Finish the year off with some fantastic PL and drinks by the sea! GHTANT has arranged for a private tour of the Darwin Museum and Art Gallery on Wednesday 13 December at 4:00pm. The tour is capped at 12, so book early! If the tour is sold out, send us an email at hello@ghtant.org.au and you can join the waitlist - or join us after at the Ski Club (or similar) for a drink to see off the 2023 school year! Look forward to seeing you there!

Join us for the annual ETANT/GHTANT Term 4 Mini Conference, where we'll provide some fantastic, applicable professional learning to support your teaching and learning programs. We've been running this event for many years and the feedback has always been positive. We aim to provide sessions that are relevant and useful, so you'll leave with new tools and strategies to support your teaching. Our program is ready! Click here to read it.  Tickets are free for ETANT or GHTANT members, and $20.00 for others. But consider joining if you're not already a member!  Some highlights: Creating maps and charts using Datawrapper Using cartoons in the classroom Cross Disciplinary Approaches to Building Literacy Reconciling the Historical and Literary Narratives

GHTANT in collaboration with the Archives is holding a free end-of semester event for NT educators. Attendees will get the opportunity to learn more about the Archive collections, will identify opportunities to use Archive resources when exploring concepts in Humanities and will be guided into how to plan excursions to the Archive for their classes. GHTANT in collaboration with the Archives is holding a free end-of semester event for NT educators. Attendees will get the opportunity to learn more about the Archive collections, will identify opportunities to use Archive resources when exploring concepts in Humanities and will be guided into how to plan excursions to the Archive for their classes. DRINKS AND NIBBLES PROVIDED •Date: Wednesday 21st June 2023 •Venue: Kelsey Cres, Millner NT 0810 •Time: 4pm

GHTANT is excited to be returning to Alice Springs after some time away. We are presenting a range of workshops to support humanities teachers, while also including some cross-curriculum sessions that will be of interest to those teaching in other areas.  Session highlights We're still finalising the program, but here are the sessions so far! Cartoons in the classroom The communicative power of cartoons lies in their ability to present often-complex issues, events and trends in a simplified and accessible form. This session will explore the skills of cartoon analysis in the Humanities classroom. It will also explore ways to teach students how to create their own cartoons. Historical concepts: focus on Change and Continuity Historical concepts underpin the study of History. This session will provide an overview of how to introduce the Historical concepts to your classes. It will unpack the concept of Change and Continuity which is this year’s National History Challenge theme. The session will end with the launching of the National History Challenge. Setting Students up for Success What do students need to be able to do to succeed in History? Essentially, they need to be able to use a range of sources to construct and argument. The first part of this workshop will focus on how to have fun with sources analysis, while encouraging students to effectively analyse and evaluate a range of sources to assess their usefulness to historians investigating a topic. The second part of the workshop will look at how to develop questions, construct a historical argument and write a response. Teachers will leave this session with classroom tested resources and strategies. The workshop is aimed at Middle Years and Senior History Teachers. Creative Responses in Humanities Humanities tasks can be creative and fun, but they need to meet the assessment criteria for the learning area. Sometimes students can become too focused on the creative element of the task and forget that they need to show evidence of research and critical thinking. This workshop will look at task design across different learning areas and provide teachers with strategies to develop a more creative approach to assessment. This workshop is aimed at all HASS teachers. Teaching and the Teenage Brain Have you ever felt that your students can’t remember anything they have been taught? Have you ever felt completely overwhelmed when learning something new? Don’t worry this is a perfectly normal part of learning. Understanding how the brain processes information will help us to develop lessons and sequence information more effectively. This session will draw on both cognitive science and educational theory to examine how to ovoid cognitive overload, while maximizing student learning. It will also provide participants with strategies to ensure students remember what they learn. This session is suitable for all teachers.   We would love to see you there!  Free for GHTANT members (you can join here by clicking on Memberships) GHTANT members can bring a guest for free. $20 for non-members to cover catering - though we'd love to join!

Calling all humanities teachers! Join us for a dynamic and thought-provoking event designed to inspire and invigorate your teaching. Curriculum Bytes is an opportunity to connect with fellow educators and share ideas, strategies, and resources for teaching the humanities. It will be the perfect forum to exchange ideas and discover new ways to bring the humanities to life in your classroom. Whether you're looking to explore new teaching techniques, learn from your peers, or simply connect with like-minded educators, our event is the perfect place to do it. Come join us and discover how you can take your teaching to the next level! DARWIN MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY 4:00pm February 22 2023

Come along to the launch of the 2022 National History Challenge. NT Coordinator Nelly Labiche will discuss the competition's theme and structure so that teachers can look at ways they can engage their students in the Challenge. Light refreshments will be provided.

POSTPONED!! We will reschedule later in the year. 

Following on from our successful Term 4 mini-conference in 2020, GHTANT and ETANT have organised an event for 2021 aimed at providing relevant and engaging professional learning for Humanities and English teachers. We have some great guests - Darwin-based author Barry Jonsberg, president of the Australian Geography Teachers Association Susan Caldis, and great friend of GHTANT, Senior Lecturer Rosalie Triolo.  Tickets are free for GHTANT or ETANT members, $25 for non-members. Members can bring a colleague for free - spread the word! Check out the program here! 

Come along for the launch of the National History Challenge! Although subject to change, we are planning the launch at the NT Library where you can also tour the permanent exhibit and check out the Charlie Flannigan exhibition which recently got some positive press in The Guardian.  GHTANT's National History Challenge coordinator, Nelly Labiche, will provide some information on the event as well as some ideas and strategies for implementing the competition into your program. We will have some nourishments afterwards - venue to be advised! We'll also have a few lucky door prizes!

GHTANT aims to schedule a professional learning/social event on the final Wednesday afternoon of each term - the Week 10 Wednesday Windup.  This year we have arranged a tour of the "A Territory Story" exhibit at the NT Library, along with a session on the services available in the library for teachers and students. Along with this, we'll launch the 2021 National History Challenge, and our NHC Coordinator, Nelly Labiche, will share information on the competition for this year. After, we'll arrange dinner somewhere in town for those interested. GHTANT will shout the food, but drinks are at your own expense! Please feel free to bring a colleague at no cost!

Following on from our successful conference in 2020, GHTANT and ETANT are proud to present our third Central Australia Conference for Humanities and English Teachers. Let's make this an annual event! If you are a member of GHTANT or ETANT, you can attend this event for free. If you are not a member, please visit http://www.ghtant.org.au or https://www.aate.org.au/etant to join. Note that GHTANT has institutional members, so check with your school to see if you are eligible to attend through your school's membership. Non-member prices are $40.00, which includes morning tea and lunch. Attendees are welcome to join us for dinner on Saturday evening. We will provide appetizers, but meals and drinks will be paid by those attending.  Due to COVID-19, our Special Guests this year will be appearing online. We have Dr Rosalie Triolo, Senior Lecturer for History Education at Monash University, will present two sessions - one on Torres Strait Islander history and one embedding numeracy into the history curriculum. Rosalie has presented at other GHTANT workshops and at previous Festivals of Teaching, so we are very happy to have her share her experiences with our central Australian teachers.  Young adult fiction and non-fiction writer Gabbie Stroud will be joining us to present a workshop on creative writing.  Also presenting will be Alice-based Justin Zammit and Glenda McCarthy, and Darwin-based Nelly Labiche, Charleen Conroy and Steve Hawkins.  Program coming soon! Travel support: GHTANT can provide limited travel funding (up to $300) for fuel or accommodation expenses for those who may like to travel in. We would greatly appreciate it if you could try to reduce your costs by carpooling as our travel funding is quite tight. Email steve.hawkins@ntschools.net to inquire about this. 

The Geography & History Teachers Association NT (GHTANT) is sponsoring She Maps to deliver its Drone Day Teaser session for teachers interested in the use of drones in a school setting. Further details on the specifics of the program are to come, but the date and times are locked in. GHTANT is pleased to offer this workshop for free to members of a teaching association affiliated with the Professional Teachers Association NT (PTANT). The non-member fee is $30.00. Participants are capped at 30, so book soon to secure your spot!