Description

With comprehensive coverage of all syllabus topics across ‘The Ancient World to the Modern World’ (Stage 4) and ‘The making of the Modern World and Australia’ (Stage 5) History Transformed equips students with powerful tools and skills to analyse and interpret the past and to make a connection between history and its relevance to their lives. All syllabus topics are covered for every Depth Study, with selected topics provided in digital-only format to ensure that the print books can be both comprehensive and manageable for students in Years 7 to 10. Site studies are also included for every topic.

This comprehensive digital resource engages students and brings the study of history to life with immersive video and audio sources, widgets and interactive activities in every chapter.

About the Authors

Jonathon Dallimore

Jonathon Dallimore began teaching history in 2006. He is currently working as a Professional Officer for the History Teachers’ Association of NSW and teaching History Methods at the University of New South Wales and the University of Wollongong. He has written several texts for the NSW Stage 6 syllabus including Modern History and History Extension.

Ashley America

AJ America is a researcher, educator, and musician. She graduated from The Australian National University in 2017 with First Class Honours and PhB majoring in History. During her studies, she was the recipient of the Lady Isaacs prize, and the David Campbell prize, and was awarded prizes at both the 2015 ANU Student Research Conference and the 2015 Australasian Conference of Undergraduate Research. Since graduating, AJ has worked as a research assistant for Dr. Rosanne Kennedy, tutored multiple courses on twentieth century history at the ANU, and curated a seminar on skills in historical writing.

Luke Bartolo

Luke Bartolo is Head Teacher of Teaching & Learning at a Western Sydney High School and has written for the academic journals Teaching History, mETAphor, and English in Australia, as well as contributing material to textbooks for Into English, Cambridge University Press, and Phoenix Education. He has a strong interest in Indigenous histories both in Australia and the Americas, and he regularly shares resources and pedagogy on his blog at lukebartolo.blogspot.com.au.

Melissa Bright

Melissa Bright is a highly engaging Modern and Ancient History teacher working in a high-achieving HSIE faculty at Elderslie High School. She has also been an HSC marker for Modern and Ancient History, and was one of the accompanying teachers on the 2019 NSW Premier’s ANZAC Memorial Scholarship Tour. She is also a co-author of Cambridge Checkpoints HSC Modern History and Power and Authority in the Modern World: 1919-1946 – Stage 6 Topics in Modern History.

Kay Carroll

Dr Kay Carroll is a Lecturer in History Education and the Director of the Secondary Teaching Program, Western Sydney University. Her current research and teaching interests are History Curriculum and Pedagogy. She has been a former Vice President of the History Teachers’ Association of NSW (HTANSW) and History Educator for Macquarie University, the Australian Catholic University and the University of New South Wales. Previously she has been a HSIE Head of Department and teacher across Catholic, independent and state schools. More recently, she has supported the implementation of the NSW History Syllabus K-10 across Catholic schools. She has published texts and journals in Global Education, Historical Inquiry and Pedagogy.

Tom Dunwoodie

Tom Dunwoodie is currently the Head of English and librarian of Trinity Catholic College in Goulburn. He has previously served as Head of History for the multi-campus M.E.T Schools in New South Wales. Tom has attended several universities, most recently obtaining a Masters of Humanities in research from the University of New England, Armidale.

Andrew Finlay

Andrew Finlay is a public high school history teacher in New South Wales. Before entering the education system, Andrew worked for ten years in a variety of museums in Australia and Singapore as a historian, curator and public programming manager. Andrew has degrees in modern history, ancient history, politics, palaeontology, museum practice and education.

Robert Loeffel

Dr Robert Loeffel has taught at Sydney Grammar School for over 15 years. He has also coordinated courses on 19th and 20th century history at the University of New South Wales. He had written textbooks and research works, predominantly on Nazi Germany and World War II.

Nicole Matthews

Nicole Matthews is a HSIE teacher at Narromine High School, in the Central West of NSW.

Michael Molkentin

Dr Michael Molkentin is Coordinator of English, Drama and LOTE at Shellharbour Anglican College and an Adjunct Lecturer in History at UNSW Canberra. He has a PhD in History from UNSW and is the author of four books, in addition to numerous chapters and articles, on the history of military conflict, aviation and air power.

Ebony Toth

Ebony Toth is a passionate Ancient History and English teacher working in a Western Sydney High School. She has presented at the ETA Annual Conference, created units of work for mEsh and is an advocate for challenging her students through Project Based Learning. She loves to travel and has a keen interest for all things ancient Rome and Greek.