Mark Cottingham MSc FCCT
@cottshead.bsky.social
Part-time teacher educator and doctoral student at The University of Sheffield; full time Wednesdayite
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This is a brilliant piece. I had the privilege of a pre-publication preview and have adopted Sarah and Jessie's analogies in my teaching with Year 10. Do read it!
Coming out of my maternity leave bubble to share that Jessie Phillips and I have written in the latest TH on how to help pupils understand the role of the historian. We suggest how alternative job comparisons to the historian as a detective could work.Thanks @marywoolley.bsky.social for editing it!
December 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is a brilliant piece. I had the privilege of a pre-publication preview and have adopted Sarah and Jessie's analogies in my teaching with Year 10. Do read it!
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Teaching History 201 from @histassoc.bsky.social is online.
Brilliant authors sharing their varied approaches to teaching about interpretations.
Great CPD for history teachers and subject leads!
@sehartsmith.bsky.social @historysuperfan.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social and others
Brilliant authors sharing their varied approaches to teaching about interpretations.
Great CPD for history teachers and subject leads!
@sehartsmith.bsky.social @historysuperfan.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social and others
December 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Teaching History 201 from @histassoc.bsky.social is online.
Brilliant authors sharing their varied approaches to teaching about interpretations.
Great CPD for history teachers and subject leads!
@sehartsmith.bsky.social @historysuperfan.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social and others
Brilliant authors sharing their varied approaches to teaching about interpretations.
Great CPD for history teachers and subject leads!
@sehartsmith.bsky.social @historysuperfan.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social and others
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@htenuk.bsky.social have been busy this morning, so please check you inboxes. And don't forget to make sure our inperson conference is in your calendar for March (tickets will be available in January).
December 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
@htenuk.bsky.social have been busy this morning, so please check you inboxes. And don't forget to make sure our inperson conference is in your calendar for March (tickets will be available in January).
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My @uonsoe.bsky.social #ITT #historyteacher s visited their new Teaching Practice schools today ahead of starting properly after the holiday. Enjoying hearing their reflections on moving placement & having a pupil perspective from my eldest who met one in their lesson today!
A shape-sorter understanding: Why mentees find changing teaching placements so hard
We’re approaching that time in the ITE year when our students prepare to move to a new school setting for their second teaching practice. Having just settled into their placement school, havi…
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December 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My @uonsoe.bsky.social #ITT #historyteacher s visited their new Teaching Practice schools today ahead of starting properly after the holiday. Enjoying hearing their reflections on moving placement & having a pupil perspective from my eldest who met one in their lesson today!
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Our next HTEN Time To Talk is on Wednesday 21st January 3:30pm. Why don't you join us for a cuppa in our virtual staff room?
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Our next HTEN Time To Talk is on Wednesday 21st January 3:30pm. Why don't you join us for a cuppa in our virtual staff room?
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Did you know HTEN has a website?
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Did you know HTEN has a website?
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Yet again DfE have failed to respond to the need for a subsistence level bursary for all #ITT training teachers. Prospective applicants are facing financial barriers to entry to the profression. JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN
www.history.org.uk/ha-news/news...
@schoolsweek.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social
www.history.org.uk/ha-news/news...
@schoolsweek.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social
Subject lottery for ITE bursaries: please write to your MP
www.history.org.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Yet again DfE have failed to respond to the need for a subsistence level bursary for all #ITT training teachers. Prospective applicants are facing financial barriers to entry to the profression. JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN
www.history.org.uk/ha-news/news...
@schoolsweek.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social
www.history.org.uk/ha-news/news...
@schoolsweek.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social
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Time to talk is an opportunity for @htenuk.bsky.social colleagues to meet more informally in our virtual staff room. Our first session of 25/26 will be hosted by @davidrawlings.bsky.social.
It is also open to non-members #historyteacher #TeacherEducators. Please do get in touch for the link.
It is also open to non-members #historyteacher #TeacherEducators. Please do get in touch for the link.
Time to Talk is back. Get the date in your diaries. Links to follow.
#historyteacher #TeacherEducation #HistoryEducation #TeacherMentoring
#historyteacher #TeacherEducation #HistoryEducation #TeacherMentoring
October 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Time to talk is an opportunity for @htenuk.bsky.social colleagues to meet more informally in our virtual staff room. Our first session of 25/26 will be hosted by @davidrawlings.bsky.social.
It is also open to non-members #historyteacher #TeacherEducators. Please do get in touch for the link.
It is also open to non-members #historyteacher #TeacherEducators. Please do get in touch for the link.
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Our starter pack will connect you to some members of our HTEN community. We will add to this as colleagues join Bluesky.
go.bsky.app/7CTVFdz
#historyeducation #historyteacher #TeacherMentoring #TeacherEducation
go.bsky.app/7CTVFdz
#historyeducation #historyteacher #TeacherMentoring #TeacherEducation
November 9, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Our starter pack will connect you to some members of our HTEN community. We will add to this as colleagues join Bluesky.
go.bsky.app/7CTVFdz
#historyeducation #historyteacher #TeacherMentoring #TeacherEducation
go.bsky.app/7CTVFdz
#historyeducation #historyteacher #TeacherMentoring #TeacherEducation
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Really enjoying this! Definitely worth a read for anyone in History education.
Today is publication day for a Practical Guide to Teaching History in the Secondary School. 19 years after the first edition, this is a complete re-write by so many wonderful experts in the history teaching community. Thanks to @terryhaydn.bsky.social for offering the opportunity 5 years ago!
April 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Really enjoying this! Definitely worth a read for anyone in History education.
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History UK are recruiting disabled historians (and historians who work on disability history) to take part in focus groups to inform their fantastic Disability and History Project - do consider signing up! www.history-uk.ac.uk/projects/his...
History UK Disability and History Project
The History UK Disability and History Project was launched in November 2023 in response to the History UK EDI report which identified disability as an important aspect of EDI work worthy of further…
www.history-uk.ac.uk
March 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
History UK are recruiting disabled historians (and historians who work on disability history) to take part in focus groups to inform their fantastic Disability and History Project - do consider signing up! www.history-uk.ac.uk/projects/his...
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Save the date! May 9th / 10th. HA Conference is round the corner. Looking forward to be talking alongside my friend @katieamery.bsky.social about teaching slavery @histassoc.bsky.social Grab your tickets fast!
January 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Save the date! May 9th / 10th. HA Conference is round the corner. Looking forward to be talking alongside my friend @katieamery.bsky.social about teaching slavery @histassoc.bsky.social Grab your tickets fast!
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Join me on Tuesday 18 March to find out how the #OpeningWorlds humanities curriculum embeds and foregrounds stories of diverse women, weaving them into and complicating larger narratives at Key Stage 2.
✨ March is #WomensHistoryMonth! ✨
Celebrate the impact of remarkable women with curriculum expert @counsellc.bsky.social as she explores their role in the KS2 HEP-OW Humanities Curriculum.
📅 Book your spot today: tinyurl.com/bdfbrnt3
#Education #KS2 #Humanities #History #WomensED
Celebrate the impact of remarkable women with curriculum expert @counsellc.bsky.social as she explores their role in the KS2 HEP-OW Humanities Curriculum.
📅 Book your spot today: tinyurl.com/bdfbrnt3
#Education #KS2 #Humanities #History #WomensED
March 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Join me on Tuesday 18 March to find out how the #OpeningWorlds humanities curriculum embeds and foregrounds stories of diverse women, weaving them into and complicating larger narratives at Key Stage 2.
Thanks for organising a great day; diverse but connected workshops and affirming to be in the company of people committed to making history teaching relevant and inspiring #SHPYHF
Mark Cottingham from @sheffielduni.bsky.social presenting on Sheffield's connection to the Transatlantic Slave Trade and showcasing opposition in the region to enslavement #SHPYHF
March 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Thanks for organising a great day; diverse but connected workshops and affirming to be in the company of people committed to making history teaching relevant and inspiring #SHPYHF
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Matt Stibbe from @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social delivering the keynote lecture #SHPYHF challenging the well worn approach that there was a direct line between WW1 and the rise of the Nazis.
March 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Matt Stibbe from @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social delivering the keynote lecture #SHPYHF challenging the well worn approach that there was a direct line between WW1 and the rise of the Nazis.
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Ian Martin now sharing the local site visits that Shire Oak primary students have been doing in Leeds looking at Victorian housing and daily life #SHPYHF
March 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ian Martin now sharing the local site visits that Shire Oak primary students have been doing in Leeds looking at Victorian housing and daily life #SHPYHF
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See all our Unit Paths at www.padlet.com/cpaths/hub
Sign up to our blog at curriculumpaths.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk
#historyteacher #WeAreSHP #CurriculumPATHS
Sign up to our blog at curriculumpaths.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk
#historyteacher #WeAreSHP #CurriculumPATHS
SHP Curriculum PATHS - Sharing Hub
On this page you can browse or search for history units planned by Curriculum PATHS members. Each unit is grounded in the Curriculum PATHS Ethical Principles and is shared as an invitation for…
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March 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
See all our Unit Paths at www.padlet.com/cpaths/hub
Sign up to our blog at curriculumpaths.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk
#historyteacher #WeAreSHP #CurriculumPATHS
Sign up to our blog at curriculumpaths.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk
#historyteacher #WeAreSHP #CurriculumPATHS
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Looking to refresh your Year 8/9 teaching? Have a look at this Curriculum PATHS Unit from
@roos-miles.bsky.social Chris Jacques & @apf102.bsky.social , exploring the significance of the Dakota activist Zitkala-Sa
padlet.com/apf102/y8-9-...
#historyteacher #edusky #WeAreSHP
@roos-miles.bsky.social Chris Jacques & @apf102.bsky.social , exploring the significance of the Dakota activist Zitkala-Sa
padlet.com/apf102/y8-9-...
#historyteacher #edusky #WeAreSHP
Y8/9 - USA - C19-20: What story should we tell about Zitkala-Sa? (Alex Ford, Chris Jacques & Ross Miles)
An historical significance unit bringing Indigenous American histories to the centre of an enquiry
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March 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Looking to refresh your Year 8/9 teaching? Have a look at this Curriculum PATHS Unit from
@roos-miles.bsky.social Chris Jacques & @apf102.bsky.social , exploring the significance of the Dakota activist Zitkala-Sa
padlet.com/apf102/y8-9-...
#historyteacher #edusky #WeAreSHP
@roos-miles.bsky.social Chris Jacques & @apf102.bsky.social , exploring the significance of the Dakota activist Zitkala-Sa
padlet.com/apf102/y8-9-...
#historyteacher #edusky #WeAreSHP
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If you want to involve your students in some amazing oral history work, you really need to check out this Curriculum PATHS Unit on the Tape Letters from
@danlyndon.bsky.social .
padlet.com/dlyndoncohen...
Check out all our units via curriculumpaths.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk
#historyteacher
@danlyndon.bsky.social .
padlet.com/dlyndoncohen...
Check out all our units via curriculumpaths.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk
#historyteacher
Y8/9 - C20th - Migration & Empire - Tape Letters
An oral history project focusing on the experiences of the British-Pakistani community c1960s to the present
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March 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If you want to involve your students in some amazing oral history work, you really need to check out this Curriculum PATHS Unit on the Tape Letters from
@danlyndon.bsky.social .
padlet.com/dlyndoncohen...
Check out all our units via curriculumpaths.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk
#historyteacher
@danlyndon.bsky.social .
padlet.com/dlyndoncohen...
Check out all our units via curriculumpaths.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk
#historyteacher
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Mark Cottingham from @sheffielduni.bsky.social presenting on Sheffield's connection to the Transatlantic Slave Trade and showcasing opposition in the region to enslavement #SHPYHF
March 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Mark Cottingham from @sheffielduni.bsky.social presenting on Sheffield's connection to the Transatlantic Slave Trade and showcasing opposition in the region to enslavement #SHPYHF
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This is going to be a brilliant event. If you have been teaching 5 years or less, grab your tickets (and competition entry) now
Last chance to enter the @1972shp.bsky.social competition! Not only can you win a copy of Shalina Patel's superb book, The History Lessons, you also get a ticket for the best History CPD this year: 6 spectacular secondary workshops, 3 phat primary workshops and Shalina's keynote! Ticket link below
January 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This is going to be a brilliant event. If you have been teaching 5 years or less, grab your tickets (and competition entry) now
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The two biggest problems with the system in stats from @tesmagazine.bsky.social. Ofsted cannot and will not self-reform and, until reform happens, no other meaningful change can. And we need to reduce our reliance on outsourced expertise and develop capacity within and across schools.
January 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The two biggest problems with the system in stats from @tesmagazine.bsky.social. Ofsted cannot and will not self-reform and, until reform happens, no other meaningful change can. And we need to reduce our reliance on outsourced expertise and develop capacity within and across schools.
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#OtD 17 Jan 1831 farm labourer Henry Cooke was executed for his part in the Captain Swing riots the previous year. During a protest he punched an aristocrat who assaulted a worker, which earned him the death penalty. Learn more about the Swing riots: stories.workingclasshistory.c...
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January 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#OtD 17 Jan 1831 farm labourer Henry Cooke was executed for his part in the Captain Swing riots the previous year. During a protest he punched an aristocrat who assaulted a worker, which earned him the death penalty. Learn more about the Swing riots: stories.workingclasshistory.c...
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Last chance for Early Bird Tickets for the @1972shp.bsky.social Developing Teachers' Conference. Prices change at midnight🕛 so don't miss out on a great bargain. 6 secondary, 3 primary workshops and a fab keynote from Shalina Patel (more book prizes being released next week!). Ticket link below
January 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Last chance for Early Bird Tickets for the @1972shp.bsky.social Developing Teachers' Conference. Prices change at midnight🕛 so don't miss out on a great bargain. 6 secondary, 3 primary workshops and a fab keynote from Shalina Patel (more book prizes being released next week!). Ticket link below