6/25/2011
Queensland History Teachers’ Association
State Conference
Saturday 23rd June 2012
History – Engaging the Inquiring Mind
Brisbane Grammar School
Lilley Centre
Gregory Terrace
Spring Hill
Keynote Speaker
Dr Halam Rane
Griffith University
Registration Costs, Online Registration
Procedures and Program below
Registration Costs
Members:
Members >200k
Non-members
Primary Teachers
Students
Presenters
(including GST)
$154
$121
$220
$99 (only if you choose the primary only sessions
(green), otherwise ordinary costs apply)
$44
no charge
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for processing and communicating.
Sessions in green are for primary school teachers. All sessions are 60 minutes,
except for the Dr Triolo’s session after lunch.
There is a 35 person maximum on every session.
Certificates of Attendance will be provided at the end of the Conference. No
certificates will be sent via post.
For details of the workshop sessions see below.
Program Outline
8:15 – 8:45
Coffee and Registration
8:45
Main Auditorium for Welcome and General Matters
9:00 – 10:00
Keynote Address – Dr Halam Rane
10: 00- 11:00
Workshop Session 1
11:00-11:30
Morning Tea
11:30 – 12:30
Primary - Queensland Museum – using museum
resources to engage students in inquiry learning
11:30 – 12:30
Secondary – John Gougoulas ACARA – senior
Australian curriculum
12:30 – 1:30
Workshop Session 2
1:30 – 2:15
Lunch – Special Presentation by our main sponsor
Tynan Mackenzie on Fiscal Futures for those who
choose to sit down inside with their lunch
2:15 – 3:15
Workshop Session 3
3:15 – 4:15
Workshop Session 4
4:15
Wine and Cheese
QHTA State Conference 2012
Coffee and Registration
General Matters
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Dr Halim Rane
8:15 – 8:45
8:45
9:00 - 10:00
10:00 –11:00
11:00 –11:30
11:30–12:30
12:30 –1:30
1:30 – 2:15
2:15 – 3:15
P1
Maria Mead
Past Events Future
Focus - Using Web
2.0 Tools in the
Primary History
Classroom
1C
Dr Tom Stevenson
Ancient Olympics Milo of Croton:
heptakis (7 times
champion)?
1D
Michelle Brown
The Study of
Change- Religion,
Morality and
Ethics in the
Modern World.
1E
Leanne Morgan
Working together
to teach the
Australian
Curriculum in
History - Online
Teacher
Collaboration
1F
Dr Caillan
Davenport and Dr
Janette McWilliam
UQ
What does it really
mean? Roman
History and the
manipulation of
language
2E
Dr Rashna
Taraporewalla
Competition at
Olympia
2F
Professor emeritus
Colin Mackerras
The Qing Dynasty
in China: Rise,
Fall, Social Change
Morning Tea
P2
Kathleen Gordon
Practical tools and
strategies in the
primary history
classroom
John Gougoulis
ACARA
2A
Sue Burvill-Shaw
What is History?
Historiography and
Historical
Thinking
2B
Gary Butner
The Power of Mass
Media for Shaping
the Present and
Therefore, the
Future’s Past: an
Essential ‘Power Trip’
for all Middle and
Senior History
Students
2C
Dr Elizabeth
Tailby
EATSIPS, what is
it and how can it
be achieved?
2D
Eric Frangenheim
Revision with
Substance-Six
questions and
activities to
revise, reinforce
and consolidate
most units of
work.
Lunch
P3
Gary Butner
P4
Helen Hennessey
Planning for the
Effective
Implementation of
History in the
Primary Classroom.
4:15
1B
Peter Lawrence
National
Curriculum Year 9
The Movement of
People
P2
Queensland Museum-
Age is No Barrier to
Thinking Historically:
Effective History
Teaching in Primary
Schools
3:15-4:15
1A
Ian Gray
Cyber Note-taking
3A
Jannine McGarry
Collaborating with the
school library to
scaffold better
information literacy and
library skills
3B
Dr Elizabeth Curtis
Running a Community
of Inquiry in your
Classroom
3C
Mairi Popplewell
National ArchivesExplore, connect and
investigate
3D
Sarah Coleman
Cicero, Suetonius and
Caesar: A
historiographical
approach to the end of
the Roman Republic
4A
Dr Michael Adcock
Renaissance Italy – a
Walk through History
4B
Adrian Skerritt
Was Dr King dreaming
of Obama’s
presidency? -debating
the legacy of the civil
rights movement.
4C
Terry Gallagher
Towards historical
understandings —
Assessment and the
Australian Curriculum:
History
4D
Gail Rant
Sir Arthur Evans, a man
of his time.
Wine and Cheese
3E
Dr Rosalie Triolo
90 – 120 minutes
‘Inquiry’ into
Studies of Asia
QHTA State Conference 2011
Keynote Address
Dr Halim Rane
The Centrality of History for Knowing Ourselves and the 'Other'
In his keynote address, Dr Halim Rane will focus on the importance of studying history for how we
understand ourselves and our relations with those who we often regard as the other. Dr Rane will
highlight the long and vibrant history of interaction between Islam and the West which has
significantly contributed to the modern world as we know it today. He will discuss how a narrow
retelling of history (on both sides) has often contributed to hostile relations between Islam and the
West and how a more enlightened and complete picture of history has produced mutual respect and
positive relations. These themes will be addressed in respect to current developments in the Middle
East and contemporary relations between Islam and the West.
Dr Halim Rane is the Deputy Director of the Griffith Islamic Research Unit and a Senior Lecturer in the
School of Humanities at Griffith University. He is the author of numerous publications concerning the
Middle East, Islamic and Muslim issues including Islam and Contemporary Civilisation: Evolving Ideas,
Transforming Relations (Melbourne University Press, 2010) and Reconstructing Jihad amid Competing
International Norms (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).
Workshop Session 1
P1 Maria Mead Catholic Primary School Please bring a laptop if possible
Past Events Future Focus - Using Web 2.0 Tools in the History Classroom
Discover how online tools such as Google Maps and Voice Thread are being used to further students'
historical skills, knowledge and understanding in primary history activities. The presentation will
showcase sample primary history units with student work samples. Then it's your turn to try out the
tools and explore their potential for your classroom in a non-threatening, supportive environment.
This workshop would also be suitable for teachers of years 8 – 10. This workshop will be "hands on".
Participants are advised to bring a laptop or mobile digital device to access internet tools. Make the
most of the session by signing up for a free account with Google and Voice Thread prior to the
conference. Assistance will be provided on the day if required.
Maria has been teaching in Brisbane primary schools for 24 years. For the past 11 years she has worked in an ICT specialist role
at St Catherine's Primary School at Wishart, supporting teachers in embedding learning technologies across curriculum areas.
1A Ian Gray Somerville House
Cyber Note-taking
Ian will invite discussion concerning some practical suggestions for teaching organised, systematic
and dynamic note-taking, in classrooms where all or some students have a computer. He will also
touch upon the related and vexed problem of allowing students to use computers for completing
exams. A few laptop computers will be provided but a computer is not necessary, the story will not
become too techno and questions will be welcome.
Ian is Director of eLearning at Somerville House. He regularly presents at conferences and has been a teacher for many years. He
was a member of the QSA’s History Syllabus Sub-committee for many years and was one of the writers of the SOSE program. He
is particularly passionate about engaging students with technology and making the most of students’ innate curiosity about
technology.
1B Peter Lawrence Kawana State High School
The Movement of Peoples – a Year 9 Unit
Peter will present a workshop on the National Curriculum Year 9 The Movement of People. It will
outline the challenges of the National Curriculum, provide an outline of a trial unit already used and
also provide two examples of assessment for teachers. The workshop will also examine another unit
from Year 9 for teachers to begin planning. Please email if more detail is required. Teachers may wish
to bring a USB or other device to upload materials in electronic format.
Peter has been teaching in Education Queensland schools in North Queensland and the Sunshine Coast for the past 14 years as
both a Modern History and Economics teacher. He was involved in the original trial and implementation of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Studies. He presented at the 2010 and 2011 QHTA state conferences. He is currently HOD of Social Sciences at
Kawana Waters State College.
1C Dr Tom Stevenson University of Queensland
Ancient Olympics - ‘Milo of Croton: heptakis (7 times champion)?’
Milo of Croton was a wrestler and one of the – if not the – greatest athlete of the ancient Olympic
Games. A man of prodigious appetite and strength, Milo became a fixture in stories about the limits of
physical strength in comparison to intellectual achievement. In other words, he was used as the
classic example of the dumb brute, or of ‘brawn’ versus ‘brains.’ One serious result of this prejudice is
that Milo might have won 7 Olympic victories rather than the generally accepted 6. This paper will
investigate whether Milo did in fact win the Olympic wrestling competition at a staggering 7 Games in
a row (540-516 BC).
Tom is Senior Lecturer and Convenor of Classics at the University of Queensland. Educated at Sydney and Oxford, Tom taught at
Sydney and Auckland Universities before coming to Brisbane in 2003. His main research interests are in the history of late
Republican and early Imperial Rome, though he has also published numerous articles on Greek and Roman art. A book entitled
Julius Caesar and the Fall of the Roman Republic is forthcoming from the Longmans World Library of Biography series.
1D Michelle Brown Albany Creek State High School
The Study of Change- Religion, Morality and Ethics in the Modern World.
This is a Year 12 Unit which attempts to engage students in considering what have been the
foundations for decision making in Anglo-American societies such as their own. It also looks at the
emergence of fundamentalism as an American phenomenon and the consequences of this on
Australia. Students then look at the emergence of fundamentalism in the Islamic World. The final
stage of the unit looks at the convergence of these two fundamentalisms which crystallises in
September 11 and how this has shaped the twenty-first century. Participants will receive the Cat 1
essay test which has been traditionally used for this unit and the Cat 3 Multi-modal and the Cat 4
Response to stimulus which will be used by students this year. Student responses to this unit have
been interesting and at times challenging.
Michelle has been teaching modern history and junior history for many years and has been a regular presenter at QHTA
conferences. Her sessions are always drawcards as she incorporates innovative pedagogical practices with history rigour. She has
been a member of the QHTA Executive for many years and has been a strong supporter of the National History Challenge in which
her students have had consistent success. She is also a rabid Dr Who fan who reads Vampire stories and is interested in the
concept of Lincoln as a vampire slayer.
1E Leanne Morgan
Working together to teach the Australian Curriculum in History - Online Teacher
Collaboration
This workshop is aimed at school leaders and teachers of all year levels (primary to senior secondary)
who are passionate about engaging students with history and working with other teachers to help
achieve this. It will explore current research into the challenges of teacher professional learning and
the benefits of using teacher collaboration to improve learning and teaching. Details of a new web
page will be shared with participants on the day and participants will leave with a very practical way
to seek help/share some of the issues/achievements in preparing for the Australian Curriculum in
History. The forum style of the web page will be used to demonstrate how teachers can share
resources/advice and seek help from other teachers to engage students with topics from the
Australian Curriculum.
Leanne is completing her Masters of Education by research this year, looking at teacher professional learning and the role of
teacher collaboration in improving learning and teaching. She is academic coordinator for Social Sciences and is on the Brisbane
South Modern History panel.
1F Dr Caillan Davenport and Dr Janette Mc William University of
Queensland
What does it really mean? Roman History and the manipulation of language
The vast majority of high school and university students in Australia today have little or no knowledge
of Latin, and access ancient texts such as Cicero, Suetonius and Tacitus only through English
translations. Ancient history classes at all levels can be enriched through discussion and analysis of
the Roman political and social vocabulary, and the way in which the meanings of Latin words were
manipulated for rhetorical and political purposes. This approach has the potential to empower
students by giving them greater control over their source material, In this session, Dr Davenport and
Dr McWilliam will discuss the ways in which words such as imperium (power/empire), res publica
(state/commonwealth), libertas (freedom) and servitus (slavery) were used in political discourse in the
late Republic and early empire. We will also suggest methods for integrating Latin inscriptions and
Roman coins into the classroom to enhance discussions of social and political history.
Caillan lectures at the University of Queensland and his particular interest is Roman History, especially Roman Imperial History
and Historiography and the senatorial and equestrian orders. Janette also specialises in Roman History, especially the late
Republic and early Empire and Etruscan and Roman Art and Architecture.
Workshop Session 2
P2 Kathleen Gordon Peregian Springs State School
Practical tools and strategies in the primary history classroom
Learn how to use and make timelines, collect and examine artefacts and show students how to ask
great questions. At the same time you’ll explore concepts such as continuity and change, perspectives
and significance. This will be linked to year level topics described in the Australian Curriculum in
History. Material is applicable across all years of the primary school.
Kathleen is an experienced primary school teacher with considerable curriculum expertise in social and environmental education.
She has a particular interest in integrating sustainability, social justice, peace and democratic process into the classroom. She is
currently teaching at Peregian Springs State School, where she also manages the History/Geography/SOSE and Earth Smart
programs.
2A Sue Burvill-Shaw St Aidan’s School
What is History? Historiography and Historical Thinking
The Australian National History Curriculum draws strongly on the principles of Historical Thinking outlines by theorists
such as Peter Seixas, but how familiar are History Teachers, especially primary teachers or teachers new to the teaching of
History with these principles and (more importantly) how can we translate these principles into practical teaching and
learning strategies which will engage students, particularly younger students in the challenging task of thinking deeply and
critically about History? This workshop will share a range of practical strategies to introduce and reinforce the language and
skills of historiography in the classroom in any year level.
Sue has been a classroom teacher since 1982. She has tutored in education at Queensland University of Technology and is
currently QSA State Panel Chair for Ancient History. Currently Head of Faculty: Humanities at St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’
School, QLD. Sue has been a regular presenter of workshops at State, National and International Teachers’ Conferences
and widely published on a range of issues, including Literacy across the Curriculum, Extending Gifted Learners in the
Mainstream Classroom, and Effective Historical Inquiry.
2B Gary Butner Education Consultant
The Power of Mass Media for Shaping the Present and Therefore, the Future’s Past: an
Essential ‘Power Trip’ for all Middle and Senior History Students
The power to reach hundreds of millions, to censor, to cause others to self-censor, to manipulate
public opinion - that's real power. Using critical approaches to studying mass media, this is a
thought-provoking "Power" walk through a senior Modern History unit. The ideas can also be adapted
for Middle School students. Participants will analyse an eclectic array of sources including Burke,
Bernays, Le Bon, Lippmann, Marcuse, Adorno, Herman, Chomsky, Schultz, Parenti, Louw, and Van
Vuuren; dabble in cartoons and music; and discuss possible historical examples for individual
research. More pragmatically, participants will evaluate a pre-prepared Modern History unit, source
test and research assignment dealing with the power of the mass media. Participants are encouraged
to bring one example of a learning activity involving mass media to share with others.
Gary is an educator with wide ranging experience. He has been a classroom teacher for many years, a Director of Studies at
various schools and a regular presenter at conferences. He currently offers educational consultancy services to schools, is
involved in writing textbooks, and also works in tertiary institutions.
2C Dr Elizabeth Tailby Education Queensland
EATSIPS, what is it and how can it be achieved?
Curriculum and its content have always been the focus of education, and that is why until three years
ago Indigenous students have been invisible within the classroom; their outcomes depict this. It is
now our (us, as educators) responsibility and commitment to take on the challenge for change. Come
and discover for yourselves the Four Action Areas for change, how they help to embed Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander perspectives into the curriculum and what it looks like in C2C.
Elizabeth is a Kamilaroi Woman from Narrabri and Walgett in NSW and held various teaching positions in primary and secondary
schools throughout Logan and the Redlands region. She has been working in the area of Indigenous Education for the past fifteen
years and has worked toward cultural shift in relation to low socioeconomic schools for the majority of that time. In November
2010 Beth was awarded her PhD in Education; her thesis, reducing the stress and complexity of education on children: Building
Resilience. She is now a Principal Project office with the C2C and part of a team who are embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander perspective in the C2C units.
2D Eric Frangenheim Education Consultant
Revision with Substance-Six questions and activities to revise, reinforce and consolidate most
units of work.
In this workshop, participants will be taken through six simple questions/activities with highly
appropriate cognitive tools to use at the completion of most units of work. The activities will provide
formative assessment for both students and teachers and will assist in reinforcing and consolidating
the material learnt. Participants will need to arrive at the workshop with a particular unit of work in
mind (preferably two units). As stated in the Rationale of the National Curriculum: History "The
process of historical inquiry develops transferable skills, such as the ability to ask relevant
questions; critically analyse and interpret sources; consider context; respect and explain different
perspectives; develop and substantiate interpretations, and communicate effectively." Workshop
participants will systematically build or design their six questions/activities based on the components
described in the rationale, as they are led through a hypothetical unit of work. The benefit for all
participants is that this will provide them with a template for designing questions/activities to
consolidate all/most of the units they will teach after this workshop. Participants will be provided with
a workshop booklet and will be able to download the PowerPoint presentation after the workshop to
assist them in reinforcing the ideas learnt.
With over 40 years in education, Eric is a leading educational consultant, author and presenter based in Australia and is codirector of international educational resource company, ITC Publications Pty Ltd. He is a co-author of the ‘innovative teachers’
companion’, a teacher diary with hundreds of classroom ideas, and author of the best-selling ‘Reflections on Classroom Thinking
Strategies’ and ‘The Reconciliation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. He has presented workshops in Australia, New Zealand,
The Republic of Nauru, the USA, Singapore, Papua New Guinea and India He inspires educators to introduce higher-order and
cooperative thinking skills for the 21st century into the school ethos.
2E Dr Rashna Taraporewalla Brisbane Girls Grammar School
Competition at Olympia
The ancient Greeks have often been described as possessing an agonistic culture, with competition
pervading many aspects of life and social interaction. This paper will explore the many ways in which
a competitive spirit was manifest at the site of Olympia, including the construction of monuments by
successful athletes, the erection of buildings by rival poleis, and the composition of poetry to
commemorate impressive victories at the site.
Rashna teaches Ancient History and Latin at Brisbane Girls Grammar School. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the
University of Queensland, where she lectured for several years. She completed her doctorate at the University of Queensland in
2009, and a Masters degree at the University of London in 2004. She has developed history teaching resources for the Australian Children's
Television Foundation and is active in delivering professional development course for history and SOSE teachers. She maintains a keen interest in the
history and archaeology of the Archaic and Classical Greek world.
2F Professor Emeritus Colin Mackerras AO
The Qing Dynasty in China: Rise, Fall, Social Change
The Qing (1644-1911) was the last of China’s imperial dynasties. The ruling family belonged to the
Manchu people of what is now northeast China (formerly called Manchuria). In some periods Chinese
have regarded the Manchus as foreigners, but in contemporary times they are classified among
China’s 55 state-recognized ethnic minorities. The paper will cover several issues, including: the
political nature of Qing-dynasty China, its territorial extent, how it came to be as, the process of
Sinicization of the Manchu emperors, army and people, some brief comments on the main Manchu
emperors, especially the two longest reigns, namely Kangxi (1662-1723) and Qianlong (1736-96),
Confucianism and Chinese culture under the rule of the Manchus, the population size and
composition of China under the Manchus, the decline and process of disintegration of the Qing, and
the significance of the Qing period in Chinese history.
Colin is a patron of the QHTA. He worked at Griffith University from 1974 to 2004 and has written widely about China,
especially its ethnic minorities, theatre and Australia-China relations. He was foundation Professor in Modern Asian Studies
at Griffith University in 1974. Professor Mackerras spends part of each year lecturing in Beijing and he is a world renowned
Sinologist.
Workshop Session 3
P3 Gary Butner Education Consultant
Age is No Barrier to Thinking Historically: Effective History Teaching in Primary Schools
This workshop scans some of the literature on the capacity of primary students for historical
reasoning and critical thinking provoking discussion on the types of age-appropriate learning
experiences that will engage students and develop sustainable historical understanding. The question
is then explored: Does the Australian History Curriculum provide adequate direction and scaffolding
for primary students to develop genuine and sustainable historical understanding and skills?
Participants are invited to bring one learning experience that contributes to students’ development of
historical thinking.
Gary is an educator with wide ranging experience. He has been a classroom teacher for many years, a Director of Studies at
various schools and a regular presenter at conferences. He currently offers educational consultancy services to schools, is
involved in writing textbooks, and also works in tertiary institutions.
3A Jannine McGarry Somerville House
Collaborating with the school library to scaffold better information literacy and library skills.
At Somerville House, librarians and history teachers in the Middle and Senior school join forces to
develop student research and referencing skills through a joint collaboration in Year 8. These skills
are reviewed, added to and practised with increasing complexity throughout each progressive year
level. The ultimate aim is to provide students with a thorough understanding of evaluation skills, the
referencing requirements essential to avoid plagiarism and the ability to successfully access academic
sources including print, databases and the deep web to give them the added confidence to orientate
themselves in any new learning environment. Examples of the processes employed will be reviewed
through this session.
Jannine completed a Bachelor of Applied Science (Library and Information) and followed that with a Graduate Diploma in
Education. She has worked with a number of inspiring librarians and teacher librarians in both public and private schools prior to
joining the Somerville library team in 2005. Her passion is to help students develop instinctive information literacy skills to deal
with our increasingly information rich world.
3B Dr Elizabeth Curtis QUT
Running a Community of Inquiry in your Classroom
In this session we will look at the basics of a Community of Inquiry (COI) and why it is an excellent
pedagogical tool to develop critical, creative and caring thinking with your students. You will have the
chance to engage in a COI yourself and try some of the activities associated with this approach. It is
an approach that can be used in any year level with a wide diversity of students. It is an excellent way
of practically engaging your students with ethics, values and beliefs as well as historical and
sociological content.
Elizabeth was a secondary school History and English teacher for 13 years before embarking on her PhD in Education. Elizabeth
is currently teaching at Queensland University of Technology in the Faculty of Education, where she is lecturing in educational
psychology, history curriculum, and teaching philosophy in the classroom to pre-service teachers. She is also working on the
Education Queensland C2C project as a writer for the History team. Elizabeth’s research interests are in values education and
quality teaching.
3C Mairi Popplewell National Archives
Explore, connect and investigate
Immerse your students in on-line primary sources that surprise and tantalise as well as connect with many of the inquiry
questions in the Australian Curriculum, history Years 6, 9 and particularly Year 10. For example, areas of Federation, early
Federal legislation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights and freedoms, the significance of World War II and its
consequences, immigration and popular culture. The primary sources cover a range of formats – paper documents, photos,
objects, posters, film and audio recordings. This workshop will introduce and explore the National Archives’ teacher and
student virtual reading room www.vrroom.naa.gov.au. It will demonstrate learning activities that spark interest, focus
attention and provoke investigation. Participants will leave the workshop with ways to engage students with Primary Sources
(archival records); straight forward techniques to help develop on-line research skills and the confidence to explore in an
independent manner. Get into the zone. Go Vrr…room!
Mairi is the Assistant director for the Brisbane Office of the National Archives of Australia. She has presented many seminars and
workshops on various aspects of the work of the National Archives both to the public and Commonwealth Government agencies.
She has worked for the National Archives for over 10 years and is an active participant in both family and local history.
and how to access this vast resource. Greg has presented many seminars on the archives and is a keen genealogist who has
taken an active role in family and local history.
3D Sarah Coleman St Augustine’s College Cairns
Cicero, Suetonius and Caesar: A historiographical approach to the end of the Roman Republic
So often as teachers of this remarkably complex, intriguing and important period of Roman history,
our focus tends to lean towards the big players and their equally big personalities. These significant
characters - Cicero, Cato, Caesar, Pompey and Antony - have been shaped, revised and reviewed over
the last millennia by historians, playwrights and film producers to deliver a myriad of portrayals and
visions of these men. The crux of it, however, lies with those who penned this history first, and how
they went about doing so. Through the examination of ancient letters, speeches, commentaries and
biographies and the people who wrote them, we are able to gain a complete view of the period under
investigation. This presentation aims to delve into the various historical genres at the historian's
disposal and the men who wrote them, and examine how they have shaped the way we today view the
last days of the Roman Republic.
Sarah graduated from UQ in 2005 with a BA - Classics and Literature - and a BEd, Secondary. She took a position at Saint
Augustine's College - an all boys’ school run by the Marist Brothers - in Cairns. She has taught Senior Ancient History, Senior
English and a mix of Junior Social Sciences and English and she is a member of the Ancient History Panel for the Cairns region.
She has just completed her MA in Ancient History, where her focus was on the application of historical theory in the context of
Roman Britain. She is applying for PhD candidature at UNE for 2013 where she intends focussing on the historiography of the late
Roman Republic.
3E Dr Rosalie Triolo Monash University Please note this is a double
session (90 – 120 minutes)
‘Inquiry’ into Studies of Asia
Using histories of Asia as exemplars, this session explains then simulates fully the preferred
methodology of the Australian Curriculum: History - inquiry method. Participants are placed in the
position of students learning a history topic for the first time – in this case, learning about a littleknown and intriguing ancient civilisation of Asia. They discuss the benefits of such an approach and
are helped to overcome any misconceptions that inquiry methodology is too complex or timeconsuming to administer. The session concludes by advising teachers on how to locate high quality
existing inquiry method resources or enjoy efficiently creating their own.
Rosalie is a History Education lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Monash University and works closely with a large cohort of
History pre-service teachers. She is President of HTAV and active in HTAA, Australian Curriculum and historico-cultural
communities. She has published History/Humanities textbooks, units, web resources, dvds and professional learning materials.
Her doctorate focused on Victorian teachers and students during the Great War.
Workshop Session 4
P4 Helen Hennessey Brisbane Catholic Education
Planning for the Effective Implementation of History in the Primary Classroom.
This workshop aims to assist participants to connect the different components of the history syllabus
(the year level focus, historical concepts, inquiry questions, knowledge and understanding, historical
skills and the standard) to plan an effective unit that will accommodate the time constraints of their
classroom but also provide for deep learning. Suggested resources to support learning and teaching
will also be provided. Participants will need to bring a laptop or a copy of the curriculum for their year
level.
Helen is an Education Officer with Brisbane Catholic Education and she has responsibility for assisting teachers in BCE schools
with the implementation of the Australian Curriculum, history. She has worked extensively with primary teachers to help them to
understand the intent of the curriculum and to plan appropriate units of work for their teaching and learning context.
4A Dr Michael Adcock Caulfield Grammar School
Renaissance Italy – a Walk through History
This session will focus on Renaissance Italy using Florence to walk participants through key features
of the Renaissance. Instead of being a Terry Tourist tour of postcard monuments, Michael will use
each major building to 'peg' a general idea about the Renaissance. For example, the Church of
Orsanmichele became the focus on intense rivalry between the guilds, which commissioned statues
from Donatello and the like. This 'proves' the point that patronage not only paid for art works, but
actually powered innovation and development in art. Michael will also include a segment about
Renaissance paintings visible here in Australia in our art galleries, including your own Brisbane
gallery. He will probably boast about Melbourne's $5million Correggio!
Michael is a social and cultural historian who specialises in the field of modern France. Michael's teaching experience includes
several years with the History Department of the University of Melbourne and a series of popular lectures at the National Gallery of
Australia in Canberra, the Art Gallery of Queensland and the National Gallery of Victoria. He has also published works on the
French Revolution with Cambridge University Press. Michael teaches at Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne and conducts
student seminars on Revolutions.
4B Adrian Skerritt Helensvale State High School
Was Dr King dreaming of Obama’s presidency? -debating the legacy of the civil rights
movement.
Since Martin Luther King’s assassination in 1968 there has been an intense debate over his legacy.
Millions across the world are familiar with his heroic leadership of a movement that broke the hold
that racist laws had over the lives of African-Americans in the South. However, Dr King’s challenges to
other forms of injustice such as his campaign against the war in Vietnam and his battle to end poverty
in both black and white communities have not received much attention at all. This workshop will
explore these campaigns and discuss why some of those who claim to continue Dr King’s work adopt a
selective approach to his politics.
Adrian is a member of the QHTA Executive and presented at last year’s State Conference. He is acting Humanities/LOTE HOD at
Helensvale SHS.
4C Terry Gallagher Queensland Studies Authority
Towards historical understandings — Assessment and the Australian Curriculum: History
This session will explore challenges for developing assessment for the Australian Curriculum: History.
Participants will have the opportunity to discuss some possible approaches to planning effective
assessment for History. The use of assessment to emphasise the historical understandings of the new
curriculum and to engage students with the discipline’s methods and procedures will be investigated.
Reference will be made to the range of advice, guidelines and resources the QSA has developed to
support the implementation of the Australian Curriculum: History.
Terry is Manager (Policy and Implementation) in the Australian Curriculum Branch at the QSA. His role involves a range of policy
and resource development activities to support implementation of the Australian Curriculum. He has led and worked on many
curriculum development projects, including the Year 10 Guidelines, SOSE Essential Learnings and Key Learning Area syllabus. He
was recently a member of the ACARA History learning area advisory panel.
4D Gail Rant Somerville House
Sir Arthur Evans, a man of his time
This presentation examines the myth of Knossos and Minoan Civilisation as created by Sir Arthur
Evans. It seeks to place Evans within the context of his time and investigates the impact of this
context on his interpretation of and analysis of the evidence unearthed during his excavation of the
site at Knossos. Evans’ views will also be examined in the light of the work of contemporary
archaeologists in Crete and modern re-examination.
Gail is a teacher of Senior Ancient History and Junior History and SOSE at Somerville House. She has specialised in Ancient
History for many years and has presented regularly to students from various schools at Days of Excellence occasions. She is
widely travelled and has first-hand knowledge of the places about which she speaks.