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.

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 and answers to accompany the 6-minute documentary by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Catalyst program, RIPPA: The farm robot exterminates pests and weeds. The documentary examines a solar-powered, self-propelled robot that scans agricultural plants for pests and weeds and either removes the weed or selectively spot-sprays particular plants. The resource is designed for Stage 4/5 students of the NSW Agricultural Technology Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

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

This set of activities include: What are codes and conventions used in a written text? What are written conventions? Why are codes and conventions important? Students then use these focus questions to analyse the codes and conventions in Jasper Jones.

This lesson material covers factors to consider before using firearms on farms, environmental issues, hazardous behaviours, basic rules of firearm safety and the safe storage of firearms. The resources finishes with scenarios for students to answer about safe use, storage and licensing. The resource can be used to support student learning in topics Workplace Health & Safety on Farms, Farm Tools and Machinery and The Law & Agriculture. It is applicable to the NSW 7-10 Agricultural Technology course but can be adapted for Stage 6 Agricultural Technology and Vocational Education Primary Industries framework - unit of competency on WHS.

Skalds were the bards or professional entertainers of Viking society. They specialised in entertaining the paying public: the aristocracy. But they also taught children, gave public recitations of history and mythology and made formal speeches at funerals and important ceremonies. This source-based activity 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

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

Revision activity for Tomorrow When the War Began. Students use the key to decode the questions. They then answer the questions.

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

Three cloze activities to accompany the study of Playing Beatie Bow: + Ruth Park + Playing Beatie Bow + Setting: The Rocks

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