This is a worksheet and answers to go with the BBC Documentary The Last Shah. . The video covers the period from the military coup against the Qajar Dynasty by Reza Pahlavi in 1926 through to the death of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Last Shah, in 1980. The video is available on YouTube.

This set of activities introduces students to key terms and concepts introduced in the topic Persia - Cyrus II to the death of Darius III and includes a mix and match activity with correct answers.

Crossword for the topic, Spanish Conquest of the Americas using key words and concepts from the topic. Includes answers.

Word Search using terms and concepts from the topic, Alexander the Great. This activity is designed for Stage 6 Higher School Certificate students of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Personalities in their Times. Option G: Greece - Alexander the Great.

Worksheet to accompany the 6-minute mini-documentary, Former Khmer Rouge soldier faces up to the past. The video is an interview with Chin Meth, a former-Khmer Rouge soldier who explains why she joined the Khmer Rouge, her experiences as a soldier then as a prisoner, her testifying against Khmer Rouge officials placed on trial for war crimes and her coming to terms with her life in the Khmer Rouge. This video is suitable for late primary/early secondary students. This video is available on Youtube.

Analysis of article written by Richard Cavendish and published in History Today, ‘Death of the Emperor Claudius’. The article is a brief overview of the life of Claudius before assuming the emperorship, main military achievement and the circumstances around his death and the accession of Nero.

Hohenschonhausen Prison in East Berlin was a secret prison where dissidents were held, interrogated and tortured by the Stasi. This ezine article contains external photographs of the prison, photographs of the surveillance, interrogation and holding facilities. I have included extracts from Anna Funder’s Stasiland in which the author is taken on a tour of these rooms. The activities focus on the role of the facility in enforcing Stasi control over the German Democratic Republic. The resource can be used as part of a unit of work on the non-fiction text, Stasiland, as part of a unit on the Cold War, or as part of a unit on human rights.

30 statements from the topic Australia in World War II. Are they true or false? Designed for Stage 5 students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Core Study 3: Australians at War - World War II

Mapping activity for the topic, Australia in World War II. Students research and locate significant sites connected with World War II in South-East Asia. Designed for Stage 5 students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Core Study 3: Australians at War - World War II.

Sequencing activity of events in Australia from 1938 to 1946. Students research the month and year of the 12 events and place them in chronological order. This resource is part of a unit of work for Stage 5 students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Core Study 3 - Australians at War - World War II.

Word search on topic Iran 1953-1989. Designed for students of the NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Higher School Certificate course National Studies Option H: Iran 1953-1989

This worksheet accompanies the 2012 feature film Argo (Rated M). It 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

This worksheet accompanies the 2012 feature film Argo. It is designed to enhance student understanding of Iranian-U.S. relations in 1980 and the impact of the 1979 revolution. The worksheet enhances teaching of the NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Higher School Certificate course National Studies Option H: Iran 1953-1989

This resource includes 3 separate primary sources from eyewitnesses to events in the topic Iran 1953-1989 and activities based on the source including who wrote the source, what we know about the writer, how their presence at the historical incidents impacts their writing, whether the information is reliable and the purpose of the writing. The 3 sources are: + Shaikh Mohammed Soltan Va’ez calls upon Iranians to modernize & to overthrow the monarchy, 1907 CE + Donald Wilber justifies U.S. involvement in the coup to overthrow Prime Minister Mossadeq, 1953 CE + Oriana Fallaci interviews Ayatollah Khomeini, 1979 CE Each source and analysis questions are on a single page. This task is designed for NSW students of the Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 6 Higher School Certificate course National Studies Option H: Iran 1953-1989 The outcome being developed is: MH12-6 analyses and interprets different types of sources for evidence to support an historical account or argument

This episode of The Celts covers La Tene Culture: burials, religious beliefs, the cult of the severed skull, deities, peat bog burials and rituals associated with these, druids, acolytes and bards and Boudiccia's revolt against Roman assumption of power. The worksheet helps students to focus on the problems and issues in the documentary. This task is designed for students of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus. Preliminary course Investigating Ancient History – Case Studies List A: Case studies from Egypt, Greece, Rome, Celtic Europe A8. The Celts

This episode of First Australians gives an excellent academic account of the first 50 years of contact between the Arrernte people of central Australia and the European missionaries, pastoralists and police. What makes it so amazing is that the narrative is seen by both the lens of the Arrernte people and that of the European settlers. Issues covered include: laws and Dreaming stories of the Arrernte people and the importance of this to the lives of the people, early relations between Arrernte and European peoples, the impact of pastoralism, frontier conflict and atrocities, and the clash of Arrernte beliefs and Christian missionaries. An excellent case-study in contact history.

Word search for the topic The Mongol Expansion. NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Depth Study 6a: The Mongol Expansion

Worksheet to accompany the documentary Annihilation. The Destruction of European Jews. Episode 2 The Trap. The documentary covers the growing tide of Anti-Semitism in Germany 1933-1939, German take-over of Poland and the implementation of anti-Jewish policies and practices and the establishment of ghettos. It is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus. Stage 5 Depth Study 6: The Holocaust

Let it never be said that the Mongols didn't have a broad diet. After all, they claim to have had both white food AND red food! This activity looks at their diet, provides students with an activity involving spotting the spelling mistakes and editing these words, then designing a banquet menu for a Mongol feast. Please remind students that eating people is a sign of poor hospitality and table manners. This should only happen in extreme circumstances and MUST be a non-Mongol mercenary. Apart from this proviso students must select entrée, main course, dessert and drinks (OK - so that's only koumiss - but it can be served chilled or warm!) This activity is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Depth Study 6a: The Mongol Expansion

This Powerpoint covers: forms of repression, fear and suppression, Gestapo, Sturmabteilung (SA), Schutzstaffel (SS), the roles of Himmler and Heydrich, the counter-intelligence service, the roles of police and the courts in enforcing repression, the management of concentration camps and the role of the Einsatzgruppen. It is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 6: The Holocaust