Queensland History Teachers Association

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Email: qhta@qhta.com.au 
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Competitions
            
            
The Premier's Anzac Prize
The Queensland Government recognises that Anzac Day is owned by all Australians and the tradition of respecting the sacrifice of our forefathers must be passed down through the coming generations. The The Premier's Anzac Prize gives 50 Queensland high school students a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience the Anzac tradition firsthand. Delegations of five Queensland high school students will tour Gallipoli and the Western Front in 2013 and 2014, culminating in a major delegation of 40 students to attend 2015 Centenary commemorations. The prize includes study tour expenses including travel, insurance, accommodation, meals and allowances. The Premier's Anzac Prize is open to all eligible Year 8-12 Queensland high school students.
Congratulations to the first five Queensland student recipients in The Premier's Anzac Prize. These students won a trip to Gallipoli and the Western Front in April 2013 for their inspiring multimedia submissions. They were challenged with the task of portraying how the Anzac tradition shaped our nation, why the tradition is still important and how future generations will continue to keep it alive.

Premier Campbell Newman, with Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek, announced the competiton winners in December 2012. They are:
Elijah Douglas, Year 10 - Doomadgee State School
Jack Graham, Year 9 - Noosa District State High School
Emma Kearney, Year 11 - St Andrew's Catholic College, Cairns
Kristina Madden, Year 9 - Christian Outreach College, Toowmoomba
Kyle Walsh, Year 9 - Kirwin State High School, Townsville

More information at http://education.qld.gov.au/students/grants/scholarships/premiers-anzac-prize.html/
2013 Young Historians' Workshop

Each year, Queensland History teachers are invited to submit the name of one student from their Year 11 or 12 Ancient History or Modern History classes to attend the Young Historians’ Workshop to be held at the State Library of Queensland.

Only ten students are chosen and, of these, preference is given to two students from rural or remote areas who meet the criteria. These two students have travel costs supplemented to the value of $600 each and are billeted in Brisbane.

 

The State Library staff works with those students lucky enough to be chosen to investigate a historical issue of their choice in order to refine their research skills.

 

The students selected each year have demonstrated the following qualities:

  • currently achieving an “A” Grade in assessment
  • already demonstrated high level research skills
  • clearly indicated an interest in continuing history studies in the future
  • is capable of sharing experiences of the two day workshop with fellow students and others 

QHTA thanks the State Library Queensland for hosting this year's successful Young Historians' Workshop and congratulates the students selected for this event.

2013 Young Historians' Workshop winners
Congratulations to the 10 Queensland senior history students selected to participate in the Young Historians' Workshop held at the State Library of Queensland on 29-30 April 2013.
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Lochlan Whitton, Chancellor State College (Ancient and Modern History) - The impact of Genghis Khan, particularly on the Mongol region
Rabecca Kripal, Craigslea SHS (Modern History) - Soviet-America relations during the Cold War, in particular the impact of Mikhail Gorbachev’s rise to power
Mitchell Locke, Ryan Catholic College, Townsville (Modern History) - WW2: Nazi propaganda during their regime, in particular Hitler’s rise to power and influence over the German people
Tyla Cascaes, Cavendish Road SHS (Ancient and Modern History) -The balance between religion and power in the Ancient world, particularly Emperor Augustus’ manipulation of Emperor Worship
Jack Bagshaw, Clairvaux MacKillip College (Ancient and Modern History) - WW2: Nazi persecution of the Jews Ancient Egyptian religion
Emily Robertson, Bremer SHS (Ancient History) - The effects of Spartan and Athenian governments on the position of women in Ancient Greece
Haidee Arnold, Isis District SHS, Childers (Modern History) - WW2: persecution of the Jews
Jak Hardy, Mountain Creek SHS (Modern History) - Historical interaction between Israel and China and the Early Church in China before the Constantine, from the beginnings of civilisation to today and where it may head in the future
Jess Vandersande, Boonah SHS (Modern History) - Gender issues: feminism and the struggle for equality; in particular, the similarities between the Gay Rights movement and women’s equality struggles
Sharnia Colledge, Ipswich SHS (Ancient and Modern History) - WW2: the effects of the scientific and medical discoveries made during the Nazi campaign
2012 Young Historians' Workshop winners 
Congratulations to the 10 Queensland senior history students selected to participate in the Young Historians' Workshop held at the State Library of Queensland on 30 April and 1 May 2012.
Jessica Antinopoulos - Ipswich State High School
Stephanie Barber - Bray Park State High School
Jacob Heal - Grace Lutheran College
Caitlin Micallef - Mansfield State High School
Anita Nahuysen - Craigslea State High School
Matt Russell - Centenary State High School
Emma Shayler - Somerville House
Sarah Webb - Ryan Catholic College
Elissa Judge - Kingaroy State High School
Holly-Rose Williams - Maroochydore State High School

Below are some sample answers to the program evaluation question ‘What will you share with your teachers and fellow students when you return to school?’

I will tell them about the vast resources that are accessible at the library. I’ll recommend all students to take advantage of the databases and the catalogue for their research.

I will recommend very highly the use on online databases, the free Internet and meeting places and most certainly the online books.

I will encourage them to visit the library as the staff are very friendly and show you how to use sources other than those on the internet or in books.

I will mention the history sites on Twitter and FLickr – photo sharing – which we can use for our research journals.

Enormous variety of resources available especially on Qld history.

2013 Australian History Competition

The Australian History Competition is prepared by the History Teachers’ Association of Australia and run in conjunction with The Giant Classroom. While a primary goal has been to provide an interesting and challenging competition for students, we also see this as an opportunity to support teachers in the implementation of the new Australian Curriculum: History. It is an opportunity to provide a quality resource that demonstrates approaches to the assessment of knowledge, skills and understandings and promotes a broad view of history.

In 2012 the Year 10 Competition ran for the second time and the Year 8 Competition ran for the first time.

·       See News for a list of students who gained the highest mark in each state or territory

·       See 2012 Evaluation for an evaluation of the 2012 competition

·       See Sample Questions for a selection of questions from the 2011 competition.

 

In 2013 the competition will be offered at two levels:

·       A Year 10 competition will be broadly based on the Australian Curriculum: History for years 9&10

·       A Year 8 competition will be broadly based on the Australian Curriculum: History for years 7&8

 

Each competition will present 50 multiple choice questions. The questions will focus on key elements of the Australian Curriculum: History – sound historical knowledge, historical skills and historical understandings. While directed towards students who have studied history, they may be suitable for students who have studied subjects that incorporate a strong history component.

Both competitions will run on Wednesday 29 May 2013.

Details on the 2013 Australian History Competition can be found at http://australianhistorycompetition.com.au
2012 Australian History Competition winners
The Australian History Competition is prepared by the History Teachers’ Association of Australia and run in conjunction with The Giant Classroom. While a primary goal has been to provide an interesting and challenging competition for students, we also see this as an opportunity to support teachers in the implementation of the new Australian Curriculum: History. It is an opportunity to provide a quality resource that demonstrates approaches to the assessment of knowledge, skills and understandings and promotes a broad view of history.
 
In 2012 the Year 10 Competition ran for the second time and the Year 8 Competition ran for the first time. The following students are to be congratulated for their outstanding performance:
Year 8
Aisling Miller, Brisbane State High School (Top mark in state)
Andy Drane, Brisbane State High School
Alex Smith, Toowooma Grammar School
Charles Geary, Toowoomba Grammar School
Year 10
Will French, St Augustines College (Top mark in state)
Jaaes Dalton, Anglican Church Grammar School
Nick Dendle, Maleny High School
Thomas Barnwell, Toowoomba Grammar School
Tristan Heiner, Toowoomba Grammar School
Simpson Prize 2013 winners

The History Teachers' Association of Australia (HTAA), together with HTAA State affiliates, conducts this competition for Year 9 and 10 students on behalf of the Australian Government. The focus of the competition is the Australian ANZAC tradition and students are asked to write an essay of 1200 to 1500 words, or prepare an audio-visual presentation of not more than 15 minutes, on a given statement every year. The topic is: "What does an investigation of primary sources reveal about the Gallipoli experience and to what extent does this explain the origins of the Anzac Legend? Students should support their view with reference to at least 2 different periods of Australian history. ENTRIES CLOSED: 9 NOVEMBER 2012

The Simpson Prize is a great opportunity for Year 9 and 10 students to participate in a nationwide essay competition, giving them the chance to win an unforgettable 2 week trip to Turkey as well as a prepatory trip to Canberra.

The 2013 Queensland winner is Lauren Finnerty, Ryan Catholic College. Read the prize winning essay at http://www.simpsonprize.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2013_SIMPSONPRIZE_Lauren-Finnerty.pdf 

The 2013 Queensland runner-up is Nicholas Fidler, St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace

The winners from each State and Territory will travel together to Gallipoli for the Anzac Day Service in April 2013. For further details go to http://www.simpsonprize.org

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Simpson Prize 2012 winners
This year's statement was: "Why has Australian commemoration of ANZAC Day increased in popularity in recent years?"*

*Students needed to support their view with reference to at least TWO different periods of Australian history.

ENTRIES CLOSED 9 DECEMBER 2011
More information at http://www.simpsonprize.org

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Congratulations to the Queensland State Winner, Taylor Joppich (Year 9), William Ross State High School
Congratulations to the Queensland runner-up, Emma Kearney (Year 10), St Andrew's Catholic College
Highly recommended entries were:
Costa Yanardasis (Year 9), Anglican Church Grammar School
Erin McDonald (Year 10), Centenary Heights State High School
Sarah Bradford (Year 9), Chancellor State College
Amarina Smith (Year 10), Heights College
Lauren Booth (Year 10), Ispwich Girls' Grammar
Jeremy On (Year 10), Mansfield State High School
Simpson Prize 2011 winners

TOPIC
"Has the ANZAC legend changed over 95 years?".
You should support your view with reference to at least 2 different periods of history
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(Responses can be either a 900 - 1200 word essay or a 15-minute audio/visual presentation for students in Years 9 and 10)

Winners and two teachers will travel to Gallipoli for the April 2011 ANZAC Day services.

ENTRIES CLOSED: 3 DECEMBER 2010

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Congratulations to the Queensland State Winner, Tanvi Karnik, Brisbane Girls' Grammar
Congratulations to the Queensland runner-up, Jack Hales, Tannum Sands State High School
2010 Gallipoli Trip Journals
2013 National History Challenge
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The National History Challenge is a research-based competition for students. It gives your students a chance to be an historian, researching world history, examining Australia’s past, investigating their community and exploring their own roots. It emphasizes and rewards quality research, the use of community resources and effective presentation.

The theme for 2013 is 'Legends, Fact and History'. Students produced entries in one of three formats: an individual research paper, a museum display, or other formats - such as a multi-media format (audio/video/website), a performance, or any other form of creative representation. Except for the individual (one person) research paper, students worked alone or in groups of up to four people.
Due Date: 30 August 2013

More information at http://www.historychallenge.org.au

2012 National History Challenge winners (Qld)
2012: Year 5/6 Prize - William McEwan, St Joseph's Nudgee College. William's essay was on Sister Elizabeth Kenny.
2012: Year Level 7/8 - Grace Sarra, St Thomas' Catholic Primary School. Grace's essay was on Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile.
2012: Year 9/10 - Leah Murray, Albany Creek State High School. Leah's essay was on The Suffragist: Vida Goldstein.
2012 Premier's Young Historian Award - Leah Murray, Albany Creek State High School.
2011 National History Challenge winners (Qld)
2011: Year 5/6 Prize - Tom Lambert - St Joseph's Nudgee College - Tom's essay was titled Gold, Grey and Gusto.

2011: Year 7/8 Prize - Leah Murray - Albany Creek State High. Leah's essay was titled The Mabo Case.

2011: Year 9/10 Prize - Sophie Weir - Brisbane Girls Grammar School. Sophie's essay was titled WW2 and Women.

2011: Year 11/12 Prize - Rory Parker - Albany Creek State High School. Rory's essay was titled Would God Save the Governor-General?

'Defining Moments - Women' Prize - Caterina Eleni Piperidis - Albany Creek State High School. Caterina's essay was titled Caroline Chisholm 'The Emigrants Friend'. 

Australian Democracy Prize - Rory Parker - Albany Creek State High School. Rory's essay was titled Would God Save the Governor General?

'Indigenous Australia' Prize - Brittini Sirett - Albany Creek State High School. Brittini's essay was titled Charles Perkins.

'Immigrant Experience' Prize - Tom Lambert - St Joseph's Nudgee College. Tom's essay was titled Gold, Grey and Gusto.

'History of Sport' Prize - Daniel Fraser - Albany Creek State High School. Daniel's essay was titled Johnny Warren 'I told you so'.
'The Life and Times of John Curtin' Prize - Pedro Rafael Ramos - Albany Creek State High School. Pedro's essay was titled Shadowed Legacy: The Curtin That History Books Never Talk About.
'In War and Peace' Prize - Adam Yousif - Brisbane State High School. Adam's essay was titled World War 1 and World War 2
Museum Exhibit Prize - Hamish Murray - Albany Creek State High School. HIGHLY COMMENDED ONLY.
2011 Premier's Young Historian Award - Tom Lambert - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Queensland Premier's Young Historian Medal, $500 student and $100 school, and student travel to Canberra to receive the Commonwealth Medal at the National Presentation Ceremony, in Mural Hall, Parliament House. The National History Challenge covers travel, meals, accomodation and incidental costs to and from, and whilst in Canberra
2013 QHTA Historical Writing Competition
Email entries for this competition are due at qhta@qhta.com.au by Friday, 20 September 2013. Email entries must be followed by a printed version within four days. Printed entries must be posted by Wednesday, 25 September 2013. Please ensure that you download the conditions and read them carefully. All entries should have the application form attached.

Students in years 7 to 12 are invited to submit an essay or written response of some other appropriate genre (a report, diary entries, newspaper article, play, script etc). For the first time in 2012, students in Years 11 and 12 are also permitted to submit a digital multi-modal entry. (This topic may relate to an historical piece from ancient or modern times) The topic or question which the entry is intended to answer must be clearly stated and must be historical in the sense that it addresses an issue concerned with causes or consequences or change of continuity in human affairs in an identified time period.

The entry may relate to a topic studied during the student's history studies at school and must be the original work of the student, in that the student has not received more assistance than is usually given during the researching and writing of essays or other genres submitted for assessment within the school curriculum.

While teachers should feel free to comment on early drafts, the submitted entry must not contain any teacher’s comments, corrections or marks.

Each school may submit no more than three entries in each of Years 7-10. In Years 11 and 12 a maximum of three Ancient History essays and three Modern History essays may be submitted at each year level. Schools may also submit one Year 11 or 12 multi-modal entry for Ancient and one Year 11 or 12 multi-modal entry for Modern History. In instances where more than the permissible number of three entries in a given year level/category are submitted, only the first three removed from the envelope will be eligible.

Email Entries Due Date: Friday, 20 September 2013

Printed Entries Due Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2013

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2012 QHTA Historical Writing Competition winners

QHTA takes great pleasure in announcing the 2012 winners of the Historical Writing Competition. The standard of entries this year was very high and the judges commend both the students and their teachers for the way in which students showed their ability to research, interpret evidence and make historical judgements.
Year 12 Ancient History
1st
2nd

3rd
Alannah Filer - Somerset College
Hannah Begg - The Gap State High School
Shannon Farlow - The Gap State High School (TIE)
Yenee Saw - Brisbane State High School (TIE)
Year 12 Modern History
1st
2nd
3rd
Keilin Anderson - Somerville House
Fiona Daly - St Aidan's AGS
Eleanor O'Neill - Brisbane State High School

Highly Commended
Eduan Jordaan - Albany Creek State High School
Year 11 Ancient History
1st
2nd
3rd
Yolanda Gardiner - Somerset College
Olivia Whiteman - The Gap State High School
Eleanor Dalzell - The Gap State High School

Highly Commended
Christian Peters - St Augustine's College
Stephanie McKell - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School
Year 11 Modern History
1st
2nd
3rd
Daniel Dow - Albany Creek State High School
Fransesca Leonard - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School
Mia Sandgren - St Hilda's School

Highly Commended
Irene Mengel - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School
Isabelle Kenardy - Somerville House
Sarah Clark - The Gap State High School
Year 10
1st
2nd
3rd
Victoria Poon - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School
Chelsea Ho - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School
Hamish Litster - Anglican Church Grammar School
Year 9
1st
2nd
3rd
Emmie Phelan - Brisbane State High School
Yunjin Lee - Brisbane State High School

Highly Commended
Georgina Robertson - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School
Eva Wang - Somerville House
Year 8
1st
2nd
3rd
Sarah Rodgers - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School
Thaveesha Abeysekera - Somerville House
Emma Simpson - Somerville House

Highly Recommended
Marie Olivier - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School

Indigenous History Prize
Meg Ryman - Noosa District State High School
Civil Liberties Prize
Victoria Poon - St Aidan's Anglican Girls School
            
            
 
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