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

This task assists students to write an exposition on the topic "To what extent did involvement in World War I affect Australian society in the period 1914-1918?" Students are provided with an outline of the nature of an exposition and the key language devices required in an exposition. It provides suggested topics on which to base the argument and a marking guide. The task is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Depth Study 3: Australians at War - World War I

This task assists students to write an exposition on the topic "Assess the significance of the Tet Offensive in bringing about victory for the North Vietnamese in the Second Indochina War." Students are provided with an outline of the nature of an exposition and the key language devices required in an exposition. The task is designed for students of the NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Higher School Certificate course Peace and Conflict Option A: Conflict in Indochina 1954-1979

Sequencing activities for the topic Aboriginal Rights and Freedoms.

Acrostic poem and Mix & match activities for the topic The Vikings. 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

Acrostic poem and Mix and match activity for the topic The Mongol Expansion. Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Depth Study 6: Expanding contacts The Mongol Expansion

Acrostic poem and mix and match activity for the topic Spanish Conquest of the Americas. Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Depth Study 6: Expanding contacts Spanish Conquest of the Americas

This activity involves students reading the brief biography of a personality or group within the Spartan society and identifying who the person or group is from the pictures provided. Students must then place the personalities in chronological order. This activity is designed for students studying the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Higher school Certificate course Historical Societies Option G: Spartan society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 BC

Sequencing activity for the topic Iran 1953-1989.

Word Search for the topic Spanish Conquest of the Americas 1492-1572 CE. Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Depth Study 6: Expanding Contacts 6c: Spanish Conquest of the Americas 1492-1572 CE

Word Search 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

Tom Roberts' 1890 painting 'Shearing the Rams' provides key insights into the working and living conditions of pastoral workers in the regional and outback Australia in the period 1900-1914. This set of activities deconstructs the elements in the painting, looks at their historical significance and gives students the opportunity to mind-map what they have learned. it is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 2: Australia and Asia Making a Nation: Australia 1900-1914.

Revision activity for the topic Making a Nation: Australia 1900-1914. 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 History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Depth Study 2: Australia and Asia Making a Nation: Australia 1900-1914

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

This resource includes a worksheet and answers to accompany the BBC documentary, Conquistadors: Episode 1 - The Fall of the Aztecs presented by Michael Wood. It covers the arrival of the first Spanish under Hernan Cortez, Cortez's journey to Tenochtitlan, conflict with the Aztecs under Montezuma and defeat of the Aztec forces.

Deconstruction of Frank Crozier's 1919 painting, Anzac Cove and activity based on the analysis.

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 activity assists students to write an explanation on the topic: Why did Australians enlist to fight in World War I? In your answer refer to: • Patriotism – loyalty to Australia and the British Empire; • Opportunity for adventure; • Opportunity for employment and a higher wage; • Social reasons – approval of peers and family; • Political reasons – hatred of German aggression etc. Students are provided with an overview of the explanation text type, language features of an historical explanation and teh marking guide for the task.

The Battle of Passchendaele is one of the episodes in the series Great Battles of the Great War. It is available on Youtube. This film focuses on the strategic importance of Passchendaele, Belgium for the Allied and German armies in 1917, the Allied efforts to take Passchendaele and the German efforts to defend it, the conditions in which soldiers fought and gives an overview of the First, Second and Third Battles of Passchendaele including the British-led Battle of Menin Road, Australian-led First Battle of Passchendaele and Battle of Polygon Wood and the Canadian-led Second Battle of Passchendaele.

The Last Charge was a special feature on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation programme, Landline, in October, 2017. It was made to commemorate 100 years since the Australian cavalry charge at Beersheba (Be'er Sheva) in Ottoman Palestine in 1917. Forget your dry documentaries about past events presented by even drier historians. This documentary takes an agricultural approach, looking at a Hunter Valley Waler-breeding enterprise whose owners enlisted in the Australian Cavalry in 1917, taking horses from their property to Egypt and Palestine during World War I. The men participated in the cavalry charge on Beersheba in October, 1917 and recorded their experiences in 800 photographs that had not been publicly shared until recently. A great short video! This resource is a set of questions based on the video and answers.