Alf is one of our GCSE, migrant to Britain case studies. It was wonderful to see so many of our historians totally star struck.
It was a pleasure to witness history lessons become real for them!
Thanks again @alfdubs.bsky.social for a wonderful morning.

Thanks Cat, sorry we didn’t get a chance to touch base. Too many people to catch up with at a conf.!

I was lucky enough to have a great history teacher. And she could get hold of cracking resources!

Also sorry for all the SPaG errors & misspelt names. Note to self, proof read.

‘Pulling up trees’ probs a poor choice of phrase given Michael Riley’s current work on climate history… sorry!

All a pretty pertinent reminder that when I was 7, & probs still getting over Southgate missing THAT penalty, & def. not thinking about the past, @counsellc.bsky.social, Michael Riley & Jamie Byron were already pulling up trees & sorting out history ed in the UK.
They knew/know what they’re doing!

Again, I find students can find making sense of the power the medieval Church could command tricky.
It’s seems obvious to me that, whilst simple, illustrations like these could help.

We zoom in, then, we zoom out. I’ve found the latter tricky in the past when getting students to think about the power of medieval monarchs.
Tables like this one could offer such simple ways of managing this.
5/6

Change after the Norman Conquest. OK minor updates required, but, the illustration is, I think, lovely.

Right now, post reflecting on just how memorable this can be (if just for me at least…) making plans potentially use bits and bobs in my own history classroom.
Saxon rebellions and the Norman Conquest - what a map!
3/6

Today’s reading.
Full of nostalgia for me. It’s the textbook I most remember (with f fondness) from my own school days with my inspiring history teacher, Mrs Blacksland.
The illustrations, the stories, cartoons - brilliant!

… and, just happened to coincide with annual teaching of ‘What might Melisende’s story reveal’ EQ with my year 12s.
Needless to say, they are now fully indoctrinated, think Melisende is a hero & are primed to visit @britishlibrary.bsky.social over the hols.

Monday 2nd Dec. 5-7:30pm, join the Teaching Medieval Women team (Prof. Jonathan Philips, Dr Natasha Hodgson, Dr Ellie Woodacre, & me from our teacher arm) for a free teacher event:
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- exhibition tour
- lectures & workshops
- time to discuss source material with historians