Can your students walk in the shoes of someone from the topic The Vikings? This empathetic task requires students to recount an attack on an Irish monastery on a winter's night, whilst around the hearth in the longhouse. There is a marking guide provided. This task is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Depth Study 4: The Western and Islamic World The Vikings

Can your students walk in the shoes of someone from the topic The Holocaust? This empathetic task requires students to imagine they are a guide at the Jewish Museum who is recounting the day he/she arrived at Auschwitz and to recount events of that day. There is a marking guide provided. The task is designed for students of the NSW History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 School-Developed Topic Depth Study 6: The Holocaust

Can your students walk in the shoes of someone from the topic Aboriginal Rights and Freedoms? This empathetic task requires students to imagine they are an activist. "Your work in moving for this recognition and apology has finally paid off. You have spoken to so many former-children taken to boys’ and girls’ homes and to parents who have grieved at the loss of their beloved children. You mount the podium to speak to the crowd ...." This task is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 4: Rights and Freedoms 1945-present

Revision activity for the novel, Playing Beatie Bow. Students use the decoding key to decode the 6 questions. They then answer the questions from their class notes to answer the questions. The activity is designed for students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Fiction

Two activities for the study of the novel, Playing Beatie Bow: Who Said? - Identify which character said the statement. Write a description - Two photographs of The Rocks from the late 1800s. Studnets use the photographs to write a brief description.

Ruth Park provides vivid descriptions of The Rocks in 1873. She uses the 5 senses to create the world of the past. This activity requires students identify descriptive words and the ways in which the five senses are employed to build atmosphere.

Sequencing activity for the topic Iran 1953-1989.

Descriptive writing task requiring students to compare the fashion of Abigail's middle-class world of 1973 with Beatie's working-class world of 1873.

Crack the Code activity for the topic Australia in World War I. Students decode the questions and then answer them. Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 3: Australians at War - World War I

Key terms and concepts mix and match activity and correct answers for the topic Australia in World War I. Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 3: Australians at War - World War I

This is a set of activities using key words and concepts in the topic Celtic Society. It includes an activity where students cut out the key words and concepts and match them with the meanings, finding alternative words and terms for selected technical language and using key terms in their own sentence. The outcome being taught is: AH11-9 communicates historical understanding, using historical knowledge, concepts and terms, in appropriate and well-structured forms. This task is designed for students of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Preliminary course Investigating Ancient History – Case Studies List A: Case studies from Egypt, Greece, Rome, Celtic Europe A8. The Celts

There are 3 parts to this task: 1. Create a model of a Mongol weapon or armour or piece of clothing, 2. Write a brief information report on the item that you have selected, 3. Include an annotated bibliography of at least 4 sources of information for your task. This has been a very popular task over many years and is guaranteed to maintain student engagement. I suggest that you advise school staff of the day that the task is due so that they are aware that models of knives, swords, shields etc. will be coming directly to you at the start of the day. This will avoid misunderstandings. Some of these models have been truly outstanding replicas! This assessment task meets the requirements of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum and BOSTES assessment guidelines. Stage 4 Depth Study 6: The Mongol Expansion This is a great task to promote History!

The Colonel is a brief, non-fictional narrative of the experiences of a German retired colonel who found his world turned upside down when the Nazi anti-Semitism beliefs became policy. The activities attached to the passage are lower-order comprehension questions followed by an activity requiring students to ask 5 questions of either the Colonel or the write about the impact of Nazi anti-Semitism on individuals and their families. The outcome being taught is: HT5-8 selects and analyses a range of historical sources to locate information relevant to an historical inquiry. The activity is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 6: The Holocaust

Good newspaper article and comprehension questions that give an overview of the history of retailing in Australia. I use it as part of the Australian Retail Services Certificate II (SIR20216) and Certificate III (SIR30316) courses. It raises some great discussion points on changing interface with customers and changing technology.

This is an assessment task on Celtic Society that includes assessed course outcomes, rubric, marking guideline and student feedback sheet. The task is an essay: Many of the classical writers (Romans and Greeks) believed that the Celts were barbarians, lacking in the refinements of civilisation. Do you agree with them? Use supportive evidence from the sources to help explain your view. The task is designed for students of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Preliminary course Investigating Ancient History – Case Studies List A: Case studies from Egypt, Greece, Rome, Celtic Europe A8. The Celts

This activity includes a passage from Abraham Biderman's book, The World of My Past where Abraham describes the life of people in the Lodz Ghetto who have been punished by being allocated the responsibility of cleaning rest-rooms (toilets). The passage is rich in description and pathos. After reading the passage aloud, there are some comprehension questions, followed by an empathy activity where students need to imagine that they are spending the day with these unfortunates. A text type summary for narrative writing is provided. The outcome being examined is: HT5-6 - uses relevant evidence from sources to support historical narratives, explanations and analyses of the modern world and Australia. Students are also encouraged to develop Empathetic Understanding. These are outcomes from the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 6: The Holocaust

Word Search to accompany the topic Celtic Society.

This newspaper front page proforma gives students the opportunity to research the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the reason why Australia was one of only 4 countries to vote against the Declaration. Students must write in a report text type to complete the newspaper front page and think critically of the motives of the Commonwealth Government. It is designed for NSW students of the History K-10 Syllabus. Stage 5 Depth Study 4: Rights and Freedoms

This resource is a discovery activity where students must look for simple answers using either a search engine or library books. The Australia in the 1960s topics are: sport, politics, cinema and film, international affairs, fashion, television, economics, music, crime and punishment and war. I have used the resource at times when I think I have the Ipads booked but ... no, I need to use the library. It's also a great lead into a depth study on Living in Australia in the 1960s.

Stasiland - Activities for Chapters 7-12