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 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 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 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 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 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 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 an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Queen Elizabeth by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Melissa Lee Johnson. 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 - Rosa Parks by Lisbeth Kaiser and Marta Antelo. 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 a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the text Rosa Parks by Kitson Jazynka. 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 Rosa Parks by completing activities that work with this text. There are comprehension questions and vocabulary activities plus a then and now task. There is also a couple of writing activities. Some of the activities in this resource may be suitable for teachers who are teaching students about Rosa Parks but do not have this particular book to use. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the text Amelia Earhart by Caroline Crosson Gilpin. This document contains six worksheets for students. This text is a National Geographic Kids Reader. The book we used was Level 2 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 Amelia Earhart by completing activities that work with this text. There are comprehension questions and vocabulary activities plus a then and now task. There is also a puzzle. A teacher answer sheet is provided for the puzzle. Some of the activities in this resource may be suitable for teachers who are teaching students about Amelia Earhart but do not have this particular book to use. 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 - Terry Fox by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and T. Connor. 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 - Anna Pavlova by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Sue Downing. 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 of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book Tom Crean’s Rabbit - A True Story from Scott’s Last Voyage by Meredith Hooper and Bert Kitchen. 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 tasks and research activities. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book No Return - Captain Scott’s Race to the Pole by Peter Gouldthorpe. This document contains eight 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 and vocabulary activities plus writing activities. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document about the early exploration of the world to find spices, the important discoveries made by early Portuguese explorers, Bartolomeu Diaz and Vasco da Gama and how the Dutch managed to secure control of the Spice Islands. The first two pages contain the information of the story of the Spice Islands. There are also two activity pages included in this resource and an extra extension activity on Ferdinand Magellan. The last two pages of this resource are the answer sheets for the teacher. This activity was written to use with the Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. It is an excellent resource to help students understand why exploration of this part of the world eventually led to discoveries of Australia later on. This resource is very helpful if students are then going on to study other early explorers such as Dirk Hartog and Abel Tasman. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a 15 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Waves by Donna Rawlins, Heather Potter and Mark Jackson. This document contains 14 worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. The activities included in the worksheets are things such as comprehension questions, vocabulary and grammar activities. There is also a mapping activity and reflection / making connections activities. There is one worksheet per ‘person’ in the story, with the exception of Olga and Harry who are included in one worksheet as they are from the same time period (late 1940s). We have done this because this book lends itself very well to different history topics (Indigenous studies, convicts, gold rush etc). Waves is an excellent book for a school to buy a set of as it allows teachers to ‘dip’ in and out of it, using the part/s which work well with the unit they are teaching. This means this text can be used over and over as it covers migration to Australia from 50,000 years before present to 2000s. Keeping our worksheets focused on one person’s migration story at a time allows teachers to use this resource for multiple topics. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book All Aboard the London Bus by Patricia Toht and Sam Usher. This document contains seven 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 writing activities and research activities. 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 - Vivienne Westwood by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Laura Callaghan. 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 - Agatha Christie by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Elisa Munso. 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 timeline task, making connections 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.