Is Australian culture becoming too American? This Powerpoint presentation examines this issue, in particular: + What is Americanisation? + What are the effects of Americanisation? + The effects of the powerful US economy; + US-Australian relations before 1941; + World War II and the forging of close relations; + The post-WWII world; + Issues inc. language, fashion, media, the teen audience, food & technology; + Is Americanisation of Australian culture good or bad or a combination of both? + How does Australian culture impact on Americans?

The BBC documentary, Genghis Khan, is an excellent account of the his life and achievements. This worksheets assists students to focus on the problems and issues associated with his leadership of the tribe, army and nation. It is designed for NSW students of the History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Depth Study 6a: The Mongol Expansion

The Celts were master farmers. Advanced husbandry, grazing and cropping practices and agricultural technology created a wealth of food that was traded across Europe to provide finances and goods. Agricultural practices dominated the Celtic year in a way that would be very familiar to rural Australians today. This source-based activity 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

Worksheet to accompany the BBC documentary, The Vikings. Who Were They? The documentary covers life in Scandinavia from 700 CE, longships and their importance in raiding, the attacks on Lindisfarne and Paris, Erik the Red and Leif Eriksson and the settlements in Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland, the adoption of Christianity, the life of Harold Hardrada, the Battle of Stamford Bridge and briefly, what happened to the Vikings. The documentary repeats itself after 40 minutes so I would end it at that point. This worksheet 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

This is a set of activities relating to the plot of Tomorrow When the War Began. Students are introduced to the concepts of orientation, complication and resolution as well as protagonist and antagonist. This set of activities are designed for students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Outcome EN5-1A: responds to and composes increasingly sophisticated and sustained texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis, imaginative expression and pleasure

crossword based on Jacquie French’s novel, Hitler’s Daughter.

Metalanguage mix and match activity using key words and concepts from Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

Activities for Chapters 7-12 of Madeleine L’Engle’s novel, A Wrinkle in Time.

Powerpoint presentation on the book/film, A Wrinkle in Time.

Unit of work, The Treatment and Display of Human Remains. NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Preliminary HSC Course. Investigating History. Case Study 6: The Treatment and Display of Human Remains. This unit includes: Metalanguage mix and match Lindow Man: Powerpoint presentation Newspaper article: Museums avoid displaying human remains ‘out of respect’ Ezine article: Displaying replica bones and skeletons Magazine article: Should museums display human remains from other cultures? Ezine article: The long ethical arc of displaying human remains Newspaper article: The strange and mysterious case of Dr Glidden Video: The Repatriation of Human Remains Worksheet for video: The Repatriation of Human Remains Video: The U.S. National Museum of Health and Medicine Worksheet for video: The U.S. National Museum of Health and Medicine Video: Lecture by Dr. Elizabeth Craig-Atkins: Recovery and preservation of human skeletal remains Worksheet for video: Lecture by Dr. Elizabeth Craig-Atkins: Recovery and preservation of human skeletal remains Video: History Cold Case: Mummified Child Worksheet for video: History Cold Case: Mummified Child Video: Mummies: Frozen in Time Worksheet for video: Mummies: Frozen in Time Video: The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies Worksheet for video: The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies 3 Cloze activities Word search

Activities for Chapters 1-6 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time.

Worksheet to accompany the BBC documentary, Pompeii. The last day. The video gives an excellent outline of how each stage of the explosion of Mount Vesuvius affected the people of Pompeii and Herculaneum. It creates a narrative by using the forensic remains to build a possible scenario about who the person may have been and their life in Pompeii. This worksheet is part of a unit of work,* Core Study: Cities of Vesuvius. Pompeii and Herculaneum*. Higher School Certificate course. NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

4 Cloze activities on the topic, Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra, 371 BCE: Sparta’s Resources Lycurgus Hoplite Phalanx Syssitia This set of tasks is designed for Stage 6 Higher School Certificate students of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Historical societies: Option G: Greece - Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra, 371 BCE.

Worksheet to accompany the 10-minute YouTube video, History of Australia in a Nutshell. Concise and simplistic overview of Australian history from the Pleistocene to 2008. Covers Aboriginal beliefs, European exploration of Terra Australis, British invasion and occupation, economic and political developments in the 1800s and the gradual move to independence and key events in this process. Part of a unit of work on The Australian Coloniesfor Stage 3 History NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. The worksheet uses stills from the video as visual stimuli.

Worksheet to accompany the 11-minute documentary, Australian Prisoners of War. Topic 1: A Short History, produced by the Commonwealth of Australia Department of Veterans Affairs. Excellent overview to Australian POWs in international conflicts in the Twentieth Century. Only touches on internment of people of German, Japanese and Italian descent and foreign military personnel captured in war in Australian camps. This activity is part of a unit of work for Stage 5 students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Depth Study 3: Australians at War - World War II.

Article written by Professor Ali Ansari and published at BBC News, Alexander the not so Great: History through Persian eyes. The brief article provides evidence that the Greeks did not really hate the Persians and wished to destroy their empire, but that they admired the Persians. This article is part of two units of work - Personalities in their Times - Option G. Greece - Alexander the Great and Historical Periods - Option D. Persian society at the time of Darius and Xerxes. Stage 6 Higher School Certificate course. NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Worksheet to accompany the documentary, Engineering an Empire: The Persians. The documentary covers engineering achievements during the Achaemenid Persian Empire including the qanaat system, Cyrus tomb at Pasagardae, Darius I’ palace at Susa, Darius I’s construction works at Persepolis, Darius I’s canal linking the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, the Royal Road from Susa to Sardis, the pontoon bridges crossing the Hellespont built by Xerxes and Darius I and Artaxerxes I’s Hall of One Hundred Columns at Persepolis. This resource is designed for Stage 6 students of the Higher School Certificate. NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Historical period -Option D. Persia - Cyrus II to Darius III.

Unit of work on the 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 Option 3: Spanish Conquest of the Americas Bundle includes: + Powerpoint - Aztec Society + Aztec Society Powerpoint activity + Do you want to be an Aztec farmer? + Do you want to be an Aztec merchant? + Do you want to be an Aztec slave? + Do you want to be an Aztec warrior? + Do you want to be an Aztec woman? + 3 Cloze activities + Acrostic poem and Mix and match + Sequence the events + Crack the Code revision activity + Word Search + Guns, Germs and Steel worksheet for video + Conquistadors: Episode 1 - The Fall of the Aztecs worksheet for video + Conquistadors: Episode 2 - The Conquest of the Incas + Terms and concepts + Research: Hernán Cortés + Ezine article, Peruvian Ice Caps Preserve a Legacy of Conquest + Information report + The Great Inca rebellion worksheet for video + Mapping History: The Conquistadors in Central America + Crossword + Armor and weapons of a conquistador + Crossword + Deconstructing a visual image - The Arrival or Conquest of Hernan Cortez in Veracruz + Ezine article: Conquistadors sacrificed and eaten by Aztec-era people + Video: Conquistadors Episode 3: The Search for El Dorado + Worksheet for video: Conquistadors Episode 3: The Search for El Dorado + Newspaper article: Spain fights to dispel legend of Inquisition and imperial atrocities + Video: Conquistadors Episode 4: All the World is Human + Worksheet for video: Conquistadors Episode 4: All the World is Human

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 is a program for the unit of work Conflict in Indochina 1945-1975 and is designed to meet requirements for the NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.