For kids age 8-12, a series on Australian history with stories and music. For teachers, a professional learning series called Hey History Teacher! Season 1 follows Stage 2 and 3 of the Australian curriculum, and of NSW, Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland. Students can listen in class and use our Learning Materials designed and road-tested by a primary school educator. Go back in time to the Gold Rush. What happened at the meetings between Captain Cook and First Nations people at Kamay Botany Bay? Experience life as a convict kid, and hear how First Nations people learn on Country. Season 2 is for teachers, t...
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Teaching The Australian Wars
How do we teach the Frontier Wars with honesty, care, and confidence?You'll hear from filmmaker Rachel Perkins, leading academic and advocate Professor Marcia Langton, Culture is L…
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32 min
Teaching First Nations history
Nearly half of Australian teachers say they don't feel confident to teach First Nations history, according to research.Historian and educator Associate Professor Al Fricker explain…
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30 min
More than facts: teaching complexity in history
You know history is complex. How do you teach that in the classroom?We unpack what 'complexity' in history means and how to bring it to life for your students.As history educator J…
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32 min
Teaching difficult histories
Practical strategies to help you confidently teach history involving trauma and conflict.You’ll learn how to:build trustuse different techniques so everyone can ask a questionrespo…
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*Really* creative history teaching
Want to try creative history lessons that students won’t forget?Hear expert teachers bring history alive in the classroom.From 'Top Secret' source investigations and historical gro…
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Creative history teaching
What actually works when it comes to creative history teaching?In this episode of Hey History Teacher, we go inside real classrooms to find out - from songs and dress-ups to protes…
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Advice for new history teachers
Starting out as a history teacher can feel overwhelming.How do you manage a classroom, cover the syllabus, and help students make sense of the past - all at the same time?Experienc…
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28 min
What is great history teaching?
What does great history teaching look like?Is it passion for the past? Creativity in the classroom? The courage to follow students’ questions - even when it means throwing out the…
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Introducing... Hey History Teacher!
What does great history teaching look like in practice?How do teachers handle the challenges with teaching history today?Hear practical ideas, fresh inspiration and thoughtful conv…
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7. Walk for truth-telling
Have you ever told the truth but it felt like no one listened? This episode is all about truth-telling.Hey History! follows Travis Lovett, a proud Gunditjmara/Kerrupmara man and Co…
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6. What can objects tell us about the past? Live at Adelaide Writers Festival
In this special live recording of Hey History! host Axel Clark asks historians Clare Wright, Anna Clark and Kiera Lindsey what historical objects can tell us about the past?What ca…
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5. How to talk with kids about Australian history
How do you teach and talk about Australian history with kids?This is a bonus episode for teachers, carers and parents featuring Professor Anna Clark and Professor Clare Wright.Teac…
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28 min
4. Gold fever
What were the Gold Rushes? Why did people from all over the world get ‘gold fever’? What was life like on the Ballarat goldfields of Victoria, on Wada Wurrung Country? With so many…
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33 min
3. Convict kids
Why did kids get transported from Britain to Australia?What were their crimes? Did they miss their families?What was life like as a convict in Van Dieman’s Land, an open air prison…
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2. First meetings at Kamay Botany Bay
In 1770, Captain Cook got secret instructions to find the ‘Great South Land’.His ship The Endeavour sailed into Kamay Botany Bay, the land of the Gweagal people.How did the Gweagal…
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24 min
1. The Oldest Classroom
How did First Nations people learn before books, school and the internet?What are some of the teaching places on Country? Can a cave or a beach be a classroom?What’s the role of ro…
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Introducing... Hey History!
A podcast all about Australian history where the kids ask the questions. Go back in time to the Gold Rush. What happened at the meetings between Captain Cook and First Nations peop…