HTAV News
New Agora! Teaching Primary History
20 Mar 23
The latest issue of Agora explores some of the strategies involved in teaching History in primary schools, as well as activities you can use with your students. Articles discuss:
- how to map out teaching of specific knowledge in a structured way that allows students to make connections and develop historical concepts
- teaching strategies that encourage primary students to think like historians
- visible thinking routines you can use to teach History in the classroom
- how to avoid tokenism, cultural appropriation and trauma associated with teaching the Stolen Generations
- how to focus on historical concepts and skills within an integrated Humanities unit
- inquiry-based approaches to teaching History in primary school
- how students can make connections between Dreamtime stories and archaeological evidence
- using the Minecraft Education Edition to explore Melbourne’s history
- archaeological content as a multidisciplinary teaching tool.
Agora is a free download for HTAV members.
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