History Lab Teach: S1E2 Damages of a broken heart

Program starters for primary, secondary and tertiary learning experiences

These mini units have been designed to be adapted by teachers, university tutors and convenors. They provide a basis for developing targeted and detailed programs, learning experiences, assessments or lesson plans. Each mini unit focusses on one History Lab podcast and is divided into three modules. The first module involves exploring the key themes and questions for the podcast. The second models student inquiry, sparking questions and demonstrating historical research. The third module guides independent student inquiry.

The content and activities presented in these programs are designed to be accessible for students of a range of abilities, and easily adapted or differentiated. At points within each unit, activities have been explicitly differentiated into five levels. These are intended to roughly align with years 5–6, 7–8, 9–10 and 11–12 in the Australian Curriculum, and tertiary level, although they also provide ideas for differentiation between year levels and stages, or for alternative activities that may be adapted to suit different year levels. A variety of inquiry and discussion questions have also been included in order to support a range of ages and abilities. At the end of this document, a Further Resources appendix includes activities that may be used to structure discussion and present student findings. While each activity has been aligned with outcomes from the Australian curriculum, for clear presentation, only outcome descriptions, and not their codes, have been included. A table at the end of this document lists aligns each outcome descriptor to its code for each year level.

Please assess whether each History Lab podcast and any linked resources are appropriate for your students prior to use.

We’d love to receive your feedback, suggestions and examples of class activities. Please email us at the Australian Centre for Public History