This resource includes the male character profiles of Gibbie, Samuel and Judah. It includes page references and activities related to each character including research into the Battle of Balaclava and the possible causes of Samuel's head injury and Judah's conflicted love for Abigail that can never be because of the gap in time and his betrothal to Dovey.

Descriptive writing task requiring students to compare the fashion of Abigail's middle-class world of 1973 with Beatie's working-class world of 1873.

This activity involves writing a description of The Rocks in 1873 vs. 1973. It includes a photograph from both eras and a map of the historic site.

In Playing Beatie Bow, Ruth Park has researched the dialects common in The Rocks in 1873: Orkney Scottish, Cockney, Australian, which give her many characters authenticity. This activity asks students to translate the statements into Standard Australian English.

The Wallaby Creek children debate what they believe racism to be. The activities provided pick up on their views about what racism is exactly, which groups have been subjected to racism, and what definition the dictionary gives to racism. Students then trace the line of argument by putting the views of each character into speech bubbles. The final activities are to identify ways to deal with racism and to design a poster on hoe to deal with racism at school. This set of activities is designed for Stage 3 students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Tom Roberts' 1890 painting 'Shearing the Rams' provides key insights into the working and living conditions of pastoral workers in the regional and outback Australia in the period 1900-1914. This set of activities deconstructs the elements in the painting, looks at their historical significance and gives students the opportunity to mind-map what they have learned. it is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 2: Australia and Asia Making a Nation: Australia 1900-1914.

Activities for Chapters 13-18 of Jackie French's novel, Hitler's Daughter.

Revision activity for the topic Making a Nation: Australia 1900-1914. 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 2: Australia and Asia Making a Nation: Australia 1900-1914

Crack the Code activity for the topic Australia in World War I. Students decode the questions and then answer them. Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 3: Australians at War - World War I

The back story of Bertram Christie is woven into the main story and gradually uncovered by the teenagers. They change their opinion of the man from being a murderer to being a war hero who acted in compassion. This back story challenges the protagonists (and the reader) to question the values and understandings of the world before the war. It suggests that maybe killing in war is not the same as killing during times of peace. This resource provides some of the quotes concerning the Hermit and focus questions .

This resource includes a worksheet and answers to accompany the BBC documentary, Conquistadors: Episode 1 - The Fall of the Aztecs presented by Michael Wood. It covers the arrival of the first Spanish under Hernan Cortez, Cortez's journey to Tenochtitlan, conflict with the Aztecs under Montezuma and defeat of the Aztec forces.

Deconstruction of Frank Crozier's 1919 painting, Anzac Cove and activity based on the analysis.

Key terms and concepts mix and match activity and correct answers for the topic Australia in World War I. Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 3: Australians at War - World War I

This activity assists students to write an explanation on the topic: Why did Australians enlist to fight in World War I? In your answer refer to: • Patriotism – loyalty to Australia and the British Empire; • Opportunity for adventure; • Opportunity for employment and a higher wage; • Social reasons – approval of peers and family; • Political reasons – hatred of German aggression etc. Students are provided with an overview of the explanation text type, language features of an historical explanation and teh marking guide for the task.

The Battle of Passchendaele is one of the episodes in the series Great Battles of the Great War. It is available on Youtube. This film focuses on the strategic importance of Passchendaele, Belgium for the Allied and German armies in 1917, the Allied efforts to take Passchendaele and the German efforts to defend it, the conditions in which soldiers fought and gives an overview of the First, Second and Third Battles of Passchendaele including the British-led Battle of Menin Road, Australian-led First Battle of Passchendaele and Battle of Polygon Wood and the Canadian-led Second Battle of Passchendaele.

The Last Charge was a special feature on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation programme, Landline, in October, 2017. It was made to commemorate 100 years since the Australian cavalry charge at Beersheba (Be'er Sheva) in Ottoman Palestine in 1917. Forget your dry documentaries about past events presented by even drier historians. This documentary takes an agricultural approach, looking at a Hunter Valley Waler-breeding enterprise whose owners enlisted in the Australian Cavalry in 1917, taking horses from their property to Egypt and Palestine during World War I. The men participated in the cavalry charge on Beersheba in October, 1917 and recorded their experiences in 800 photographs that had not been publicly shared until recently. A great short video! This resource is a set of questions based on the video and answers.

Worksheet and answers for the documentary Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here, presented by Professor Jeremy Black. Covers Britain in the 1700s, the Age of Reason leading to scientific and technological developments, the first industrial factories in Birmingham, support for innovation and technological development by the British Government, international trade, development of the British navy as a means to protect this trade, development of banks and the stock exchange, improvements in transport. There is a great example of Josiah Wedgwood's ceramics industry.

This worksheet and answers accompanies the National Geographic documentary, Guns, Germs and Steel, presented by Jared Diamond. It covers the reasons why only 168 conquistadors were able to defeat an Incan army of 7000 and thereby gain control of the empire. His thesis is that cultures with productive farming and grazing practices have larger and more specialised populations. He compares the farming practices, learned knowledge and weaponry of the Spaniards and Incans. He then looks at why the Spaniards had a level of resistance to smallpox while 95% of the Incan population perished.

This assessment task on The Holocaust meets the requirements of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum and BOSTES requirements. It includes links to syllabus outcomes, marking guide and scaffolding for responses. A special thank-you to the HSIE Faculty staff of Gunnedah High School for the concept and marking guide. The task is designed to accompany the unit of work for Year 10 on the Holocaust.

This video covers the characteristics of nomadic peoples, Temujin's early life, the empires and khanates created by the Mongols, reasons for their military success, positives about the Mongol Empire and negatives about the Mongol Empire. This task is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus. Stage 4 Depth Study 6: The Mongol Expansion.