Sequencing activity for the topic, Alexander the Great. Designed for Stage 6 Higher School Certificate students of the NSW Ancient Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Personalities in Their Times. Option G. Greece - Alexander the Great.

Word search for the topic Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra, 371 BCE. Part of a unit of work for Stage 6 Higher School Certificate students of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Historical societies - Option G. Greece - Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra, 371 BCE.

Worksheet for the Behind the News feature, First Fleet. The video is available on YouTube. This resource is part of a unit of work, The Australian Colonies for students of Stage 3 NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Worksheet to accompany the 4-minute documentary, Australia’s Early Settlers. The video is a good overview of early-19th Century migration to Australia. The resource is designed for Stage 3 students, The Australian Colonies, NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum…

Worksheet to accompany the screencast, The Rise of Nazi Germany, presented by Tom Driscoll. This screencast is available on YouTube.

Worksheet to accompany the six-minute Lagan College video, Opposition to the Nazis. The video is a brief introduction to individuals and groups who attempted opposition to the widely-supported and heavy-handed Nazi regime, 1933-1945.

Worksheet to accompany the Simple History 5-minute documentary, Hitler’s Rise to Power.

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.

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

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 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

Revision activity for the topic The Mongol Expansion. Students use the decoding key to decode the 6 questions. They then answer the questions from their class notes to answer the questions. The activity is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Depth Study 6: Expanding Contacts The Mongol Expansion

Can your students walk in the shoes of someone from the topic Iran 1953-1989? This empathetic task is: "The Shah has left and Imam Khomeini has, at last, returned home. As a working-class Tehrani man/woman, you have been selected by the local newspaper to express your views of this momentous event and the instability in the country in 1979. As the reporter gets out his pen and pad you begin your interview ...." There is a marking guide provided. This task is designed for students of the NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Higher School Certificate course National Studies Option H: Iran 1953-1989

Can your students walk in the shoes of someone from the topic Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra? This empathetic task is: "You are a Spartan hoplite at the Battle of Thermopylae. But tonight will be your last night on earth. The Persians have now surrounded the remaining 300 Spartan professional soldiers and the allied conscripts who will be of limited help. As your mates groom their hair, sharpen their swords and prepare their minds, you sit down with your Athenian servant and relate how and why you have come to you have come to be serving Lakonia at Thermopylae. He tells you to begin ..." There is a marking guide provided. This task is designed for students of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Higher School Certificate course Ancient Societies Option G: Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 BCE

This is an explanation task on the topic Persia: From Cyrus II to the death of Darius III. It is designed for students of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Higher School Certificate course Historical Periods Option D: Persia - Cyrus II to the Death of Darius III

Can your students walk in the shoes of someone from the topic The Mongol Expansion? This empathetic task requires students to recount an attack on a the village of Otrar, on the border of the Khwarazm Empire. Unfortunately, your account must be given on your knees before the Great Khan and you will need to explain why 20 warriors died. There is a marking guide provided. This task is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Depth Study 6: Expanding Contacts The Mongols

Can your students walk in the shoes of someone from the topic The Vikings? This empathetic task requires students to recount an attack on an Irish monastery on a winter's night, whilst around the hearth in the longhouse. There is a marking guide provided. This task is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Depth Study 4: The Western and Islamic World The Vikings

Can your students walk in the shoes of someone from the topic The Holocaust? This empathetic task requires students to imagine they are a guide at the Jewish Museum who is recounting the day he/she arrived at Auschwitz and to recount events of that day. There is a marking guide provided. The task is designed for students of the NSW History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 School-Developed Topic Depth Study 6: The Holocaust

Can your students walk in the shoes of someone from the topic Aboriginal Rights and Freedoms? This empathetic task requires students to imagine they are an activist. "Your work in moving for this recognition and apology has finally paid off. You have spoken to so many former-children taken to boys’ and girls’ homes and to parents who have grieved at the loss of their beloved children. You mount the podium to speak to the crowd ...." This task is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 4: Rights and Freedoms 1945-present