This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the History Australian National Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 6: School Developed Topic Australia in the Vietnam War Era. Students analyse a variety of visual and written primary and secondary source materials to develop an understanding of the circumstances surrounding the My Lai Massacre of 1968 and the impact of the event on the Australian and American public.

This Powerpoint presentation is designed to support the History Australian National Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 6: School Developed Topic - The Holocaust. I have deleted the embedded videos but you can easily insert these from YouTube and/or Vebo. The activities are designed for a regular class but you can modify the activities for Gifted and Talented and the range of special education learners including students with Emotional Disorders.

Expert shipwrights & navigators, the Vikings mastered the construction of longboats, freight ships, passenger ships & fishing vessels. Their technical expertise enabled them to travel from Vinland to RussIa, the Byzantine Empire to the Arctic Ocean &possibly to Lousiana and Western Australia! This Powerpoint presentation supports the teaching of the NSWHistory syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 4 Depth Study 4: The Western and Islamic World 4(a) The Vikings There are a variety of differentiated and extension activities in the last few slides that are applicable to Gifted and Talented, regular mixed-ability and specialist classes including classes for students with Autism, Emotional Disorders, Intellectual Disability and Behaviour Disorders. These can be adapted to the specific learning needs of students in most schools

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 2 - Australia & Asia 2a - Making a Nation: Australia 1900-1914 It can also be used as background for: Depth Study 4 - Rights & Freedoms 1945-Present Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, visual and written evidence to determine whether the South Sea Islander people (Kanakas) were slaves or guest workers. The overwhelming evidence points only one way. Yet another very sad example of the first world achieving economic success at the expense of the third world. Lots of scope to discuss discrimination, social and economic power and responses to injustice.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 6 - School Developed Topic: The Roaring Twenties Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, visual and written sources to determine whether the post-WWI Commonwealth of Australia Soldier Settlement Program actually created "a land fit for heroes". Was this program was actually successful. The Soldier Settlement program promised WWI veterans a chance to realise their dream: a farming patch to call their own, on which they could make a living and raise a family. Sound good? But could they really make their windfall a success in the tough Australian bush?

This resource includes two pages of visually-appealing source materials on the life of an Aztec woman. Students must analyse the source materials and then make a pitch to a television company on the life of an Aztec woman so that they can film an historical series on the Spanish invasion of Mexico. Students must imagine they are the Aztec woman so that the series is authentic. The activity includes a rubric/marking guide and is linked to outcomes in the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

This resource includes two pages of visually-appealing source materials on the life of an Aztec warrior. Students must analyse the source materials and then make a pitch to a television company on the life of an Aztec warrior so that they can film an historical series on the Spanish invasion of Mexico. Students must imagine they are the Aztec warrior so that the series is authentic. The activity includes a rubric/marking guide and is linked to outcomes in the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

This resource includes two pages of visually-appealing source materials on the life of an Aztec merchant. Students must analyse the source materials and then make a pitch to a television company on the life of an Aztec merchant so that they can film an historical series on the Spanish invasion of Mexico. Students must imagine they are the Aztec merchant so that the series is authentic. The activity includes a rubric/marking guide and is linked to outcomes in the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

This resource includes two pages of visually-appealing source materials on the life of an Aztec farmer. Students must analyse the source materials and then make a pitch to a television company on the life of an Aztec farmer so that they can film an historical series on the Spanish invasion of Mexico. Students must imagine they are the Aztec farmer so that the series is authentic. The activity includes a rubric/marking guide and is linked to outcomes in the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

This resource includes two pages of visually-appealing source materials on the life of an Aztec slave. Students must analyse the source materials and then make a pitch to a television company on the life of an Aztec slave so that they can film an historical series on the Spanish invasion of Mexico. Students must imagine they are the Aztec slaveso that the series is authentic. The activity includes a rubric/marking guide and is linked to outcomes in the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW Stage 6 Ancient History syllabus Higher School Certificate course Part III - Personalities & Their Times Option H - Alexander the Great Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary written sources to come to an understanding as to why Cleitus, a military leader who had saved Alexander's life at the Battle of the Granicus, was then murdered by him a few years later.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 4: Rights & Freedoms 1945-present Students analyse a variety of written and visual, primary and secondary sources to make decisions about the impact of the 1965 Freedom Ride on Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Australia. The 1965 Freedom Ride was inspired by the Freedom Rides by the American Civil Rights movement. It resulted in immediate publicity about the inequities of all aspects of life for the Aboriginal people. In the longer term it helped to pave the way for the 1967 referendum to include Aboriginal people in the Australian constitution which in turn gave greater legal and political rights to Aboriginal people.

This is a source-based homework task to support 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 Students analyse a range of primary and secondary, written and visual sources to decide how attitudes towards Australian Vietnam veterans changed after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Efforts to improve public perceptions and to improve their own political power and wellbeing lay in the hands of the veterans themselves. A real historical case study in going from zero to hero.

This is a source-based homework task to support 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 Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, written and visual sources to explore the role of Australian nurses in the Vietnam War and to come to a decision about whether they can accurately be described as "Angels at their Bedside".

From longhouses to log cabins, turf houses to farm buildings, the Vikings constructed a variety of houses that were adapted to different environmental and social circumstances. This Powerpoint presentation supports the teaching of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 4 Depth Study 4 - The Western and Islamic World 4a - The Vikings This is an excellent presentation that covers construction, urban and rural living, rooms within houses, roles of members of the family, furniture and decorations. There are some tried and tested differentiated and extension activities in the last slides that make the presentation appropriate to students in Gifted and Talented and regular mixed-ability classes. The presentation and activities can be adapted to specialist classes such as classes for students with Emotional Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities, Autism and Behaviour Disorders.

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 War I & World War II Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, visual and written sources to decide what role Lieutenant General John Monash had in wining the Battle of Hamel in 1918. Jewish-Australian, John Monash conceived and used the blitzkrieg as the primary means of gaining victory. This strategy was adopted by the Nazi German army in the 1930s. The Battle of Hamel was also the first time that Australian, U.S. and British troops fought together under Australian leadership. This alliance was repeated in the later battles on the Western Front and during battles of the Pacific War of the 1940s.

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? Option (a) The Industrial Revolution Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, visual and written evidence to decide the impact of the Industrial Revolution on Australia in the 1800s. This activity is designed for Year 9 students commencing study of History at Stage 5 level. There are scaffolded activities that builds a level of complexity from a mix-and-match of key words and concepts to a longer response of one paragraph. It also incorporates an activity where students are required to deconstruct the elements of a photograph to seek evidence of the impact of the Industrial Revolution on Australian society.

This is a source-based homework task to support 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 Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, written and visual sources to understand what was meant by the "domino theory". This concept was spread by political and social leaders throughout the world as part of the fear of the spread of communism. As it applied to Australia, it was used as a justification for involvement in the Vietnam War. A simple concept sold to simple, unquestioning minds?

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 variety of primary and secondary, written and visual sources to determine why conscription was introduced in Australia in 1943. Conscription has always been very unpopular in Australia, with plebiscites rejected in 1916 and 1917 and tremendous opposition to the issue during the Vietnam War. Yet, it was introduced in 1943, generally accepted and conscripted troops made a significant impact in the New Guinea campaign of the Pacific War. What made this time different?

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.