Royal Persian women included the king's mother, wives, family members, concubines, courtesans and entertainers such as musicians and dancing girls. They wielded much influence on the king and on policy-making. They were also involved in intrigues including horrific acts of violence. They could own and manage land, attended battles as camp-followers and performed acts of public significance. This source-based homework task is designed for students of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Higher School Certificate course Historical Periods Option D: Persia - Cyrus II to the death of Darius III It can also be used as part of Historical Societies Option D: Persia in the time of Darius I and Xerxes

This resource includes: + Crossword + Crossword solution + Word Search + Word Search solution for the topic 'Persia - Cyrus II to the Death of Darius III' and is designed for the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Higher School Certificate course Historical Period: Option D: Persia - Cyrus II to the Death of Darius III

The largest pressure group in Australian politics in the period 1900-1914, the Australian Labor Movement lobbied for improved worker rights and conditions. This activity involves a passage that can be read as a class and then discussion as to whether the statements are true or False. It is part of the topic Making a Nation. Australia 1900-1914.

Every potential leader thinks they can do better than the leaders currently in control. Those who don't may be looking for an opportunity to gain greater power, control or wealth. This was certainly the case in the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Artaxerxes II who struggled to control satraps seeking autonomy, ethnic groups fighting for independence and national groups uncomfortable with being under the control of a foreign power. This source-based homework task is designed to increase student understanding of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Higher School Certificate course Historical Periods Option D: Persia - Cyrus II to the Death of Darius III

The Persian army was the ancient world's equivalent of a multi-national peace force: it maintained the (Persian) world order by employing a core of Persian and Median infantry and cavalry as well as mercenaries from the corners of the empire - Arab camel-riders and bowmen, Cypriot and Egyptian naval ships, Central Asian and African tribesmen using scimitars, short swords & slings, Greek bowmen from the satraps of Asia Minor and Indians equipped with chariots, bows and short swords. This source-based homework task is designed to increase student understanding of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Higher School Certificate course Historical Periods: Option D: Persia - Cyrus II to the Death of Darius III

This resource includes: + Crossword and solution + Word search and solution for the topic Making a Nation. Australia 1900-1914.

This resource includes an activity where students are required to sequence events in the pathway of the Australian colonies to Federation and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia on January 1, 1901. The second activity is an explanation activity where students use these events to write a scaffolded extended response.

This class-based assessment task asks students to analyse 3 primary sources and to use the information and their background knowledge to give responses to the questions.

This mix and match activity requires students to match the name of the employment fields from the 1900-1914 era with an explanation of what the job entailed.

This resource is a worksheet to accompany the film resource 'Federation', produced by the ABC program Behind the News. The video clip can be accessed on Youtube.

This is a two-page program for the unit of work Making a Nation. Australia 1900-1914. It is based on the NSW History syllabus for the Australian curriculum.

This activity requires students to use the terms and concepts introduced in the topic Making a Nation. Australia 1900-1914.

This source-based homework task requires students to analyse a variety of primary and secondary sources related to the topic of the Australian Federation and to write an extended response on the key events in the Federation of Australia in the period 1890-1900. The extended response is scaffolded.

The Menelaion was originally a Mycenaean palace complex inhabited by Helen and Menelaos. Sparta was a successor state to the Mycenaean kingdom and rebuilt the palace as a hero worship shrine. They believed that Helen's twin brothers, the Dioskuri, were buried beneath the shrine. This source-based homework task is designed to support student understanding of the NSW Ancient History syllabus Higher School Certificate course Part II: Ancient Societies Option I: Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra The Menelaion tells us much about Spartan architecture, beliefs and society.

This Powerpoint presentation provides students with an excellent overview of significant events in the Holocaust 1933-1945. The aim is to provide a background to the Nazi period and their treatment of the Jews to enable students to go into greater depth in subsequent lessons. It includes links to video clips that can be re-linked from YouTube. I have not yet acknowledged the sources of the pictures, drawings and photographs. The presentation is linked to the NSW History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 6 : The Holocaust

This Powerpoint supports the teaching of the History Australian Curriculum Syllabus Stage 4 Depth Study 6: Expanding Contacts - 6d Aboriginal and Indigenous Peoples, Colonisation and Contact History. I have used the resource with a Year 8 Gifted and Talented class but the activities in the last two slides can be modified for students in regular or specialist classes (e.g. classes for students with emotional disorders, Autism, intellectual disability etc.) It can also be used to support the teaching of Stage 5 Aboriginal Studies - Core: Aboriginal Identities and Option 9:- Aboriginal Interaction with Legal and Political Systems.

This Powerpoint presentation is Presentation 3 of a series on The Holocaust and is designed for Stage 5 students studying Depth Study 6 School Developed Topic: The Holocaust. It is part of the History Australian National Curriculum. It provides an overview of the nature of genocide and Gregory Stanton's eight stages of genocide. This provides a context to the depth study on the Jewish Holocaust in Nazi Germany in the 1920s-1940s. The embedded videos won't operate. However, you can modify the slides and embed your own videos or locate the ones that I have used on YouTube. An important part of this presentation is coming to an understanding of the good and evil in us individually and collectively and how we can live with past injustices.

This is the second Powerpoint presentation in a series on The Holocaust. It is designed for Stage 5 History Australian National Curriculum Topic 6 - School Developed Topic: The Holocaust. It is largely unreferenced and contains graphic images and disturbing information that requires a flyer to be given to parents at the start of the topic. Despite this, the knowledge of genocide generally and exploring of concepts relating to how individuals are affected and how they attempt to deal with the issue is introduced. There is an emphasis on how genocide has affected the Gunnedah community in the New England Region of NSW. However, it can be adapted to other schools and communities. Embedded video clips will not work but you can insert your own clips from YouTube or another source. This presentation is aimed at Gifted and Talented learners.

This is a student worksheet and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Vietnam: A Television History Episode 3 America's Mandarin 1954-1963. It covers the increasing US involvement in South Vietnam from the creation of the state in 1954 until the assassination of South Vietnamese President Diem in 1963. I use this worksheet as part of the NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Higher School Certificate course Peace and Conflict Option C: Conflict in Indochina 1945-1975 You can access the film on YouTube. The answers are also provided.

This is a student worksheet and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Vietnam: A Television History Episode 12: The End of the Tunnel. The film provides takes viewers from 1973 when US Prewsident Nixon announced a cease fire until the withdrawal of US troops and evacuation of the US embassy in Saigon in 1975. I use this worksheet as part of the NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Higher School Certificate course Peace and Conflict Option C: Conflict in Indochina 1945-1975 You can access the film on Youtube. The answers are also provided.