Unit of work, Australia in World War II. Stage 5 Core Study - Depth Study 3: Australians at War - World War II. NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. This bundle includes: Metalanguage mix and match Video: Kokoda Worksheet for video: Kokoda Video: This Fabulous Century. Japanese attacks on Australia Worksheet for video: This Fabulous Century. Japanese attacks on Australia Video: Return to Sandakan Worksheet for video: Return to Sandakan Video: Gladiators of World War II - The Anzacs Worksheet: Gladiators of World War II - The Anzacs Video: Greek Tragedy: The Australian Campaign in Greece & Crete 1941 (Part One) Video: Greek Tragedy: The Australian Campaign in Greece & Crete 1941 (Part Two) Worksheet: Greek Tragedy: The Australian Campaign in Greece & Crete 1941 (Parts 1&2) Video: Australian POWs Part 1: A Short History Worksheet: Australian POWs Part 1: A Short History Video: Australian POWs Part 2: Capture Worksheet: Australian POWs Part 2: Capture Video: Hellfire. A Soldier’s Story Worksheet: Hellfire. A Soldier’s Story Source-based activity: Who sank the AHS Centaur in 1943 and why? Source-based activity: Did the Battle of the Coral Sea really save Australia from invasion? Source-based activity: What happened on the Sandakan Death Marches? Source-based activity: What is the truth about the Brisbane Line? Source-based activity: Why was conscription introduced in Australia in WWII? Source-based activity: What changes were made by the Australian Commonwealth Government in WWII? Magazine article: My debt to those glorious Rats Ezine article: Dad and the Burma Railway: It changed his life and mine Ezine article: Darwin’s finger of shame points at military Ezine article: Why the World War II invasion of Rabaul has been left out of our national story Ezine article: Life and death on the Thai-Burma Railway Newspaper article - The Story of the Thai-Burma Railway Word search Sequence the events True or false Assessment: Information report Mapping activity - WWII in South-East Asia Visual literacy poster - Diagram 3 Primary source analyses Newspaper article - ‘Weary’ Dunlop

True or false revision activity covering the management of beef cattle. This resource is part of a unit of work on Beef Production for students of the NSW Agricultural Technology Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

The Vietnam War affected all aspects of civilians' lives: urbanisation, increase in many diseases, pressures from the various governments, economic/financial problems and military atrocities. This source-based activity is designed for students of the NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Higher School Certificate course Peace & Conflict Option A: Conflict in Indochina

This Powerpoint presentation covers aspects of life in the Warsaw Ghetto including: + What is a ghetto?; + Creation of the Warsaw Ghetto; + Moving into the ghetto; + Administration; + Problems; + Food & living conditions; + Childhood in the ghetto; + Disease & deportations; + The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; + Liquidation & destruction; + Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto. The presentation is part of a series on The Holocaust designed for Year 10 students of the NSW History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum, topic on The Holocaust. However, it can also be used as part of the NSW Modern History Syllabus topic on Power & Authority in the Modern World - the Nazi Regime to 1939 - the impact of the Nazi regime on life in Germany, including cultural expression, religion, workers, youth, women, minorities including Jews (ACHMH131, ACHMH132)

The BBC documentary, Genghis Khan, is an excellent account of the his life and achievements. This worksheets assists students to focus on the problems and issues associated with his leadership of the tribe, army and nation. It is designed for NSW students of the History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Depth Study 6a: The Mongol Expansion

This unit of work on the Mongol Expansion is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. It includes: + Genghis Khan documentary worksheet + The Battle of Wild Fox Ridge activity + 2 jigsaws + Why was the Mongol army so successful activity + Traditional Mongol Clothing activity + The Mongol War Machine literacy activity + The Mongol Expansion Word Search + Food in the Mongol Empire activity + Mongol Clothing worksheet + Mongol Warriors activity + Crash Course World History film worksheet + Mongol tactics and strategies lesson + 4 cloze activities + Newspaper front page + Deconstructing a visual image + Acrostic poem and Mix and match + Worksheet to video Barbarians: the Mongols

The Celts were master farmers. Advanced husbandry, grazing and cropping practices and agricultural technology created a wealth of food that was traded across Europe to provide finances and goods. Agricultural practices dominated the Celtic year in a way that would be very familiar to rural Australians today. This source-based activity is 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

Teaching program for the unit of work, The Holocaust. It meets the requirements for the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study : The Holocaust

Worksheet to accompany the BBC documentary, The Vikings. Who Were They? The documentary covers life in Scandinavia from 700 CE, longships and their importance in raiding, the attacks on Lindisfarne and Paris, Erik the Red and Leif Eriksson and the settlements in Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland, the adoption of Christianity, the life of Harold Hardrada, the Battle of Stamford Bridge and briefly, what happened to the Vikings. The documentary repeats itself after 40 minutes so I would end it at that point. This worksheet 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 is a set of activities relating to the plot of Tomorrow When the War Began. Students are introduced to the concepts of orientation, complication and resolution as well as protagonist and antagonist. This set of activities are designed for students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Outcome EN5-1A: responds to and composes increasingly sophisticated and sustained texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis, imaginative expression and pleasure

crossword based on Jacquie French’s novel, Hitler’s Daughter.

Powerpoint presentation on the book/film, A Wrinkle in Time.

Activities for Chapters 7-12 of Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother.

Unit of work, The Treatment and Display of Human Remains. NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Preliminary HSC Course. Investigating History. Case Study 6: The Treatment and Display of Human Remains. This unit includes: Metalanguage mix and match Lindow Man: Powerpoint presentation Newspaper article: Museums avoid displaying human remains ‘out of respect’ Ezine article: Displaying replica bones and skeletons Magazine article: Should museums display human remains from other cultures? Ezine article: The long ethical arc of displaying human remains Newspaper article: The strange and mysterious case of Dr Glidden Video: The Repatriation of Human Remains Worksheet for video: The Repatriation of Human Remains Video: The U.S. National Museum of Health and Medicine Worksheet for video: The U.S. National Museum of Health and Medicine Video: Lecture by Dr. Elizabeth Craig-Atkins: Recovery and preservation of human skeletal remains Worksheet for video: Lecture by Dr. Elizabeth Craig-Atkins: Recovery and preservation of human skeletal remains Video: History Cold Case: Mummified Child Worksheet for video: History Cold Case: Mummified Child Video: Mummies: Frozen in Time Worksheet for video: Mummies: Frozen in Time Video: The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies Worksheet for video: The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies 3 Cloze activities Word search

Worksheet to accompany the BBC documentary, Pompeii. The last day. The video gives an excellent outline of how each stage of the explosion of Mount Vesuvius affected the people of Pompeii and Herculaneum. It creates a narrative by using the forensic remains to build a possible scenario about who the person may have been and their life in Pompeii. This worksheet is part of a unit of work,* Core Study: Cities of Vesuvius. Pompeii and Herculaneum*. Higher School Certificate course. NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

4 Cloze activities on the topic, Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra, 371 BCE: Sparta’s Resources Lycurgus Hoplite Phalanx Syssitia This set of tasks is designed for Stage 6 Higher School Certificate students of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Historical societies: Option G: Greece - Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra, 371 BCE.

Worksheet to accompany the 10-minute YouTube video, History of Australia in a Nutshell. Concise and simplistic overview of Australian history from the Pleistocene to 2008. Covers Aboriginal beliefs, European exploration of Terra Australis, British invasion and occupation, economic and political developments in the 1800s and the gradual move to independence and key events in this process. Part of a unit of work on The Australian Coloniesfor Stage 3 History NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. The worksheet uses stills from the video as visual stimuli.

Article written by Professor Ali Ansari and published at BBC News, Alexander the not so Great: History through Persian eyes. The brief article provides evidence that the Greeks did not really hate the Persians and wished to destroy their empire, but that they admired the Persians. This article is part of two units of work - Personalities in their Times - Option G. Greece - Alexander the Great and Historical Periods - Option D. Persian society at the time of Darius and Xerxes. Stage 6 Higher School Certificate course. NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Worksheet to accompany the documentary, Engineering an Empire: The Persians. The documentary covers engineering achievements during the Achaemenid Persian Empire including the qanaat system, Cyrus tomb at Pasagardae, Darius I’ palace at Susa, Darius I’s construction works at Persepolis, Darius I’s canal linking the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, the Royal Road from Susa to Sardis, the pontoon bridges crossing the Hellespont built by Xerxes and Darius I and Artaxerxes I’s Hall of One Hundred Columns at Persepolis. This resource is designed for Stage 6 students of the Higher School Certificate. NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Historical period -Option D. Persia - Cyrus II to Darius III.

Worksheet and answers to accompany the documentary, Hitler. The Rise & Fall. Episode 1: The Opportunist. The documentary covers Hitler’s family background, life in Austria, World War 1, joining the German Workers Party, the 1923 Munich Beer Hall Putsch, imprisonment and the early years of the National Socialist German Workers Party.