Fred Oxby
@fredoxby.bsky.social
Head of History in South Yorkshire, Anti Racist School Award Coach, Doctoral Student. Speaking history to power. https://decolonial-curriculum.pubpub.org/
We also have Rachel Bruce and Judy Clarke showing how they weave local stories into primary history teaching, helping students engage with the past and the familiar. @1972shp.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We also have Rachel Bruce and Judy Clarke showing how they weave local stories into primary history teaching, helping students engage with the past and the familiar. @1972shp.bsky.social
Next up at the @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum we have the inimitable @petejackson.bsky.social sharing some strategies for writing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Next up at the @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum we have the inimitable @petejackson.bsky.social sharing some strategies for writing.
Charlotte's KS2 curriculum looks fantastic, so many different places and times. Her students learn local, national and global history which has been so thoughtfully sequenced.
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Charlotte's KS2 curriculum looks fantastic, so many different places and times. Her students learn local, national and global history which has been so thoughtfully sequenced.
Caitlyn is building a case for how much local history can be done when teaching enslavement - there are local connections all across the UK.
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Caitlyn is building a case for how much local history can be done when teaching enslavement - there are local connections all across the UK.
We also have Charlotte Sellars discussing how we should present chronology to our primary students. @1972shp.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We also have Charlotte Sellars discussing how we should present chronology to our primary students. @1972shp.bsky.social
It's the @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum tonight and we are kicking off with a session from @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social on teaching transatlantic enslavement using local stories.
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It's the @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum tonight and we are kicking off with a session from @cpalmerhistory.bsky.social on teaching transatlantic enslavement using local stories.
I love it when students bring in artefacts and this one is one of the best...a 1735 edition of Dialogues of the Dead in great condition....buzzing
October 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I love it when students bring in artefacts and this one is one of the best...a 1735 edition of Dialogues of the Dead in great condition....buzzing
We've been having lots of fun threading environmental history through existing parts of our curriculum this year. The only big surprise was how few y7 know the story of Robin Hood!!
October 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
We've been having lots of fun threading environmental history through existing parts of our curriculum this year. The only big surprise was how few y7 know the story of Robin Hood!!
1. After @btrappy.bsky.social's wonderful @1972shp.bsky.social conf session where she used an extract from Amitav Ghosh's "Sea of Poppies" in her Lessons on the British Empire in KS5, I was inspired to do similar using Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" when talking about Britain and Africa.
October 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
1. After @btrappy.bsky.social's wonderful @1972shp.bsky.social conf session where she used an extract from Amitav Ghosh's "Sea of Poppies" in her Lessons on the British Empire in KS5, I was inspired to do similar using Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" when talking about Britain and Africa.
I was really struck by the power of KS4 stories at the HA conf during @benbassett.bsky.social and @petejackson.bsky.social's session. I'm so greatful to be able to try out one of their stories in our curriculum. Thank you 🙌🙌🙌. So wonderful to be part of a collaborative history teaching community.
June 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I was really struck by the power of KS4 stories at the HA conf during @benbassett.bsky.social and @petejackson.bsky.social's session. I'm so greatful to be able to try out one of their stories in our curriculum. Thank you 🙌🙌🙌. So wonderful to be part of a collaborative history teaching community.
Looking forward to reading this. So important that "global topics" like enslavement are also taught as local history. Congratulations @colinmccormick.bsky.social and @katieamery.bsky.social for all the work you did on this! Sheffield teachers can do similar with resources I've linked in comments.
June 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Looking forward to reading this. So important that "global topics" like enslavement are also taught as local history. Congratulations @colinmccormick.bsky.social and @katieamery.bsky.social for all the work you did on this! Sheffield teachers can do similar with resources I've linked in comments.
It's that time if year again....buzzing
June 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
It's that time if year again....buzzing
I'm going a bit meta with my new approach to the Cold War at GCSE. I am doing a whole lesson on what a superpower is to try and help students understand what I view as the key misconception still - what the cold wat actually was! Not a little relevant still of course. Let's see if it works!
June 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I'm going a bit meta with my new approach to the Cold War at GCSE. I am doing a whole lesson on what a superpower is to try and help students understand what I view as the key misconception still - what the cold wat actually was! Not a little relevant still of course. Let's see if it works!
Also, on very different taxj, James Trafford has this idea of internal colonies, reproductions of colonial law used to extend domestic sovereignty, which may be of interest.
May 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Also, on very different taxj, James Trafford has this idea of internal colonies, reproductions of colonial law used to extend domestic sovereignty, which may be of interest.
1/2 . A really good question! I thought about it a lot at #haconf25 when Sally Burnham showed her work around James Boyce's Imperial Mud. In the text, the people of the Fens live a life in synergy with that environment, they campaign against powerful forces trying to use the land for their profit.
May 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
1/2 . A really good question! I thought about it a lot at #haconf25 when Sally Burnham showed her work around James Boyce's Imperial Mud. In the text, the people of the Fens live a life in synergy with that environment, they campaign against powerful forces trying to use the land for their profit.
When I became a history teacher, I remember reading from my HoDs huge collection of Teaching History. It feels surreal to now have contributed myself! My article is about teaching local, decolonial history. Wonderful experience, enhanced greatly by Katharine Burn's editorial insights. Happy Easter.
March 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
When I became a history teacher, I remember reading from my HoDs huge collection of Teaching History. It feels surreal to now have contributed myself! My article is about teaching local, decolonial history. Wonderful experience, enhanced greatly by Katharine Burn's editorial insights. Happy Easter.
Observing our ITT teaching about the environmental impact of WWI. Exciting to begin developing our work on environmental history and also exciting when trainees bring such interesting planning ideas to the department. This lesson looks at impact on agriculture, humans, animals, water and woodland.
March 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Observing our ITT teaching about the environmental impact of WWI. Exciting to begin developing our work on environmental history and also exciting when trainees bring such interesting planning ideas to the department. This lesson looks at impact on agriculture, humans, animals, water and woodland.
Two books I believe every UK history teacher should read. There are more of course, but these two are a great start....
March 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Two books I believe every UK history teacher should read. There are more of course, but these two are a great start....
Matt Stibbe pushing against some of the mainstream curriculum assumptions about Germany and the end of WWI at the Yorkshire History Forum, @1972shp.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Matt Stibbe pushing against some of the mainstream curriculum assumptions about Germany and the end of WWI at the Yorkshire History Forum, @1972shp.bsky.social
@sarahdhistory.bsky.social talking us through her ingenious exploration of permacrisis and the work of historian Julie Gottlieb's work at the Yorkshire History Forum @1972shp.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
@sarahdhistory.bsky.social talking us through her ingenious exploration of permacrisis and the work of historian Julie Gottlieb's work at the Yorkshire History Forum @1972shp.bsky.social
Mark continues to emphasise the numerous connections between Sheffield and transatlantic enslavement ranging from knives, plantation tool and abolitionists.
March 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Mark continues to emphasise the numerous connections between Sheffield and transatlantic enslavement ranging from knives, plantation tool and abolitionists.
Interesting how Mark Cottingham uses personal histories to help students understand and connect to Sheffield's industrial past @ the Yorkshire History Forum @1972shp.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Interesting how Mark Cottingham uses personal histories to help students understand and connect to Sheffield's industrial past @ the Yorkshire History Forum @1972shp.bsky.social
pt1. NOTHING beats meeting people in person to talk about teaching history. Why not consider attending one or both of these SHP events?
1. The Yorkshire History Forum, 15th of March in Sheffield.
www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/yhf/
2. The summer conference has just been announced! July 11th-13th
1. The Yorkshire History Forum, 15th of March in Sheffield.
www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/yhf/
2. The summer conference has just been announced! July 11th-13th
February 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
pt1. NOTHING beats meeting people in person to talk about teaching history. Why not consider attending one or both of these SHP events?
1. The Yorkshire History Forum, 15th of March in Sheffield.
www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/yhf/
2. The summer conference has just been announced! July 11th-13th
1. The Yorkshire History Forum, 15th of March in Sheffield.
www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/yhf/
2. The summer conference has just been announced! July 11th-13th
Buzzing as we received some amazing new (old) sources on the miners strikes. Just can't beat letting students handle the real thing!
February 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Buzzing as we received some amazing new (old) sources on the miners strikes. Just can't beat letting students handle the real thing!