For teachers
The National History Challenge is a nationally recognised competition aimed at engaging students in historical research. As well as building historical literacy the challenge develops student confidence and creativity.
Involve your students
- Register your students online at the National History Challenge website.
- The challenge can be entered by individual students, a whole class or school.
- Every student who attempts historical research relating to the theme is entitled to a participation certificate.
- Participation can form part of student assessment. Alternatively you may have existing assessment tasks which can be submitted as entries.
- Teachers who facilitate participation will receive a certificate to add to their professional development portfolio at the completion of the challenge.
Curriculum links:
The Old Parliament House category targets the National Civics and Citizenship curriculum as well as being relevant to every State and Territory history curricula.
In general students will:
- Use and evaluate a range of primary and secondary sources. A primary document study forms part of the requirements for entries.
- Demonstrate effective written communication skills.
- Evaluate others’ view points in order to develop and argue their own.
- Reference written and visual material included in their entry.
Civics and Citizenship Key Learning
Download the years 7-9 Civics and Citizenship Key Learning matrix.