Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day: contemplating his legacy 13/01/2023 Richard Kerridge, History Subject Advisor, reflects on the impact of Martin Luther King Jr on one of his first students.
A Level African Kingdoms – why this topic might be good for you and your students 14/12/2022 In his first blog, Richard Kerridge, History Subject Advisor, talks about a diversified curriculum and what we can offer at A Level and GCSE to support diversification.
Summer 2022 NEA: A Level History 23/03/2022 In this blog we answer your questions about NEA in A Level History for summer 2022.
Reflections on teaching Native American history 03/12/2021 In this guest blog, OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project) teacher Swerupa Gosrani discusses ‘The making of America’ topic and explains preferred terminology.
New approach to CPD for A Level history teachers 31/08/2021 In her latest blog, Emily Oakes, History Subject Advisor, highlights exciting new changes to our AS and A Level History Professional Development programme for autumn and spring 2021-22.
Pride Month - making LGBTQ+ history more visible 07/06/2021 June is Pride month. Mike Goddard reflects on the visibility of LGBTQ+ history in our specifications, and talks to cultural historian Marcus Collins about studying social attitudes to homosexuality.
An update from the Schools History Project 29/03/2021 The Schools History Project is OCR’s partner for the GCSE History B specification. In a special guest blog, Matt Stanford, Director of the SHP, talks about recent work and the role of the Regional Advisers.
LGBT+ history month 09/02/2021 February is LGBT+ history month. In this blog, Mike looks at some of the opportunities to teach LGBT+ history themes at GCSE and A Level.
GCSE Historic Environment - a digital approach to studying Kenilworth Castle 06/01/2021 In this blog, Subject Advisor Emily Oakes discusses a digital approach to studying Kenilworth Castle for GCSE History A and B.
We’ve launched our A Level pre-colonial African history prize - in collaboration with Kings College London 12/11/2020 Mike Goddard – lead subject advisor - announces the launch of an A Level History prize, created in collaboration with Kings College London, for students studying pre-colonial African kingdoms.