Why Study History? A Reflection.
Why is history important?
Cause and Effect in the History Classroom
Cause and Effect is one of the key concepts for the Australian History Syllabus. It concerns the factors and consequences of a variety of events and situations. But concepts aren’t always easy for teachers to teach or for students to…
Using Sources: A Crime Scene
Who doesn’t find themselves intrigued by a good mystery?! This History activity is about using clues as a way of analysing sources. This little activity is inspired by all the classic detective novels and crime solving TV shows that I…
History Stage 1: Celebrations
This post is to be the first in a series which I hope will provide lots of lesson ideas (using objects of course!) for History classes using the Australian Curriculum. And where better to start than with Stage 1 and…
