History Detective
History Detective is a podcast for teachers, students and lovers of history. It delves into stories from the past that don’t always get told in the textbooks. Every episode will include an original song that compliments the topic. This is a classroom friendly resource that aligns with history curriculums. Visit Amped Up Learning for accompanying teaching resources for every episode.
Episodes
Meet Tom Lutz author of 1925 A Literary Encyclopedia.
The accompanying website: https://theyear1925.com/
1925: Table of Contents https://theyear1925.com/table-of-contents/
Anita Loos Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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Meet Toshiko Kishida, feminist in Meiji Japan who delivered the famous Daughters in Boxes Speech.
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Looking Out and Beyond set in the early 1950s during the dark Apartheid era, in a small rural town in South Africa, with flashbacks to the battle fields of the Second World War in North Africa. Two girls constantly encounter each other on the farm: Ada, is the only daughter of the farm owner, Jonah Courtnay and his war time bride Johelia. Nicky is a young girl of mixed descent, and daughter of the help on the farm. The harshness of...
Meet Jane Yang, debut author of the delightful historical fiction The Lotus Shoes.
The Lotus Shoes book
Sold for Silver by Janet Lim
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Meet Madeleine Cleary the debut author the the Historical Fiction novel The Butterfly Women. Lush, dark and meticulously researched, The Butterfly Women weaves romance and mystery into an unforgettable tale of Australian history.
Links to the books mentioned in the podcast:
The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka by Clare Wright
The Women of Little Lon Barbara Minchinton
Bearbrass: Imagining Early Melbourne by Robin Annear
Yo...
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Audiobook version of Enough is Enuf
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Meet Marion Taffe, debut Australian author of By Her Hand, an engrossing historical fiction debut, a tale of family, battles and female empowerment.
By Her Hand Marion's debut novel
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Meet Ryan Butta, author of 2 books about Australian History "The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli: The many lives and tragic death of Harry Freame, the Anzac hero betrayed by his nation." and "The Ballad of Abdul Wade: The Ballad of Abdul Wade: The Incredible True Story of Australia's unsung Pioneering Heroes - The Afghan Camelleers."
Harry Freame was a Japanese Australian who served in World War I at Gallipoli as a scout, was a participa...
Meet Nancy Bird who was the first woman with a commercial pilot's license in the British Empire.
In 1935, she travelled to rural NSW taking Sister Silver dressed as Father Christmas to bring Christmas cheer to all of her
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Meet Gayle Forman the author of Not Nothing.
Visit Gayle's website here: https://www.gayleforman.com/
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Meet Anna Wilmans the author of The Mask Hunter a cracking, fast paced mystery novel set in the intrepid world of archaeology, highlighting some of the dubious practices that museums of the past have engaged in in order to acquire artefacts.
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Meet Michael P. Spradlin the author of Rise of the Spider a middle school historical fiction novel set in 1929 Germany.
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In today’s episode I am going to be chatting to the author of a new Historical Fiction murder mystery The Death of Dora Black, Lainie Anderson.
Lainie has made Kate Cocks the star of her new Historical fiction murder mystery novel, the Death of Dora Black. Kate Cocks, was the first policewoman in the British empire employed on the same salary as men and given the same powers of arrest as her male counterparts. The real Kate Cocks ...
Learn the plight of the babies who were airlifted at the end of the Vietnam War in a program called Operation Babylift.
On the first day of the operation, there was a tragic crash that killed 78 babies.
Hanoi Hannah and the Perfume River Squad Episode
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In this episode, we delve into the fascinating world of onna-bugeisha, the female samurai who defied traditional gender roles in shogunate Japan. Spanning a period from the 1100s to the 1800s, we explore how these formidable women navigated the rigid feudal class system, trained in martial arts, and defended their homes and castles. Learn about legendary figures like Tomoe Gozen, whose prowess in battle was unparalleled, and Takeko...
Meet the amazing Mercy Dogs who served in WWI.
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Madam Mosquito, what a fabulous name. In this interview with Dr Nat Fong, she explains the origins of this amazing Chinese freedom fighter from World War II, from her humble beginnings in a Chinese village to star of several war time comic books. Not to mention almost having a movie made of her life.
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There were so many women involved in World War I, both on the Front Lines and on the home front. Matron Adelaide Maud Kellett was on the hospital ship at Gallipoli and later ran a hospital for soldiers who had lost limbs. In this episode Kelly Chase reads out the words of Adelaide herself in this touching tribute to the women who served in World War One.
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Meet Carry A Nation the Bar Smashing Prohibitionist who supported women who were victims of domestic violence related to alcoholism.
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Meet Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans Scholl, 2 university students who were members of the White Rose resistance group during the Nazi Regime.
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