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I was lucky enough to have a great history teacher. And she could get hold of cracking resources!

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Also sorry for all the SPaG errors & misspelt names. Note to self, proof read.

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‘Pulling up trees’ probs a poor choice of phrase given Michael Riley’s current work on climate history… sorry!

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All a pretty pertinent reminder that when I was 7, & probs still getting over Southgate missing THAT penalty, & def. not thinking about the past, @counsellc.bsky.social, Michael Riley & Jamie Byron were already pulling up trees & sorting out history ed in the UK. They knew/know what they’re doing!

Again, I find students can find making sense of the power the medieval Church could command tricky. It’s seems obvious to me that, whilst simple, illustrations like these could help.

We zoom in, then, we zoom out. I’ve found the latter tricky in the past when getting students to think about the power of medieval monarchs. Tables like this one could offer such simple ways of managing this. 5/6

Change after the Norman Conquest. OK minor updates required, but, the illustration is, I think, lovely.

Right now, post reflecting on just how memorable this can be (if just for me at least…) making plans potentially use bits and bobs in my own history classroom. Saxon rebellions and the Norman Conquest - what a map! 3/6

Today’s reading. Full of nostalgia for me. It’s the textbook I most remember (with f fondness) from my own school days with my inspiring history teacher, Mrs Blacksland. The illustrations, the stories, cartoons - brilliant!

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Mike Hill @michaeldoron.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Confession - I love old history textbooks & have way too many… my wife (justifiably) gets frustrated by how much room they all take up… 1/6

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If you have a ticket for our #Soane25 History teacher conference, then you'll very soon get the full programme and workshop options – exciting!! Meanwhile, here is a sneak peak (with more to be revealed). 👇👁️ There are just a handful of tickets left. Link below!

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Sam Jones @sam-jones.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Gloucestershire - God’s own county. It’s in verse. It must be true.

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Sam Jones @sam-jones.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

… and, just happened to coincide with annual teaching of ‘What might Melisende’s story reveal’ EQ with my year 12s. Needless to say, they are now fully indoctrinated, think Melisende is a hero & are primed to visit @britishlibrary.bsky.social over the hols.

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Sam Jones @sam-jones.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

If you haven’t already, get yourself to the ‘Medieval Women in their Own Words’ exhibition at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social. I spent a lot of my visit ‘fanboying’ Melisende…

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Sam Jones @sam-jones.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I very much enjoyed this… and not just because it’s about farting.

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Sam Jones @sam-jones.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Monday 2nd Dec. 5-7:30pm, join the Teaching Medieval Women team (Prof. Jonathan Philips, Dr Natasha Hodgson, Dr Ellie Woodacre, & me from our teacher arm) for a free teacher event: bit.ly/BritishLibra... - exhibition tour - lectures & workshops - time to discuss source material with historians

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British Library Teacher CPD Part 3 - Medieval Women and Religion

Free twilight CPD workshops at the British Library aimed at Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 history teachers

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Sam Jones @sam-jones.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Sure lots have already visited ‘Medieval women in their own words’ on currently @britishlibrary.bsky.social? It’s fantastic! medievalwomen.seetickets.com/timeslots/fi... 1/2

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Have you ever seen a box FULL of #Viking oval brooches?! In 2018, I had the immense privilege of being part of a viewing at the National Museum of Scotland as part of our #Vikings in Scotland: 20 Years On conference, which served as the precursor to our EUP book, The Viking Age in Scotland.

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Christine Counsell @counsellc.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Teaching in a primary in Cambridgeshire? Teaching #OpeningWorlds humanities? Not teaching #OpeningWorlds but want to find out more? Join us for a conference – FREE for Cambridgeshire schools – on Friday 29 Nov. Book here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... ♥️#humanities🕌 🌊🌈👑🕎🌍⛪️

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Sam Jones @sam-jones.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

@alfdubs.bsky.social I’m a history teacher at a state school in West London. When we teach our year 10s about Britain’s migration story in the spring term, we teach them about you as one of our case studies! I wonder whether you might be interested in talking to our students in person or virtually?

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Sort of did, there was a discussion about whether Alexios would be appropriate. Given lack of follow through on delivery of land, seemed dangerous. Would that fit into the ‘Defiance’ category on SIMS?

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We booked the hall! The head popped in. They were intrigued, but somewhat bemused…

John Hough: Reacquainting reading, thinking and writing

… - Working hard to create even more space for independent writing practise, leaning on @johnhough.bsky.social’s banging BeBold talk again here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux7x... - And, inevitably KS4 quizzing. Core knowledge booklets, encouraging rents to host quiz nights. All about to start again!

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YouTube video by BeBold History Network

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The British Empire - YouTube

What‘s next? - Tweaking our approach to assessment post catching up on @edurbin.bsky.social & @egcarr.bsky.social’s workshops at HA last year - Going again in with resourcing our approach to teaching Empire at KS3 & KS5. Dipping into the BeBold back catalogue here: m.youtube.com/playlist?lis... …

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Similarly, thinking hard & reflecting on how our wider curriculum ‘connects’ has led to much reshuffling of EQs. Splitting longer EQs into smaller ones revisited at different points at KS3/KS4 has been a real boon. Honestly, the book has totally revolutionised our approach to our curriculum.

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Going full circle, applying the principles from the book to all above, & everything else we’ve been working on, has been crazy liberating. Bolder history’s mantra has been ‘less is more’ this term. Focus on conceptual progression & let good stories ‘sing’. It’s been really liberating.

Year 12 enjoyed dressing up too. As always, @historyrichk.bsky.social’s First Crusade simulation was a barrel of laughs & consolidated understanding of a relatively simple, but detailed narrative.

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Even our own Mr Shenton dressed up for his year 10s…

While on Vikings-we kept our annual visit to ‘Birka’s market’. In fact, we ‘visited’ several times this year. Students saw how trade goods arriving in the town grew more exotic across time as the Vikings expanded east and west.

Speaking of, we’ve totally re-thought how we teach the Vikings GCSE. We weren’t doing enough ‘world building’ & our kids were just not connecting their Rus with their Danes; Norse with Varangians. Student voice upcoming-but using Birka even more intensely as a ‘centre of gravity’ has felt powerful.

We’ve been re-writing teacher read stories & texts for all sorts of lessons-inspired by Steve Mastin’s excellent workshop for Hounslow borough in June. Obvs, I’ve especially enjoyed writing Viking stories.

Hugh Richards @hughrichards.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Have had a long social media hiatus… Breaking cover - what have history been doing at Bolder? We’ve been massively enjoying (& so have year 7) using the new @counsellc.bsky.social et. al. textbook. Great stories, lovely illustrations, beautifully simplistic focus prog. in concepts. Cracking!

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Hello lots of new followers- if you’re interested in UK History Education, you might find this useful… I’ve built a History Education UK starter pack of accounts I’ve found so far! go.bsky.app/BTJ8SaJ

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Sam Jones @sam-jones.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

Also the really interesting work Jum Carol did (which you’ll obvs know lots about) getting historians to offer feedback on student’s causal essays. Discussed at last 2 HA conferences.