Will Bailey-Watson

Why are women missing from school history? The extent to which history lessons ignore female figures has been revealed by new research. Here, teachers share the changes they are making to address this gender imbalance

Brilliant to see this continuing to get coverage and hopefully momentum will continue to real change. Exciting also to see the brilliant @willbaileywatson.bsky.social's amazing Meanwhile Elsewhere being used - it absolutely revolutionized History homework for me.

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Thanks for signposting Tom. Very interesting article. Hope you’re well.

An honour to finally be able to stand up and launch The Practical Guide to Teaching History to the history teaching community at #SHP25! Thank you to @joshpreyegarry.bsky.social and @mrmayhew.bsky.social Thank you to Matt Stanford and @corinnegoullee.bsky.social for getting us to this place

Well this is an exciting day. First time out for these beauties

And here it is. Finally. Surrounded by some of the scholarship that shaped it. It’s beautiful and such fun to teach - it has given my Year 8 class stories to live inside. A parent messaged me to say history has ‘never been so fun!’ - all I did was tell the class stories from this book.

I decided to spend some time with Year 9 reflecting on our curriculum this year. I used this diagram to reflect on the fact that, despite my best efforts, we learn relatively little history.

Eight enquiries, eight meanwhile elsewhere lessons, a little over 40,000 words of stories read, 44 cracking outcome tasks on display and one Year 9 curriculum. It's been a joy! #historyteacher

It's arrived! It's absolutely stunning. Can't wait to get stuck in.

Couldn't have hoped for better company than these guys to celebrate PUBLICATION DAY! of our Year 8 #ChangingHistoriesKS3
And mega thanks to YOU, Will. Only the finest publisher could understand what it takes to define a new gold standard in textbooks & to support my brilliant team for 4 long years 👏

In this photo are my two babies....and Rupert and Henry 😂 We're thrilled to announce that Changing Histories: Expanding Worlds c1600-c1870 is now out! Thank you to all the incredible people involved in this project and to everyone who's already ordered a copy/class set! You have impeccable taste. X

We’ve gone to press for #ChangingHistoriesKS3 Expanding Worlds! It’ll be hitting our warehouse on 13 June so do get your orders in! In my 10+ years of history publishing, I honestly think this is one of the best books we’ve produced. Spell-binding narrative, stunning visuals and super accessible.

One of the best to write about curriculum design @willbaileywatson.bsky.social talks about the gardener, the wrestler, the architect and the explorer. An informative romp through the last 25 years of curricular thinking in history teaching.

Today is publication day for a Practical Guide to Teaching History in the Secondary School. 19 years after the first edition, this is a complete re-write by so many wonderful experts in the history teaching community. Thanks to @terryhaydn.bsky.social for offering the opportunity 5 years ago!

I’ve had a look at the website but to help me picture this at its most simple and practical level, can you share an example of a causal enquiry (ideally of a current mainstream historical event - 1st crusade, French Rev, WW1) that meets these requirements? I’d find that super helpful 😊

Yup - it would have been amazing to build on lessons learnt in 2020 without the new compliance criteria. Saying that we had our first 80% block in February, and on the whole the impact and feedback has been really positive. Dm if you ever want to discuss what we did :)

#ChangingHistoriesKS3 - Changing the world of history textbooks for 11-14 year olds. With Book 1 Connected Worlds, we set a high bar for immersive story telling accompanied by beautiful looking pages. With Book 2 Expanding Worlds we're taking it to the next level. Samples coming soon!

I agree!

#Historyteacher HoDs - a we get to the ‘use it or lose it’ stage of the department budget, I’ve just spent the spare bit I have on these- mainly pre-ordering book 2, which is very exciting

Money where my mouth is.

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Seriously, your ability to churn complex ideas and present them in their simplest and most relatable terms, while still allowing for those layers of meaning, is pretty much unique

Someone could write a whole book on this topic and not communicate the crux of the matter as effectively as you do with this slide.

Hugh draws on stories written by the #ChangingHistoriesKS3 team which includes talented history authors from across England, including @willbaileywatson.bsky.social @hannahcusworth.bsky.social @apf102.bsky.social @jacobolivey.bsky.social & many others who know how to make stories work in classrooms.

Changing Histories really is a game changer in history textbook design. Proper prose, narrative-driven, with tasks that then unpack the narrative. Far more intellectually rigorous than most textbooks which are (not always) nicely illustrated information sheets.

Finally got a copy! This book is so unbelievably awesome and beautiful! I would tag but don't want to leave anyone out.

A joy to read and so human. That's the difference, those tiny stories like Zoe standing on the walls in the evening or Martin Luther praying at night. Outstanding!
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Have had a long social media hiatus…
Breaking cover - what have history been doing at Bolder?
We’ve been massively enjoying (& so have year 7) using the new @counsellc.bsky.social et. al. textbook.
Great stories, lovely illustrations, beautifully simplistic focus prog. in concepts. Cracking!