Student Resources

This episode 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.

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 written a chapter on this topic for the second edition of the History Extension Resource Book (HTANSW, 2020).

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 Study. This episode has a companion article published in the March 2019 edition of HTA NSW's quarterly journal, Teaching History.

This episode of the HTANSW podcast presents an interview with Dr. Jo Hakwins about her book Consuming Anzac (2018).  It is relevant to all students studying History Extension and particularly those exploring the Representations of Anzac Case Study.

In this video Paul Kiem from HTANSW provides some tips on preparing for Section One of the History Extension HSC Exam. As a supplement to this video, a practice essay writing activity will be included in the June 2016 issue of HTANSW’s journal, ‘Teaching History’.