Hey History!
For kids age 8-12, a series on Australian history with stories and music. For teachers, a professional learning series called Hey History Teacher!
For kids age 8-12, a series on Australian history with stories and music. For teachers, a professional learning series called Hey History Teacher! Season 1 follows Stage 2 and 3 of the Australian curriculum, and of NSW, Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland. Students can listen in class and use our Learning Materials designed and road-tested by a primary school educator. Go back in time to the Gold Rush. What happened at the meetings between Captain Cook and First Nations people…
Episodes
Teaching The Australian Wars
How do we teach the Frontier Wars with honesty, care, and confidence?
Teaching First Nations history
Nearly half of Australian teachers say they don’t feel confident to teach First Nations history, according to research.
More than facts: teaching complexity in history
You know history is complex. How do you teach that in the classroom?
Teaching difficult histories
Practical strategies to help you confidently teach history involving trauma and conflict.
*Really* creative history teaching
Want to try creative history lessons that students won’t forget?
7. Walk for truth-telling
Have you ever told the truth but it felt like no one listened? This episode is all about truth-telling.
6. What can objects tell us about the past? Live at Adelaide Writers Festival
In this special live recording of Hey History! host Axel Clark asks historians Clare Wright, Anna Clark and Kiera Lindsey what historical objects can tell us about the past?
5. How to talk with kids about Australian history
How do you teach and talk about Australian history with kids?
4. Gold fever
What were the Gold Rushes? Why did people from all over the world get ‘gold fever’?
2. First meetings at Kamay Botany Bay
In 1770, Captain Cook got secret instructions to find the ‘Great South Land’.
1. The Oldest Classroom
How did First Nations people learn before books, school and the internet?
Introducing… Hey History!
A podcast all about Australian history where the kids ask the questions.