Teaching difficult histories

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 Safely In Safely Out resources: Yada Vashem pedagogical principles and Safely In Safely Out preparing Holocaust lessons Teaching Difficult History: A guide for Grade Seven to Twelve Teachers Novia Scotia, Canada Free professional development tipsheet for this episode (in Teacher Downloads) 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 Credits Hey History Teacher! is supported by the History Teachers Association of NSW. Executive Producer is Professor Anna Clark. Producer is Jane Curtis at UTS Impact Studios. Sound engineering by John Jacobs. Made on Gadigal Country in Sydney Australia.

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