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Blowing your own trumpet

Blowing your own trumpet. Giving your school’s history department a high profile. The Plot. Declining numbers and …. Front of House. Who to? Grade 9 Pupils Their Parents School Management. The History Evening. The Main Stage. The classroom environment. Backstage.

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Blowing your own trumpet

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  1. Blowing your own trumpet Giving your school’s history department a high profile

  2. The Plot

  3. Declining numbers and …

  4. Front of House Who to? • Grade 9 Pupils • Their Parents • School Management

  5. The History Evening

  6. The Main Stage • The classroom environment

  7. Backstage Selling History to the Grade 9s using presentations and videos What research tells us: • Career relevance is key, but learners are not particularly attracted by jobs like working in a museum so be careful. • History role models are a good idea. People who have been very successful in a variety of fields who studied history to an advanced level.

  8. Other issues to highlight • The importance of history skills across a wide range of applications and especially for any type of study at a university should be stressed. • The role of History in forming an informed citizen with a strong sense of context.

  9. What can the society do? • Need to keep agitating for improvements to the matric History papers. • Become a conduit for History best practice • The Big challenge - A new promotional DVD.

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