This Powerpoint presentation supports the teaching of the NSW Stage 6 Ancient History syllabus Higher School Certificate course Part II - Ancient Societies Option I - Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 BCE Part IV - Historical Period Option H - The Greek World 500-440 BCE Students examine the life of Spartan King Leonidas and complete activities involving a dossier on the real Leonidas and issues related to the reconstructed Leonidas of modern film, statuary, paintings and books. This leads to students considering how they think Leonidas would feel about the 21st century re-takes on who he was.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History Syllabus Australian Curriculum Stage 5 The Modern World & Australia Depth Study 5: The Globalising World - Popular Culture. Students examine a variety of written and visual, primary and secondary sources to decide whether the 2000 Sydney Olympics actually benefitted Australia.

This resource has been developed to support student understanding of the NSW 7-10 Agricultural Technology syllabus. It requires students to identify various common pieces of technology found on Australian properties and to use the internet to research how they are used. The activity has been used with both a regular mixed-ability class and a class for students with an Emotional Disorder (ED). It can be adapted for use with other specialised classes.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 1 - Making a better world? The Industrial Revolution Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, visual and written sources to learn how the Industrial Revolution affected the working conditions of Australians in the 1800s. It includes urban and rural work and the work of men, women and children. Australia was more fortunate than European and North American countries in terms of worker's rights as these countries suffered harsher conditions and fought longer and harder for improvements. Australia, by contrast, acted comparatively quickly to establish better working conditions and worker's rights - unless you were female, ATSI, working in isolated areas or in most rural industries. The good news was that from 1856 legislation became proactive rather than reactionary.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 3: Australians at War - World Wars I & II Students analyse a range of primary and secondary, written and visual sources to identify the experiences of Australian Prisoners of War in World War I. Students learn that experiences varied according to location, rank and resources of host nations Germany and the Ottoman Empire/Turkey.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 1 - Making a Better World It can be used in either the topic on the Industrial Revolution or Movement of Peoples. The task can also be used to support the Stage 5 and Stage 6 (Preliminary) Aboriginal Studies syllabuses. The title of the activity is 'loaded': whilst the 1800s saw a tremendous growth in the number of British (then other) peoples moving to Australia there was also a tremendous decline in number of Aboriginal people in many parts of the country. But like all things in history, the conclusions we reach are based on the evidence we have, and this is entirely from one perspective. The activities are designed for Year 9 mixed ability classes but include some higher-order activities including examining an emigration poster for tone and implication and analysing a painting for suggestions about population change in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Australia.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW Stage 6 Ancient History Higher School Certificate course Part II - Ancient Societies Option I - Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, visual and written sources to identify factors that resulted in success for the Spartan army at Mantinea in 418 BCE. It was an example of how an army of professional soldiers could defeat "weekend warriors" from the more northern Greek city states. Interestingly, the Spartans used ex-helots as soldiers. Let it never be claimed that the Spartans were ever resistant to change!

This resource consists of 2 jigsaws, solution and questions based on the jigsaws. It supports student learning of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 4 Depth Study 6: Expanding Contacts 6a: The Mongol Expansion Students cut out the jigsaw pieces, reconstruct the scenes of Mongol life, glue the completed jigsaw in their workbooks or on cardboard then answer questions based on the scenes.

Visual images are more than just what you see. Visual literacy teaches students to deconstruct an image to find the hidden meanings within the image, such as the complexity of content, meaning, emotional responses and critical responses. This poster takes a comic that aims to teach students about the legal issues around driving and then to deconstructs the meanings behind the comic, the messages it contains and the manner in which the meanings are taught. Making responses to visual images are a great way to develop extended literacy responses, in this case, around issues related to legal studies.

This lesson material covers factors to consider before using firearms on farms, environmental issues, hazardous behaviours, basic rules of firearm safety and the safe storage of firearms. The resources finishes with scenarios for students to answer about safe use, storage and licensing. The resource can be used to support student learning in topics Workplace Health & Safety on Farms, Farm Tools and Machinery and The Law & Agriculture. It is applicable to the NSW 7-10 Agricultural Technology course but can be adapted for Stage 6 Agricultural Technology and Vocational Education Primary Industries framework - unit of competency on WHS.

The recognition that it was all over. The Tet Offensive had significant military, economic, social and political consequences for the people of South Vietnam. This source-based homework task supports student understanding of the NSW Modern History syllabus Higher School Certificate course Part IV - International Studies in Peace and Conflict Option C - Conflict in Indochina 1945-1979 Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, visual and written sources to identify and evaluate the effects of the 1968 Tet Offensive on the people of South Vietnam.

The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, 1900 created a nation. But did it benefit everyone? This is a source-based homework task to support student learning of the NSW syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 2: Australia & Asia Topic 2(a): Making a Nation: Australia 1900-1914 Students analyse a range of primary and secondary, visual and written sources to determine the consequences of the Constitution Act for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Act excluded ATSI peoples for a number of reasons but this added to their disenfranchisement and marginalisation - a problem yet to be adequately dealt with.

Alexander the Great founded the city of Alexandria - no brainer. But his reasons for doing so are a little more complicated. This source-based homework task is designed to support student learning of the NSW Ancient History syllabus Higher School Certificate course Part III - Personalities & Their Times Option H - Alexander the Great Students analyse a range of primary and secondary, visual and written sources to find the reasons why Alexander founded the city of Alexandria and why he chose it's location.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding for the History Australian National Curriculum Stage 5 School Developed Topic: Australia in the Vietnam War Era. Students analyse a variety of visual and written primary and secondary source materials to identify the weapons used by Australian soldiers in the Vietnam War and to discuss their effectiveness.

The evacuation from the Gallipoli peninsula has been described as the most successful part of the Gallipoli campaign. It was an unprecedented success with no loss of life to any army and enabled the Allied and Turkish forces to focus on battles that would actually make a difference. This is a source-based homework task that supports student understanding of the NSW syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 3: Australians at War World War I & World War II Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, visual and written sources to determine whether the 1916 Gallipoli evacuation was a strategic success or the recognition that the whole Gallipoli campaign was a failed military strategy. What all armies learnt from their mistakes would make a logical follow-up classroom activity.

Literacy activity based on a passage about factors that made the Mongol cavalry so successful. Students select the correct definition of key words and concepts and then list the reasons for success of the Mongol army. This activity fits into the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 4 Depth Study 6: Expanding Contacts 6(a): The Mongol Expansion

More than just marriage by capture, Spartan marriage customs encompassed rituals of meeting, mating and cohabiting. Each of these was regulated (with varying levels of success) by the Spartan state. This source-based homework task is designed to extend 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 Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, visual and written sources to determine what was so unusual about Spartan marriage customs. Setting loose a young man in a dark room to select an unmarried woman? The mind boggles!

This newspaper article and comprehension questions were developed to support the NSW BOSTES Stages 6 Syllabus - Retail Services. I use it as part of the topic SIRXWHS101 Apply Safe Working Practices. It leads into a detailed examination of workplace health and safety applicable to retail in NSW. It could also be used in courses such as Legal Studies and Business Studies.

In the late 60s and early 70s a group of Australian mothers agitated for an immediate end to conscription of young Australian men. They waged a very successful public campaign that contributed to the anti-war movement. This source-based homework task is designed to increase student understanding of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 6: School-developed topic Australia in the Vietnam War Era. You may never think of mothers the same way again!

Strong willed and highly protective of her children, Alexander's mother Olympias had a strong influence on his upbringing and continued regular contact with him following his invasion of the Persian Empire. This source-based homework task supports student understanding of the NSW Ancient History syllabus Higher School certificate course Part III: Personalities in Their Times Option H: Alexander the Great Students examine a range of primary and secondary, visual and written sources to determine how influential Olympias was on Alexander. Olympias is in her own right is a very interesting historical character.