Worksheet and answers to the video, The Great Inca Rebellion. Video investigates the archaeological and written evidence concerning indigenous support for Pizarro in the Spanish conquest of Peru and in defending the newly established Spanish town of Lima on August 10, 1536 against an Incan attack. Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Depth Study 6: Expanding Contacts 6©: Spanish Conquest of the Americas

Key word and concept mix and match activity for the topic Farm Tools and Machinery.

This resource covers: What is tillage equipment Primary and secondary tillage equipment Reduced tillage Intensive tillage Conservation tillage Positives and negatives of tillage It is designed for Stage 5 students of the NSW Agricultural Technology Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Key words and concepts in the topic, Romulus, My Father.

Raimond Gaita uses beautiful descriptive language to evoke his childhood home, Frogmore. He choice of words and phrases transport the reader to another place and time. Unusually, he declines to pass judgment on the poverty-stricken conditions of the farm in which he was raised, indicating that our memories of childhood are predominantly positive as we accept the harshest of conditions as being the norm.

Two-page ezine article that focuses on remote sensing technology to determine nutrient and water content of fields and driving of tractors. Positive and negative aspects of the technology is briefly discussed. Activities focus on the article.

Newspaper article from The Sydney Morning Herald, Profile: Raimond Gaita. Includes focus questions.

Activities for Chapters 7-13 of Romulus, My Father.

Sequencing activity for key events in the non-fiction text, Romulus, My Father.

3 Cloze activities on the topic Farm Tools and Machinery: Combine Harvesters Machinery in the Cotton Industry Aircraft in Agriculture

This resource includes a map of central Victoria with the key places discussed in the text. A student activity asks students to write the events that take place in 9 of these locations. The next activity provides passages from the text that describe Baringhup and the influence of the setting on the author.

Romulus, My Father - Activities for Chapters 1-6

Farm Tools and Machinery findaword

Activity applying the principles of visual literacy to book covers and images from the film, Romulus, My Father.

Scaffolded research task on tractors. includes questions on historical development, different applications on Australian farms, implements that can be attached to tractors, uses in specific cropping and grazing enterprises, ways to reduce tractor accidents and common mechanical problems with tractors. This task is designed for students studying the NSW Agricultural Technology Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Farm Tools and Machinery.

Information report assessment task on the topic Spanish Conquest of the Americas. The topic is: What impact did Spanish conquest of the Americas have on the indigenous peoples? This resource includes information for students on the structure and language features of an information report and a marking guide (rubric). The task is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Depth Study 6: Expanding Contacts 6(a): Spanish Conquest of the Americas

Information report assessment task on the topic: Who invented the steam engine? Why was it such an important invention? The resource includes advice to students on the structure and language features of an information report and a marking guide (rubric). The task is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 1: Making a Better World? 1(a): The Industrial Revolution

Information report task on the topic Farm Tools and Machinery. The topic is: What are five commonly used farm tools and machinery? What safety issues can arise from the use of these tools and machinery? The resource includes advice on the structure and language features required to write an effective information report and a marking guide (rubric) to the task. Designed for Stage 5 Agricultural Technology students of the Australian Curriculum.

Possibly the most traumatised character in Stasiland, Frau Paul carries guilt and shame. The irony, as Anna Funder points out, is that others see her as a hero for standing by her principles despite Stasi retribution. This set of activities includes background information, quotes from the text and a task involving collating information on Frau Paul and her life.

Excellent ezine article from Discover magazine on the impact of Spanish silver mining and refining on the environment in the early 1500s, as reflected in ice core samples. Great way to cover the Australian Curriculum cross curriculum priority of Sustainability in the topic of Spanish Conquest of the Americas. Highly readable, good photographs and a few activities linked to environmental impact of human activity.