• Learning Lab
  • Little Science
  • Little History
  • Ancient Roman Empire
  • History Skills
    • Resource Overview Video
    • Teacher Guide
    • Curriculum Links
    • Classroom Implementation Video
    • Teacher Reflection Video
    • Creating a Digital History
    • Objects as Evidence
    • Photographs as Evidence
    • Community Stories

Community Stories

How does an historian research and write community stories? This interview with Dr Paula Hamilton will reveal how an historian approaches researching and collecting stories from the past, and the role of memory in historical research.

Download the Paula Hamilton – What do you do? video

• Paula Hamilton – What do you do? 01:22 What do you do as an historian at the University of Technology Sydney?
• Paula Hamilton – Research choices 01:13 How do you make choices about what you research?
• Paula Hamilton – Negative impact 02:28 How do you conduct historical research on events that have impacted negatively on people's lives?
• Paula Hamilton – Memory 01:09 What place does memory have in historical research?
• Paula Hamilton – Local community 01:15 What advice would you give students wanting to investigate their local community?