Starter Packs for History Teachers
If you are new to teaching, taking on a new history subject or year level, or just want to enhance your understanding of a particular subject area, HTAV offers some key resources to get you started. All of these texts have been recommended by experienced teachers, academics and experts to give you the best start.
We recommend the packs below, or you can put together your own.
All new History teachers should start with The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts by Seixas and Morton.
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Starter Pack: History Teaching
Historical Thinking for History Teachers, Allender, Clark and Parks
The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts, Seixas and Morton
Teaching Secondary History, Heather Sharp et al.
Place and Time: Teaching History, Geography and Social Sciences (2nd ed.), Taylor, Fahey, Kriewaldt and Boon
Thinking Historically: Educating Students for the Twenty-First Century, Stephane Levesque
Why Study History?, Collins and Stearns
Subject Starter Packs
These starter packs have been designed to offer broad and well-rounded snapshots of different subject areas in the History curriculum. So, whether you’re new to teaching the subject or need to brush up on your skills, these starter packs are for you!
Starter Packs for VCE
Starter Pack #1: Revolutions: Russia
Reinventing Russia, third edition
The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts, Seixas and Morton
A Very Short Introduction: The Russian Revolution, S. A. Smith
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of the Russian Revolution, Harold Shukman
Access to History: Reaction and Revolution: Russia, Michael Lynch
A People’s Tragedy, Orlando Figes
Starter Pack #2: Revolutions: France
Liberating France, third edition
A Very Short Introduction: The French Revolution, William Doyle
Liberty or Death: The French Revolution, Peter McPhee
A Short History of the French Revolution, Jeremy D. Popkin
The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts, Seixas and Morton
Starter Pack #3: Revolutions: America
Forging America, third edition
American Revolutions, A Continental History, 1750–1804, Alan Taylor
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, Bernard Bailyn
The American Revolution, Writings from the Pamphlet Debate 1764–1772, Gordon S. Wood
The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts, Seixas and Morton
Starter Pack #4: Revolutions: China
China Rising, third edition
The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts, Seixas and Morton
The Search for Modern China (3rd ed.), Jonathan D. Spence
Modern China (3rd ed.), Edwin E. Moise
Access to History: China 1839–1997, Michael Lynch
Access to History: China: From Empire to People’s Republic (2nd ed.), Michael Lynch
Starter Pack #5: Australian History
A Concise History of Australia (4th ed.), Stuart Macintyre
Aboriginal Australians (5th ed.), Richard Broome
Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, David Hunt
The Colonial Experience: Port Phillip District Victoria 1834–1860,
Richard Broome
The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts, Seixas and Morton
Starter Pack #6: Ancient History
Ancient Rome, first edition
Greek History: The Basics, Robin Osborne
Ancient Greece, first edition
The Ancient Greeks, Edith Hall
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, Mary Beard
Agora (2015/Issue 3) – Ancient History
The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts, Seixas and Morton
Starter Pack for Years 7–10
The Strength of a Nation, Michael McKernan
Agora (2017/Issue 1) – The Middle Ages
A History of the Vikings, Gwyn Jones
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance, Gordon Campbell
Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, David Hunt
The Seventies, Michelle Arrow