This resource is a 48 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Who Was Queen Victoria by Jim Gigliotti. This book is part of the Who Was? series. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. For each chapter there are two pages of comprehension questions. There are also two other worksheets for each chapter and these are activities such as vocabulary tasks, writing activities, puzzles, a timeline sequencing activity, research tasks etc. Answer sheets are included for the comprehension questions and the puzzles. 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 Rabbits by John Marsden and Shaun Tan. 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 Venn diagram task, visual literacy and marking connections activities and an adjective and verb sort. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Beth - The Story of a Child Convict 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 two pages of comprehension questions, a dictionary activity, a Venn diagram task and two research activities. A teacher answer sheet is provided for the comprehension questions. This book is an excellent resource to use for a unit on the First Fleet. It helps teach students about the difficulties that the convicts and early settlers faced whilst trying to establish a colony in New South Wales. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a five page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book The Unlikely Story of Bennelong and Phillip by Michael Sedunary. There are four worksheets for students. The worksheets include comprehension questions, writing activities and reflection activities. This book is an excellent resource to use for a unit on the First Fleet. It helps teach students about the difficulties the new settlers and the Aboriginal people experienced in the early days of establishing a new colony in New South Wales. 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 five page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book Meet… Captain Cook by Rae Murdie and Chris Nixon. This resource contains three worksheets for students and one teacher answer sheet. The worksheets include two pages of comprehension questions and a writing activity. Teacher answers are included for relevant activities. This book is an excellent resource to use for a unit on early explorers of Australia. It outlines Captain Cook’s Endeavour journey in an exciting and interesting way for students. This book was short listed in the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books category for 2014. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book I Wish I’d Sailed With Captain Cook by Leonie Young and Tohby Riddle. There are six 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, vocabulary activities and a writing activity. There are also activities to help students to make connections to the events. These activities are designed to work with a unit on the Early Explorers of Australia. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a fourteen page PDF document with activities to do based on the book My Place by Nadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins. 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 activities which assist students to make connections. This document contains eight worksheets for students and five answer sheets for the teacher. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a ten page PDF document containing designs to be used for title pages for a unit on the early explorers of Australia. The first four worksheets have one explorer on each - William Dampier, James Cook, Abel Tasman and Dirk Hartog. The final page has all four explorers on it. There are also colour versions of these title pages included. Students can either colour the worksheet and glue it into their book or place it underneath the page and trace the design, then colour their work. Teachers can also just print off the pages in colour for students if preferred. The title pages are suitable for A4 workbooks but of course can easily be reduced or enlarged on the photocopier to suit the size of other workbooks. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a PDF file of an activity where students can make a concertina-style book about James Cook’s Endeavour Voyage of 1768-1771. This resource is one page long. The students cut out and fold the page to create the book. There are instructions given at the top of the page. Four pages of the book detail the main facts of James Cook’s voyage of discovery. The other two pages of the book provide some background information about James Cook and the HMS Endeavour. When the book is completed, it is designed to be glued into the student’s workbook on the last page. This activity is a fun way for students to learn a little bit more about Captain Cook and was designed to use with the Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document about the English explorer James Cook’s Endeavour voyage. The first page is the story of James Cook and his journey. There are also four activity pages included in this resource. The last two pages of this resource are the answer sheets for the teacher. One of the activities included would work well with the use of ipads in the classroom as it has a QR code that links to a video about the Endeavour voyage. 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 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.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book The Red Poppy by David Hill and Fifi Colston. 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, making connection tasks and reflection questions. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a four page PDF document containing four designs to be used for title pages for a unit on Gold and The Eureka Stockade. Three of the title pages are for Gold / Gold Rush and one is for The Eureka Stockade. Students can either colour the worksheet and glue it into their book or place it underneath the page and trace the design, then colour their work. The title pages are suitable for A4 workbooks but of course can easily be reduced or enlarged on the photocopier to suit the size of other workbooks. This document was written to use with the new Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. 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 Meet… Ned Kelly by Janeen Brian and Matt Adams. 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 (rhyming words and contractions). There is also a making connections task, a cause and effect activity and a QR code activity which takes students to a video about Ned Kelly. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a 13 page PDF document with a research activity on twelve bushrangers of Australia. The bushrangers included are: Ben Hall Ned Kelly Dan Kelly Martin Cash Joe Byrne Joseph Johns (Moondyne Joe) Frederick Ward (Captain Thunderbolt) Dan Morgan (Mad Dog Morgan) Matthew Brady John Caesar (Black Caesar) Frank Gardiner Steve Hart There is also a blank sheet for any other bushranger that you may want to include that is not in the set. The teacher just has to print off the sheets and give one to each student / group in the class. Each sheet asks for the same information so all students are doing a similar research activity. Students can then research the particular bushranger they were given and record their information on their worksheet. The sheets look great displayed in the classroom when finished. 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 featuring 4 puzzles for students about Australian bushrangers. 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 to reinforce learning 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. The puzzles are: Easy Threesy Puzzle - Students have to solve clues, all of which are nine letter words. These words are solved by putting together three letter combinations to solve the puzzle. Synonym Puzzle - Students think of a synonym for the words given that relate to bushrangers Can You Match the Face to the Name? Puzzle - Students match names of the bushrangers to their photos or likenesses. Fill-In Puzzle - Using words that relate to bushrangers, students fill in the puzzle sheet so that all of the words fit. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.