Teaching Medieval Women is a collaborative project between teachers and academics, looking to find new and innovative ways to bring the subject of medieval women into the classroom.
New Content
Teaching Medieval Women is pleased to present our first animated short, aimed at KS3 students and showcasing the lives of 6 extraordinary medieval women from around the world.
Interested in co-creating materials with TMW?
Is there a particular topic or historical woman that you would like to see covered?
Teaching Medieval Women is keen to facilitate more opportunities for teachers and academics to work together to bring medieval women’s history into the classroom.
If you would like the chance to co-create educational materials with other teachers and academics, drop us an email.
Events
Teaching Medieval Women runs various events, including Continuous Professional Development (CPD) days for teachers and members of the public. These days typically involve academic talks, panel discussions and workshop exercises.
Historical Association Conference
The Eastside Rooms, Birmingham
10-11 May 2024
Teaching Medieval Women will be speaking at the 2024 HA conference.
More information to follow.
East Midlands CPD Day
Nottingham Trent University
14 June 2024
Calling all History teachers in the Midlands! Teaching Medieval Women is holding a CPD day at Nottingham Trent University’s City campus.
More information to follow.
Winchester CPD Day
Peter Symonds College
18 June 2024
Be sure to save the date in your diaries because Teaching Medieval Women is running a CPD day at Peter Symonds College, Winchester.
More information to follow.
Leeds IMC Conference
University of Leeds
1 July 2024
Teaching Medieval Women will be chairing a panel at the Leeds International Medieval Congress on 1 July.
Recent Posts
Teaching Medieval Women at North London Collegiate School
TMW’s own Ms Brock reflects on the first year of teaching her KS3 module at North London Collegiate School. A key part of the Teaching Medieval Women Project’s first year of work has involved NLCS implementing a scheme of work which includes the case studies, ideas and resources that we have all been working on…
Natasha Hodgson writes for End Sexism in Schools
It is no longer enough to have a token ‘women’ question (many exam papers have none!), a couple of pages in a textbook dedicated to women, or just a single female case study in a six-week module to ‘balance’ a topic. Girls in every classroom today will face a variety of challenges based on historic…
The Animated Stories of 6 Medieval Women From Around the World
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2024, the Teaching Medieval Women team are excited to premiere a short animated film about six medieval women from around the globe aimed at KS3! This film was commissioned by us and created by a talented group of undergraduate Animation students at Nottingham Trent University working under the name, Palette Productions.…
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