This resource consists of 2 jigsaws, solution and questions based on the jigsaws. It supports student learning of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 4 Depth Study 6: Expanding Contacts 6a: The Mongol Expansion Students cut out the jigsaw pieces, reconstruct the scenes of Mongol life, glue the completed jigsaw in their workbooks or on cardboard then answer questions based on the scenes.

This Powerpoint presentation supports the teaching of the NSW Ancient History syllabus Preliminary course Part I - Investigating the Past: History, Archaeology & Science It can also be used as a part of the Case Study: Bodies of Evidence The focus of this presentation is on Lindow Man - discovery, excavation, reconstruction, preservation, and using his remains to inform us about life in Celtic/Roman Britain. The presentation assists students to make decisions about the appropriateness of displaying human remains and whether archaeological remains should be displayed where they are found (to benefit local tourism) or sent to major centres where there are currently more tourists.

Teaching visual literacy is everyone's responsibility! This poster was designed as part of a cross-curriculum promotional campaign to teach staff in all faculties in a New England NSW high school about visual literacy being a component of literacy in every area of the curriculum and also provide students with an example of how a visual image can be deconstructed to find the hidden messages. This poster is an example of how the techniques of visual literacy can be used in a Mathematics class. It applies an excellent template developed by the English Teacher's Association of NSW to a newspaper graphic.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 1 - Making a better world? The Industrial Revolution Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, visual and written sources to learn how the Industrial Revolution affected the working conditions of Australians in the 1800s. It includes urban and rural work and the work of men, women and children. Australia was more fortunate than European and North American countries in terms of worker's rights as these countries suffered harsher conditions and fought longer and harder for improvements. Australia, by contrast, acted comparatively quickly to establish better working conditions and worker's rights - unless you were female, ATSI, working in isolated areas or in most rural industries. The good news was that from 1856 legislation became proactive rather than reactionary.

Teaching visual literacy is everyone's responsibility! This poster was designed as part of a cross-curriculum promotional campaign to teach staff in all faculties in a New England NSW high school about visual literacy being a component of literacy in every area of the curriculum and also to provide students with an example of how a visual image can be deconstructed to find the hidden messages. This poster is an example of how the techniques of visual literacy can be used in Agricultural Technology classes. It applies an excellent template developed by the English Teacher's Association of NSW to a popular Australian magazine on rural life.

Teaching visual literacy is everyone's responsibility. This poster was designed as part of a cross-curriculum promotional campaign to teach staff in all faculties in a New England NSW high school about visual literacy being a component of literacy in every area of the curriculum and also to provide students with an example of how a visual image can be deconstructed to find the hidden messages. This poster is an example of how the techniques of visual literacy can be used in English language classes. It applies an excellent template developed by the English Teacher's Association of NSW to a movie poster.

Teaching visual literacy is everyone's responsibility! This poster was designed as part of a cross-curriculum promotional campaign to teach staff in all faculties in a New England NSW high school about visual literacy being a component of literacy in every area of the curriculum and also to provide students with an example of how a visual image can be deconstructed to find the hidden messages. This poster is an example of how the techniques of visual literacy can be used in Japanese language classes. It applies an excellent template developed by the English Teacher's Association of NSW to a tourist magazine cover.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW Stage 6 Ancient History Higher School Certificate course Part II - Ancient Societies Option I - Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, visual and written sources to identify factors that resulted in success for the Spartan army at Mantinea in 418 BCE. It was an example of how an army of professional soldiers could defeat "weekend warriors" from the more northern Greek city states. Interestingly, the Spartans used ex-helots as soldiers. Let it never be claimed that the Spartans were ever resistant to change!

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 1 - Making a Better World It can be used in either the topic on the Industrial Revolution or Movement of Peoples. The task can also be used to support the Stage 5 and Stage 6 (Preliminary) Aboriginal Studies syllabuses. The title of the activity is 'loaded': whilst the 1800s saw a tremendous growth in the number of British (then other) peoples moving to Australia there was also a tremendous decline in number of Aboriginal people in many parts of the country. But like all things in history, the conclusions we reach are based on the evidence we have, and this is entirely from one perspective. The activities are designed for Year 9 mixed ability classes but include some higher-order activities including examining an emigration poster for tone and implication and analysing a painting for suggestions about population change in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Australia.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 1 - Making a Better World? Option (a) The Industrial Revolution Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, visual and written evidence to decide the impact of the Industrial Revolution on Australia in the 1800s. This activity is designed for Year 9 students commencing study of History at Stage 5 level. There are scaffolded activities that builds a level of complexity from a mix-and-match of key words and concepts to a longer response of one paragraph. It also incorporates an activity where students are required to deconstruct the elements of a photograph to seek evidence of the impact of the Industrial Revolution on Australian society.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 6 - School Developed Topic Australia in the Vietnam War Era Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, written and visual sources to understand what was meant by the "domino theory". This concept was spread by political and social leaders throughout the world as part of the fear of the spread of communism. As it applied to Australia, it was used as a justification for involvement in the Vietnam War. A simple concept sold to simple, unquestioning minds?

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 3 - Australians at War: World Wars I & II Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, written and visual sources to determine why conscription was introduced in Australia in 1943. Conscription has always been very unpopular in Australia, with plebiscites rejected in 1916 and 1917 and tremendous opposition to the issue during the Vietnam War. Yet, it was introduced in 1943, generally accepted and conscripted troops made a significant impact in the New Guinea campaign of the Pacific War. What made this time different?

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 6 - School Developed Topic: The Roaring Twenties Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, visual and written sources to determine whether the post-WWI Commonwealth of Australia Soldier Settlement Program actually created "a land fit for heroes". Was this program was actually successful. The Soldier Settlement program promised WWI veterans a chance to realise their dream: a farming patch to call their own, on which they could make a living and raise a family. Sound good? But could they really make their windfall a success in the tough Australian bush?

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. It can be taught as part of: Stage 5 Depth Study 4: Rights & Freedoms 1945-Present (as background stimulus) Depth Study 6: School Developed Topic - The Great Depression It can also be used to support student understanding of: Stage 5 Aboriginal Studies - Topic 9: Aboriginal interaction with legal & political systems Stage 6 Aboriginal Studies - Preliminary course Part II - Heritage & Identity Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary written and visual sources to gain an understanding of the causes and effects of the 1938 Day of Mourning - a public recognition of the damage that European invasion of Australia had on the indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. It was timed to coincide with the non-Aboriginal celebration of 150 years since the British set foot on the shores of Botany Bay and claimed the land for the British Crown. But would non-Aboriginal Australians get the message?

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 3: Australians at War - World War I & World War II Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, visual and written sources to decide what role Lieutenant General John Monash had in wining the Battle of Hamel in 1918. Jewish-Australian, John Monash conceived and used the blitzkrieg as the primary means of gaining victory. This strategy was adopted by the Nazi German army in the 1930s. The Battle of Hamel was also the first time that Australian, U.S. and British troops fought together under Australian leadership. This alliance was repeated in the later battles on the Western Front and during battles of the Pacific War of the 1940s.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 2 - Australia & Asia 2a - Making a Nation: Australia 1900-1914 It can also be used as background for: Depth Study 4 - Rights & Freedoms 1945-Present Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, visual and written evidence to determine whether the South Sea Islander people (Kanakas) were slaves or guest workers. The overwhelming evidence points only one way. Yet another very sad example of the first world achieving economic success at the expense of the third world. Lots of scope to discuss discrimination, social and economic power and responses to injustice.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 6 - School Developed Topic: Australia in the Vietnam War Era Students analyse a range of primary and secondary, written and visual sources to decide how attitudes towards Australian Vietnam veterans changed after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Efforts to improve public perceptions and to improve their own political power and wellbeing lay in the hands of the veterans themselves. A real historical case study in going from zero to hero.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 4: Rights & Freedoms 1945-present Students analyse a variety of written and visual, primary and secondary sources to make decisions about the impact of the 1965 Freedom Ride on Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Australia. The 1965 Freedom Ride was inspired by the Freedom Rides by the American Civil Rights movement. It resulted in immediate publicity about the inequities of all aspects of life for the Aboriginal people. In the longer term it helped to pave the way for the 1967 referendum to include Aboriginal people in the Australian constitution which in turn gave greater legal and political rights to Aboriginal people.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 3: Australians at War - World Wars I & II Students analyse a range of primary and secondary, written and visual sources to identify the experiences of Australian Prisoners of War in World War I. Students learn that experiences varied according to location, rank and resources of host nations Germany and the Ottoman Empire/Turkey.

This resource has been developed to support student understanding of the NSW 7-10 Agricultural Technology syllabus. It requires students to identify various common pieces of technology found on Australian properties and to use the internet to research how they are used. The activity has been used with both a regular mixed-ability class and a class for students with an Emotional Disorder (ED). It can be adapted for use with other specialised classes.