunning Plan: Why did Henry VIII marry so many times? - Alison Webb (Read article)

Move Me On: department’s approach to sources is not improving pupils’ understanding of evidence (Read article)

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