Friday 22 October

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9.00am–10.00am: Keynote: GET INTO FUSE!
This year the HTAV is pleased to be a recipient of funding from the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development to create Web 2.0 resources for the department’s FUSE portal. This session will highlight two projects, the first being a collaboration between the State Library of Victoria, the Public Records Office and the HTAV which sees the creation of a virtual world around the Quarantine Station at Point Nepean in Victoria. The second project is a partnership between the HTAV and the Shrine which is a Web 2.0 resource based around Remembrance Day and Commemoration. Jo Clyne who is working extensively on these projects will take you on a tour of these exciting resources. All VELS Levels.

10.05am–11.15am: Workshop Session One
> Workshop 1: Medieval History–An Obscure Element of the Curriculum or a Cross Disciplinary Feast?
Dr Darius von Guettner, The University of Melbourne
The fledging Australian Curriculum captured headlines with the ‘back to basics’ slogan repeated by the Government. The draft of the curriculum documentation contains little or no place for Medieval History which is widely acknowledged as the springboard for the modern era. This presentation will challenge the stereotype of Middle Ages teaching and learning and aim at providing some practical strategies of how to deal with medieval history in the Middles Years and beyond. VELS Level 5.

> Workshop 2:Student-Led Expeditionary Learning in History (Lessons from the Galileo Program, The University High School)
Paul Beekman and Chris McCaw, The University High School
What happens when we release fifty Year 9 students from the confines of the tradition classroom and set them free to study history in small teams in the Melbourne CBD? Find out how the Galileo Team at The University High School achieved the aim of raising levels of student engagement, sustaining interest in learning and developing a deeper understanding of local history, in its first year teaching this exciting collaborative program. VELS Level 6.

> Workshop 3:The Bayeux Tapestry as History
Ashley Wood, Lauriston Girls’ School
We’ve all heard of the Bayeux Tapestry and the story of 1066, but there is much more to this valuable historical source than meets the eye. Within its stitches lies the key to unlocking students’ interest in the medieval period as well as showing us some fascinating and less well known details of the Norman conquest of England. VELS Level 5.

>Workshop 4:Bridging Time and Space in Ancient and Medieval History
Bill Lewis, Haileybury
The ancient and medieval societies studied in Years 7 and 8 take place across a vast distance in time and space from the lived experiences of young students in Australia. Using maps and other geospatial skills can help bridge that distance and provide links for students from their contemporary world to the places in which people lived thousands of years ago. The session will provide both a general overview of the possibilities of using geography in the history classroom, as well as some specific activities that can be used. VELS Level 5.

> Workshop 5:Big Ideas, History and the Australian Curriculum
Michael Spurr, Oxford University Press and Carmel Young, University of Sydney
This workshop introduces participants to the next generation of Oxford Big Ideas History series, the Australian Curriculum edition. Join members of our history team, as we introduce the big ideas philosophy and unveil new print and digital resources for teachers and students. All VELS Levels.

> Workshop 6:Stolen Generations History of the Ballarat Region
Jade Johnson and Alister McKeich, Connecting Home
Most students and teachers would be aware of the importance of Ballarat in Victoria’s colonial history as a place where gold was discovered. However, there is another side to the region’s history, found in the orphanages and institutions where Aboriginal children were taken to as part of what’s known as the Stolen Generations. This session will bring to life the stories and experiences of Indigenous men and women who were placed in Ballarat Orphanage and the Alexandra Baby’s Home and will feature an original film and talk from members of Victoria’s Stolen Generations. All VELS Levels.

> Workshop 7:Drama in the Classroom
Sarah Kate Hanley, Wonthaggi Secondary College
This session accesses those ‘teachable moments’ by personalising World War I through a community-based study. There will be practical examples of using primary and secondary sources with a specific focus on implementing drama activities whereby students can express empathy and feel something of others’ experiences, the good and the bad, as a consequence of war, and feel more inclined to understand and assist veterans of current conflicts. All VELS Levels.

> Workshop 8: Old Discipline, New Tricks
Rachael Hands, Simonds Catholic College
Most History teachers are sent into raptures by the sight and smell of ancient tomes and primary sources. Most of our students however, are not. Creating History Curriculum and Activities for the occasionally reluctant learners of an ‘old, boring subject’ and the ‘digital natives’ is a challenge. This session will cover a variety of ways to engage students, have fun in the classroom and encourage their passion for the life-long learning of History. All VELS Levels.

11.45am–1.00pm: Workshop Session Two
> Workshop 1:Australian History Curriculum
Patricia Hincks, VCAA
What is the shape of the revised draft for Australian curriculum in history? What knowledge, understandings and skills are emphasised? What changes and continuities are there with the VELS? What about implementation? This workshop will provide teachers with an update on History curriculum which has resulted from an extensive national consultation, provide information on implementation in Victoria as well as provide opportunities for discussion and feedback on key issues. All VELS Levels.

> Workshop 2: Scaffolding Historical Thinking: Using Artefacts in the Middle Years Classroom
Dr Catherine Hart, Luther College
This session demonstrates how students can learn about the relevance of the past to the present and future through the examination of a range of familiar artefacts. Specifically, participants will have the opportunity to explore a range of kitchen artefacts and consider how they can, through directed questioning and tactile engagement, support the development of students’ critical thinking skills. VELS Level 5.

> Workshop 3:Learning Locally: Your Community as a Rich History Resource
Dr Rosalie Triolo, Monash University
This presentation alerts teachers to the often underrated and under-utilised History Education resources that they and students pass daily to and from school. The local community can form the basis of exciting learning and inexpensive ‘walking distance’ fieldwork opportunities that connect observers to distant places and times. This presentation assists teachers to identify the opportunities, obtain support from various local, state and national organisations and enjoy learning with students about the community they share. All VELS Levels.

> Workshop 4:The Medieval World – Expanding Horizons
Wendy Smith, Distance Education Victoria
This session will examine the increasing complexity of societies in the medieval world and the impact of changes in technology, population, and the distribution of wealth and power. Wendy will then explore the voyages of discovery in this period, how they redrew the map of the world and the impact of the explorations on both the ‘new’ and ‘old’ world. The workshop will offer strategies to create an exciting depth study on the Age of Exploration built around two key inquiry questions ‘how do societies interact?’ and ‘why do societies change?’ Wendy will also discuss the new HTAV publication, Ancient and Medieval History Teacher Pack, and suggest ways in which it can be used in the classroom. VELS Level 5.

> Workshop 5:Teaching Indigenous Studies Differently: Were there Aboriginal Soldiers at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915?
Dr Dianne McDonald, Trinity Grammar School
Using the work of Anna Clark, History’s Children: History Wars in the Classroom, the History teachers at Trinity Grammar School have looked to provide academic rigour towards different and engaging ways to help students understand aspects of Indigenous History. Dianne, who has been teaching History after many years, will illustrate some of these activities, based on an Understanding by Design model, including solving the historical question: were there Aboriginal soldiers at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915? VELS Level 6.

> Workshop 6:Immigration and White Australia from the Nineteenth–Twentieth Centuries: A Perspective on Australia in the Modern World
Dr Sara Wills, University of Melbourne
One way of examining Australia’s place in the modern world – its development towards nationhood in 1901, and its consolidation of a new national identity thereafter – is to examine immigration history. Changes in Immigration History and Policy reveal much about the nation’s culture and identity, and its relations with the rest of the world. Examining developments throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, we understand how the nation came to be framed by national as well as international debates and considerations about race and immigration. In particular we learn a lot about the anxieties of a ‘white nation’ located in Asia, and how that has influenced discussions of identity, belonging and citizenship – who can ‘get in’ and who can’t – right up to the present day. In this presentation, senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne, Dr Sara Wills, will focus upon the history of the White Australia policy and indicate how this was framed by international as well as national developments and considerations, and how we should understand its legacy today. All VELS Levels.

> Workshop 7:Discover, Explore and Connect Online Twentieth Century Australian Archival Records with Classroom Enquiry
Margaret Fleming, National Archives of Australia
How do you help your students develop online research skills? Where will you find hundreds of online original records that link perfectly to 20th century Australian history and civics and citizenship? Bring archival records into your classroom via the National Archives of Australia’s vitual reading room, Vrroom at vrroom.naa.gov.au. Participants will leave the workshop with ways to engage students with archival records, techniques to help develop online research skills and confidence to explore this straight forward research site. Get out of the room and get into Vrr...oom! All VELS Levels.

> Workshop 8:Teaching History Using Movies: Values and Limitations
Dr Paul Bartrop, Bialik College
Students today are likely to encounter History in films both before and after their formal history education. There is thus a need for them to understand how films can support a more sophisticated learning of History. By enhancing the development of such an historical understanding, our students need to be equipped with ways of knowing and thinking about the past, and how it is represented in film – the most likely source of popular historical literacy they will encounter in the future. The aim of this presentation is to show some of the ways in which students can be provided with the skills and knowledge to analyse, interpret, and evaluate historically based films, in a productive way that transcends the simplistic, passive, ‘watching of movies’ that characterises so much of youth culture in the early twenty-first century. VELS Level 6.

> Workshop 9:Contemporary Learning in a Museum Setting
Marion Littlejohn, Sovereign Hill Museum
At the Sovereign Hill Museum in Ballarat the education team has been researching and developing strategies to ensure teenagers get the most out of a museum visit. By using digital technology, they have developed simple techniques that have enabled students of all abilities to produce worthwhile reasoned responses to historic contentions. And more importantly, students have had fun and enjoyed themselves while engaging in higher order thinking, using complex historic skills. All VELS

2.00–3.30pm: Workshop Session Three
> Workshop 1:Critical Literacy in the History Classroom: Teaching Ancient Greece and Alexander the Great
Associate Professor Joseph Zajda, Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus) and John Whitehouse, University of Melbourne
This session will focus on the use of critical literacy to promote analytical thinking in teaching Ancient Greece history. It will refer to Alexander the Great and his impact on the Ancient Greece. It will offer inquiry approach in the classroom. Participants will be asked to develop their pedagogies to teaching Ancient Greece, by means of critical literacy, and critical thinking, which they can adapt and take back to their classrooms. VELS Level 5.

> Workshop 2:The Wattle and the Maple Leaf: An Historical Analysis of Two Daughters of Empire: Australia and Canada 1750–1901
James Fiford, Camberwell Girls Grammar School
This presentation will seek to offer some research and potential units of study pertaining to the proposed Australian Curriculum’s Year 9 Level – The Making of the Modern World and Australia from 1750–1901. An analysis of the histories of Australia and Canada provides fascinating possibilities for research into the “transformation of an ‘Old World’ and the creation of ‘New World’ settler societies”, and enables students to consider key questions identified by the Australian Curriculum. VELS Level 6.

> Workshop 3:Learning in the City
Jan Molloy, Immigration Museum, Liz Suda, Melbourne Museum
Do you bring your students into the city of Melbourne as part of your beyond the classroom learning? Do you include historical understanding in your activities? Do you include multicultural Melbourne or Indigenous Melbourne? Museum Victoria offers a range of programs and resources that can enrich city based learning and ground students understanding of the city in the rich
history of this state, which are also accessible through FUSE. Walk part of the Golden Mile, with Jan and Liz, and learn about online, on-site and city based resources that you can use to scaffold student-based research in the city of Melbourne and in local communities. All VELS Levels.

> Workshop 4:From Flanders Field (or Hellfire Pass) to the Classroom
Margaret Pagone, The King David School
Nothing can replace the actual experience of trudging over muddy mounds at Hill 60 or up and down steep paths on the trail of the ‘line’. However, the fruits of this adventure must inform, enliven and enrich the Year 9 or 10 History classroom. This session will explore notions and ideas gleaned from an amazing trip with the 2010 ‘Premier’s Spirit of Anzac’ group to the Western Front and the Thai-Burma Railway and delve into several examples of practical applications prompted by it. VELS Level 6.

> Workshop 5:Teaching and Respecting Difference – The Australian and Turkish Shared Experience of Gallipoli
Stuart Baines, Australian War Memorial
Often we are taught or are told through the media about the shared experience of the Turkish and Australians. We are reminded that we share common ideals and a common bond that was forged on the shores of Gallipoli. This however is not entirely the case. Like any battle ground, Gallipoli was bloody, vicious and traumatic and the way that the Turkish people responded to that
then and now is very different to that of Australians. All VELS Levels.

> Workshop 6:Multi-modal History to Keep Students Interested!
Nick Frigo, Education Consultant
In this presentation, Nick will highlight the manner in which use of a range of multi-modal platforms can be a very successful way of enthusing students about History, keeping them engaged and deepening their knowledge of ‘key content’ and the development of skills which will serve them well into Year 10 and VCE History. In the context of the recent debates in England concerning the government decision to engage the services of academic Niall Ferguson to ‘shake and revitalise the popularity of History in schools with the use of games, television and a range of other platforms’, Nick will show how such things are a proven
means to maintain student interest in History during what can be a challenging time in the educational years. VELS Level 6.

> Workshop 7: Chat and Comics: Practical Strategies to bring the Australian Curriculum to Life through Discussion and Visual Analysis
Rebecca Cairns, Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College, Geelong
Find out how the Community of Inquiry discussion format can develop students’ skills in historical inquiry, philosophical inquiry, thinking and oral communication. Also, see how much fun can be had with a speech bubble and programs such as Comic Life when developing students’ empathy and ability to analyse visual primary sources, such as photographs, political cartoons and
propaganda. All VELS Levels.

> Workshop 8:Australia’s Wartime History: A Great Resource
Merrillee Chignell, Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Tapping into the wealth of educational resources, publications and websites developed by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs,is a great way to find yourself a set of fresh ideas for teaching about Australia’s wartime history. This session will open your eyes to the new educational publications on Gallipoli, new websites and show you ways to make the most of the Anzac Day and Remembrance Day posters. For your personal copy of education resources join us for this session. All VELS Levels.

> Workshop 9:Unlocking the Heraldic Code
Trevor Sowdon, St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School
This is a presentation on a short unit on Heraldry (which would mesh in with any Medieval history or personal genealogical research). It will cover the origins, purpose, components, terminology and symbolism of coats-of-arms. It will include advice on how to prepare students to assemble their own meaningful coat-of-arms, dos and don’ts, as well as sources to help the teacher
and students. VELS Level 5.

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