kirstiemurray.bsky.social
History teacher. Here for history chat.
Trust lead for History. PGCE mentor, ECT mentor, interested in T&L.
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An interesting read, thank you! I came to several similar conclusions in the context of the secondary school history classroom and blogged recently here onebighistorydepartment.com/2025/03/05/u...
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We’re at the start of our 6th form journey with just Y12 for now. So following keenly!
Last week as part of our lunch history club we held a Q&A. Teacher shared what degree they did (surprising range of topics, locations, not one of us did straight history). Kids asked questions. Start there?
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So helpful all of this. Thanks Ian!
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Thank you!
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I’m sure you did a great job!
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A super blog. Even before you got to it at the end, I was mindful of ITTs who don’t have/ can’t possibly have this knowledge.
Knowing when to *really* emphasize the nuanced meaning of Archbishop in a lesson on medieval saints, because it come up again three weeks later in Norman Conquest matters
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🥳 wait until you see my new essay competition…!
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2. So far our mini historians have heard about the partition of India (brilliant stuff from our PGCE student), Samuel Pepys’ clothing, Herodotus, German Nationalism, the Arab-Israeli conflict, EH Carr’s what is history
Staff and students together listening so we model engagement, curiosity, debate
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Yes, let’s!
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Have fun! I’ve also just clocked Sitara that our profile pics are similar. Mine is Castle Acre.
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Thanks for sharing. We’ve just introduced historiography for Y8 empire too, but without developed questions yet.
Can I ask what is a ‘purple zone’?
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The day worked because we had TIME TOGETHER.
Teachers simply cannot think big thoughts in a 50min PPA.
And planning alone risks all sorts of reinventing the wheel and duplication.
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Thanks for the heads up! I’ve just found a YouTube clip as a result and Y11 are going to get that part of the speech decontextualized tomorrow having just covered manifest destiny last week.
‘You’ll never guess who said…’
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Yes, in a flat classroom that requires some imagination!
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I’m hoping to come, would be great to catch up Claire and refresh my history knowledge! Weekends are a tad difficult with my kids so fingers crossed.
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Thanks. I can always keep trying my end.
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Hi. I’ve just tried to access and it says course is unavailable to students. Any ideas?
State school history teacher here looking for a better approach to teaching Holocaust. We’ve tried a few things, but nothing that feels exactly right.