Engaging and relevant. This is the essence of my teaching and learning resources. You'll find a wealth of History, Agricultural Technology, Retail Services, Aboriginal Studies and more.
Engaging and relevant. This is the essence of my teaching and learning resources. You'll find a wealth of History, Agricultural Technology, Retail Services, Aboriginal Studies and more.
Unit of work on Farm Tools and Machinery. Designed for students of the NSW 7-10 Agricultural Technology Syllabus. Cross-content unit of work that includes interactions, management, sustainability, technology.
It includes:
+ Quad bikes
+ Firearms in agriculture
Tillage equipment
+ Farm safety
+ Identify the agricultural machinery
Information report assessment task
Farm tools and machinery findaword
3 Cloze activities: Combine harvesters, Machinery in the cotton industry, aircraft in agriculture
Ezine article: Farming advances with appliance of science to tractor technology
Ezine article: Death of 3 Canadian Girls
Ezine article: New high-tech farm equipment is a nightmare for farmers
Ezine article: Drone weeds out good from bad
Research: Tractors
Metalanguage
Magazine article: Front-end loaders can exceed tractor limits
Video and worksheet: The Future Farming Technology
Video and worksheet: Outback helicopter mustering
Video and worksheet: RIPPA: The farm robot exterminates pests and weeds
4 Cloze activities on the topic The Mongol Expansion. The activities are:
+ The Battle of Ain Jalut
+ Genghis Khan
+ The invasion of Europe
+ The failed invasions of Japan
Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.
Stage 4
Depth Study 5: The Asia-Pacific World
6a: Mongol Expansion (c. AD 1206 – c. 1368)
This unit of work on The King of Shadows is designed for students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. It includes:
Analysis of book covers
Metalanguage mix and match
Crossword
Word search
This activity is a pre-reading activity on analysis of book covers. The analysis focuses on colour, people, content and critical response. The skills being taught are elements of visual literacy including deconstruction of visual images to draw conclusions in support of the text.
This activity is a pre-reading activity on analysis of book covers. The analysis focuses on colour, people, content and critical response. The skills being taught are elements of visual literacy including deconstruction of visual images to draw conclusions in support of the text.
This activity is a pre-reading activity on analysis of book covers. The analysis focuses on colour, people, content and critical response. The skills being taught are elements of visual literacy including deconstruction of visual images to draw conclusions in support of the text.
4 Cloze activities on the topic Australian Involvement in World War 1. The activities are:
+ Overview of Australian involvement in World War 1
+ The first conscription referendum
+ The charge at Beersheba
+ Aboriginal servicemen in World War 1
Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.
Stage 5
Depth Study 3: Australians at War - World War 1
In 1916 an Australian mining battalion consisting of miners from the North Queensland goldmines, the Hunter Valley coalmines and the Broken Hill and northern Tasmanian mines set about breaking the stalemate on the Western Front by blowing up Hill 60, a German strong-point in Belgium. The film is an excellent depiction the contrasts of life of soldiers on both the Western Front and life on a homestead in North Queensland in 1916. This worksheet is 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
Unit of work on Alexander the Great. Designed for students of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.
Higher School Certificate course
Personalities in Their Times
Option G: Greece - Alexander the Great
This bund includes:
+ Metalanguage mix and match
Examine the evidence: Why was Cleitus murdered?
Examine the evidence: Why did Alexander invade the Persian Empire?
+ Examine the evidence: Why did Alexander found the city of Alexandria?
Examine the evidence: Why did the Macedonians win the Battle of Chaeronea?
Ezine article: Alexander the not so Great
Newspaper article: Tomb of Philip II is Found in Northern Greece
Ezine article: Alexander’s Nearest and Dearest
Video: Ultimate Battles. Gaugamela
Worksheet for video: Ultimate Battles. Gaugamela
Video: Epic History. The 9 Lives of Alexander the Great
Worksheet for video: The 9 Lives of Alexander the Great
Video: Epic History. Alexander the Great Part 1
Worksheet for video: Epic History. Alexander the Great Part 1
Video: Epic History. Alexander the Great Part 2
Worksheet for video: Epic History. Alexander the Great Part 2
Video: Epic History. Alexander the Great Part 3
Worksheet for video: Epic History. Alexander the Great Part 3
Video: Epic History. Alexander the Great Part 4
Worksheet for video: Epic History. Alexander the Great Part 4
Word search
4 Cloze activities
Persuasive writing assessment task
Sequence the events
True or false?
The Macedonian Empire Mapping Activity
4 Cloze activities on the topic The Vikings. The activities are:
+ Who were the Vikings?
+ Viking Religion
+ Shipbuilding and Navigation
+ Food and banquets
Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.
Stage 4
Depth Study 4: the Western & Islamic Worlds
The Vikings
3 Cloze activities on the topic The Celts. The activities are:
+ Celtic Origins
+ Celtic Art
+ The Vix Burial
Designed for students of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.
Preliminary course
Investigating Ancient History – Case Studies
List A: Case studies from Egypt, Greece, Rome, Celtic Europe
A8. The Celts
3 Cloze activities on the topic Iran 1953-1989. The activities are:
+ Ruhollah Khomeini
+ The White Revolution
+ The 1953 Coup D’état
Designed for students of the NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.
Higher School Certificate course
National Studies
Option H: Iran 1953-1989
Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq received approval from the majlis (parliament) to nationalize the Iranian oil industry after Iranian governments to that point had failed to re-negotiate an equitable revenue sharing agreement with British and U.S. oil companies. The decision meant that the considerable revenue now went to the Iranian government and could be spent on local social and economic programs rather than going to the British government and privately owned oil companies. But it was a decision that Britain and the U.S.A. would not take lying down. This source-based activity 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
Child soldiers were used by both the Iranians and Iraqis, but it was Iran that used children in enormous numbers, 150,000 children and teenagers (as young as 12 years). The education system supported the practice. Ayatollah Khomeini encouraged it and actually met frequently with leaders of the Basiji forces. They were indoctrinated, armed (mostly) and placed in combat situations. They also filled Iraqi POW camps for years after the conflict ceased. Having personally met families who lost children in the war I can only begin to appreciate the years of grief that followed. This source-based homework 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
This unit of work is 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
It includes:
+ What was Monash’s role in the Battle of Hamel? Source-based activity
+ Why do Australians celebrate a military defeat? Source-based activity
+ What were the experiences of Australian POWs in WWI? Source-based activity
+ Was the Gallipoli evacuation a strategic success or recognition of a failed strategy? Source-based activity
+ Did German-Australians need to be interned in WWI? Source-based activity
+ What was the impact of WWI on returned servicemen? Source-based activity
+ Beneath Hill 60 worksheet for video
+ The Battle of Passchendaele worksheet for video
+ The Last Charge (Beersheba) worksheet for video
+ Australia: the Story of Us worksheet for video
+ 4 Cloze Activities
+ Sequence the events
+ Write an exposition
+ Word Search
+ Crack the Code
+ Key terms and concepts
+ Deconstructing a Visual Image - Anzac Cove
+ 3 Primary source analyses
+ Write an explanation
Ezine article - Anzac Day: How it came to occupy a sacred place in Australian’s hearts
Newspaper article - 100 years on: The Battle of Polygon Wood
Ezine article - Indigenous Anzacs: Letters home from Aboriginal WWI diggers reveal humour, sadness
Information report
Ezine article: Effects of WWI lingered long in Australia
Revision activity: True or False?
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 worksheet accompanies the 2012 BBC documentary resented by Neil Oliver, Vikings Episode 1. The documentary focuses on building an understanding of the proto-Viking peoples of Scandinavia through an examination of archaeological evidence. It 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
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
Unit of work on the Spanish Conquest of the Americas. Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.
Stage 4
Depth Study 6: Expanding Contacts
Option 3: Spanish Conquest of the Americas
Bundle includes:
+ Powerpoint - Aztec Society
+ Aztec Society Powerpoint activity
+ Do you want to be an Aztec farmer?
+ Do you want to be an Aztec merchant?
+ Do you want to be an Aztec slave?
+ Do you want to be an Aztec warrior?
+ Do you want to be an Aztec woman?
+ 3 Cloze activities
+ Acrostic poem and Mix and match
+ Sequence the events
+ Crack the Code revision activity
+ Word Search
+ Guns, Germs and Steel worksheet for video
+ Conquistadors: Episode 1 - The Fall of the Aztecs worksheet for video
+ Conquistadors: Episode 2 - The Conquest of the Incas
+ Terms and concepts
+ Research: Hernán Cortés
+ Ezine article, Peruvian Ice Caps Preserve a Legacy of Conquest
+ Information report
+ The Great Inca rebellion worksheet for video
+ Mapping History: The Conquistadors in Central America
+ Crossword
+ Armor and weapons of a conquistador
+ Crossword
+ Deconstructing a visual image - The Arrival or Conquest of Hernan Cortez in Veracruz
+ Ezine article: Conquistadors sacrificed and eaten by Aztec-era people
+ Video: Conquistadors Episode 3: The Search for El Dorado
+ Worksheet for video: Conquistadors Episode 3: The Search for El Dorado
+ Newspaper article: Spain fights to dispel legend of Inquisition and imperial atrocities
+ Video: Conquistadors Episode 4: All the World is Human
+ Worksheet for video: Conquistadors Episode 4: All the World is Human
Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran on February 1, 1979 to widespread popular support. He has immediate problems to deal with: establishment of an effective government and bureaucracy, taking control of the military, arresting and putting on trial members of the Shah's administration, establishment of the Pasdaran (Revolutionary Guard) and dealing with unrest amongst the people including ethnic minorities. This source-based 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