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History Teachers' Association NSW

Feb 6, 2022

Our first episode for 2022 features an interview with Dr. Benjamin Jones from Central Queensland University. We discuss some of the themes and issues raised in his co-edited book 'History in a Post-Truth World: Theory and Praxis' published by Routledge in 2021.


Jul 25, 2021

This episode explores the history and historiography of witch trials and witch hunts. Our guest is Michael Street, history teacher and recipient of a 2019 Premier's Teacher Scholarship sponsored by HTANSW. Michael used his scholarship to travel to the United States and England to study the history of witch hunts and has...


Feb 15, 2021

This episode features an interview with Dr. Michael Molkentin about his latest book 'Anzac and Aviator: The Remarkable Story of Sir Ross Smith and the 1919 England to Australia Air Race' (Allen&Unwin, 2019). After briefly setting out the story, the interview focuses on questions of the methods used to construct...


Dec 2, 2020

In this episode, we interviewed Anne Gripton and talked about some practical ideas for teaching History Extension. The discussion mainly concentrated on the 'key questions' component of the course but it also offers some ideas for approaching Question 1 in the History Extension HSC Exam.


Apr 14, 2019

In this episode, we discuss the history, memory and historiography of the 35th President of the United States: John F. Kennedy. The episode is not an interview, but a discussion of different perspectives and interpretations of JFK aimed at those studying the NSW History Extension course and completing the JFK Case...