Accidental Histories Set (pack of 4)

Accidental Histories – exploring the role of accident and serendipity, to make history.

Accidental Histories is an exciting new Australian series by Professor Paul Ashton. Each short story provides an opportunity for students to engage with history while improving their core language, research and critical thinking skills.

  • Designed to integrate with the Australian Curriculum for Humanities, Social Sciences and English
  • Aligns with state syllabuses
  • Each title includes a downloadable teaching resource

Accidental Histories are:

  • Curriculum aligned
  • Creative non-fiction
  • Based on detailed historical research
  • Brings narrative/story to the foreground in history; history is literature
  • Can help build context
  • Includes teachers notes
  • Allows students, teachers and writers to draw on historical sources, both traditional and promiscuous; to develop well-grounded historical imaginations which allows them to fill cracks, gaps or chasms in what are invariably incomplete, invented or censored archives.

 

 

 

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Buy Accidental Histories Set (pack of 4)

$63.80

SKU: .ACCIDENTAL HISTORIES

Accidental Histories – exploring the role of accident and serendipity, to make history.

Accidental Histories are:

  • Creative non-fiction
  • Based on detailed historical research

This pack includes 1 book of each title.

Australian Curriculum connections include the following (Covered in the teaching resources)
Humanities and Social Sciences – Year 5 & Year 6 Inquiry questions
English: Literature Year 5 & Year 6
Geography
Literature and context
Responding to literature
Examining literature

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