Recent ideas in themes of history and the environment.
How can history teaching adapt and respond to the latest developments in environmental thinking? Oxford University and UCL researchers and teacher-educators discuss recent ideas in the Environmental Humanities, meeting points for History and environmental themes, and the inclusion of climate and ecological content within the secondary History curriculum.
Speakers:
- Amanda Power, Associate Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford
- Alison Kitson, Associate Professor of Education and Programme Director, Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education at the Institute of Education, UCL
- Katharine Burn, Associate Professor of Education and PGCE Course Director, University of Oxford
- Tom Hilton, History Teacher and Deputy Head at The Cherwell School, Oxford
Resources
- History as Wonder: Beginning with Historiography – 1st Edition – Marini (Routledge)
- Ian Mortimer’s Time Traveller’s Guides
- History and the Climate Crisis
- The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis a book by Amitay Ghosh
- The Earth Transformed: An Untold History a book by Peter Frankopan
- Climate, environment and history
- Teaching for sustainable futures – IOE – Faculty of Education and Society
- Tech Climate History – bringing an environmental perspective to school history
- Youth, Society, and Sustainable Futures BA
