The RHSV is hosting a workshop for teachers of VCE Australian History. Leading classroom teachers, textbook writers and educators, including Bill Lewis, James Jacobs, Jo Leech, Erin Crook, Richard Broome, Graeme Davison and Rosalie Triolo will speak and participate in teacher Q & A and discussions of each Study Design.

PROGRAM                                                                                        

1:00       Registration, refreshments and networking

1:30       Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country: Emeritus Professor Richard Broome

1:40       Doing Australian History: Emeritus Professor Graeme Davison

2:00       Teachers’ Experiences of Study Design Year One: chaired by Richard Broome

• From Custodianship to the Anthropocene: Bill Lewis
• Creating a Nation: Erin Crook
• Power and Resistance: James Jacobs
• War and Upheaval: Jo Leech

2:30       Additional Resources for Australian History: Dr Rosalie Triolo

2:45       Break

3:00       Workshop One: participants in groups according to one area of study

3:30       Workshop Two: participants in groups according to a second area of study

4:00       Final panel: all presenters and VCAA and Cambridge University Press representatives for teachers’ questions

4:20       Closing remarks: Richard Broome

Although this is a free event we ask all intending participants to register. For those attending in person we will be catering and we also need to let you know if, for any reason, the event is cancelled. For those attending via Zoom we will need to send you the Zoom registration and, once again, if the event is cancelled we will need to let you know.

All those booking will receive an auto-generated email confirmation. Those who are attending via Zoom will be sent log-in details 24 hours prior to the event.