Program

HTAV 2022 Annual Conference: HISTORY RISING
Thursday 28 – Friday 29 July | Q Events by Metropolis, Melbourne CBD

Early bird rates apply up to midnight on Wednesday 13 July.
REGISTRATIONS CLOSE TUESDAY 19 JULY 2022.

The HTAV 2022 Annual Conference, themed History Rising, 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 25 July.

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Session descriptions and presenter biographies:

• Thursday 28 July
• Friday 29 July

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• Thursday 28 July
• Friday 29 July

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DAY ONE – Thursday 28 July

9.00 am–9.45 am	REGISTRATION
9.50 am–10.10 am	WELCOME AND HOUSEKEEPING
10.15 am–11.10 am	SESSION 1: Please choose one workshop from this session.
T1.1	Contesting the Anthropocene Bill Lewis, Haileybury VCE AUSTRALIAN HISTORY | VCE MODERN HISTORY | LEVEL 10
T1.2	Being a Humanities Head of Department: The Macro and the Micro of the Job Bianca Crawford, St Leonard’s College, and Chris Hart, Yarra Valley Grammar GENERAL | LEADERSHIP
T1.3	Building Empires Associate Professor Darius von Güttner, The University of Melbourne VCE EMPIRES
T1.4	Stalin’s War Against Ukraine: The Holodomor, 1932–1933 Andrew Pyrcz, Lyndale Secondary College VCE MODERN HISTORY | VCE REVOLUTIONS
T1.5	Exploring Digital Collections and Archives Hermione Higgins and Sarah Van de Wouw, Eureka Centre Ballarat GENERAL | BYOD
T1.6	Middle Years Curriculum Conversations: Sharing Levels 7–8 History Curriculum and Practice James Sach, Goulburn Valley Grammar School LEVELS 7–8 | BYOD
T1.7	Safely In and Safely Out: Teaching the Holocaust without Trauma Lily Leman, Camberwell High School, Lisa Phillips, Melbourne Holocaust Museum, and Tricia Radford, Camberwell High School LEVELS 9–10
11.15 am–11.45 am	MORNING TEA
11.50 am–12.45 pm	SESSION 2: Please choose one workshop from this session.
T2.1	Revolutionising Student Writing Ashley Keith Pratt, Melbourne Girls Grammar GENERAL
T2.2	VCE Empires Collaborative Workshop Ester Marcuccio, St Monica’s College and Sophia Marsden-Smith, Geelong Grammar School VCE EMPIRES | BYOD
T2.3	Faculty Leadership for Current Leaders and Aspiring Teachers Alexis Watson, Norwood Secondary College GENERAL | LEADERSHIP
T2.4	First Nations Struggles for Traditional Lands Emeritus Professor Richard Broome AM, La Trobe University VCE AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
T2.5	A Model for Making Sense of Revolutions Emeritus Professor Peter McPhee AM, The University of Melbourne VCE REVOLUTIONS
T2.6	Shedding Some Light on the ‘Dark Ages’ and Teaching Medieval Europe Caroline Foster, Melbourne Girls Grammar LEVELS 9–10
T2.7	Teaching Ancient Australian History Kara Taylor, Irymple Secondary College LEVEL 7 | BYOD
12.55 pm–1.45 pm	KEYNOTE SESSION: The Authorised History of Australia David Hunt – Author, Writer, Presenter Politicians are afraid of history because history is political. Some politicians attempt to control history by making it as boring as possible, as generations of Australian schoolchildren will attest. Others seek to erase history, or, more insidiously, authorise it. Who decides what Australian children should and should not be taught about Australia’s past? How is the past a tool to shape the future? Should we tear down statues or just whack up some new ones? Is an ANZAC digger better than an ANZAC biscuit? Are Australian History teachers all members of a shadowy Marxist cabal dedicated to making young Australians hate Australia? David Hunt will answer none of these questions, but hopes you will be able to answer them for yourselves. There will be an opportunity for questions and comments at the end of the presentation. David Hunt is an unusually tall and handsome man who enjoys writing his own biographical notes. Best known for his gratuitous use of the word Girt, David is a ‘popular historian’, which means people actually buy his books (and sometimes even read them). He is the author of Girt, True Girt and Girt Nation; creator of the Rum, Rebels & Ratbags Australian history podcast; and was forced to wear an akubra and spend too much time with sheep as a presenter on Aussie Inventions That Changed The World. David spoke about Australians’ attitude towards their past at TEDx Sydney 2017, and has a birthmark that looks like Tasmania, only smaller and not as far south.
1.50 pm–2.30 pm	NETWORKING LUNCH
2.35 pm–2.50 pm	EXHIBITOR PASSPORT PRIZE DRAWS
2.50 pm–3.10 pm.	HELPING HISTORY RISE: A CELEBRATION OF DR ROSALIE TRIOLO.
3.10 pm–3.30 pm	VCAA UPDATE: Victorian Curriculum Levels F–10 Gerry Martin, Curriculum Manager History and Civics, VCAA
3.35 pm–4.30 pm	SESSION 3: Please choose one workshop from this session.
T3.1	Beyond 1788: First Nations Perspectives in Middle School History Sarah Sans and Penny Thompson, Methodist Ladies’ College LEVELS 9–10
T3.2	Intercultural Capability in the History Curriculum Chris Higgins, Asia Education Foundation LEVELS 7–10
T3.3	Public Speaking and Presentation Skills for Learning Area Leaders Dr Deb Hull, HTAV GENERAL | LEADERSHIP
T3.4	Applying Critical and Creative Thinking in the History Classroom Dr Jo Clyne, HTAV, and Dr David Waldron, Federation University Australia LEVELS 7–11 | BYOD
T3.5	The Policy of Piracy Scott Hetherington, Virtual School Victoria VCE EMPIRES
T3.6	Retrieval Practice in the History Classroom Richard Murgatroyd, Bacchus Marsh Grammar GENERAL | BYOD
4.40 pm–5.45 pm	NETWORKING DRINKS

DAY TWO – Friday 29 July

9.00 am–9.45 am	REGISTRATION
9.50 am–10.10 am	WELCOME AND HOUSEKEEPING
10.15 am–11.10 am	SESSION 1: Please choose one workshop from this session.
F1.1	Revision, Revision, Revision Emily Wilkinson, Box Hill High School GENERAL
F1.2	Remembering Russia Maddi Schmidt, St Francis Xavier College VCE REVOLUTIONS
F1.3	We Will Never Get off the Island: Prisoner of War Experiences in Changi, Singapore, and Tatura, Victoria Dr Jo Clyne and Kaye De Petro, HTAV LEVELS 9–10 | BYOD
F1.4	Foundation Narratives and Social Institutions in Republican Rome Dr Monique Webber, The University of Melbourne VCE ANCIENT HISTORY
F1.5	Presenting Student Research and Storytelling through Video: Adobe Makes it Easy Dr Tim Kitchen, Adobe PUBLISHER SESSION | GENERAL | BYOD
F1.6	Adjusting America Natalie Shephard, Hume Anglican Grammar School VCE REVOLUTIONS | BYOD
F1.7	VCE Australian History: Review, Revamp and Reconnect Jo Leech, Carey Baptist Grammar School VCE AUSTRALIAN HISTORY | BYOD
11.15 am–11.45 am	MORNING TEA
11.50 am–12.45 pm	SESSION 2: Please choose one workshop from this session.
F2.1	One Minute to Midnight: The Cuban Missile Crisis Stephen White, Oxley Christian College VCE MODERN HISTORY
F2.2	The Power of Object-Based Learning to Enrich the History Curriculum Tiffany Chimirri, Museum of Chinese Australian History LEVELS 7–10
F2.3	Different from Others: Queer Activism in Weimar Germany Sam McDonald, Hawkesdale P–12 College VCE MODERN HISTORY
F2.4	Designing a Curriculum Accessible by All Students in History Eleni Megoran, Methodist Ladies’ College GENERAL | BYOD
F2.5	The Tricky Bits of the French Revolution Olivia Heaton, Carey Baptist Grammar School (Please note, this workshop is a repeat from the 2022 HTAV VCE History Conference.) VCE REVOLUTIONS | BYOD
F2.6	Changing Times, Changing Minds Bill Lewis, Haileybury VCE AUSTRALIAN HISTORY | LEVEL 10 HISTORY
F2.7	The Ancient Olympics: The Agon-y and the Ecstasy Dr Andrew Connor, Monash University VCE ANCIENT HISTORY
12.55 pm–1.45 pm	KEYNOTE SESSION: A New Australian Curriculum for History. What Does It Reveal about History Teaching? Dr Deb Hull, HTAV The lead-up to the release of the Australian Curriculum, the conversations I’ve had about it, and the contents of the final version were revealing on so many levels. I have never been a school History teacher, and sometimes being an outsider can give you an interesting perspective. You don’t assume what others take for granted. You don’t accept what others have become inured to. You wonder about questions that don’t seem to preoccupy anyone else, like why are politicians and the media often fixated on what happens in History classrooms? What constrains how meaningful and influential a ‘national’ curriculum, or any curriculum, actually is? Where is the education equivalent of medicine’s Australian Medical Association, a body that speaks truth to power about threats to professional standards and practice? And what might a professional and ethical code of practice for History teachers look like? I’m coming up with some tentative answers, and I really want to hear what you think. Dr Deb Hull has always worked in education. She is currently the Executive Officer of HTAV, the President of the Council of Professional Teaching Associations of Victoria, and a Director of the Australian Professional Teachers’ Association. Her previous roles include Director of Learning at Ormond College (University of Melbourne), independent strategy and evaluation consultant to the education sector, various positions in the Department of Education and Training, and university tutor and guest lecturer. Deb has a PhD in History and a deep interest in leadership and organisational culture. She has been married to a (Maths) teacher for thirty years.
1.50 pm–2.30 pm	NETWORKING LUNCH
2.35 pm–2.50 pm	EXHIBITOR PASSPORT PRIZE DRAWS
2.50pm–3.10 pm	VCAA UPDATE: VCE History 2022–2026 Gerry Martin, Curriculum Manager History and Civics, VCAA
3.20 pm–4.10 pm	SESSION 3: Please choose one workshop from this session.
F3.1	Unpacking the New Australian Curriculum for History Ashley Keith Pratt, Melbourne Girls Grammar VCE AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
F3.2	The Holocaust: Best Practice in the Classroom Lisa-Marie Coghlan, Viewbank College LEVELS 9–12
F3.3	French Revolution: Its Causes, Significant Individuals and Ideas Associate Professor Darius von Güttner, The University of Melbourne VCE REVOLUTIONS | BYOD
F3.4	Teaching Australian Civil Rights and Freedoms with Confidence Dr Aleryk Fricker, Matilda Education/Deakin University LEVELS 9–10
F3.5	Representation Matters: Australian Muslim History Kym Wilton, Islamic Museum of Australia LEVELS 7–10 | BYOD
4.20 pm – 5.30 pm	NETWORKING DRINKS

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