This resource is a 10 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Lost - Uncover Vanishing Wonders by Jess McGeachin. This document contains 8 worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions about dinosaurs, a questioning task, an activity about photos from Shackleton’s Endurance expedition, four writing worksheets and a fact recalling sheet about thylacines. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Stan Lee by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Ana Albero. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, a sequencing task and research activity plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a five page PDF document about olden day toys in an old-fashioned nursery. The five pages feature five different photos of toys in an olden day nursery. Students need to write the toys they can see in the photo around the box and draw arrows to where they are. This activity could also be done as a whole class / large group on an interactive whiteboard. This activity is great for discussions about how toys have changed and supports History units such as Then and Now, The Way We Were and Past and Present Family Life. This activity was written to use with the new Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a three page PDF document about changes in technology around the home over the past 200 years. The first page features 15 pictures of olden-day machines / equipment. Students need to cut out these pictures and glue them into the table on the second page based on which part of the house these items would have been found in. The third page is an answer page for the teacher. This activity is great for discussions about how life has changed and supports History units such as Then and Now and The Way We Were. This activity was written to use with the new Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Ice Trap! Shackleton’s Incredible Expedition by Meredith Hooper and M. P. Robertson. This book is about Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 Endurance expedition. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, vocabulary and writing activities plus cause and effect and timeline activities. There are seven worksheets for students in this resource. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Usain Bolt by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Karen Crosbie. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, a sequencing task and research activity plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Jorn’s Magnificent Imagination by Coral Vass and Nicky Johnston. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, vocabulary activities (compound words and synonyms). There are also three research activities, one on Jorn Utzon, another on the Sydney Opera House and a third which requires students to gather information from the Sydney Opera House website. There is a double-up of one worksheet where the picture os the Sydney Opera House is provided in colour and also black and white for those teachers that may not want to print in colour. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Tenzing Norgay by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Bandana Tulachan. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, a sequencing task and research activity plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Amelia Earhart by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Mariadiamantes. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, sequencing and research activities plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Shearer by Neridah McMullin and Michael Tomkins. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, vocabulary activities (compound words, prefixes and suffixes and synonyms) and two writing activities. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book Captain Thunderbolt’s Recital by Jane Jolly and Liz Duthie. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, vocabulary tasks (compound words, suffixes and better words than) plus two writing activities. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a 15 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Our Country: Where History Happened by Mark Greenwood and Frane Lessac. This document contains 13 worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There is one activity for each historical event mentioned in the book, with the exception of the Myall Creek pages and the bombing of Darwin page. The Gold Rush and Eureka Stockade pages share one worksheet. The activities are mostly writing activities, with one QR code activity that takes students to a video and some activities may require students to do further research in order to understand the events in more detail. This book is an excellent resource to use to when teaching students about Australian history. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a five page PDF document with activities to do for Anzac Day. The activities included assist students to create a glossary of Anzac terms, understand the symbolism of Anzac Day and cement their understanding of the importance of Anzac Day. There is also a QR code activity to take students to a video about Anzac Day. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Along the Road to Gundagai by Jack O’Hagan and Andrew McLean. There are six activities to do with the book. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension, vocabulary and grammar activities. There is also a QR code activity to use with tablets / ipads. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book I Was Only Nineteen by John Schumann and Craig Smith. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are also vocabulary activities plus a QR code activity which takes students to a video about the Vietnam War. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Alfred’s War by Rachel Bin Salleh and Samantha Fry. There are six activities to do with the book. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension, vocabulary and grammar activities. There is also a QR code activity where students can scan the QR code to watch a video about Indigenous ANZACs. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Bessie’s War by Krista Bell and Belinda Elliott. This document contains seven worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, vocabulary activities and writing tasks. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.