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2023 book thread 📚 I want to read more this year instead of phone scrolling and watching bad daytime TV while on maternity leave! Aiming for a mix of fiction, history and CPD to get me ready to go back to work!

We are delighted to introduce our new bursary scheme, encouraging even more students to take part in onsite workshops! Eligible schools can be given £500 to go towards the cost of the visit. Applications will be open from 2-13 September. Find out more: nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/teac…

@MrPattisonTeach Not being given any time in timetable for mentoring ECT2, and lots of it being non-subject specific

FAO History mentors in schools - what do you consider the biggest barriers to supporting the development of your mentees? (Could be trainees or ECTS)

Big fan of ‘one point of reference’ formats and this summative multiple choice quiz is a great one. Students answer topic wide questions, building in difficulty. From this, areas to work on can be identified and Q’s returned to for revision #historyteacher docs.google.com/file/d/1ApA097…

After a long, difficult term with too much low level behaviour draining my energy while ill, it was lovely to have my faith restored by y10s competitive revision timelines 🙂 they smashed it!

Hello! From @BeBoldHistory! We are delighted to anounce our January Webinar! We have the amazing @stowhitfield talking about the Silk Road. Tickets are free! Get yours booked using the link below: 👇 ticketsource.co.uk/bebold-history…

I see that some people are selling history-related festive quizzes on TES. If you'd rather use a free one, all the ones I've made are here: mrallsophistory.com/revision/categ…

£40 worth of chocolate anyone? It’s day 9 of #Eduadvent and it’s another fab giveaway! @ReadSolutionsUK have kindly donated some delicious Hotel Chocolat chocolates! To enter just REPOST & LIKE this tweet & the winner will be randomly selected later this evening! Good Luck!

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It's #competition time! We have a copy of Resistance by Halik Kochanski, winner of the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2023, to #giveaway 🎁 To enter: ✅ Follow us ✅ Like & RT ✅ Tag a friend in the comments Deadline: Friday 8 December at 5pm, UK only 📸 @Thelastword1962

This morning I’ve been working on some GCSE materials for opposition to the Nazis. Bringing back some lessor known individuals such as Joseph Fath, Paul Schneider, August Landmesser and groups like the Jehovah’s Witnesses #historyteacher

@YodelOnline I had an email saying my parcel was ready to collect with a code and everything, but it's not in the store. They say its a repeating problem that you're sending emails without actually delivering the parcels! What gives??

With finishing teaching the Normans, here are some of my favourite activities from lessons and some lovely examples of independence in our exercise books 🧵 1 - Examining Odo’s life by reading through his timeline three times from different perspectives

A thread talking through our new scheme of work on abolition, beginning here with an intro to the TAST. Students learn about when and where the trade emerged, and analyse the role of different groups in the development of the trade. All resources here: shorturl.at/fjB45

Looking for more medieval women for your SOW 👇🏻 👸🏼 Empress Irene Fascinating example of a female medieval ruler who blinded her own son to retain power. Link here for a story, source, scholarship resource drive.google.com/drive/u/1/mobi…

Dates for GCSE students are often a stumbling block. Kept it simple with Y10/11 with the ‘Date and Event Match Up’. Pupils match the dates/events first, which is then peer marked and followed up with a recalled explanation. Basic format but effective/adaptable. #historyteacher

Here's a nice little task if you are teaching empire - The Empire Plate. I originally took it from an old SHP resource book. I haven't used it for a number of years and it needed a bit of an update #historyteacher

GCSE Edexcel Weimar Germany booklet below 👇 EQ1 - How far had Germany achieved stability by 1929? docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Wow! Anyone who teaches with a visualiser and PPT Insert -> Cameo then select your camera shape When visualiser is attached, click on cameo shape, then in the toolbar, camera format -> camera preview then select visualiser Even more fun on a Mac as you can select an iPhone!

It you are looking to get some local history into your curriculum then ‘A Street Near You astreetnearyou.org/#=undefined&la… is a good place to start. You can very quickly build up a database of soldiers from your town who lost their lives during World War One #historyteacher

Last year I was introduced to Nellie Spindler, a nurse from WW1. She is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (men only). With some research I’ve been able to put together a lesson looking at six other woman who made an enormous contribution to WW1 #historyteacher