Dear Parent: why your child is learning histories not history

SOMETIMES WE GET ASKED BY TEACHERS PLANNING TO USE THE PARALLEL HISTORIES TEACHING METHOD IF WE HAVE A SAMPLE LETTER TO SEND HOME TO PARENTS EXPLAINING WHAT THE PROGRAMME INVOLVES AND WHAT THEIR CHILD WILL BE DOING. This is often a good idea, especially when the history of the conflict you are going to be […]

Diversifying the Teaching of the First World War: The Battle of Broken Hill

The massive reaction we got to Elena Stevens’ blog about diversifying the teaching of World War One is proof that teachers are looking for stories about this global war which do not come from the Western Front. Her story of the two brothers is fascinating and there are a myriad of others. One such story is […]

Diversifying the Teaching of the First World War

IN NOVEMBER 1914, THE 35TH OTTOMAN SULTAN, MEHMED V, FORMALLY DECLARED JIHAD AGAINST THE ENTENTE POWERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. Addressing a distinguished audience at Istanbul’s Fatih mosque, Mehmed claimed that Britain, France and Russia had long harboured “ill-will against our great Caliphate”, and that millions of Muslims had suffered misfortune and disaster under their […]