This activity is a worksheet which teachers may use in a class to engage students who like using their hands to learn (Kinesthetic learners). It offers a cut out of the social classes of Ancient Egypt and a Pyramid, to which students may glue or pin the social classes. This activity can be used to extend their learning and as a complementary resource to information about the topic. - Resource can easily be altered to suit another society - Worksheet layout offers quick printing for busy teachers!

This Source-based activity designed to get students thinking about SIX items found from WW1. Specifics: - Highly scaffolded worksheet - Enough work for 1-2 x 40 minute lesson/s - Offers the ability for students to work individually or in a group. - FOUR activities are included in this resource which build on the previous activities. The second activity is an extension activity of the first which provides students with the opportunity to easily construct a paragraph based on the sources with evidence gathered from the previous activity. The third activity asks a question focused on the usefulness of the sources to a specific example. The fourth activity offers an extension activity of a creative nature. - An example is provided for students for activity 1. - Answer are provided for the teacher for the whole of activity 1 which is specific information about the sources provided. - Advice to teachers would be to print in colour if possible to help students see the items more clearly so they engage in the activity more. - Very suited to a mixed ability year 9 class as there are varying levels of sources to discover (some are easier to identify than others). - Can also be used for the HSC course as a quick activity to get students thinking and identifying the usefulness of sources... etc

This Source-based activity designed to get students thinking about SIX items found from WW1. Specifics: - Highly scaffolded worksheet - Enough work for 1-2 x 40 minute lesson/s - Offers the ability for students to work individually or in a group. - FOUR activities are included in this resource which build on the previous activities. The second activity is an extension activity of the first which provides students with the opportunity to easily construct a paragraph based on the sources with evidence gathered from the previous activity. The third activity asks a question focused on the usefulness of the sources to a specific example. The fourth activity offers an extension activity of a creative nature. - An example is provided for students for activity 1. - Answers are provided for the teacher for the whole of activity 1 which is specific information about the sources provided. - Advice to teachers would be to print in colour if possible to help students see the items more clearly so they engage in the activity more. - Very suited to a mixed ability year 9 class as there are varying levels of sources to discover (some are easier to identify than others). - Can also be used for the HSC course as a quick activity to get students thinking and identifying the usefulness of sources... etc

Introduction to the Geography of Ancient China which includes a cloze passage activity and a question relating to how the environment impacts border development. Should take students 5-20 minutes depending on ability.

This A4 Personal Interest Project Central Material Chapter Planning template can be adjusted to turn into an A3 poster and printed so that students can begin workshopping their chapters for their PIPs. This scaffold is designed to help students organise their information into themes, plan out which methodologies work best while planning out their links to the syllabus concepts and continuity and change as required to meet the needs of the PIP as outlined in the Syllabus. My own students have found this very useful to organise their ideas, findings and data into chapters which become the starting point from which to turn their ideas into written chapters.

This essay planner is designed to guide students through building their history essays by mapping out their ideas on an A3 print out size. The boxes are all digital text-boxes so it can be filled in or adapted digitally but works as a great hands-on task too. It is designed for senior levels are it pushes for students to write out their argument and judgment in the introduction, in their paragraph topic sentences, throughout the body paragraph, in their linking paragraph sentences and to finally conclude with a final judgment).

This essay planner is designed to guide students through building their history essays by mapping out their ideas on an A3 print out size. The boxes are all digital text-boxes so it can be filled in or adapted digitally but works as a great hands-on task too. It is designed for senior levels are it pushes for students to write out their argument and judgment in the introduction, in their paragraph topic sentences, throughout the body paragraph, in their linking paragraph sentences and to finally conclude with a final judgment).