Author Archives: sallythorne

SHP15: Thompson and Kitson

Posted on July 12, 2015 by sallythorne

This session is about using one woman’s story to illuminate the recent past. We’re looking at Mavis Hyman, a lady born towards the end of the Raj. We start with a card sort of the events of her life, annotating … Continue reading →

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SHP15: fifth plenary

Posted on July 12, 2015 by sallythorne

Richard Woff is talking about teaching history with 100 objects (40 of which were picked with KS3 in mind). He explains that it was funded by the DfE whilst at the same time focused on providing an alternative to their … Continue reading →

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SHP15: third plenary

Posted on July 11, 2015 by sallythorne

Alison Kitson is talking about the Black Death. She starts with a side note to the presentation: information about a project called Miriam’s Vision which offers lessons and resources on the topic of 7/7 with reference to Miriam Hyman who … Continue reading →

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SHP15: Ed Podesta

Posted on July 11, 2015 by sallythorne

Ed is talking about teaching something new at GCSE. Following a move to Leeds he had to do this and decided to write it up as a case study for everybody else who will be going through this as the … Continue reading →

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SHP15: Jenner and Nightingale

Posted on July 11, 2015 by sallythorne

The focus today is on how, and why, we should use extended original texts with all students. This is a topic I can fully support. We start by looking at an extract from the 1559 Act of Supremacy and discuss … Continue reading →

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SHP15: first plenary

Posted on July 10, 2015 by sallythorne

The first plenary is a presentation from the three English exam boards on their new GCSEs. Firstly is Mike Charman from AQA. He stresses the importance of teachers in the development of the specification. AQA has developed a single specification … Continue reading →

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Development Study: The British Diet Through Time

Posted on May 13, 2015 by sallythorne

I’ve written in brief about the development study we’ve taught in year 8 this year, here and here, where I explain my efforts to get students reading difficult sources. Having explained the annotated timeline assessment as part of the HA … Continue reading →

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Threshold Concepts in History, part 1

Posted on May 10, 2015 by sallythorne

I’ve been thinking a lot about progress in history and assessing it this year. There are lots of reasons for this. Firstly the demise of NC levels requires it, as we’re having to build a new model to assess progress at … Continue reading →

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History revision for parents

Posted on May 1, 2015 by sallythorne

Last night I invited the parents of our year 11 cohort to a workshop to give them some tips for helping their children revise for GCSE History. A couple of weeks ago I sent home a set of American West … Continue reading →

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TLAB15: Keynote 2: Barbara Oakley

Posted on March 21, 2015 by sallythorne

Oakley is a Professor of Engineering who is a visiting scholar in California and is speaking on the topic, learning how to learn. She starts by explaining that a favourite hobby of hers is to watch people, and how important … Continue reading →

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