This chapters aims to provide a broad overview of history as both an academic discipline and a diverse set of cultural practices. It begins with a brief overview of the emergence of the discipline from the ancient world and explores some of the ways in which this discipline has evolved in more recent years. The chapter then explores both popular history and public memory as unique ways of engaging with the past with a focus on the Australian context. Crucially, the chapter links these various developments to the teaching of history in secondary Australian schools. In essence, it is an attempt to show how secondary school history reflects broader developments in the ways people think about and engage with the past.
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