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

2. The Plot

3. Declining numbers and …

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

6. The History Evening

7. The Main Stage
The classroom environment

9. 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.

10. 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.

13. What can the society do? The Big challenge
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.