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Please join us at the National Archives of Australia for an upcoming professional learning event entitled ‘Conviction Politics in the History Classroom‘ on Wednesday, 6 November (4.15-6pm). 

Conviction Politics is an international digital history project exploring the impact of radicals and rebels transported as political convicts to Australia on their place of exile, and the patterns of collective resistance by the mass of unfree convict women and women to the exploitation of their forced labour. This resource is relevant in particular for the Year 9 History Curriculum, but connections can be made throughout the curriculum.

We will be joined by colleagues from the NAA showing archival material that highlights the ongoing theme of ‘resistance’ within Australian History. Some of the documents that have been mentioned in the development of this event come from defining moments in Australia since 1901.

We will also hear from Professor Tony Moore (Monash University) and Professor Hamish Maxwell-Stewart (University of New England), members of the academic team who collaborated on the project, and ACT teacher Oscar Jolly (Melrose High School) to explain the scope and relevancy of the project to History teachers and our classrooms.

As an added bonus, this event is TQI Accredited.

Please register through our Eventbrite page. ACT HTA members and pre-service teachers are free. For non-members it is $15.

Invitation for Student Session – Conviction Politics

As part of organising for the Conviction Politics PL , the ACT HTA is organising a student session with Professor Tony Moore & Hamish Maxwell-Stewart.

This historical workshop will focus on inquiry skills and be delivered in a tutorial format. We are looking at providing this workshop to around 25 Year 10-12 History students. This will be an enrichment opportunity for our keen young historians.

When: Wednesday, 6 November

Location: Canberra Grammar School (Red Hill, ACT)

Timing: 12pm arrival for a 12.30pm start. Finishing at 3pm.

Who: Year 10-12 History students.

For ACT Public School students, I’ll be in attendance and happy to provide duty of care at the venue. We have a EDU Risk Assessment as well to share, which we can provide also to non-EDU schools if helpful.

If you would like to send a couple of students, please reach out to Becky Gill (President of HTA) at Rebecca.Gill@ed.act.edu.au