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TLAB14: Elise Foster, keynote

Posted on March 22, 2014 by sallythorne

Elise has come over from the US to talk about her Multipliers theory. Genius or genius maker? Sometimes leaders have the effect of dumbing people down, like they are unable to allow anyone else to be the cleverest person in … Continue reading →

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The Development of British Democracy

Posted on March 15, 2014 by sallythorne

We decided, a few years back, to have a go at teaching this to year 9. We like to have a couple of chronological units in each year, but year 9 was lacking and I think we’d all got a … Continue reading →

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Autumn Wins

Posted on January 11, 2014 by sallythorne

I have really enjoyed reading a broad variety of #nurture1314 blogs over the holiday. I intended to write one for myself, but I find it difficult to consider the new year as a turning point at work. I like to … Continue reading →

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Christmas History Lesson: World War One

Posted on January 10, 2014 by sallythorne

Because we’re the only history department in the country (probably) who doesn’t teach WW1 at the start of year 9, it meant that this December we were coming to the end of our WW1 study and therefore I was unable … Continue reading →

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Georgians Revealed Exhibition

Posted on December 18, 2013 by sallythorne

Now that I have just about finished teaching about the 18th century, with some spectacular assessment pieces from my clever year 8s about how the British Empire led to some of the significant changes in this period, I am reviewing … Continue reading →

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Christmas History Lesson: Mussolini

Posted on December 17, 2013 by sallythorne

Inspired by Richard Kennett, I’ve been concentrating on quality History Christmas lessons this week. I teach AQA’s “Mussolini’s Italy: A New Roman Empire?” in Y12. We’ve had a cut to teaching time at A-level this year so my share has … Continue reading →

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TeachMeet Post-16 at City Academy Bristol

Posted on December 5, 2013 by sallythorne

We begin with a keynote from Mark Anderson, who gives us some background on teachmeets and how powerful he thinks it can be. The numbers stack up – if the 670 teachers who attended TeachMeet in Clevedon teach 8 classes … Continue reading →

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SHP25: early reflection

Posted on November 30, 2013 by sallythorne

My brother’s lamentable absence from his convenient London flat tonight provides me with a rare opportunity to reflect on today’s excellent conference. It was really quality stuff, all of it, and maybe even more helpful than the summer conference – … Continue reading →

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SHP25: Michael Maddison

Posted on November 30, 2013 by sallythorne

A regular at SHP is the HMI national adviser for History – what would we do without him? He’s very generous with his time and always shares useful and insightful things. I fear I never spell his name correctly, though. … Continue reading →

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SHP25: Stretching A level students

Posted on November 30, 2013 by sallythorne

Diana Laffin presenting on A level teaching, using a study of Lloyd George. Diana sets us a starter task of look at a statue of him being unveiled by Prince Charles in Parliament Square and asking us to guess when … Continue reading →

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