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Victoria Crooks @victoriacrooks.bsky.social · 20d

Please encourage your #ITT beginning teachers to sign up for an attend this webinar.

History Teacher Educators' Network @htenuk.bsky.social · Aug 14

📢 Calling all #ITT #iTE #PGCE #SCITT #TeacherEducation colleagues

Please tell your new #historyteacher beginning teachers about a FREE @histassoc.bsky.social webinar on 1st October. They need to register. Pop it in welcome presentations now before you forget!

www.history.org.uk/events/calen...

HA Webinar: Survive and thrive in your initial teacher education

Calling all those beginning their initial teacher education! In this session you’ll hear from and be able to ask questions to both teacher educators and those who have just completed their initial tea...

www.history.org.uk

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you so much, Vic! This is such a lovely review - exactly what we were aiming for, so absolutely thrilled it landed this way for you.

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Prof. Claire Ball-Smith @educprofclaire.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Victoria Crooks @victoriacrooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

Many of us involved in #historyteacher #TeacherEducation have been keen to see subject, & distinctive nature of our discipline, re-centred in the recent focus on instructional coaching & core-practices in schools. It was brilliant, therefore, to read 'Secondary History in Action'. 1/

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Victoria Crooks @victoriacrooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

Many of us involved in #historyteacher #TeacherEducation have been keen to see subject, & distinctive nature of our discipline, re-centred in the recent focus on instructional coaching & core-practices in schools. It was brilliant, therefore, to read 'Secondary History in Action'. 1/

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · Jul 13

So so lovely to see you, Julie. Always a treat. Shame it wasn’t longer!

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · Jul 11

The recording should be on You Tube in a few weeks. If you dm your registration email address to me I’ll check Hachette have it on their list 😌

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Christine Counsell @counsellc.bsky.social · Jul 4

As I said in my lecture on Weds eve, receiving the Medlicott medal for services to history has been deeply special for me, not least because it allows me to celebrate and promote the importance of subject communities. We would be nowhere without @histassoc.bsky.social. Thank you HA. You're the best.

Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · Jul 2

Christine Counsell is awarded the Medlicott Medal for services to history for 2025.

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thanks so much, Rachel! 🙏 Really glad the scenarios helped to model what we discuss.

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Rachel Ball @mrsball.bsky.social · Jul 9

71. I was delighted to get my hands on this! A book I really wish I'd had access to as a young history teacher. Extremely thorough and in-depth but I also loved the scenarios and practical lesson/scheme exemplars. Excellent read.

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Christine Counsell @counsellc.bsky.social · Jul 7

This short thread by Cat Priggs made me think:
History planning is about tying things together into a shape, a flow – usually a story & often a parallel flow of the analytic direction created by the EQ. It isn't about breaking things up into propositions and it's rarely about teaching a procedure.

Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · Jul 7

The chapter ties everything together into one rich and accessible narrative.

In just one lesson, we:
- Unpicked the chaos after William I’s death
- Learnt how Henry I restored stability in England and Normandy…

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · Jul 7

This series sets the bar high for ensuring pupils of all abilities and backgrounds can access rigorous, compelling school history.
@willgoodfellow82.bsky.social

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · Jul 7

By the end of the lesson, pupils were making thoughtful contributions about the rulers of this period and their struggles.

Every pupil in a mixed-ability comprehensive class was engaged. One girl even whispered to her partner three times, “I LOVE stories!”

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · Jul 7

- Reflected on the White Ship disaster and the consequences of the loss of Henry’s heir, William Atheling
- Explored ‘the Anarchy’ or “nineteen long winters” - a civil war between Stephen and Matilda - and how it affected ordinary people

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · Jul 7

The chapter ties everything together into one rich and accessible narrative.

In just one lesson, we:
- Unpicked the chaos after William I’s death
- Learnt how Henry I restored stability in England and Normandy…

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · Jul 7

Had such a great time teaching Year 7 today! We explored England from 1087 to 1154 - a whirlwind of power struggles, a fractured empire, and civil war - using @counsellc.bsky.social’s chapter ‘Meanwhile, back in Norman England: Struggling for control after 1087’ from #ChangingHistoriesKS3

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Hachette Learning @hachettelearning.bsky.social · Jul 7

There's just one more day to sign up to our free Changing Histories webinar.

Join @catherinepriggs.bsky.social & @egcarr.bsky.social on planning and teaching lesson sequences.

Register here: bit.ly/4nrA8Mv

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Christine Counsell @counsellc.bsky.social · Jul 7

It will be really good. @catherinepriggs.bsky.social and @egcarr.bsky.social are brilliant at explaining how to integrate rich extended story with critical disciplinary thinking. They explain the #ChangingHistoriesKS3 series really well, giving great practical tips.

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Elizabeth Carr @egcarr.bsky.social · Jul 6

Still time to sign up for this - free history teaching inspiration (we hope) to set you up before the summer break!

Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · Jun 30

Really excited to deliver this FREE session with @egcarr.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social

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Ian Dawson @iandawson51.bsky.social · Jul 6

Deeper background for anyone teaching about Henry V at KS3 or A level - how one family was involved in parliamentary discussions, recruitment, mustering, preparations for departure:
How did the Redmayns experience the preparations for war 1414-1415?
thinkinghistory.co.uk/MedievalFami...

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · Jul 4

You were in my thoughts! So grateful to have started this journey with you - so much fun!

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · Jul 4

Thanks so much, Emmy! 🙏❤️

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · Jul 4

Thank you 🙏🙏

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · Jul 4

Thanks so much, Sitara! Xx

Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · Jul 4

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · Jul 4

Thanks so much, Claire! Really hope it’s useful to you all!

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