High School History Recap

#16 History Skills with Michael Cocks

May 08, 2020 William H Palk, Colin du Plessis and Michael Cocks Season 1 Episode 16
High School History Recap
#16 History Skills with Michael Cocks
Show Notes

In this episode we have a discussion with a high school history teacher from Australia. Michael Cocks is the creator of the very helpful History Skills website. We find out what inspired him to become a history teacher. He gives us some background on how history as a subject is structured in his country. Michael introduces us to his history skills categories of historical knowledge, researching, source criticism and essay writing. The idea is to explore these categories in more depth in later podcasts. We also look at what makes history a valuable subject to learn. This is really the point of our podcast. To reach out to other history teachers to really create the best learning opportunities for our students. Also check out Michael's YouTube channel. Please chat to us @WilliamHPalk, @C_duPlessis and @HistorySkills.

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