This must-have guide supports you on your journey teaching history, from trainee to head of department – and everything in-between.

Find a wealth of practical advice and ideas for delivering effective history lessons, developing a coherent and diverse curriculum, building your subject knowledge and becoming a head of department.

Succeeding as a History Teacher is packed full of real-life examples, invaluable advice and top tips for making every history lesson count. It advises on how history teachers can integrate research-informed practices, such as retrieval practice, direct instruction, modelling, metacognition, feedback, and reading and comprehension strategies, into the unique discipline of history. It also covers sequencing, assessment and feedback, and a model for a great history lesson, and is suitable for use at Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.

The Succeeding As… series offers practical, no-nonsense guidance to help you excel in a specific role in a secondary school. Including everything you need to be successful in your teaching career, the books are ideal for those just starting out as well as more experienced practitioners looking to develop their skill sets.

An excellent and accessible guide for all, from those starting out to practitioners looking for fresh inspiration and reminders of strong fundamentals for success as a History teacher today. * Sarah Hartsmith, Head of Humanities and History teacher @sehartsmith *
A practical guide with useful case studies which will support a broad range of history practitioners to develop their practice. * Alex Fairlamb, History teacher and author of What is History Teaching, Now? @lamb_heart_tea *
This is a terrific manual packed with lots of practical approaches which History teachers will relate to and enjoy. But it’s also a potential wise sage, as Emily explores – but in an accessible and clear fashion – the theory and cognitive science which helps us to understand why the ideas work. The result is a very helpful resource which is so much more than handy or fun ideas, it is a valuable update and refresher for both new and experienced History teachers. * Ben Walsh, Trust Wide Subject Lead for History @History_Ben *
This book provides a really interesting insight into the experiences of Emily, and a range of other practising history teachers, on such a wide range of issues relevant to all new history teachers. * Will Bailey-Watson, Subject Lead of History PGCE & Programme Director of Secondary ITE at the University of Reading @mrwbw *

Emily Folorunsho is the head of History at a secondary school in London. She is passionate about teaching and learning and loves sharing resources to support other history teachers and help them to deliver a diverse and representative history curriculum. She recently co-authored a Key Stage 3 resource guide on Black British history for Collins. Emily is the host of the Monday Late Show on Teacher Talk Radio. You can follow her @MissFolorunsho.

Laura Gladwin (née Tilley)is the Head of Humanities at a secondary school in Bristol. She has a Masters in Education, and is currently completing an NPQSL qualification. She is an active member of the History teaching community in Bristol, particularly regarding CPD and teaching diverse histories, and she has written for Teaching History magazine. You can follow Laura @LGladwin07.