Engaging and relevant. This is the essence of my teaching and learning resources. You'll find a wealth of History, Agricultural Technology, Retail Services, Aboriginal Studies and more.
Engaging and relevant. This is the essence of my teaching and learning resources. You'll find a wealth of History, Agricultural Technology, Retail Services, Aboriginal Studies and more.
Analysis of an article published on the British Broadcasting Corporation website by Lucy Burns, White Rose: The Germans who tried to topple Hitler. The article is the story of the White Rose resistance group as told by a surviving member, Lilo Furst-Ramdohr. It is the story of how a small group of young people attempted to rally support to resist Nazism but who were not supported by everyday Germans, informants, the court system and the secret police. This is a story that is told over and over again, for example, Tomorrow, When the War Began, The Hunger Games.
Worksheet and answers to accompany the documentary, Hitler. The Rise & Fall. Episode 1: The Opportunist. The documentary covers Hitler’s family background, life in Austria, World War 1, joining the German Workers Party, the 1923 Munich Beer Hall Putsch, imprisonment and the early years of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
This worksheet accompanies the 2012 BBC documentary resented by Neil Oliver, Vikings Episode 1. The documentary focuses on building an understanding of the proto-Viking peoples of Scandinavia through an examination of archaeological evidence. It 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
Worksheet to accompany the 6-minute Let Me Know documentary, Archaeologists Uncovered 50 000 Year Old Artefacts in this Cave that Rewrites Australian History. The video covers excavations at Bootie Cave, Barrow Island, on the Pilbara Coast of Western Australia. The remains give evidence of a first settlement of Australia at 47 000 BP or earlier.
Worksheet to accompany the 6-minute KnowledgeHub animated video, Why the Vikings Disappeared. The video covers factors in the decline of the Viking Age including loss in key battles, adoption of Christianity and settlement outside Scandinavia and adoption of local customs.
This worksheet accompanies the 5-minute Australian National Museum documentary, Defining Moments in Australian History: Women’s Suffrage. The documentary focuses on the development of the franchise, education rights and trade union protections for women in the Colony of South Australia, culminating in the right to vote and be elected to parliament. The progressive measures were copied by other Australian colonies/states and by other countries in the period 1858 to 1908. The worksheet includes answers.
Unit of work for the Core Study to the Higher School Certificate course of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. This bundle includes:
Examining the Evidence: How did the people of Pompeii access water?
Examining the Evidence: What do Pompeii’s mosaics tell us about life in Pompeii?
Examining the Evidence: What was the role of slavery in Pompeiian society?
Examining the Evidence: What has been the impact of tourism on the archaeological site of Pompeii?
Examining the Evidence: How influential was Egyptian religion and culture in Pompeii?
Empathetic activity
Magazine article: What’s new in Pompeii
Ezine article: Pompeii: Past, Present and Future
Newspaper article: Saving Pompeii from the ravages of time and tourists
Newspaper article: Is this the best they can do with €105m?
Worksheet for video: Herculaneum. The other Pompeii
Video: Herculaneum. The other Pompeii
Worksheet for video: Pompeii. Life and death in a Roman town
Video: Pompeii. Life and death in a Roman town
Worksheet: Pompeii. The last day
Ezine article: Driving the streets of Pompeii
Worksheet: Pompeii. The Talking Walls
Video: Pompeii. The Talking Walls
Worksheet: Pompeii Treasure
Video: Pompeii Treasure
Word search: Cities of Vesuvius - Pompeii and Herculaneum
Newspaper article: Pompeii faces doom (again): Can a massive EU bail-out save the ancient city from neglect, rain and Mafia meddling?
4 Cloze activities
Excellent look at current issues at the archaeological site of Pompeii. Worksheet to accompany the 4-minute news item from 9 Network, Australia, Secrets of the Lost City. The report covers the 2019 discovery of a fresco, engravings on a wall that indicate Mt Vesuvius exploded in October 79 CE rather than August and 5 skeletons of women and children. The Director of Archaeology outlines the work of archaeologists in interpreting 3 very types of archaeological remains. Answers are provided.
Core Study: Power and Authority in the Modern World for the NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. This bundle includes:
Powerpoint presentation: Security Police
Powerpoint presentation: Nazi Ideology
Powerpoint presentation: Chronology of the Holocaust
Powerpoint presentation: Nazi Extermination Camps
Powerpoint presentation: How did censorship help the Nazis?
Powerpoint presentation: What was the significance of the Wannsee Conference?
Powerpoint presentation: What were the experiences of women in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945?
Ezine article: Kristallnacht survivor Andy Factor warns of rising antisemitism on 80th anniversary
Newspaper article: Overlooked no more: Rose Zar
Magazine article: White Rose: The Germans who tried to topple Hitler
Ezine article: The Crime that did not happen
4 cloze activities on the Holocaust
Video: Life in Nazi Germany
Worksheet for video: Life in Nazi Germany
Video: Lagan College Opposition to the Nazis
Worksheet for video: Lagan College Opposition to the Nazis
Video: Youth in Nazi Germany
Worksheet for video: Youth in Nazi Germany
Video: The Rise of Nazi Germany
Worksheet for video: The Rise of Nazi Germany
Video: Hitler’s rise to power
Worksheet for video: Hitler’s rise to power
Video: How did Hitler rise to power
Worksheet for video: How did Hitler rise to power
Video: Hitler. The Rise and Fall. Episode 1: The Opportunist
Worksheet for video: Hitler. The Rise and Fall. Episode 1: The Opportunist
Worksheet and answers to accompany the 5-minute animated documentary by Ted Ed, How did Hitler Rise to Power? The video covers the impact of the Treaty of Versailles, post-war social and political issues in Germany, the impact of the Depression, the increasing power of the Nazi Party and the implementation of extremist policies following the Enabling Act, 1933.
Worksheet and answers to accompany the TED Ed 5-minute animated documentary, The History of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The video covers the Bay of Pigs invasion, Soviet support for Cuba against further invasions, U.S. “quarantine” of Cuba, the shooting down of a U.S. spy plane and the U.S. firing a depth charge at a Soviet submarine, the decision of Vasili Arkhipov to not fire a missile in response, secret negotiations to resolve the crisis and the subsequent withdrawal of U.S. missiles from Turkey and Italy and Soviet missiles from Cuba.
Worksheet to accompany the 4-minute Simple History animated documentary, Penal Colonies Australia. The video covers reasons for establishment of penal colonies after 1776, reasons for transportation, convict work, female convicts, clothing, discipline and brutality, secondary penal settlements and rights of people upon completing their servitude. The worksheet is designed for Stage 3 students of the NSW History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Answers are provided.
Worksheet and answers to the outstanding The Armchair Historian 18-minute animated documentary, Modern Trench Warfare. The Iran-Iraq War. The video is an engaging examination of causes, events and consequences of the war. It covers military operations, weaponry and international alliances that enabled the war to continue for too many years, leaving countries and people broken. The mounting numbers of dead and injured are too large to be fathomable. An excellent resource for the teaching of National Studies: Option H: Iran 1945-1989 - NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.
This is a unit of work for Stage 6 Higher School Certificate students, NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Part II - National Studies - Option G. Iran 1945-1989.
Terms and concepts
Video: 444 Days. Iran’s Hostage Crisis
Worksheet for video:444 Days. Iran’s Hostage Crisis
Video: The Last Shah
Worksheet for video: The Last Shah
Worksheet for video: Argo
Worksheet for video: Crash Course World History. The Iranian Revolutions
Video: Crash Course World History. The Iranian Revolutions
Worksheet for video: I Knew Khomeini
Video: I Knew Khomeini
Worksheet for video: The Man who Changed the World
Video: The Man who Changed the World
Worksheet for video: Modern Trench Warfare. The Iran-Iraq War
Video: Modern Trench Warfare: The Iran-Iraq War
Magazine article: Khomeini the Unwavering Spiritual Leader
Extended writing: Empathetic task
Revision: Who am I?
Activity: Sequence the events
3 Primary Source Analyses
3 Cloze activities
Word search
Comprehension: The Iranian Revolution
Comprehension: The Iranian Hostage Crisis
Source-based activity: How did SAVAK contribute to public discontent against the Shah?
Source-based activity: What was the immediate impact of Khomeini’s return to Iran?
Source-based activity: What was the impact of World War II on Iran?
Source-based activity: What were the aims of the White Revolution?
Source-based activity: What were the causes of the 1979 Revolution?
Source-based activity: What were the experiences of child soldiers in the Iran-Iraq War?
Source-based activity: Who set fire to the Rex Cinema, Abadan in 1978? What were the effects of the tragedy?
Source-based activity: Why did Iraq invade Iran on September 22, 1980?
Source-based activity: Why did Mosaddeq nationalize the oil industry in 1951?
Source-based activity: Why did students occupy the U.S. embassy on November 4, 1979?
Source-based activity: Why did the Iranian government suppress Tudeh from 1953?
Source-based activity: Why were so many Iranians anti-American in 1979?
Source-based activity: What was the impact of reforms on Iranian society & culture, 1979-1989?
Source-based activity: How did the Islamic Republic use state violence and coercion to maintain control, 1979-1989?
Source-based activity: How important was the oil industry to Iran’s economy, 1945-1989?
Newspaper article: Pahlavi fortune a staggering sum
Ezine article: Life in Iran under the Shah and now
Extended writing activity: Information report
Revision: True or false?
Mapping activity
Crack the Code revision activity
Crossword
Deconstructing a visual image: Revolutionary wall poster
Who said quotations activity
Unit of work on Farm Tools and Machinery. Designed for students of the NSW 7-10 Agricultural Technology Syllabus. Cross-content unit of work that includes interactions, management, sustainability, technology.
It includes:
+ Quad bikes
+ Firearms in agriculture
Tillage equipment
+ Farm safety
+ Identify the agricultural machinery
Information report assessment task
Farm tools and machinery findaword
3 Cloze activities: Combine harvesters, Machinery in the cotton industry, aircraft in agriculture
Ezine article: Farming advances with appliance of science to tractor technology
Ezine article: Death of 3 Canadian Girls
Ezine article: New high-tech farm equipment is a nightmare for farmers
Ezine article: Drone weeds out good from bad
Research: Tractors
Metalanguage
Magazine article: Front-end loaders can exceed tractor limits
Video and worksheet: The Future Farming Technology
Video and worksheet: Outback helicopter mustering
Video and worksheet: RIPPA: The farm robot exterminates pests and weeds
Unit of work on Weeds, Pests and Disease. Designed for students of the NSW Stage 5 Agricultural Technology Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. This bundle includes:
3 Cloze activities
Metalanguage mix and match
Word Search
Ezine article: Time to Freeze Bugs to Death
Ezine article: A virus taming Australia’s bunny menace
Ezine article: Agricultural production losses to pest animals soar
Ezine article: Drone weeds out good from bad
Video and worksheet: RIPPA: The farm robot exterminates pests & weeds
Worksheet and answers to accompany the 6-minute documentary by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Catalyst program, RIPPA: The farm robot exterminates pests and weeds. The documentary examines a solar-powered, self-propelled robot that scans agricultural plants for pests and weeds and either removes the weed or selectively spot-sprays particular plants. The resource is designed for Stage 4/5 students of the NSW Agricultural Technology Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.
Worksheet to accompany Australian Broadcasting Corporation Landline series mini-documentary, Outback helicopter mustering. The 5-minute documentary examines the technology and sustainability in the mustering and export of feral water buffalo in Arnhem Land. Answers are included. This resource is part of a unit of work, Farm Tools and Machinery for the Stages 4/5 NSW Agricultural Technology Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.