The 'Spanish' Influenza Epidemic of 1918-19 arrived late in Australia and with reduced virulence compared to the rest of the world. However, when it did arrive the nation was already preparing formal and informal responses. It made a significant impact on individual lives, on society in general and on business and the economy. This source-based homework task is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus Stage 5 Topic 5: The Globalising World The task can also be used as background for: Topic 6: The Roaring Twenties

Cyrus II expanded a small empire to become a multi-cultural empire through leadership of a highly successful army. He also gained support of conquered peoples through his respect for local customs and use of existing leadership. He initiated the satrapal system of government, established religious tolerance and economic reforms. This source-based homework task 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

Darius I administered his huge, multicultural empire through good governance, the selection of loyal satraps, the use of taxation to pay for bureaucracy and the military, the standardisation of laws and weights and the use of the army to maintain control and order. This source-based homework task is designed for students of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Higher School Certificate course Historical Periods Option D: Persia from Cyrus II to Darius III It can also be used as part of Historical Societies Option D: Persia in the time of Darius I and Xerxes

Magnificent works of art created by expert tradesmen for the wealthy residents of Pompeii, the mosaics of Pompeii give us clues about the creation of the works and the lives of both the tradesmen and mosaic owners. This source-based homework task is designed for students of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Higher School Certificate course Core: Cities of Vesuvius - Pompeii and Herculaneum

Royal Persian women included the king's mother, wives, family members, concubines, courtesans and entertainers such as musicians and dancing girls. They wielded much influence on the king and on policy-making. They were also involved in intrigues including horrific acts of violence. They could own and manage land, attended battles as camp-followers and performed acts of public significance. This source-based homework task 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 It can also be used as part of Historical Societies Option D: Persia in the time of Darius I and Xerxes

This resource includes: + Crossword + Crossword solution + Word Search + Word Search solution for the topic 'Persia - Cyrus II to the Death of Darius III' and is designed for the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Higher School Certificate course Historical Period: Option D: Persia - Cyrus II to the Death of Darius III

The largest pressure group in Australian politics in the period 1900-1914, the Australian Labor Movement lobbied for improved worker rights and conditions. This activity involves a passage that can be read as a class and then discussion as to whether the statements are true or False. It is part of the topic Making a Nation. Australia 1900-1914.

Every potential leader thinks they can do better than the leaders currently in control. Those who don't may be looking for an opportunity to gain greater power, control or wealth. This was certainly the case in the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Artaxerxes II who struggled to control satraps seeking autonomy, ethnic groups fighting for independence and national groups uncomfortable with being under the control of a foreign power. This source-based homework task is designed to increase student understanding 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

The Persian army was the ancient world's equivalent of a multi-national peace force: it maintained the (Persian) world order by employing a core of Persian and Median infantry and cavalry as well as mercenaries from the corners of the empire - Arab camel-riders and bowmen, Cypriot and Egyptian naval ships, Central Asian and African tribesmen using scimitars, short swords & slings, Greek bowmen from the satraps of Asia Minor and Indians equipped with chariots, bows and short swords. This source-based homework task is designed to increase student understanding 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

This resource includes: + Crossword and solution + Word search and solution for the topic Making a Nation. Australia 1900-1914.

This resource includes an activity where students are required to sequence events in the pathway of the Australian colonies to Federation and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia on January 1, 1901. The second activity is an explanation activity where students use these events to write a scaffolded extended response.

This class-based assessment task asks students to analyse 3 primary sources and to use the information and their background knowledge to give responses to the questions.

This mix and match activity requires students to match the name of the employment fields from the 1900-1914 era with an explanation of what the job entailed.

This resource is a worksheet to accompany the film resource 'Federation', produced by the ABC program Behind the News. The video clip can be accessed on Youtube.

This is a two-page program for the unit of work Making a Nation. Australia 1900-1914. It is based on the NSW History syllabus for the Australian curriculum.

This activity requires students to use the terms and concepts introduced in the topic Making a Nation. Australia 1900-1914.

This source-based homework task requires students to analyse a variety of primary and secondary sources related to the topic of the Australian Federation and to write an extended response on the key events in the Federation of Australia in the period 1890-1900. The extended response is scaffolded.

The Menelaion was originally a Mycenaean palace complex inhabited by Helen and Menelaos. Sparta was a successor state to the Mycenaean kingdom and rebuilt the palace as a hero worship shrine. They believed that Helen's twin brothers, the Dioskuri, were buried beneath the shrine. This source-based homework task is designed to support student understanding of the NSW Ancient History syllabus Higher School Certificate course Part II: Ancient Societies Option I: Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra The Menelaion tells us much about Spartan architecture, beliefs and society.

This Powerpoint presentation provides students with an excellent overview of significant events in the Holocaust 1933-1945. The aim is to provide a background to the Nazi period and their treatment of the Jews to enable students to go into greater depth in subsequent lessons. It includes links to video clips that can be re-linked from YouTube. I have not yet acknowledged the sources of the pictures, drawings and photographs. The presentation is linked to the NSW History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 6 : The Holocaust

This Powerpoint supports the teaching of the History Australian Curriculum Syllabus Stage 4 Depth Study 6: Expanding Contacts - 6d Aboriginal and Indigenous Peoples, Colonisation and Contact History. I have used the resource with a Year 8 Gifted and Talented class but the activities in the last two slides can be modified for students in regular or specialist classes (e.g. classes for students with emotional disorders, Autism, intellectual disability etc.) It can also be used to support the teaching of Stage 5 Aboriginal Studies - Core: Aboriginal Identities and Option 9:- Aboriginal Interaction with Legal and Political Systems.