This resource is a 32 page PDF document with a research activity on each of the prime ministers of Australia. There are 30 different prime ministers, starting from Edmund Barton right up to Anthony Albanese. Each prime minister has a separate page in the document. The teacher just has to print off the sheets and give one to each student in the class. Each sheet asks for the same information about the prime minister so all students are doing a similar research activity. Students can then research the particular prime minister they were given and record their information on their worksheet. The sheets look great displayed in the classroom when finished. This resource also includes one blank page for future prime ministers of Australia. 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 a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the text Thomas Edison by Barbara Kramer. This document contains six worksheets for students. This text is a National Geographic Kids Reader. The book we used was Level 3 however we understand that some levels differ depending on the country where the text is published. The activities allow the students to reinforce their understanding of the life of Thomas Edison by completing activities that work with this text. There are comprehension questions, a vocabulary search, a glossary activity plus a then and now task. There are also a couple of writing activities. Some of the activities in this resource may be suitable for teachers who are teaching students about Thomas Edison but do not have this particular book to use. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a ten page PDF document with activities to do based on the book The Road to Goonong by David Cox. 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, vocabulary activities ( compound words, dictionary work, suffixes, similes and synonyms), a Venn diagram task, research questions about the Great Depression and questions about droughts plus two writing worksheets. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a six page PDF document containing three designs to be used for title pages for a unit on Antarctica. The first two designs are about ‘Antarctica’ and the third design is about ‘Douglas Mawson’. There are three different layouts. All of the designs are in black and white and also in colour so that teachers can choose which one they would like to use. 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 an eight page PDF document featuring 4 puzzles for students about Antarctica. 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. Word Scramble Puzzle - Students put the letters in the right order to spell the names of Antarctic explorers. Word Knockout Puzzle - Students knock out the names of Antarctic animals to find the hidden word. Fill-In Puzzle - Using Antarctic words, students fill in the puzzle sheet so that all of the words fit. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Vanessa Nakate by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Olivia Amoah. 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 sequencing task and research activity plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Ella Fitzgerald by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Barbara Alca. 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, sequencing and research activities plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Josephine Baker by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Agathe Sorlet. 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, sequencing and research activities plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Harriet Tubman by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Pili Aguado. 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, sequencing and research activities plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book City of Light by Julia Lawrinson, Heather Potter and Mark Jackson. 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 word detective activity, two graphic organiser tasks (Venn diagram and Y-chart) plus a research worksheet and a writing 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 Excuse Me Captain Cook - Who did discover Australia? by Michael Salmon. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, timeline and mapping activities. There is also a QR code activity that takes students to a video about Captain Cook’s Endeavour voyage. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a five page PDF document containing a ten question multiple-choice quiz based on the voyage of Captain Cook. This quiz can be administered normally, as a pencil and paper test. Likewise, this test can also be used with an app called iDoceo Grade Scanner that is available for purchase on the Apple App Store. This app allows time-poor teachers to save hours marking as the grade scanner will do the marking for you. Instructions on how to use this quiz with iDoceo Grade Scanner are included in this resource. This resource would be an excellent formative assessment tool for use during a history unit on the early explorers of Australia. This test would provide the teacher with a good understanding of whether students have understood the events of Cook’s Endeavour voyage before moving the class on to the next part of the unit. 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 with activities to do based on the book Sailing the Unknown - Around the World with Captain Cook by Michael J. Rosen and Maria Cristina Pritelli. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, a timeline task and vocabulary activities. There is also a fill-in puzzle. There are 6 worksheets included plus a page with answers to the fill-in puzzle for the teacher. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a six page PDF document with activities to do based on the book This is Captain Cook by Tania McCartney and Christina Booth. This resource contains five 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, a sequencing task and vocabulary activities. There is also a QR code activity where students watch a brief video on Cook’s Endeavour journal and answer questions. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book Inside the World of Tom Roberts 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 activity on Captain Thunderbolt and a QR code activity which takes students to a video about the painting Bailed Up. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a six page PDF document containing three designs to be used for title pages for a unit on Australian bushrangers. The first two designs are about ‘Bushrangers’ and the third design is about ‘Ned Kelly’. There are three different layouts. All of the designs are in black and white and also in colour so that teachers can choose which one they would like to use. 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 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.

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 a seven page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book Ned Kelly and the Green Sash by Mark Greenwood and Frane Lessac. 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, vocabulary tasks and a writing activity. There is also a research activity and a QR code activity which takes students to a video about Ned Kelly. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.