PROGRAM FOR THURSDAY 16 JULY 2009

8.00–9.00: Registration

9.00 – 9.05: Welcome to Land
Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin, Senior Elder of the Wurundjeri people

9.05–10.05: Keynote Address
Where Next with the National Curriculum?
Professor Stuart Macintyre, The University of Melbourne
History is one the first four subjects to be developed for the national curriculum. A framing paper for history was prepared with the assistance of an advisory group, revised in the light of a forum late last year, and then opened for wider consultation. The large number of submissions identified areas of agreement and disagreement, support and concern. The address will discuss the underlying principles, the issues raised during the development process and future prospects. The road to a national History curriculum is paved with intentions, some of them noble, and littered with disappointments. Can we expect this effort to succeed?

10.05–10.30: National Curriculum
A Report on HTAA’s Response
Paul Kiem, HTAA President
This presentation will outline HTAA’s involvement in and response to the National Curriculum development process. Up to date information will be provided and there will be an opportunity for feedback and discussion.

10.30–11.00: Morning Tea

11.00–12.30: Workshop Session One
Please choose one workshop from this session.

1- Bricks, Mortar and Big Ideas: the Canberra Story You Don’t Know
Dr David Headon, Chief Minister’s Department, ACT Government
Unbeknown to most Australians, including many teachers of History, the national capital was founded on an assortment of the most progressive ideas to emerge, worldwide, in the last decades of the nineteenth century. New curriculum units, recently created by primary and secondary history teachers in the ACT, are currently being taught in a pilot program in the ACT in First Term, 2009. In this workshop, the
background to these units will be outlined, why they are important, the onset of Canberra’s Centenary birthdays (2008–2013), and the intention to take the units out nationally.
GENERAL

2- Journey to Pompeii at Melbourne Museum
Liz Suda, Melbourne Museum; Rosaria Zarro, Museum Victoria
A Day in Pompeii exhibition, to be held at Melbourne Museum from 26 June to 25 October 2009 will offer students and teachers the rare opportunity to experience life in the ancient city of Pompeii, Italy, without leaving Australia. Teachers will explore the programs and resources developed by education staff; hands-on learning experiences that will bring the exhibition to life. The workshop will focus on how teachers can build a meaningful and engaging unit of work around the exhibition which will focus on daily life in Pompeii, the eruption of Vesuvius and archaeological methods used in Pompeii today.
MIDDLE YEARS (7–10)

3- Interactive Whiteboards for Technophobes
Nigel Davies, Medieval Education
Increasing students’ attention to, and retention of, history topics should be made easier by appropriate use of Interactive Whiteboards. This hands-on session will demonstrate how even the most technophobic teachers can get good pedagogical results with simple and accessible techniques. With a bit of practice, it takes as little as ten minutes to design and build an interactive topic which will greatly enhance learning and drastically reduce your testing and marking workload. Samples will be taken from topics that have proved popular with schools such as ‘A Woman’s Place in Western History - 1AD to 19C’.
GENERAL

4- Engaging the Digital Native
Troy Bullock, John Wiley and Sons Australia Ltd; Ashley Wood, Lauriston Girls’ School
Discover how easy it can be to integrate exciting ICT activities into your History classroom! In this workshop Troy and Ashley will lead participants through an exploration of Jacaranda’s new online technologies developed specifically for the History and Humanities classrooms. Participants will delve into a virtual world of the past using Jacaranda’s eBookPLUS and its exciting resources, including interactivities, eLessons and the new ProjectsPLUS. This is an invitation to explore these innovative resources before they are released. Participants in this workshop will be required to bring their own laptop computer with wireless internet connection. Limited to 24 participants.
MIDDLE YEARS (7–10)

5- Geography for History Trained Teachers
Adriana Abels, Geography Teachers’ Association of Victoria
The teaching of a subject outside one’s discipline is often daunting. History teachers are often asked to teach Geography. The aim of this workshop is to arm the History teacher with practical activities and ideas using a range of resources to make this task less onerous.
MIDDLE YEARS (7–10)

6- Studied in its Own Right? The Holocaust and the National Curriculum
Adele Briskman, Glen Waverley Secondary College; Nigel Mitchell, Saint Ignatius College, South Australia
The National Curriculum Framing Paper states ‘The Holocaust that Hitler and the Nazis inflicted on European Jewry will be studied in its own right..’(section 110). This workshop will introduce participants to the print and electronic resources available through Yad Vashem, the Israeli National Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, to equip teachers for studies in the Holocaust and related topics. The workshop will also include a discussion of concerns which have been raised in the Jewish community and more widely about the wording of section 110 of the Framing Paper, especially in regard to the uniqueness of the Holocaust event and the history of anti-Semitism. Participants in this workshop will be required to bring their own laptop computer with wireless internet connection. Limited to 24 participants.
GENERAL

7- Australian Prisoners of War
Michael Caulfield, Australians at War Film Archive
In March of 2009, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs released to Australian high schools the educational resource entitled, Australian Prisoners of War. In this session, Michael one of the producers of the resource, will explain the methodology and processes used to construct the resource, explore its potential classroom use for teachers and suggest further use by teachers of the source material for the resource, the Australians at War Film Archive.
GENERAL

8- Teaching Diverse Representations of the 1917 Russian Revolution: Classroom Pedagogies
John Whitehouse, The University of Melbourne; Associate Professor Joseph Zajda, Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus)
This presentation examines teaching significant historical events such as the Russian Revolution in schools. It discusses various pedagogical models in teaching significant events, ranging from traditional teaching methods focusing on ‘the facts’ to progressivist and transformative pedagogies based on historical understanding and thinking. It is argued that history pedagogies, grounded in constructivist, metacognitive and transformational paradigms, have the power to engage the learner in significant and meaningful learning experiences, concerning multiple discourses of our historical narratives and those of other nations. It considers the role of historiography in the classroom in teaching various representations and interpretations of the 1917 Russian Revolution.
GENERAL

9- Podcasting: Create! Record! Share! Learn!
Mandy Ross, Centre For Skills Development
This hands-on workshop is a comprehensive introduction to podcasting and its multiple applications in the classroom. In this interactive and engaging workshop you will: Be fully briefed on what podcasting is, and how it can apply to your world Receive hands-on experience with ‘GarageBand’: recording, creating and sharing podcasts and audio files. Be exposed to the latest, greatest and easiest in audio-recording and sharing technology on a brand-spanking-new laptop. Have your head filled with possibilities for how this technology can be easily and accessibly integrated into your class room Limited to 20 people. Mac laptops will be supplied.
GENERAL

10- Interactive Whiteboards and the History Classroom
Lauren O’Grady, Edsoft
Interactive Whiteboards are popping up in classrooms right across Australia but many people ask ‘How does it link to my subject area?’ In this session, participants will learn about the possibilities of IWB use in the History classroom. Interactive Whiteboards provide a great opportunity to open the window of the world and the web into your classroom. Come and look at whiteboard examples and ideas and experience how these tools can change the History classroom. Teachers will be required to bring their laptops to this session with the IWB software they use.
GENERAL

11- Discover, Explore and Connect Original Twentieth Century Australian Archival Records to Classroom Enquiry
Margaret Fleming, National Archives of Australia
Discover original records from the National Archives of Australia that link perfectly to civics and citizenship and twentieth century Australian history. Explore some of the millions of digital records on-line and connect your students through experiential learning activities to the joys of online research. Participants will leave the workshop with ideas for inquiry-based units and experiential learning activities, copies of original records and the confidence to explore twentieth century Australian records online at naa.gov.au and its associated websites including Vrroom, Mapping our Anzacs and Australia’s Prime Ministers.
GENERAL

12- Simply Super Stories 1
Richard Malone, Caulfield Grammar School
Stories are the lifeblood of engaging History. Stories reveal the essential life issues of passion, betrayal, friendship, courage, humour and power. This workshop will share some simply super stories that can be used in your classroom from Years 7 to 12, from the vicious Vikings to the funny French. Come prepared to listen, learn and laugh. This is a repeat of the session delivered at the HTAV’s Annual Conference, October 2008.
GENERAL

12.30–1.30: Lunch

1.30–2.30: Workshop Session Two
Please choose one workshop from this session.

1-Sharing Stories: Bringing Together Veterans and Students in Regional Victoria
Steven Cooke, Shrine of Remembrance
This session reports on findings from a new outreach program developed by the Shrine of Remembrance. The program, delivered in schools in regional and remote Victoria, incorporates hands-on activities with authentic artefacts and memorabilia, veteran testimony and student role play with the aim of providing students with the tools to understand Australia’s wartime and peacekeeping history and the service of the nation’s veterans.
PRIMARY, MIDDLE YEARS (7–10)

2- School Histories: The Often Overlooked Valuable History Resource
Dr Rosalie Triolo, Monash University
School authorities, teachers and students shape and respond to the social, political, economic and environmental experiences of local communities and nations. Even so, school histories are almost completely overlooked as worthwhile resources, not only by social historians but also by the people whose stories they tell – teachers and students. School histories can bring the past and a local community to life, and can explain the interconnections between school, local, state, national and international communities. This presentation offers advice on how to obtain and use ‘school history resources’, then makes its point through a richly-illustrated lecture: the unusual case of how Victoria’s Education Department chose to represent Australia’s ‘friends’ and ‘enemies’ during the Great War of 1914–18, especially German and Turkish people, but also other ‘enemies’ within Australian society at the time.
GENERAL

3- Using Sources to Stimulate Your Australian History Lessons
Jo Leech, Carey Baptist Grammar School
Teaching Australian History can be a challenge with the range of students in your class. This session will give you concrete ideas, materials and examples of how to tap into all learning styles using primary and secondary sources.
MIDDLE YEARS (7–10), VCE

4- Teaching the Stolen Generations: A Living History
Jade Johnson, Stolen Generations Victoria
Far from being an obscure moment in the distant past, the Stolen Generations is a unique historical phenomenon which continues to be debated, discussed and even denied. The 2008 parliamentary Apology was a significant moment in Australia’s history, no doubt one that many students will remember. But why was an apology given? How come the government took children from their parents? The Stolen Generations can be a challenging topic to teach and engage students with. Brad Brown will speak about the Stolen Generations and demonstrate some of the resources Stolen Generations Victoria has developed to assist teachers with this difficult, but important, aspect of Australia’s recent history.
GENERAL

5- Using Mnemonics in History
Trevor Sowdon, St Paul’s Anglican Grammar
This presentation is designed to show how mnemonics - memory aids such as songs, poems, visuals, acronyms and acrostics - can aid students to remember key people, events, dates, policies and approaches in any level of history.
GENERAL

6- Using Objects to Engage Students with Australian History
Lyn Beasley, National Museum of Australia
The research evidence as documented around the world shows that museums motivate students to learn and enjoy learning. Museums have not only an opportunity but a responsibility to enable students to learn in ways that are differentiated from but complementary to those offered in schools. Museum programs not only disseminate information but engage and inspire in a creative and fun way. Museums use a variety of communication techniques to convey meaning. First and foremost they use objects, artefacts and specimens. They also use a variety of other communication techniques such as object labels, text panels, graphics, images, computer interactives and audio-visual presentations. Lyn will outline ways teachers can use museum techniques to engage students in the classroom.
GENERAL

7- Moodle and the History Curriculum
Malcolm Linder, Pembroke School, South Australia
Moodle is a free and open source e-learning software platform, also known as a Course Management System, Learning Management System, or Virtual Learning Environment. Moodle is designed to help educators create online courses with opportunities for rich interaction. Its open source licence and modular design means that people can develop additional
functionality. In this hands-on session, Malcolm will demonstrate the capabilities of Moddle in a secondary school classroom. Participants in this workshop will be required to bring their own laptop computer with wireless internet connection. Limited to 24 participants.
GENERAL

8- Australia in the Near East 1915–1930
Dr Panayiotis Diamadis, St Andrew’s Cathedral School, Sydney
This fully illustrated presentation is designed as an overview of Australian involvement in the Near East during World War I and the Inter-War Period. This includes the various military campaigns, prisoners-of-war, the Dunsterforce and the humanitarian relief effort for the survivors of the Armenian, Assyrian and Hellenic Genocides. This overview will present some neglected chapters of Australian history in their global context, showcasing the range of activities Australians were engaged in decades before the Gulf Wars of the 1990s.
VCE

9- Get Connected: Online Resources and Web 2.0 for the History Teacher
Kerry Rowett, Connect, eLearning, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria
Want to use more online resources in your History classroom? Start at www.education.vic.gov.au/teacher. This publicly accessible site (no passwords!) is designed to help teachers and students locate great websites for teaching and learning. A practical session focused on how to find and use great websites, animations, videos, games and Web 2.0 tools for use in the History teacher’s classroom. Participants in this workshop will be required to bring their own laptop computer with wireless internet connection. Limited to 24 participants.
GENERAL

10- M is for Mates: Animals in War
Merrillee Chignell, Department of Veterans Affairs; Robyn Siers, Australian War Memorial
This beautifully illustrated book developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Australian War Memorial provides an introduction to the teaching of Australian History using the stories of animals in wartime and peace operations. Explore the fascinating stories, quirky facts and activities in this interesting book.
PRIMARY, MIDDLE YEARS (7–10)

11- History in the Making: Using the Resources of the Immigration Museum Melbourne
Catherine Devine, St Monica’s College, Epping; Jan Molloy, Immigration Museum
This session will explore the ways in which Victoria’s Immigration Museum is offering students and teachers online, onsite and offsite resources to investigate the notion of identity. What is identity both individually and collectively and can we have multiple identities? Is there such a thing as an Australian Identity and does it matter?
MIDDLE YEARS (7–10), VCE

12- Civics and Citizenship in your National Capital: Collecting, Preserving and Sharing the Australian Identity
Garry Watson, National Capital Educational Tourism Project
Discover how the National Capital cultural institutions and the stories they collect are intertwined to provide a picture of Australia’s history, heritage and identity. Facilitated by Garry Watson of the National Capital Educational Tourism Project, representatives from Old Parliament House, National Portrait Gallery, Australian War Memorial, National Archives of Australia and National Museum of Australia will each share a story that begs the question ‘what makes an active citizen?’
GENERAL

2.30–3.30: Workshop Session Three
Please choose one workshop from this session.

1- ‘Where Were You Mutti’? How Successful has Feminist Theory been in Decreasing Gender Bias in Educational Textbooks? (A Case Study from the NSW Stage 6 Study of Germany 1919-1939)
Robert James Hamilton, Camden High School NSW and sessional lecturer UTS, Department of Education and Training NSW
The institutional recognition of female agency to historical processes is recognised in the NSW Modern History Stage 6 Syllabus (rev. 1999/2004). Given that schools are natural connectors between societies on matters of culture and social democracy, a study of current senior history texts presents an opportunity to critique the progress of educational reform in female inclusion, with the school as mediator of social change and social justice. This presentation focuses on the key texts for the most popular NSW Stage 6 HSC unit, Germany 1919–1939, and employs the Banks Scale of Inclusion to argue that despite being adroit with the language of reform, there are notable inconsistencies between curriculum support materials for this unit of work and the discourses of the more recent historical literacies.
GENERAL

2- Historic Impact! The Influence of the Human Rights Movement
Alisa Cleary, Global Education Project Victoria
The signing of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 was historic for many reasons but the impact of the human rights movement globally has been significant ever since. In this workshop, a number of resources will be profiled to highlight the importance of the human rights movement on people’s lives, national events and international relations.
MIDDLE YEARS (7–10)

3- Eugenics: How a Pseudo-science Changed the World
Kate Quin, Loyola College
The overarching philosophies which guide the currents of change may not always be evident, particularly if modern society no longer subscribes to such beliefs. Today, it may be hard to comprehend fully the impact of the eugenics movement on the development of scientific, philosophical and political movements at the beginning of the twentieth century. Starting with some discussion of the Eugenics Society of Victoria, of which virtually every prominent Melbournian was a member, this presentation will investigate the way this pseudo-science fed in to the movements of the promotion of prophylaxis, women’s rights, the justification of European colonialism, the concept of the Master Race and of course, early support for Hitler’s genocidal policies. It will also consider how the current practices of pre-natal diagnosis and gene selection were at least partially born out of eugenics. Alongside this discussion, ways to bring the eugenics movement alive for today’s students will also be investigated.
VCE

4- Somme Mud Junior
Will Davies, Look Film Productions Pty Ltd
Will Davies presents his latest book, Somme Mud, which tells of the devastating experiences of Edward Lynch, a young Australian private during World War I when he served with the 45th battalion of the Australian Infantry Forces on the Western Front at the Somme, which saw the most bloody and costly fighting of the war. In just eight weeks, there were 23 000 Australian casualties. From his first day setting sail for France as the band played Boys of the Dardanelles and the crowd proudly waved their fresh-faced boys off, to the harsh reality of the trenches of France and its pale-faced weary men, Lynch captures the essence and contradictions of war. Now there is a ‘junior’ version of Somme Mud, being published in mid-2009 by Random House. This will be a useful and timely edition for use in secondary schools. It speaks in a language of a past era, yet is funny and easy to understand.
VCE

5- If You’re Irish Come into the Parlour
Marion Littlejohn, Sovereign Hill
The new National Curriculum stresses the need to incorporate global perspectives into our Australian History courses. We ightly celebrate the benefits derived from living in a modern multi-cultural community but we shouldn’t forget that Australian society has been largely composed of immigrants since colonial times. The very first wave of European migration included many Irish who came as convicts and free settlers. It has been claimed that 30 per cent of the present day Australian population have some Irish blood in their veins. How has this influenced the development of our national identity? Why did so many Irish settle in Australia and what are some of their stories?
MIDDLE YEARS (7–10), VCE

6- ‘Australia and the Vietnam War’: Exploring a Department of Veterans’ Affairs Website
Ian Hodges, Department of Veterans’ Affairs
The Vietnam War was the longest conflict in which Australians have been involved: the first troops to serve arrived in 1962, the last to leave came home in 1972. In the intervening years more than 50 000 Australians were deployed to Vietnam, some 500 lost their lives. Almost 40 years after its end the war continues to generate controversy, much of the reality of the soldiers’ experience and of the domestic response has become lost in myth and cliché. The Department of Veterans’ Affairs is developing a website titled Australia and the Vietnam War as part of a suite of sites on the conflicts in which Australia has been involved. Australia and the Vietnam War looks at both the military side of the war and the ways in which it was viewed by the Australian public. In addition to wide-ranging text, the site includes photographs, artworks, interviews, maps and footage from the period. In this presentation, Ian will demonstrate how this website might be used to generate discussion and facilitate an understanding of the Vietnam War.
GENERAL

7- How did King Harold Godwinson Really Die?
Luke Cashman, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Of all the questions raised about the Battle of Hastings, the manner of Harold Godwinson’s death is the most intriguing. A range of primary and secondary sources, including the Bayeux Tapestry, will be presented, analysed and evaluated as we question the truth of the ‘arrow in the eye’ theory. This session will present a useful model for inquiry-based projects in the Year 8 Medieval History classroom.
MIDDLE YEARS (7–10)

8- French Revolution Online
Dr Adrian Jones, La Trobe University; Ross Smith, Parade College
The use of the web can extend and deepen the study of the French Revolution. No one written text can possibly contain the hundreds of written and graphic images generated at the time of the Revolution. In a website sponsored by the HTAV, however the authors have collected an enormous number of documents and links that aim to enliven and deepen the understanding of this fascinating period. Designed with the VCE course in mind, and designed to work in tandem with a narrative history or a textbook, the site provides a useful structure for both students and teachers.
VCE

9-Courage to Care: Learning from History
Anthony Weldon, Courage to Care
Students learn history best when they are able to hear directly the personal experiences of witnesses to major events. The Courage to Care Program includes the personal live testimony of Holocaust survivors. The focus of this well established program are the so-called Righteous Among the Nations, those individuals, families, villages and countries who showed the courage to care for Jews, the main victims of that period of history. This workshop will replicate for teachers the total experience for students who participate in this program.
GENERAL

10- History, People and Places
Krysia Kitch and Kristie Mack, National Portrait Gallery
This workshop investigates selected historical moments by scrutinising specific portraits through active engagement facilitated by two Education staff members from the National Portrait Gallery. This is an opportunity for participants to explore portraits from the National Portrait Gallery collection, as primary historical documents for upper secondary students.
VCE

11- The Gallipoli Experience: Using Empathy to Engage Students
Rob Soward, University of Tasmania
Rob was the recipient of the Frank MacDonald Prize enabling him to visit the Gallipoli and Western Front battlefields.
Rob will outline how he used this experience to guide planning the development of units designed to engage students through the use of empathy in the history area.
GENERAL

12- Telling Significant Stories in the Russian and Chinese Revolutions
Tom Ryan, Woodleigh School, Baxter
The complexity of events in the Russian and Chinese Revolutions is notoriously overwhelming for students, especially for reluctant readers. However, a good ‘story’ can make the period come alive and holds the potential to highlight a significant element of the course. Tales of blood and guts, stupidity, silliness, sex, tragedy and random anecdotes for Generation Y will be shared in this session.
VCE

3.30: Social Hour – it’s free!
Exhibition Area
Join other delegates for free drinks and nibbles. Come and see a special event. A presentation of stage magic which relates exclusively to the teaching and learning of history? Impossible! Be entertained by history-teacher-turned-magician Jo Clyne as she puts on her magical thinking hat and waxes lyrical on the subjects of conjuring and history education.
Thank you to National Capital Educational Tourism Project for sponsoring this event.

Social Evening Thursday night
Enjoy a casual evening with colleagues in a restaurant at Southgate. Meet at the entrance to Hempisphere Conference Centre at 6.30pm and a taxi will transport us. Meals and drinks at the participant’s expense.

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