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 is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 3: Australians at War The significance of wars to Australia. Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, visual and written evidence to decide whether the 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea really saved Australia from Japanese invasion, as is so often reported in the media. The results may surprise.

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 Great Depression Students examine a range of primary and secondary, visual and written sources to decide who or what killed the world's most successful racehorse, Phar Lap, in 1932 during a tour of the USA. Was it the perfidious American book keepers or just a bad case of colic? Only you can find the real answer to why thousands of Australians had their hearts broken (and wallets made a little thinner).

This Powerpoint presentation supports the teaching of the NSW Stage 6 Ancient History syllabus Higher School Certificate course Part II - Ancient Societies Option I - Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 BCE Part IV - Historical Period Option H - The Greek World 500-440 BCE Students examine the life of Spartan King Leonidas and complete activities involving a dossier on the real Leonidas and issues related to the reconstructed Leonidas of modern film, statuary, paintings and books. This leads to students considering how they think Leonidas would feel about the 21st century re-takes on who he was.

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 explore the role of Australian nurses in the Vietnam War and to come to a decision about whether they can accurately be described as "Angels at their Bedside".

From longhouses to log cabins, turf houses to farm buildings, the Vikings constructed a variety of houses that were adapted to different environmental and social circumstances. This Powerpoint presentation supports the teaching of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 4 Depth Study 4 - The Western and Islamic World 4a - The Vikings This is an excellent presentation that covers construction, urban and rural living, rooms within houses, roles of members of the family, furniture and decorations. There are some tried and tested differentiated and extension activities in the last slides that make the presentation appropriate to students in Gifted and Talented and regular mixed-ability classes. The presentation and activities can be adapted to specialist classes such as classes for students with Emotional Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities, Autism and Behaviour Disorders.

This worksheet has been developed to support student learning for the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 2: Australia & Asia 2a Making a Nation - Australia 1900-1914 The worksheet includes an excellent passage from Les Carlyon's work, Gallipoli and activities that include visual images of people and equipment commonly found in rural areas in the period 1900-1914. There is an extended writing activity on whether student's believe that a person's environment affects the development of their personality and whether this applies to the characteristics of a nationality.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW Stage 6 Ancient History syllabus Higher School Certificate course Part III - Personalities & Their Times Option H - Alexander the Great Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary written sources to come to an understanding as to why Cleitus, a military leader who had saved Alexander's life at the Battle of the Granicus, was then murdered by him a few years later.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding 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 BC

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History syllabus of the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 2: Australia and Asia 2a Making a Nation: Australia 1900-1914 Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, written and visual sources to make decisions about how innovative they believe the range of Commonwealth social legislation 1901-1914 to be.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History syllabus of the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 2 - Australia & Asia 2a - Making a Nation: Australia 1900-1914 Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, written and visual source materials to decide on the popularity of the Immigration Restriction Act, 1901 and make decisions around why discriminatory laws are inappropriate today.

There are two coloured jigsaws and solutions that can be cut out, re-constructed and either pasted into student workbooks or onto cardboard and displayed on the classroom wall. There are brief questions attached to each jigsaw concerning Viking life on a farm. the activity is linked to the NSW syllabus for the Australian History Curriculum Stage 4 Depth Study 4: The Vikings Outcome: HT4-10 Selects and uses appropriate oral, written, visual and digital forms to communicate about the past

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History Syllabus Australian Curriculum Stage 5 The Modern World & Australia Depth Study 5: The Globalising World - Popular Culture. Students examine a variety of written and visual, primary and secondary sources to decide whether the 2000 Sydney Olympics actually benefitted Australia.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 2: Australia & Asia Depth Study 2a: Making a Nation - Australia 1900-1914. Students analyse primary and secondary visual and written evidence to make decisions about how revolutionary was the Harvester Judgement of 1907. This court case introduced the concept of a fair and reasonable wage and found that work is not merely about earning an income. The activity is suitable for students in both Gifted and Talented classes and in regular mixed-ability classes.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW Stage 6 Ancient History Syllabus Higher School Certificate course Part II Ancient Societies Option I - Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra. Students analyse a variety of visual, archaeological and written primary and secondary source materials to determine how much freedom Spartan girls were permitted in fifth century BCE Spartan society. The task is suitable for regular mixed-ability classes.

This Powerpoint presentation supports the teaching of the History Australian Curriculum NSW Syllabus Stage 5 Depth Study 6: School Developed Topic - The Holocaust. It provides students with an understanding of the concept of Anti-Semitism and traces the history of Anti-Semitism from Roman times to the 1930s and assists them to understand the mindset that resulted in the appalling events of the Holocaust. There are activities in the last two slides that are suitable for students in Gifted and Talented and regular mixed-ability classes. The presentation can also be used to support the teaching of the NSW Stage 6 Modern History Higher School Certificate course Part II National Studies Option C - Germany 1919-1939.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the History Australian National Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 6: School Developed Topic Australia in the Vietnam War Era. Students analyse a variety of visual and written primary and secondary source materials to develop an understanding of the circumstances surrounding the My Lai Massacre of 1968 and the impact of the event on the Australian and American public.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding for the NSW Stage 6 Ancient History Syllabus Higher School Certificate course Part III Personalities and their Times Option H- Alexander the Great. A variety of primary and secondary visual and written material is presented relating to the physical and personality characteristics of Alexander the Great so that students can make decisions about these issues.

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding for the NSW Stage 6 Ancient History Syllabus Higher School Certificate course Part II Ancient Societies Option I - Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra. Students examine archaeological and written evidence relating to Fifth Century BCE Spartan Festival of Hyakinthia, a major annual celebration in Spartan society where many social and religious practices underpinning the values and beliefs in Spartan society were repeated. Raises some important questions about Spartan society's acceptance of institutionalised brutality against youth and paedophilia. But don't be scared off by these issues - there are good discussions on societal values to be had.