Hey 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.Teaching and talking about history with kids can be rewarding and challenging.From their experience studying and teaching history, Clare and Anna tackle questions like:How can kids in primary school work with history’s complexity?How can primary students consider the moral lessons of what they're learning?How do you encourage kids when they're interested in history but get some facts wrong?What’s one crucial thing to get across to kids about history?Anna and Clare look at a concern about saying the wrong thing when talking about Australian history, and look at how to do Reconciliation while teaching or talking about history with kids?And you'll hear why asking questions is an important part of how you talk about history, and how to use primary sources and historical objects to connect kids with the history of our country.VoicesAnna Clark is a Professor of History at the University of Technology, Sydney.Clare Wright is a Professor of History and Public Engagement at La Trobe University.Episode image Photo of Clare Wright (left) and Anna Clark (right) in the recording studio at University of Technology Sydney.MusicThannoid by Blue Dot Sessions.TranscriptDownload How to talk with kids about Australian history transcript in WordDownload How to talk with kids about Australian history transcript as PDFCreditsMade on Gadigal Country by Anna Clark, Clare Wright, Jane Curtis and Britta Jorgensen.Executive producers are Clare Wright and Anna Clark.Podcast concept, design and development by Anna Clark.Indigenous Cultural Consultant is Katrina Thorpe.Story editor is Kyla Slaven.Learning material by Nick Adeney, Victorian primary educatorCurriculum advisors are Nicole Laauw, Department of Education NSW, and Rose Reid, Association of Independent Schools of NSWThanks to all the students whose voices you hear in this episode and their schools and teachers: Princes Street Primary school, Marrickville West Primary School, Westbourne Grammar School, Preshil Primary School, La Perouse Primary School, and Yirrkala Bilingual School.Hey History! is produced by the Australian Centre for Public History at UTS and UTS Impact Studios.Impact Studios' executive producer is Sarah Gilbert.

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 on Palawa land?Students from Princes Street Primary School in Hobart tell us what they know about convict kids.Hamish Maxwell-Stewart and Marcelle Mangan tell the story of transportation, convict tattoos and tokens, and convict life at the Cascades Female Factory in Hobart.They answer kids’ questions and reflect on what the evidence can and can’t tell us about the convicts.How to use this episode in your classroomPlay all the way through (32 minutes) or play half the episode (16 minutes) and pause.We'll tell you when you've reached halfway, and recap the episode.Use the 4 page Learning Materials worksheet PDF with your class, and find more resources on our website.VoicesProfessor Hamish Maxwell-Stewart is a specialist in convict history and is at the University of New England.Marcelle Mangan is a tour guide at the Cascades Female Factory, Hobart.Episode image Convict love token from J. Fletcher. Image courtesy of the National Museum of Australia.TranscriptDownload Convict kids transcript in WordDownload Convict kids transcript PDFMusicLess Jaunty and Apollo Diedre by Blue Dot Sessions.CreditsHosted by Axel Clark.Made on Gadigal Country by Anna Clark, Clare Wright, Jane Curtis and Britta Jorgensen.Executive producers are Clare Wright and Anna Clark.Podcast concept, design and development by Anna Clark.Indigenous Cultural Consultant is Katrina Thorpe.Story editor is Kyla Slaven.Learning material by Nick Adeney, Victorian primary educatorCurriculum advisors are Nicole Laauw, Department of Education NSW, and Rose Reid, Association of Independent Schools of NSWThanks to all the students whose voices you hear in this episode and their schools and teachers: Princes Street Primary school, Marrickville West Primary School, Westbourne Grammar School, Preshil Primary School, La Perouse Primary School, and Yirrkala Bilingual School.Hey History! is produced by the Australian Centre for Public History at UTS and UTS Impact Studios.Impact Studios' executive producer is Sarah Gilbert.

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 rock art, like engravings, stencils and prints, in the ‘oldest classroom’?What are the different kinds of classrooms First Nations kids learn ion today?Students at La Perouse Primary School in Sydney tell us what they know about how their ancestors learnt on Country.Wayne Brennan and host Axel Clark visit a very old rock shelter on Dharug and Gundungurra Country. We hear about different kinds of rock art, learning when you’re ready and ways of passing down knowledge.Merrikiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs invites us into her classroom at Yirrkala Bilingual School in North East Arnhem Land.How to use this episode in your classroomPlay all the way through (24 minutes) or play half the episode (12 minutes) and pause.We'll tell you when you've reached halfway, and recap the episode.Use the 4 page Learning Materials worksheet PDF with your class, and find more resources on our website.Voices Wayne Brennan is an archaeologist at the University of Sydney , a Gamilaraay person and Blue Mountains custodian.Merrikiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs is the Principal of Yirrkala Bilingual School, a Yolngu woman and leader.Episode image Red ochre used in painting. Image courtesy of the National Museum of Australia.TranscriptDownload The Oldest Classroom transcript as WordDownload The Oldest Classroom transcript as PDFMusicThannoid and Highway 94 by Blue Dot Sessions.CreditsHosted by Axel ClarkMade on Gadigal Country by Anna Clark, Clare Wright, Jane Curtis and Britta JorgensenExecutive producers are Claire Wright and Anna ClarkPodcast concept, design and development by Anna ClarkIndigenous Cultural Consultant is Katrina ThorpeStory editor is Kyla SlavenLearning material by Nick Adeney, Victorian primary educatorCurriculum advisors are Nicole Laauw, Department of Education NSW, and Rose Reid, Association of Independent Schools of NSWThanks to all the students whose voices you hear in this episode and their schools and teachers: Princes Street Primary school, Marrickville West Primary School, Westbourne Grammar School, Preshil Primary School, La Perouse Primary School, and Yirrkala Bilingual School.Hey History! is produced by the Australian Centre for Public History at UTS and UTS Impact Studios.Impact Studios' executive producer is Sarah Gilbert.