Teaching difficult histories

Teaching difficult histories Hey History Teacher podcast
 

Practical strategies to help you confidently teach history involving trauma and conflict.

You’ll learn how to:

  • build trust

  • use different techniques so everyone can ask a question

  • respond to challenging or confronting student questions

  • support students with personal connections to the content

  • use frameworks like Safely In, Safely Out to manage sensitive material, and

  • how to look after yourself as a teacher when the content feels heavy.

Resources and tipsheet

Voices

Educators: Ben Lawless (Victoria), Natalie Abadier (New South Wales), Louise Secker 
(Western Australia), Paul Foley (South Australia), Natalie Fong (Queensland), and Sarah 
Coleman (Queensland).

Host: Professor Anna Clark

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