This resource is an eight page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book The Little Wooden Horse by Mark Wilson. 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 and language / vocabulary activities. There is also a mapping activity, a research activity and a QR code activity which takes students to a video about the First Fleet. This book is an excellent resource to use for a unit on the First Fleet as the story is about the journey of the First Fleet. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book The First Fleet by Alan Boardman and Roland Harvey. 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, research and writing activities. There is also a QR code activity which takes students to a video about a convict shirt that was found in Sydney’s Hyde Park Barracks. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Never Lose Hope - The story of Australia’s first school by Mark Wilson. 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. There are 6 worksheets included. This text is an excellent book to use to support a unit of work on: The First Fleet. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book Message in a Sock by Kaye Baillie and Narelda Joy. 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 and vocabulary activities (compound words and conjunctions). There are also two activities which use graphic organisers and questions about the illustrations in the book. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Meet… Weary Dunlop by Claire Saxby and Jeremy Lord. 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 and vocabulary activities plus a timeline activity. This book is an excellent resource to use when teaching a unit about World War 2 / Second World War. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a eight page PDF document featuring 4 puzzles for students which are based on the events of the Eureka Stockade. These puzzles are a fun way of reinforcing learning. There are 4 different puzzles and 4 answer sheets for teachers. The puzzles would be great to use as an activity in literacy groups or as a fun homework task. They could even be used as motivational activities for students to work on if they complete other work quickly. This activity was written to use with the Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a eight page PDF document about the events on the Victorian goldfields leading up to and including the Eureka Stockade battle. The first two pages contain the information of the story of the Eureka Stockade. There are also five activity pages / worksheets included in this resource. The last page of this resource includes relevant answers for the teacher. This activity was written to use with the Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. It is an excellent resource to help students understand why the Eureka Stockade is considered the birthplace of Australian democracy. This resource is also very helpful if students are studying the Australian Gold Rush. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Sailing the Unknown - Around the World with Captain Cook by Michael J. Rosen and Maria Cristina Pritelli. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, a timeline task and vocabulary activities. There is also a fill-in puzzle. There are 6 worksheets included plus a page with answers to the fill-in puzzle for the teacher. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a six page PDF document with activities to do based on the book This is Captain Cook by Tania McCartney and Christina Booth. This resource contains five worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, a sequencing task and vocabulary activities. There is also a QR code activity where students watch a brief video on Cook’s Endeavour journal and answer questions. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Excuse Me Captain Cook - Who did discover Australia? by Michael Salmon. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, timeline and mapping activities. There is also a QR code activity that takes students to a video about Captain Cook’s Endeavour voyage. 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 Inside the World of Tom Roberts by Mark Wilson. 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 and vocabulary / grammar activities. There is also a research activity on Captain Thunderbolt and a QR code activity which takes students to a video about the painting Bailed Up. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book City of Light by Julia Lawrinson, Heather Potter and Mark Jackson. 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 word detective activity, two graphic organiser tasks (Venn diagram and Y-chart) plus a research worksheet and a writing activity. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a six page PDF document about Simpson and his donkey. The first and second pages are the story of Jack Simpson’s life and experience at Gallipoli. There are also three activity pages included in this resource. One page is a Y-chart on Jack’s experience at Gallipoli, another is a timeline activity about Jack’s life and the last activity is a research task about a recipient of the Victoria Cross. The last page of this resource is the answer sheet for the timeline activity. There is a book by Mark Greenwood and Frane Lessac titled Simpson and his Donkey. Although these worksheets are not written specifically for the book they would be excellent to use as a follow-on activity to learn a bit more about Simpson and his 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 an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book All Aboard the London Bus by Patricia Toht and Sam Usher. 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 writing activities and research activities. 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 - Ernest Shackleton by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Olivia Holden. 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 nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Young Dark Emu - A Truer History by Bruce Pascoe. The activities allow the students to reflect on and extend their understanding of the text. Some of the activities are cause and effect, identifying primary and secondary sources of information and a writing activity. There are six worksheets / activities for students in this resource and an answer sheet for the teacher for the primary and secondary source activity. This text is an excellent resource to use when studying the First Fleet or early colonies of Australia. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students based on the book The Flying Angel by Vicki Bennett and Tull Suwannakit . 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 and vocabulary / grammar activities. There is also a research task. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book The Rats of Tobruk by Mark Wilson. 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 and vocabulary / grammar activities. There is also a research task and a reflection activity. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Anzac Girl - The War Diaries of Alice Ross-King by Kate Simpson and Jess Racklyeft. 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 questions, making connection activities and a research task. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Forward March by Christobel Mattingley and David Kennett. 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, research and reflection activities. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.