What is History Teaching, Now? is a research-informed handbook designed to provide practical guidance for history teachers and educators with differing levels of experience. Drawing upon the classroom practice and experience of a range of practitioners, the book focuses upon key areas such as curriculum and assessment, pedagogy, communicating history and resources that support effective teaching and learning. This book also provides practical ways to approach teaching topics such as diverse histories, the British Empire, world history and environmental history. Practical strategies are woven within the book, alongside questions for reflection and suggestions for further research and reading.

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Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction - Why this, why now? -- 1. Historical significance -- 2. Scholarship in action -- 3. What causes great causation enquiries? -- 4. Consequences -- 5. Change and continuity in the history classroom -- 6. Similarity and difference -- 7. Sources as a progression pathway -- 8. Oral history -- 9. The power of enquiry questions -- 10. Narratives in history -- 11. Scaffolding in history -- 12. Reading like a historian -- 13. Writing like a historian -- 14. Improving oracy in your classroom to improve standards and confidence -- 15. Booklets and their use in the history classroom -- 16. Teaching A-level history -- 17. Interdisciplinarity with integrity -- 18. Going the extra mile… -- 19. Using museums to enhance learning in the history classroom -- 20. Closing the transition chasm at KS2-3 -- 21. Formative assessment -- 22. Measuring student understanding: choosing the right tool for the summative assessment job -- 23. Retrieval and memory in history -- 24. Questioning in history -- 25. Giving meaningful feedback -- 26. Revision in history -- 27. Setting meaningful homework in history -- 28. What is the value of textbooks in history teaching, now? -- 29. Your ITT year -- 30. Supporting non-specialists -- 31. Constructing a diverse and representative curriculum -- 32. Adding a global dimension to KS2 and KS3 history -- 33. Migration -- 34. Teaching Black British history -- 35. The history of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller -- 36. Exploring the Silk Road to help students make sense of the world -- 37. Chinese history -- 38. Ending the violence: restoring Indigenous presence in the American West -- 39. Teaching empire: addressing Britain's colonial past -- 40. From representation and diversity to decolonisation -- 41. LGBTQ+ history. 42. Don't panic! How to teach 'difficult' histories -- 43. Looking through the microhistory lens -- 44. Climate change is history - but how can we teach it?.