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A high-school History teacher who is currently travelling and updating resources to share. Please leave some feedback so I can know if you liked the worksheet or resource or if there is something I can change to make it more accessible for all. My resources are generally scaffolded, offer a range of tasks that students from varying abilities can understand and the instruction is clear. The layouts and formatting between my worksheets are consistent and designed for clarity.

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A high-school History teacher who is currently travelling and updating resources to share. Please leave some feedback so I can know if you liked the worksheet or resource or if there is something I can change to make it more accessible for all. My resources are generally scaffolded, offer a range of tasks that students from varying abilities can understand and the instruction is clear. The layouts and formatting between my worksheets are consistent and designed for clarity.
Thai-Burma Railway POW worksheet lesson
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Thai-Burma Railway POW worksheet lesson

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This worksheet features 1 page of information about the POW experience working on the Thai-Burma Railway. Follow up questions from the reading passage and a create activity follow. This is worth 1-2 x 45 minute class. The creative activity has hands-on opportunity to imagine what it would have been like to be a POW and create artifacts from the experience as well as diary entry etc…
Ancient Egypt Kinesthetic Social Pyramid Activity
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Ancient Egypt Kinesthetic Social Pyramid Activity

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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!
PIP Central Material Chapter Planning template
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PIP Central Material Chapter Planning template

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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.
History Essay Planner scaffold
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History Essay Planner scaffold

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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).
History Essay Planner
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History Essay Planner

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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).
WW1 Crossword Puzzle on Terms and Concepts
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WW1 Crossword Puzzle on Terms and Concepts

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Fun activity designed to match the WW1 terms and concept worksheet also posted here, this activity is to check student understanding on their terms and concepts. Can also be used for fast finishers/homework! Should take students 10-20 minutes depending on the level of understanding/previous knowledge of terms. Features some black and white cartoons to keep their level of interest up, as well as a guess who which students should be able to guess if they have successfully completed the puzzle.
Rights and Freedoms PowerPoint
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Rights and Freedoms PowerPoint

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Rights and Freedoms for First Australians + Indigenous Rights and Policies Lesson Plan: Timing with activities worth 100+ minutes, syllabus links and topics include: First Australians, Day of Mourning, Australia day, Stolen Generation, Census, Sorry speech. Activities include: PowerPoint guide + visuals for activities and questions for students to follow - {matched to lesson plan must purchase separatley or go back to see bundle} Empathy tasks - diary entries and debates Worksheets + {must purchase separately or buy bundle pack} Primary source analysis: Images, testimonies, speeches Link for Kahoot revision Raw file so can be added to
Geography of Ancient China Activity
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Geography of Ancient China Activity

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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.
World War One Crossword Puzzle for Terms and Concepts
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World War One Crossword Puzzle for Terms and Concepts

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Fun activity designed to match the WW1 terms and concept worksheet also posted here, this activity is to check student understanding on their terms and concepts. Can also be used for fast finishers/homework! Should take students 10-20 minutes depending on the level of understanding/previous knowledge of terms. Features some black and white cartoons to keep their level of interest up, as well as a guess who which students should be able to guess if they have successfully completed the puzzle.
Ancient Egypt Intro Lesson and Activities
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Ancient Egypt Intro Lesson and Activities

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Worksheet to aid the introduction of Ancient Egypt which includes a passage students need to fill in with 6 key terms. They also have the space to draw their own names in Hieroglyphics and to mark Upper and Lower Egypt on a map. This can be helped along with a textbook or even google maps.
Rights and Freedoms Lesson Plan
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Rights and Freedoms Lesson Plan

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Rights and Freedoms for First Australians + Indigenous Rights and Policies Lesson Plan: Timing with activities worth 100+ minutes, syllabus links and topics include: First Australians, Day of Mourning, Australia day, Stolen Generation, Census, Sorry speech. Activities include: PowerPoint guide + visuals for activities and questions for students to follow - matched to lesson plan {must purchase separately or buy resource pack} Empathy tasks - diary entries and debates Worksheets + {must purchase separately or buy resource pack} Primary source analysis: Images, testimonies, speeches Link for Kahoot revision Word file so it can be altered
Glossary activity for WW1
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Glossary activity for WW1

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Provides important terms, people and concepts of World War One. Students need to sort the terms into categories and find their definition. The same words are then used in a crossword which help to check sutdents understanding of terms and concepts. 1 x 40 minute lesson. Matching crossword can be used for a 15 minute activity or revision/homework.
Threatened Species: Rhinos
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Threatened Species: Rhinos

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This worksheet is based on a video (link provided for ABC) which is a news story designed for high school students to understand the issue of poaching which Rhinos face. The provided questions are made to correspond with the video clip, the answers can be found and deducted from the information provided in the clip. However, answers can be talked in small groups or as a class about including ethical questioning/answers and ideas/solutions to the problems.
Background to the Causes of World War One
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Background to the Causes of World War One

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This worksheet that has TWO activities designed to act as a revision worksheet at the end of the unit or a supplemental worksheet for students beginning the topic. It offers: A short passage about the context of the Nations involved in the rising tensions Primary sources which help visual learners A great homework task or to give to fast finishers Worksheet may take anywhere from 5 - 15 minutes depending on students ability
Background to the Causes of World War One
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Background to the Causes of World War One

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This worksheet that has TWO activities designed to act as a revision worksheet at the end of the unit or a supplemental worksheet for students beginning the topic. It offers: A short passage about the context of the Nations involved in the rising tensions Primary sources which help visual learners A great homework task or to give to fast finishers Worksheet may take anywhere from 5 - 15 minutes depending on student’s ability
Experience of POW's and the Thai-Burma Railway
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Experience of POW's and the Thai-Burma Railway

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Information with photographs, questions and activities. The activities allow students to work in groups or as individuals. Both questions and activities are scaffolded for low to high ability learners. 3 x page document of worksheets should cover 2 x 40-minute lessons. A strong class may be able to finish it in one lesson + homework.
Global Inequalities - Sweatshops
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Global Inequalities - Sweatshops

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This worksheet provides information on the reality of Sweatshops for the Global Inequalities topic. The worksheet offers a case study and information on a garment factory collapse from 2013 with questions for students. The worksheet also offers students the chance to think about their own consumer habits and offers an empathy task. Suited to 25-40mins of work depending on Student ability.
Desert Climates and Temperatures Worksheet
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Desert Climates and Temperatures Worksheet

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Activity for YR 7 Biomes (Global Environments): Deserts. Climate and Temperature graph with 10 questions including higher-order questions. 1xA4 page in colour, well edited to visually pleasing for learners. This is also suitable for Years 7-9 quick revision activities to refresh skills. This activity will last approx 5-15 minutes for individuals depending on ability level.
Globalisation and Australia
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Globalisation and Australia

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Five different activities centred around students exploring globalised Australia. A creative activity is also included. Opportunity to complete the worksheet as a class, group based or individual work. Offers some differentiation and scaffolding, however, the worksheet can be altered to be broken down further for lower-ability students. Suitable for yr 8-10 Geography and Commerce. The worksheet is designed to stimulate thought, some knowledge of globalisation is needed before using the worksheet. Timing: If supported by video examples or discussions, may take up to 2 x 40 minute lessons.