My expertise in a variety of fields has enabled me to teach a range of subjects. I have taught ages 7-18 and absolutely love being in the classroom to share my knowledge, experiences and enthusiasm for learning. I enjoy helping young people to spark a fascination for the past and an active, critical mindset to navigate the world today. I have always been an active participant of the Teaching and Learning Groups within the schools I have worked, placing an emphasis on the importance of blending academic rigour and creativity in order to encourage genuine intellectual curiosity. I have a particular interest in the History curriculum for Key Stage 3 and how to increase knowledge and skills about the global world, differences in gendered narratives and the work of historians and archaeologists.

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Textbooks

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• In the wake of increasing news stories about sexual assault in schools and in wider society, in Spring 2021, I established a new extra-curricular club after school to deconstruct and discuss these issues through placing them into a rigorous historical context. Each session is based around a short piece of reading that is emailed to students in advance, ranging from news stories and biographies to political philosophy texts and film/book reviews.

• Students have avidly expressed how much the creation of this programme has helped them to understand the historical foundations of patriarchy and how it plays out in their own everyday lives for both men and women. We do not shy away from difficult and controversial conversations, though we also emphasise positive female empowerment by uncovering stories that students haven’t heard before from their normal lessons. We are also raising awareness across the school through fundraising for women’s charities.

• Every school should set up their own Athena Society to celebrate women’s achievements as well as critically analyse the causes of oppression through politics, art and literature over time. Get in touch to collaborate! See further details at http://www.athenasociety.com

• Keep updated on our latest news and analysis by following @athenasocietyofficial on Instagram and visit www.athenasocietyofficial.com for further information, including lots of great merch options to buy! You can also read more about the content of our sessions in the weekly updated blog.

• I presented at the Classical Association Conference at the University of Cambridge about the work we have done so far in April 2023

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• One of the most powerful ways to counter prejudice is to highlight the historical foundations of it. The forgotten histories of queer people through time must be uncovered to help students see how sexual diversity has always been part of civilisations across the world. We should always try to integrate these stories into our curricula and highlight that in many periods of time LGBT labels were not even used. Queerness does not need to be the focus of a lesson but simply treated as another point when we tell a character’s story so that we do not unintentionally erase queer relationships.
• Read more about the content of the newsletters written for Pride Week 2022, including my articles on the history of queerness in the ancient, medieval, early modern, 19th/20th century and Postwar periods.

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• Black History should be integrated into our history curricula through all key stages. I have always advocated for World History options so that students do not focus all their attention on Britain through their studies. Representation matters, not least because it is a more accurate portrayal of the past. We must explicitly teach the historical foundations of racism as a social construct in certain time periods to explain its impact in the modern world.
• Read more about the content of the newsletters written for Black History Month 2021, including my article on ‘Broadening Horizons’.
• I hosted a podcast interview discussing Post-colonial Britain and better ways to approach Empire studies in schools. Listen to the episode

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Conferences

Presentations:

• West London Free School History Conference 2020, London: ‘How to ramp up rigour at KS3-without losing the fun!’
• With the pressures on departments from the exam year groups each year, KS3 can often fall down the priority list. But we do this to our own detriment as these students will be doing their GCSEs and A levels before long and it is so important to embed the correct enthusiasm and skills, particularly a desire to read which is essential for working historians.
• The focus of my presentation was on how I overhauled the KS3 curriculum at my school, how it was planned and mapped and what resources were used to encourage more reading in each lesson to improve student literacy. I compared examples of work from Key Stage 2 with Key Stage 3 to show how there often seems to be a regression in challenge offered in class, which can contribute to poor behaviour.
• I also showed examples of how students enjoyed class with creative projects which shouldn’t be lost in lower year groups when students are especially keen to be enthused by their subjects.
• Classical Association Conference 2023, University of Cambridge: ‘Athena Society: Teaching gender equality through Classics, History, Literature, Art and Culture’
•  In 2021 I pioneered a student research group named Athena Society to discuss gender equality issues. Each term our group of young historians review articles, books, films and news stories through face to face discussion on how to analyse culture through a feminist lens.
• Classical Association Conference 2024, University of Warwick (proposals pending)
• Historical Association Conference 2024 (proposals pending)
• Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism 2024, University of Edinburgh (proposals pending)

Attendance

• Historical Association Annual Conference, Bristol 2022
• Completed almost 20 workshops over two days

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