Author Archives: sallythorne

I love a good Teachmeet! We must have the biggest fringe session here. Lots of people and plenty of tweets on #TMSHP12 First up, Don Cumming recommending Rebel Girls by Jill Liddington and other texts which cover suffragettes in his … Continue reading →

Don Cumming and Dan Lyndon: the Power of Two. We begin with half a picture, handed to us on the way in. We have to find the other half and with this person, find the question to go with it … Continue reading →

Ben Walsh on the future of History teaching. Looking forward to reading his PhD on impact of tech in the classroom. He begins with a Dead Ringers send up of Schama. They’ve got the head bob right! Review. Rhetoric. Relevance. … Continue reading →

Diana Laffin: Improving Writing at A-level. We begin with choral music and a consideration of the fates of 3 prominent Catholics/Jesuit sympathisers in 1606. One of them composed the music – Ave Verum Corpus by William Byrd. Good story of … Continue reading →

Andrew Wrenn on Growing Remembrance: Designing the Future. We begin by discussing recent headlines. We look at pictures of servicemen from Afghanistan, and you could hear a pin drop. 1968 is the only year post WW2 that a British serviceman … Continue reading →

Neil Bates and Richard McFahn on GCSE History. Their hook is a mystery object table – all objects related to Suffragettes. Neil suggests having a box o’crap for every GCSE unit. I can hear my HoD gasping in horror. Do … Continue reading →