Worksheet to accompany the 12 minute and 44 seconds Feature History documentary, The Eureka Stockade. The worksheet is designed for Stage 3/4 students of the History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. The video examines the causes of the Eureka Rebellion, events and significant outcomes including universal male suffrage, the right to elect men to parliament and the right to free from police harassment. The video is available on YouTube

Worksheet to accompany the TEDEd mini, animated documentary by Kate Green, The Pharaoh that wouldn’t be forgotten. This worksheet and video is a great addition to teaching the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum, Higher School Certificate course, Personalities in their Times, Option A: Egypt - Hatshepsut.

Worksheet to accompany the Extra Credits animated documentary, The Berlin Airlift. Answers are included.

This worksheet accompanies the TEd Ed animated documentary, A day in the life of an ancient Celtic druid. It includes answers. The documentary covers the role of druids as healers, transmitters of tradition and history, mediators, educators and interpreters of omens. The outcome being taught is: AH11-9 communicates historical understanding, using historical knowledge, concepts and terms, in appropriate and well-structured forms. This task is designed for students of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Preliminary course Investigating Ancient History – Case Studies List A: Case studies from Egypt, Greece, Rome, Celtic Europe A8. The Celts

Worksheet to accompany the YouTube The Great War video, Australian General John Monash. It gives a great overview of Monash’s life, personality, experiences in WWI, leadership and evaluation of his achievements. This resource supports student understanding of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 3: Australians at War - World War I

Worksheet and answers to the outstanding The Armchair Historian 18-minute animated documentary, Modern Trench Warfare. The Iran-Iraq War. The video is an engaging examination of causes, events and consequences of the war. It covers military operations, weaponry and international alliances that enabled the war to continue for too many years, leaving countries and people broken. The mounting numbers of dead and injured are too large to be fathomable. An excellent resource for the teaching of National Studies: Option H: Iran 1945-1989 - NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Worksheet and answers to accompany the 5-minute animated documentary by Ted Ed, How did Hitler Rise to Power? The video covers the impact of the Treaty of Versailles, post-war social and political issues in Germany, the impact of the Depression, the increasing power of the Nazi Party and the implementation of extremist policies following the Enabling Act, 1933.

Worksheet and answers to accompany the TED Ed 5-minute animated documentary, The History of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The video covers the Bay of Pigs invasion, Soviet support for Cuba against further invasions, U.S. “quarantine” of Cuba, the shooting down of a U.S. spy plane and the U.S. firing a depth charge at a Soviet submarine, the decision of Vasili Arkhipov to not fire a missile in response, secret negotiations to resolve the crisis and the subsequent withdrawal of U.S. missiles from Turkey and Italy and Soviet missiles from Cuba.

Worksheet to accompany the 4-minute Simple History animated documentary, Penal Colonies Australia. The video covers reasons for establishment of penal colonies after 1776, reasons for transportation, convict work, female convicts, clothing, discipline and brutality, secondary penal settlements and rights of people upon completing their servitude. The worksheet is designed for Stage 3 students of the NSW History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Answers are provided.

Excellent look at current issues at the archaeological site of Pompeii. Worksheet to accompany the 4-minute news item from 9 Network, Australia, Secrets of the Lost City. The report covers the 2019 discovery of a fresco, engravings on a wall that indicate Mt Vesuvius exploded in October 79 CE rather than August and 5 skeletons of women and children. The Director of Archaeology outlines the work of archaeologists in interpreting 3 very types of archaeological remains. Answers are provided.

This worksheet and answers are designed for the 6-minute animated Ted Ed documentary, The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall. It covers post-WWII events resulting in the division of Berlin, the creation of the first fence to prevent emigration and loss of workers from East Germany, the construction of the concrete wall in 1961-2, the fortifications immediately behind the wall and events leading to the opening of border crossings in 1989. The video is available on YouTube.

This worksheet accompanies the 5-minute Australian National Museum documentary, Defining Moments in Australian History: Women’s Suffrage. The documentary focuses on the development of the franchise, education rights and trade union protections for women in the Colony of South Australia, culminating in the right to vote and be elected to parliament. The progressive measures were copied by other Australian colonies/states and by other countries in the period 1858 to 1908. The worksheet includes answers.

Worksheet to accompany the 6-minute Let Me Know documentary, Archaeologists Uncovered 50 000 Year Old Artefacts in this Cave that Rewrites Australian History. The video covers excavations at Bootie Cave, Barrow Island, on the Pilbara Coast of Western Australia. The remains give evidence of a first settlement of Australia at 47 000 BP or earlier.

Worksheet to accompany the 10-minute animated Extra Credit video, Viking Expansion: The Serpent Riders. Worked answers are included.

Worksheet to accompany the 11-minute animated Extra Credits video, Viking Expansion - Ireland. Answers to all activities are included.

Worksheet to accompany the 6-minute KnowledgeHub animated video, Why the Vikings Disappeared. The video covers factors in the decline of the Viking Age including loss in key battles, adoption of Christianity and settlement outside Scandinavia and adoption of local customs.

Worksheet and answers to accompany the documentary, Hitler. The Rise & Fall. Episode 1: The Opportunist. The documentary covers Hitler’s family background, life in Austria, World War 1, joining the German Workers Party, the 1923 Munich Beer Hall Putsch, imprisonment and the early years of the National Socialist German Workers Party.

Analysis of an article published on the British Broadcasting Corporation website by Lucy Burns, White Rose: The Germans who tried to topple Hitler. The article is the story of the White Rose resistance group as told by a surviving member, Lilo Furst-Ramdohr. It is the story of how a small group of young people attempted to rally support to resist Nazism but who were not supported by everyday Germans, informants, the court system and the secret police. This is a story that is told over and over again, for example, Tomorrow, When the War Began, The Hunger Games.

Analysis of article by Melissa Eddy, Overlooked No More: Rose Zar. The article was published in The New York Times and describes the extraordinary life of Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivor, Rose Zar. This is a story of resilience and survival despite the oppressions of Nazi-occupied Poland. Australians will enjoy the story of an underdog beating the odds: no-one is ever a loser.

Analysis of ezine article by Philip Jenkins and published at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation website, The Crime that did not happen: Nazi Germany’s nightmarish ambitions. This article examines Nazi Germany’s Generalplan Ost, the plan to conquer Eastern Europe to the Urals, exterminate the Slavic inhabitants and re-populate with ethnic Germans. It also touches on the 1941 negotiations with Britain to exit the war with freedom being given to some or all of the West European occupied nations.