Teaching History: A Practical Guide for Secondary School Teachers

Teaching History: A Practical Guide for Secondary School Teachers offers educators a clear and concise guide to navigating the unique challenges of history education. Providing a balanced approach that combines practical strategies with thoughtful insights into the nature of historical thinking, it will help teachers develop both their understanding of the subject and their instructional techniques.

Grounded in current research and real-world experience, this insightful book covers essential topics from unit planning and assessment design to working with historical scholarship and sources. While invaluable for early-career teachers, it will be equally beneficial to veterans seeking a fresh overview of the curricular landscape in the context of history education. By emphasising the "bifocal" nature of history teaching - balancing historical and instructional thinking - Teaching History will equip teachers with the tools they need to create engaging, effective and meaningful history classes.

Jonathon Dallimore is the Executive Officer (Professional Services) for the History Teachers' Association of New South Wales and a lecturer in History Methods at the University of New South Wales and the University of Wollongong. He has extensive experience teaching in NSW secondary schools and working with teachers in Australia. Jonathon has authored or contributed to eleven books on history and history education and holds an MA in History from UNSW Canberra, in which he researched the intersection of military service and educational developments in Australia.