Explores the beginnings of Roman civilisation, the legacies and peoples in the region before the Romans and Roman appropriation of these legacies. It also explores Roman expansion and Hannibal and the Punic Wars and looks at 'big idea' concepts such as change and continuity, cause and effect and legacies of the past.

Explores Muslim religion and aspects of Islamic culture to debunk the myths. Explore the legacies of Islamic culture and the rights and some of the freedoms within the cultures of Islam. The aim of this information is to develop tolerance and understanding and respect for diversity.

A couple of assessment task options for Year 8 History

Half yearly and yearly exams for Year 11 Ancient History that I have created and used. Relate to History, Science and Sources as well as Deir el Medina, Thera and Ancient Human Remains.

Notes, information and student activities related to some of the works of the Australian poet Bruce Dawe.

A History Assessment task with a strong focus on literacy in addition to historical research. A template copy that could be put on the school's public access drive for students to use to guide them with the research part of the task is also included. Modified version aimed at students with literacy learning needs also included.

In addition, to the usual information taught about 'Letters to the Editor' the attached are a few ideas to aid students when composing their own LTE- initially created to go with 'Lockie Leonard', but can be applied to a range of LTE tasks.

This is a fun and creative end of year activity for Year 7 Geography students where they get to use what they have learned about various animals and their adaptations to a particular environment (desert, rainforest etc.). Students get creative inventing their own animal. Two versions of the activity are attached (file 2 is augmented).

A couple of revision quizzes and activities for Year 10 History covering Australia in the Vietnam Era, Changing Rights and Freedoms (Aboriginals and Women) and other miscellaneous History topics and skills.

An Internet treasure hunt/end of year activity for students. Makes an easy instant lesson in an emergency or for end of year activities.

Four Spheres Tutorial worksheet plus a ‘sentence arrange'. Print pages at the end of the tutorial. This is a kinaesthetic learning & literacy activity that can be used after the students have learned about the "four spheres”. One sheet per student with a word on it. Students stand out the front and work to sort themselves and the words into the right order so that it makes a proper sentence with geographically accurate information. Students without a card can assist by giving advice on the correct order. At the end, students say their word in order to read the completed sentence.

This is a simple instant lesson (requires booking of a computer room or student laptop access). A great purposeful activity at the end of the school year or instant lesson on short notice. Students research their answers with the reward of free time once completed.

Adapted to the Australian context and updated to 2013 from a 2012 English context quiz created by TES Australia ( titled "My Christmas Quiz"). Credits and acknowledgements to TES (and I hope that this is okay as I thought it was a great idea, but many of the questions were irrelevant to Australia and outdated).My adaptations took a bit of time, so I thought I'd share the outcome of these changes with others. I have also added answer sheets at the end- might work best in groups and the answer sheets added so that students don't call out answers.

Empathy task based around the Federation of Australia with a related research task (could be homework or a formative formal assessment task). Aimed at Year 9 NSW Syllabus "Australia 1901 to 1914" but adaptable to the new curriculum.

Year 12 HSC half yearly examination covering core topic "Cities of Vesuvius" + Ancient Society- Sparta + Personality in the times- Hatshepsut + Historical Period- New Kingdom Egypt to the Death of Thutmose IV. Related marking rubric also attached. This could be used as an a formal assessment task or exam or as a revision aid.

A range of information and learning activities for Year 12 HSC English around the play and film of "Educating Rita"

Worksheet activities relating to events surrounding the Cold War K19 Russian Submarine incident 1961. It can be used in conjunction with the movie "K19 The Widowmaker". An extension option also looks at other Cold War era events. Useful as an end of term activity for students who have learned about the Cold War. Includes historical concepts such as perspectives and interpretation, cause and effect and empathy. A nice extra discussion point at the end for capable students is to debate whether or not this movie is actually sympathetic toward Russian perspective or is in fact much more biased toward the American perspective (consider in view of the points on the sheet).

Based on the Board of Studies key word definitions, these are posters for classroom displays to explain the meaning of key instructional words for communication tasks (written and spoken). Suited to ALL subject areas (especially HSIE and English) for Years 7-12. Designed to enhance literacy and writing skills as well as spoken communication skills.

Tips and rules for students to understand what century a year belongs to, understandng BC/BCE and AD/CE time and calculating the age of an object along with related practice questions. While aimed at Year 7, it is important foundational information for all students of History. Provided in both PDF and Word format (PDF so that everything is fixed in place to avoid the issue of images moving around + Word to allow those who might use the resource to make adjustments to suit their own classes and needs). This resource can be used as a Smartboard tutorial and activity or as worksheets.

Various tutorial information and related worksheets and exercises investigating the concepts and importance of heritage and conservation.