This resource is a seven page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book Message in a Sock by Kaye Baillie and Narelda Joy. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions and vocabulary activities (compound words and conjunctions). There are also two activities which use graphic organisers and questions about the illustrations in the book. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Meet… Weary Dunlop by Claire Saxby and Jeremy Lord. There are six activities to do with the book. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension and vocabulary activities plus a timeline activity. This book is an excellent resource to use when teaching a unit about World War 2 / Second World War. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a eight page PDF document featuring 4 puzzles for students which are based on the events of the Eureka Stockade. These puzzles are a fun way of reinforcing learning. There are 4 different puzzles and 4 answer sheets for teachers. The puzzles would be great to use as an activity in literacy groups or as a fun homework task. They could even be used as motivational activities for students to work on if they complete other work quickly. This activity was written to use with the Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Sailing the Unknown - Around the World with Captain Cook by Michael J. Rosen and Maria Cristina Pritelli. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, a timeline task and vocabulary activities. There is also a fill-in puzzle. There are 6 worksheets included plus a page with answers to the fill-in puzzle for the teacher. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a six page PDF document with activities to do based on the book This is Captain Cook by Tania McCartney and Christina Booth. This resource contains five worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, a sequencing task and vocabulary activities. There is also a QR code activity where students watch a brief video on Cook’s Endeavour journal and answer questions. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Excuse Me Captain Cook - Who did discover Australia? by Michael Salmon. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, timeline and mapping activities. There is also a QR code activity that takes students to a video about Captain Cook’s Endeavour voyage. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Young Dark Emu - A Truer History by Bruce Pascoe. The activities allow the students to reflect on and extend their understanding of the text. Some of the activities are cause and effect, identifying primary and secondary sources of information and a writing activity. There are six worksheets / activities for students in this resource and an answer sheet for the teacher for the primary and secondary source activity. This text is an excellent resource to use when studying the First Fleet or early colonies of Australia. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Forward March by Christobel Mattingley and David Kennett. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, research and reflection activities. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Louis Pasteur by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Shelly Laslo. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, a sequencing task and research activity plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document about the English explorer James Cook’s Endeavour voyage. The first page is the story of James Cook and his journey. There are also four activity pages included in this resource. The last two pages of this resource are the answer sheets for the teacher. One of the activities included would work well with the use of ipads in the classroom as it has a QR code that links to a video about the Endeavour voyage. This activity was written to use with the Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Ernest Shackleton by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Olivia Holden. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, a sequencing task and research activity plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book I Wish I’d Sailed With Captain Cook by Leonie Young and Tohby Riddle. There are six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, vocabulary activities and a writing activity. There are also activities to help students to make connections to the events. These activities are designed to work with a unit on the Early Explorers of Australia. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a ten page PDF document containing designs to be used for title pages for a unit on the early explorers of Australia. The first four worksheets have one explorer on each - William Dampier, James Cook, Abel Tasman and Dirk Hartog. The final page has all four explorers on it. There are also colour versions of these title pages included. Students can either colour the worksheet and glue it into their book or place it underneath the page and trace the design, then colour their work. Teachers can also just print off the pages in colour for students if preferred. The title pages are suitable for A4 workbooks but of course can easily be reduced or enlarged on the photocopier to suit the size of other workbooks. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Queen Elizabeth by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Melissa Lee Johnson. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, a sequencing task and research activity plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Rosa Parks by Lisbeth Kaiser and Marta Antelo. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, a sequencing task and research activity plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the text Amelia Earhart by Caroline Crosson Gilpin. This document contains six worksheets for students. This text is a National Geographic Kids Reader. The book we used was Level 2 however we understand that some levels differ depending on the country where the text is published. The activities allow the students to reinforce their understanding of the life of Amelia Earhart by completing activities that work with this text. There are comprehension questions and vocabulary activities plus a then and now task. There is also a puzzle. A teacher answer sheet is provided for the puzzle. Some of the activities in this resource may be suitable for teachers who are teaching students about Amelia Earhart but do not have this particular book to use. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the text Rosa Parks by Kitson Jazynka. This document contains six worksheets for students. This text is a National Geographic Kids Reader. The book we used was Level 3 however we understand that some levels differ depending on the country where the text is published. The activities allow the students to reinforce their understanding of the life of Rosa Parks by completing activities that work with this text. There are comprehension questions and vocabulary activities plus a then and now task. There is also a couple of writing activities. Some of the activities in this resource may be suitable for teachers who are teaching students about Rosa Parks but do not have this particular book to use. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Anna Pavlova by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Sue Downing. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, a sequencing task and research activity plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Terry Fox by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and T. Connor. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, a sequencing task and research activity plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book Tom Crean’s Rabbit - A True Story from Scott’s Last Voyage by Meredith Hooper and Bert Kitchen. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions and vocabulary tasks and research activities. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.