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History Newsletter
Talking History
Welcome to our February edition of Talking History

We hope you will benefit from the wide variety of CPD events, Teacher Networks and resources on offer.

As always, please do send us your comments and questions to history@ocr.org.uk and for the most up-to-date information follow us on Twitter @OCR_History.

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Free Online Q&A webinars
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Join us for free, informal, live online sessions with a Subject Advisor to ask questions and discuss GCSE and A Level History.

Schools History Project Conference

Booking is now open for the Annual summer conference!

Finish your school year off with the best in subject-specific CPD. 

There will be a range of sessions providing inspiration and practical strategies.

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The conference includes a session with us and a range of plenaries, workshops and fringe sessions to help you take forward history-teaching at Key Stage 3, GCSE and A Level in your school.

We hope you can join us there.

Book your place

Upcoming Teacher Networks
Tower of London

Join us for a free A Level Teacher Network in Oxford on 20 March.

We also have a special GCSE History B Teacher Network at the Tower of London on 5 March.

Book onto a Teacher Network

How to Unlock "History Around Us" From Historical Sites

Are you teaching GCSE(9-1) History B?

Grant Robertson, Subject Advisor for History, looks again at the criteria for choosing a site, at some of the assessment lessons learned and includes some examples of ways in which historical sites have been working with us to better support you and your students.

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Teaching South African History?
Mandela the Official Exhibition

We are pleased to announced a NEW date has been added for the Free Educator Preview Event, Nelson Mandela the Official Exhibition – 4 March 2019.

The evening allows you to walk through and absorb the exhibition content in your own time and plan how and where you will engage your students’ interactions.

You can also suggest where the free to download educational resources might best be used within the space to support curriculum based and wider learning opportunities.

Book your free place

Teaching Migration or Empire History?

Are you a KS3 English or History teacher interested in sharpening your teaching of British migration and empire?

The Runnymede Trust and the TIDE research group at the University of Liverpool are excited to invite applications for their inaugural Beacon Teacher Fellowship Programme.

Deadline 1 March 2019.

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