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.

This worksheet requires students to use the internet to find investigate some of the dangers of using common equipment on Australian farms and to make decisions on how the equipment should be handled safely. I use it as part of the NSW Stage 5 Agricultural Technology course, topic on Farm Tools and Machinery. The focus is on farm management, safety and sustainability.

This Powerpoint resource was developed to support the NSW BOSTES Stages 6 Syllabus - Retail Services. I use it as part of the Introduction to Retail Services topic when I teach about: "3. Types of retail 3.1 Souqs and bazaars, barter, early forms of trade 3.2 Wholesale, e-stores, department stores, supermarkets etc." The content is not examinable in the Higher School Certificate, per se, but knowledge of alternate types of retail certainly assists students to discuss the problems and issues of contemporary retail in greater depth. The Powerpoint is not referenced.

This Powerpoint presentation is Presentation 3 of a series on The Holocaust and is designed for Stage 5 students studying Depth Study 6 School Developed Topic: The Holocaust. It is part of the History Australian National Curriculum. It provides an overview of the nature of genocide and Gregory Stanton's eight stages of genocide. This provides a context to the depth study on the Jewish Holocaust in Nazi Germany in the 1920s-1940s. The embedded videos won't operate. However, you can modify the slides and embed your own videos or locate the ones that I have used on YouTube. An important part of this presentation is coming to an understanding of the good and evil in us individually and collectively and how we can live with past injustices.

This is the second Powerpoint presentation in a series on The Holocaust. It is designed for Stage 5 History Australian National Curriculum Topic 6 - School Developed Topic: The Holocaust. It is largely unreferenced and contains graphic images and disturbing information that requires a flyer to be given to parents at the start of the topic. Despite this, the knowledge of genocide generally and exploring of concepts relating to how individuals are affected and how they attempt to deal with the issue is introduced. There is an emphasis on how genocide has affected the Gunnedah community in the New England Region of NSW. However, it can be adapted to other schools and communities. Embedded video clips will not work but you can insert your own clips from YouTube or another source. This presentation is aimed at Gifted and Talented learners.

This is a student worksheet and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Vietnam: A Television History Episode 3 America's Mandarin 1954-1963. It covers the increasing US involvement in South Vietnam from the creation of the state in 1954 until the assassination of South Vietnamese President Diem in 1963. I use this worksheet as part of the NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Higher School Certificate course Peace and Conflict Option C: Conflict in Indochina 1945-1975 You can access the film on YouTube. The answers are also provided.

This is a student worksheet and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Vietnam: A Television History Episode 12: The End of the Tunnel. The film provides takes viewers from 1973 when US Prewsident Nixon announced a cease fire until the withdrawal of US troops and evacuation of the US embassy in Saigon in 1975. I use this worksheet as part of the NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Higher School Certificate course Peace and Conflict Option C: Conflict in Indochina 1945-1975 You can access the film on Youtube. The answers are also provided.

This is a worksheet to accompany the video clip Crash Course World History - The Iranian Revolution. It is designed for the NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Higher School Certificate course National Studies Option G: Iran 1953-1989 The worksheet also includes answers.

This worksheet leads students to investigate the 1979 Revolution and then write a brief information report. It is designed for the NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Higher School Certificate course National Studies Option G: Iran 1953-1989

This set of resources includes a crossword, word search and solutions. It is designed for the topic Conflict in Indochina 1945-1975 in the NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Higher School Certificate course Peace and Conflict Option C: Conflict in Indochina 1945-1975