Handy History Teaching Tips

Helen Snelson and Sally Thorne
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Handy History Teaching Tips Podcast

Handy History Teaching Tips are conversational podcasts designed to help history teachers with tips, examples and ideas about history teaching. Sally Thorne is a head of department and senior examiner. Helen Snelson was a head of department and now trains history teachers. Between us we have more years’ classroom history teaching experience than we are going to admit here! Both of us regularly write resources and present at conferences. We are proudly history specific and practical in our approach. Our hope is that this podcast will become something of a problem page for history teachers: if you’re wrestling with something particularly tricky and need some help, drop us an email at handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com and we will see what we can cook up between us.

  1. Episode 32 - A Conversation with Tessa Hosking

    20/03/2022

    Episode 32 - A Conversation with Tessa Hosking

    In this episode, Helen and Sally talk to Tessa Hosking, former history teacher and author of a 1984 textbook on Black British History. Huge thanks to Tessa for talking to us about past efforts to improve the diversity of school history and for her patience (it has taken nearly a year to get it uploaded!) Tessa's book is Black People in Britain 1650-1850 (1984) and is available second hand. The book that Tessa refers to towards the end of the podcast is Black Settlers in Britain 1555-1958 by Nigel File and Chris Power (1981). Tessa is an enthusiastic participant in What's Happening In Black British History? details of which can be found here - https://blackbritishhistory.co.uk/ Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

    23 min
  2. Episode 31 - A Conversation with Kate Smee

    05/05/2021

    Episode 31 - A Conversation with Kate Smee

    In this episode, Helen and Sally talk to History teacher Kate Smee, who reflects on the work she has been doing to decolonise the curriculum and take an anti-racist approach in the history classroom. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

    23 min
  3. Episode 30 - A Conversation with Joshua Preye Garry

    27/01/2021

    Episode 30 - A Conversation with Joshua Preye Garry

    In this episode, Helen and Sally talk to History teacher Joshua Preye Garry. You can read the blog post that Josh wrote here - https://blog.educationplatform.co.uk/author/jgarry/ - and read more about the How We Got Here project here - https://www.reachinghigher.org.uk/how-we-got-here Apologies for the occasional, mysterious gaps in the sound recording; Sally is probably going to be using them as an excuse to buy a new and better computer in the near future. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

    29 min
  4. Episode 29 - A conversation with Zara Daswani

    09/12/2020

    Episode 29 - A conversation with Zara Daswani

    In this episode of the series Doing History Better, Helen and Sally talk to History teacher Zara Daswani. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

    25 min
  5. Episode 28 - Teaching Transatlantic Slavery

    25/11/2020

    Episode 28 - Teaching Transatlantic Slavery

    In this episode, Helen asks Sally some questions about her learning from the Historical Association's Teaching Fellowship on Transatlantic Slavery. Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

    20 min
  6. Episode 27 - Revision strategies with Carmel Bones

    11/11/2020

    Episode 27 - Revision strategies with Carmel Bones

    Way back before the 'rona really came to town, Helen and Sally recorded this podcast with Carmel Bones, who has all the best revision strategies. Carmel is a teacher and trainer of huge experience and we were lucky enough to have her share her favourites with us. As she says, it's never too early to start revising, and we hope this is a timely episode for helping students to get comfortable with their knowledge ready for the mocks. Please forgive us all the references to the spring push towards the exams, the summer cramming, and all those things that seemed so immovable and solid back in March.

    25 min
  7. Episode 26 - Improving representation in your curriculum

    14/10/2020

    Episode 26 - Improving representation in your curriculum

    In this episode of our series 'Doing History Better', Helen and Sally discuss how you could go about auditing your curriculum to improve representation. Prompt questions for your department meetings available on the York Clio website - https://yorkclio.com/diversity/ The T.E.A.C.H. report that Helen mentions is available here - https://www.history.org.uk/secondary/resource/780/the-teach-report Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

    16 min
  8. Episode 25 - Ideas and resources for Black History Month

    30/09/2020

    Episode 25 - Ideas and resources for Black History Month

    In this episode, Helen and Sally discuss ideas for Black History Month. Some helpful links: Historians display work via OBHD - https://onebighistorydepartment.com/2018/05/25/historians-for-your-classroom-free-resource/#more-276 Rejected Princesses - https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/ Black History Timeline - https://guardianbookshop.com/the-guardian-black-history-wallchart-full-set.html The Malcolm X Elders - https://www.acta-bristol.com/malcolm-x-elders-theatre/ www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk https://blackhistorystudies.com/ Sally's podcast recommendation - https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/ Don't forget, we're your History Teaching Agony Aunts! Contact us by emailing handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com or tweeting us @snelsonh and @MrsThorne

    20 min
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Handy History Teaching Tips are conversational podcasts designed to help history teachers with tips, examples and ideas about history teaching. Sally Thorne is a head of department and senior examiner. Helen Snelson was a head of department and now trains history teachers. Between us we have more years’ classroom history teaching experience than we are going to admit here! Both of us regularly write resources and present at conferences. We are proudly history specific and practical in our approach. Our hope is that this podcast will become something of a problem page for history teachers: if you’re wrestling with something particularly tricky and need some help, drop us an email at handyhistoryteachingtips@gmail.com and we will see what we can cook up between us.

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  • Creator
    Helen Snelson and Sally Thorne
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    32
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    Handy History Teaching Tips

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