Worksheet for the TED Ed video, What does it mean to be a refugee? Suitable for Year 5 and older.

Worksheet to accompany the excellent but brief animated video, Horror Humanen est - The Khmer Rouge. It is hard to find a video suitable for late primary/early secondary students on the horrors of the Khmer Rouge. This video give a factual but engaging overview of the Khmer Rouge and their impact on Cambodian society, 1975-1979.

4 Cloze activities to support the teaching of Core Study: Cities of Vesuvius. Pompeii and Herculaneum: Excavating the lost cities The earthquake of 62 CE Pompeii’s temples The work of Dr. Estelle Lazer

Analysis of the 1945 speech by Australian Army Staff Sergeant G.G. Rickwood to the Rotary Club of Cessnock in which he narrates his experiences as a POW on the Thai-Burma Railway. Students analyse: Who gave the speech? What do we know about his background? Why did he deliver the speech? What was his purpose in giving the speech? Who was the audience? Where were they located? What was their reaction to the speech? What words and phrases would we now see as racist or antiquated? How would this language be received in 1945, when the speech was given? List the incidents that made this speech a “story of hardship and horror, of death, disease, and suffering.” What values, beliefs and humanitarian acts were displayed by the Australian and British POWs? Is mere survival and kindness enough in situations of extreme abuse?

13-minute documentary and worksheet on how Australian WWII and Korean War veterans and civilians felt at the moment they were captured and as they were held prisoners. Excellent resource for Stage 5 students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Depth Study 3 - Australians at War - World War II.

Source-based activity on the topic, What was the impact of reforms on Iranian society & culture, 1979-1989? It covers women, public health, sport, the arts and media. This resource is part of a unit of work on Iran 1953-1989. NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Higher School Certificate course. National Study - Option H: Iran 1945-1989.

Source-based activity, How did the Islamic Republic use state violence and coercion to maintain control, 1979-1989? This resource is part of a unit of work on Iran 1945-1989 for the Higher School Certificate course, NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Crossword for the topic, Iran 1953-1989.

Worksheet for the BBC video, Iran and the West. Episode 1 - The Man who Changed the World.

Revision activity for the topic, Iran 1953-1989. Students use the key to decode the questions. They then answer these questions from their class notes.

Analysis of the lecture by Dr. Elizabeth Craig-Atkins from Sheffield University, Recovery and preservation of human skeletal remains. This resource is part of a unit of work on The Treatment and Display of Human Remains.

Analysis of newspaper article written by James Nye and published in the Daily Mail, ‘The strange and mysterious Dr Glidden: Callous actions of archaeologist who raided hundreds of Native American graves to set up macabre museum remembered in California’. The article examines the amateur archaeologist, Ralph Glidden, his grave-robbing and unethical display of human remains for private profit. There is an interesting comparison of these issues from the 1920s to today. This resource is part of a unit of work The Treatment and Display of Human Remains.

Worksheet to accompany the 3-minute Voanews item, The U.S. National Museum of Health and Medicine. The video covers the purpose of the museum, the specimens and skeletons and the visitors. It is available on Youtube. This resource is part of a unit of work on The Treatment and Display of Human Remains. NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Word search using key words and concepts from the topic, *The Treatment and Display of Human Remains.

Mix and match activity using key words and concepts from the topic, Treatment and Display of Human Remains.

3 Cloze activities on the topic, The Treatment and Display of Human Remains Repatriation of Human Remains The Ice Man The Bog Bodies

Worksheet to accompany the BBC video, ‘Mummified Child’, episode of the 2010 History Cold Case Series 1. This episode looks at the work by historians, forensic scientist, chemist and facial reconstruction artist to identify the life story of the remains of an 8-year old child from the late-1700s. This resource is part of a unit of work on The Treatment and Display of Human Remains. NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Whilst it may not be ‘ancient’ history, it is certainly a highly engaging look at the various methods employed to identify historical human remains.

4 Cloze activities on the topic The Australian Colonies: What was the impact of the American Revolution on Australia? Why did Britain settle Australia? What was the New South Wales Corps? Aboriginal-European contact in the 1800s

Unit of work, The Treatment and Display of Human Remains. NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Preliminary HSC Course. Investigating History. Case Study 6: The Treatment and Display of Human Remains. This unit includes: Metalanguage mix and match Lindow Man: Powerpoint presentation Newspaper article: Museums avoid displaying human remains ‘out of respect’ Ezine article: Displaying replica bones and skeletons Magazine article: Should museums display human remains from other cultures? Ezine article: The long ethical arc of displaying human remains Newspaper article: The strange and mysterious case of Dr Glidden Video: The Repatriation of Human Remains Worksheet for video: The Repatriation of Human Remains Video: The U.S. National Museum of Health and Medicine Worksheet for video: The U.S. National Museum of Health and Medicine Video: Lecture by Dr. Elizabeth Craig-Atkins: Recovery and preservation of human skeletal remains Worksheet for video: Lecture by Dr. Elizabeth Craig-Atkins: Recovery and preservation of human skeletal remains Video: History Cold Case: Mummified Child Worksheet for video: History Cold Case: Mummified Child Video: Mummies: Frozen in Time Worksheet for video: Mummies: Frozen in Time Video: The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies Worksheet for video: The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies 3 Cloze activities Word search

Worksheet to accompany the 9-minute documentary, Death of a Nation: The Khmer Rouge’s Cambodia. The video is a good overview of the rise of the Khmer Rouge, their policies, impact on the people of Cambodia and their fall from power. The video is suitable for late primary/early secondary students and is available on YouTube.