History, Her Story, Our Story
Inspirational Women Who Shaped Our World
For far too long, high school history text books have been overloaded with the stories of great men from history. The only problem is, our classrooms are made up of 50% girls and these young women are subconsciously learning that their stories are not worth telling.
Kelly Chase is determined to change this gender inequality that is prevalent in history text books the world over.
In History, Her Story, Our Story: Inspirational Women Who Shaped Our World, Kelly shares stories of more than 24 incredible women from history. She also shares ideas on how history teachers can create an environment where all students feel that they are being represented in the stories that are shared in the classroom.
These stories align to the Australian Curriculum and many global curricula and teachers will be able to share and reflect upon these stories with their classes.
Kelly’s conversational tone makes the narratives of these women accessible to high school students and she provides a list of vocabulary for teachers to include in their lessons with students. This book will help you ensure that future generations of girls will know that it is possible to make history because they have experienced classrooms where women’s contributions are recognised on a par with the stories of men.
History, Her Story, Our Story is now available!
About Kelly
Kelly Chase is a history teacher, Curriculum Middle Leader, author, and YouTube and podcast content creator. She is currently the Middle Leader for Social Sciences at Assisi Catholic College on the Gold Coast, where she teaches Middle and Senior History and leads a team of 14 teachers. She has been at her current school for 12 years and prior to that, she taught in the ESL field in Japan, China and Australia.
In 2020, Kelly created the History Detective Podcast as a resource for teachers to use during the COVID-19 pandemic and has produced more than 60 episodes of the podcast. From there she has branched out into YouTube to create an even more accessible resource.
Kelly has worked with the Museum of Australian Democracy to produce a podcast series called Ladies in the House, which showcases the lives of women who made significant contributions to Australian Democracy. She has also worked with the University of Queensland with the Museum of Anthropology to create teaching resources for the Kirrenderri, Heart of the Channel Country travelling exhibition.
Kelly has also been a regular contributor to the professional development of teachers, regularly presenting at Queensland History Teacher’s Association conferences and webinars.
In 2023 Kelly was the recipient of the Queensland History Teacher’s Association’s Outstanding History Teacher’s Award and winner of the Brisbane Catholic Education Excellence in Learning and Teaching in Secondary School award.