AGE
Sixty
An experienced teacher with years of stories, knowledge and classroom experience behind him.
HISTORY TEACHER
Mr Pritchard
“History only looks inevitable after it's happened.”
Sixty years old. Experienced, knowledgeable and endlessly fascinated by the past. Mr Pritchard believes history isn't just a collection of dates—it's the story of people and the choices they made.
WHO IS MR PRITCHARD?
The Teacher Who Brings the Past to Life
Mr Pritchard has spent years teaching history and has lost none of his fascination with the people, decisions and events that shaped the world.
He believes the best way to understand history is to look beyond names and dates and ask why people made the choices they did. His lessons encourage pupils to imagine what it might actually have been like to live through the events they're studying.
For Mr Pritchard, the past is never truly finished. Every generation can look back, ask new questions and discover something that everyone else missed.
AT A GLANCE
A Few Things to Know
ROLE
History Teacher
Encourages pupils to explore the people and decisions behind the events that changed the world.
TEACHING STYLE
Storyteller
Mr Pritchard has a talent for turning something that happened centuries ago into a story that feels surprisingly close.
KNOWN FOR
Going Off Topic
Ask Mr Pritchard one historical question and you may get the answer—along with three fascinating stories you weren't expecting.
STORY APPEARANCES
Follow Jake's Adventures
Jake is the narrator and central character of the This Is My... series.
LEARNING FROM THE PAST
The People Around Him
Mr Pritchard believes history is best understood through people. Whether teaching his pupils or working alongside fellow staff, he encourages everyone to look beyond the facts and consider the stories behind them.
PUPIL
Jake Morrow
Jake enjoys history most when it feels like a story, something Mr Pritchard has a talent for bringing to life through his lessons.
PUPIL
Faisal Khan
Faisal's background and experiences remind Mr Pritchard that history isn't confined to textbooks. It continues to shape the world and the people who live in it today.
COLLEAGUE
Mr Bell
Although one teaches history and the other science, both encourage pupils to question ideas, examine evidence and think for themselves.
Inspiring Scientific Curiosity
History Is More Than Dates
Mr Pritchard teaches his pupils that understanding the past means understanding people—their ambitions, their mistakes and the choices that changed everything that came afterwards.
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