Program
HTAV Annual Conference: HISTORY NOW
Thursday 27 – Friday 28 July 2023 | Jasper Hotel, Melbourne CBD
Early bird Rate closes midnight Wednesday 12 July.
All registrations close Tuesday 18 July.
The HTAV Annual Conference, themed History Now, will feature an impressive range of workshops, lectures and practical seminars that will provide ideas for engaging classroom strategies, activities and pedagogy to help build on the learning outcomes of students.
Learn from experts from schools and organisations across Victoria in an environment filled with like-minded educators. This is an experience rich with insights that you can take back to your classrooms and share with your school community. The evaluation feedback from our conferences shows that teachers advance their subject-specific knowledge and practice by reaching beyond their own school gates.
Join us on an informative and insightful History journey and share in the unique spirit when the History community comes together.
Confirmation emails with session allocations and full event details will be issued during the week beginning Monday 24 July.
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DAY ONE – Thursday 27 July
9.00 am | REGISTRATION |
9.50 am | WELCOME AND HOUSEKEEPING |
10.20 am | SESSION 1: Please choose one workshop from this session. |
T1.1 | Tackling Tokenism: Teaching Stolen Generations History with Confidence Dr Aleryk Fricker, Deakin University MIDDLE YEARS (LEVELS 9–10) |
T1.2 | So I’m a Teacher—Now What?! Mitchell Pawsey, Dandenong High School, and Dafina Spahiu, McKinnon Secondary College EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP |
T1.3 | The Impossible Task: Teaching World War II![]() Melanie Haley and Stephen White, Oxley Christian College MIDDLE YEARS (LEVELS 9–10) | BYOD |
T1.4 | Assessment and Reporting in a Developmental Learning ![]() Ecosystem Ben Lawless, Aitken College, The University of Melbourne, Lawless Learning GENERAL (LEVELS 7–10) | BYOD |
T1.5 | Using Historical Sources as Evidence in F–6 Classrooms![]() Dr Natasha Ziebell, The University of Melbourne PRIMARY (LEVELS F–6) | BYOD |
T1.6 | Is It Real? Exploring Primary Sources with Sovereign Hill Andrew Pearce, Sovereign Hill Museums Association MIDDLE YEARS | VCE |
T1.7 | Building Empires: The Origins of the French and Russian ![]() Revolutions Professor Darius von Güttner, Australian Catholic University VCE EMPIRES | VCE REVOLUTIONS | BYOD |
11.15 am | MORNING TEA |
11.50 am | SESSION 2: Please choose one workshop from this session. |
T2.1 | Object-Based Learning in the History Classroom Bek Bates and Gurmeet Kaur, Museums Victoria PRIMARY (LEVELS 3–6) | MIDDLE YEARS |
T2.2 | School Leadership in a Post-Truth World Natalie Charles, Mentone Girls’ Grammar EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP |
T2.3 | Makeshift Melbourne: The Interim Capital (1901–1927) That ![]() Transformed Australia Matthew Allanby, Xavier College PRIMARY (LEVELS 5–6) | MIDDLE YEARS (LEVEL 9) | VCE AUSTRALIAN HISTORY | BYOD |
T2.4 | Whose Revolution? The Peasantry in the Causes and Outcomes of the French Revolution Emeritus Professor Peter McPhee AM, The University of Melbourne VCE REVOLUTIONS |
T2.5 | Writing as a Vehicle for Assessing and Deepening Historical Knowledge in Levels F–6 Emma Watters, Westbourne Grammar School PRIMARY |
T2.6 | Levels 7–10 History Collaborative Planning![]() Ashley Keith Pratt, Melbourne Girls Grammar, and James Sach, Goulburn Valley Grammar School GENERAL (LEVELS 7–10) | BYOD |
T2.7 | Australian Democratic Reforms 1850–1983![]() Sarah Van de Wouw and Hermione Verbeek, Eureka Centre Ballarat VCE AUSTRALIAN HISTORY | BYOD |
12.50 pm | KEYNOTE SESSION History Education for the Citizens of the Future Dr Carolyn Holbrook, Deakin University The discipline of History has always been concerned with educating the citizens of the future. For the first decades of Australian nationhood, this largely consisted of inculcating young Australians in the virtues of British imperial liberalism—the kind of citizenship education that sent 60,000 young men to their deaths in World War I. The relationship between the History discipline and the nation-state has fractured over the last several decades, but the importance of instilling in young Australians the skills to be active and informed citizens is no less urgent. How should we respond, as History educators, to the multitude of challenges our young people will inherit, the flood of disinformation and the rise of alarmingly sophisticated artificial intelligence, threats to democracy and declining faith in democratic systems, the crisis of housing affordability and the climate emergency? I argue that academic historians need to orient our research more explicitly to the challenges of the present, and to be more prominent advocates for the value of historical knowledge. We must also rediscover our interest in class as a category of analysis, in response to the dramatic rise in equality. As will be argued, tertiary educators can benefit by increased communication with our colleagues in the secondary system about the needs and interests of the citizens of the future. There will be an opportunity for questions and comments at the end of the presentation. |
1.45 pm | NETWORKING LUNCH |
2.35 pm | EXHIBITOR PASSPORT PRIZE DRAWS |
2.50 pm | VCAA UPDATE: Victorian Curriculum Levels F–10 Michael Spurr, Acting Curriculum Manager (History), VCAA |
3.15 pm | SESSION 3: Please choose one workshop from this session. |
T3.1 | Teaching the Stolen Generations in the Primary Classroom Dr Aleryk Fricker, Deakin University PRIMARY (LEVELS 3–6) |
T3.2 | Jargon, Gunk and Guff: Finding Clarity in Verbose Times![]() Dylan Mead, Catherine McAuley College (Bendigo) EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP | BYOD |
T3.3 | Take a Breath and Take Two![]() Jo Leech, Carey Baptist Grammar School VCE AUSTRALIAN HISTORY | BYOD |
T3.4 | Resistance during the Holocaust through a Contemporary ![]() Lens Scott Harris, St Joseph’s College, Geelong; Katie O’Connell, St Albans Secondary College and Michelle Winderlich, St Joseph’s College, Mildura MIDDLE YEARS (LEVELS 9–10) | VCE MODERN HISTORY | BYOD |
T3.5 | Wait … This Is a Writing Subject? Emily Wilkinson, Box Hill High School GENERAL (LEVELS 9–12) |
T3.6 | Developing Student Confidence in Ancient Primary Source Analysis Valentina Bydanova, Hellenic Museum MIDDLE YEARS | VCE ANCIENT HISTORY |
T3.7 | Teaching History in the Age of ChatGPT Ian Lyell, Mentone Girls’ Grammar School GENERAL |
4.15 pm | NETWORKING DRINKS |
DAY TWO – Friday 28 July
9.00 am | REGISTRATION |
9.50 am | WELCOME AND HOUSEKEEPING |
10.20 am | SESSION 1: Please choose one workshop from this session. |
F1.1 | Ideas That Shaped Attitudes and Perspectives on Australian Identities around Federation Emeritus Professor Richard Broome AM, La Trobe University VCE AUSTRALIAN HISTORY |
F1.2 | The Rise and Rise of VCE Empires![]() Hilary Tieri, Assumption College Kilmore VCE EMPIRES | BYOD |
F1.3 | Using Artefacts to Travel through Time: Keepsakes from the First World War Dr Adrian Threlfall, Shrine of Remembrance MIDDLE YEARS (LEVELS 9–10) | VCE |
F1.4 | A History of Australia in Five Songs Bill Lewis, Haileybury MIDDLE YEARS | VCE AUSTRALIAN HISTORY |
F1.5 | Eight Historical Thinking Activities Ashley Keith Pratt, Melbourne Girls Grammar GENERAL |
F1.6 | Alcibiades: Politician and Playboy Dr Gillian Shepherd, La Trobe University VCE ANCIENT HISTORY |
F1.7 | Assessing America Natalie Shephard, Hume Anglican Grammar School VCE REVOLUTIONS |
11.15 am | MORNING TEA |
11.50 am | SESSION 2: Please choose one workshop from this session. |
F2.1 | Australian Perceptions of the Asia-Pacific Region: A History Dr Nicholas Ferns, Monash University VCE AUSTRALIAN HISTORY |
F2.2 | Online Search and Its Future (ChatGPT!)![]() Ben Lawless, Aitken College, The University of Melbourne, Lawless Learning GENERAL (LEVELS 7-12) | BYOD |
F2.3 | The Russian Revolution: Connecting Causes, Individuals and ![]() Ideas Professor Darius von Güttner, Australian Catholic University VCE REVOLUTIONS | BYOD |
F2.4 | Digital Storytelling Made Easy with Adobe![]() Dr Tim Kitchen, Adobe PUBLISHER SESSION | GENERAL (LEVELS 5–12) | BYOD |
F2.5 | ‘A Name, a Face and a Voice’: Using Holocaust Testimony in the Classroom Hollie Griffiths and Cassie Purer, Prahran High School MIDDLE YEARS (LEVELS 9–10) | VCE MODERN HISTORY |
F2.6 | The Road to Eureka: Causes and Consequences Andrew Pearce, Sovereign Hill Museums Association PRIMARY (LEVELS 5–6) |
F2.7 | REDS! Teaching McCarthyism and the Red Scare![]() Stephen White, Oxley Christian College VCE MODERN HISTORY | BYOD |
12.50 pm | KEYNOTE SESSION The Power of Knowledge Ashley Keith Pratt, Melbourne Girls Grammar, and Reid Smith, La Trobe University Join Ashley and Reid as they explore the idea of ‘powerful knowledge’ within History and the role that a knowledge-rich curriculum has on improving student learning outcomes within our classrooms and schools. In this keynote, Ashley will explore the background to this way of viewing the purpose of school curriculum and how it relates to our History classrooms. Reid will then look at the impact that this way of constructing curriculum has on students’ ability to live in and understand their world. There will be an opportunity for questions and comments at the end of the presentation. |
1.45 pm | NETWORKING LUNCH |
2.35 pm | EXHIBITOR PASSPORT PRIZE DRAWS |
2.50pm | VCAA UPDATE: VCE History Michael Spurr, Acting Curriculum Manager (History), VCAA |
3.15 pm | SESSION 3: Please choose one workshop from this session. |
F3.1 | Reaching the Audience: Developing a Relevant and Engaging History Curriculum Dr Casey Raeside, Assumption College Kilmore GENERAL (LEVELS 7–12) |
F3.2 | Engaging e-Learning Resources for Your History Classroom![]() Sarah Kippen, Education Perfect PUBLISHER SESSION | GENERAL (LEVELS 7–10) | BYOD |
F3.3 | Teaching and Utilising Online Research with Secondary ![]() Students Jessica Fulton and Tom Stammers, Tintern Grammar GENERAL (LEVELS 7–10) | BYOD |
F3.4 | Women in the French Revolution: Their Words, Art, Symbolism and Activity Classrooms Adrian Puckering, Ilim College VCE REVOLUTIONS |
F3.5 | The Evaluator![]() Craig Townsend, Casey Grammar School GENERAL (VCE) | BYOD |
F3.6 | Bringing Australian History to Life![]() Kym Wilton, The Islamic Museum of Australia PUBLISHER SESSION | GENERAL (LEVELS 5–10) | BYOD |
F3.7 | America and Russia: A Revolutions Combination in VCE![]() Vince Toohey, Xavier College VCE REVOLUTIONS | BYOD |
4.15 pm | NETWORKING DRINKS |
Early bird Rate closes midnight Wednesday 12 July. All registrations close Tuesday 18 July.
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