What happened on Easter Island to make it go from a bustling civilisation to a derelict island? Use the Easter Island Resource Bundle to answer this question and engage your students in a study of Polynesian expansion across the Pacific. Australian Curriculum Links: ACDSEH013, ACDSEH066, ACDSEH067, ACDSEH068 This resource is delivered as a 12 page PDF in A4 size. So, what's included? ✓ Dozens of ideas to introduce the topic, dig a little deeper and get creative with it! ✓ Engaging article entitled What Happened on Easter Island? ✓ Comprehension questions about the above article to assess student understanding. ✓ The Cult of the Birdman worksheet ✓ Doves and Hawks game instructions, to illustrate the once peaceful attitudes of the Rapanui ✓ Cartoon Analysis ✓ Essay Planner ✓ Write Rongorongo activity Purchase Issue 28 of HistoriCool Magazine in print or digital format to use this resource alongside the coinciding mag.

What makes a bushranger, and how were bushrangers portrayed? Use the Bushrangers in the Colonies Resource Bundle to engage your students in a study of bushrangers and the dangers of colonial Australia. Australian Curriculum Links: ACHASSK107, ACHASSK108 This resource is delivered as a 15 page PDF in A4 size. So, what's included? ✓ Dozens of ideas to introduce the topic, dig a little deeper and get creative with it! ✓ Engaging article titled Martin Cash: Three Strikes, Not Out about the life of reformed convict and bushranger, Martin Cash. ✓ Understanding ‘Martin Cash: Three Strikes, Not Out’ comprehension questions ✓ Bushrangers in Art ✓ Image Analysis ✓ Bushranger Profile worksheet ✓ Video Response worksheet ✓ Wanted Poster template ✓ Bushranger Name Generator Purchase Issue 30 of HistoriCool Magazine in print or digital format to use this resource alongside the coinciding mag.

Kids love gory stories. It’s no secret. And History is full of them! With this in mind, the eight stories comprising this resource have been hand-picked from the previous three years of HistoriCool Magazine as the most disgusting, gross and grisly articles to have graced its pages... Designed to be printed back-to-back, assign a story to a student who has finished their classwork ahead of their peers. The 200-250 word articles are quick and fun to read (and totally gory, did we mention that?) After reading the story, students fill in the worksheet on the reverse, which asks them to assess the grossness of the text, and write a creative (and suitably yuck) response to a prompt. Then, students can flip back over and attack the cartoon with coloured pencils. Each sheet gives teachers 10 minutes of much-needed reprieve to dedicate to students still requiring attention. Not only do these sheets give quick-finishers an engaging way to use their spare time, but they’ll be itching to share the story - in all its revolting glory - with their friends! This resource is delivered as a PDF in A4 size.

Sing your way through Australian History! Use the Australian History in Song Resource Bundle to engage your students in Grades 4 to 6 in the topics of the First Fleet, colonial warfare, and women's rights! Australian Curriculum Links: ACHASSK085, ACHASSK086, ACHASSK108, ACHASSK135 This resource is delivered as a 24 page PDF in A4 size. So, what's included? ✓ Dozens of ideas to introduce each topic, dig a little deeper and get creative with it! ✓ Three engaging songs (lyrics and link to audio) by Unsung Heroes of Australian History: To Parts Beyond the Sea, The War Without a Name, and Louisa. ✓ Comprehension worksheets for each of the above songs. ✓ GRADE 4: Mapping the Lady Juliana worksheet. ✓ GRADE 4: Show, Don't Tell worksheet ✓ GRADE 4/5: Frontier Peace vs. Frontier Violence worksheet ✓ GRADE 4/5: Frontier Violence image analysis ✓ GRADE 6: Women's Suffrage cartoon analysis ✓ GRADE 6: Suffragette Profile worksheet Purchase Issue 28 of HistoriCool Magazine in print or digital format to use this resource alongside the coinciding mag.

When an ancient body is found preserved in a bog, what happens next!? Use the Bog Bodies Resource Bundle to engage your students in a study of archaeological mystery-solving. Australian Curriculum Links: ACDSEH001, ACDSEH029, ACDSEH030, ACDSEH148 This resource is delivered as a 13 page PDF in A4 size. So, what’s included? ✓ Dozens of ideas to introduce the topic, dig a little deeper and get creative with it! ✓ Engaging article titled So… You Found a Bog Body walking readers through the steps they should take if they ever stumble upon a bog body! ✓ Understanding ‘So… You Found a Bog Body’ comprehension questions ✓ Bog Body Profile worksheet ✓ Bog Bodies: Drawing Conclusions activity ✓ ‘Uncovered’ TV series activity instructions Purchase Issue 30 of HistoriCool Magazine in print or digital format to use this resource alongside the coinciding mag.

What is the story behind our national day? Use the Australia Day: Celebration or Commiseration Resource Bundle to engage your students in a study of Australia Day. Australian Curriculum Links: ACHASSK064, ACHASSK086, ACHASSK107, ACHASSK135 This resource is delivered as a 18 page PDF in A4 size. So, what's included? ✓ Dozens of ideas to introduce the topic, dig a little deeper and get creative with it! ✓ Engaging article titled Australia Day: Celebration or Commiseration about the history of Australia Day and why Australia Day is sometimes debated in the media ✓ 3-2-1 Article Response worksheet ✓ Australia’s National Emblems worksheet ✓ ‘Boat People’ poster ✓ ‘Boat People’ worksheet ✓ Cause & Effect worksheet ✓ Acts of Discrimination towards Indigenous Australians ✓ Cartoon Analysis ✓ This Australia Day I... worksheet ✓ We Made Damper! procedure writing activity ✓ Australian National Anthem worksheet Purchase Issue 30 of HistoriCool Magazine in print or digital format to use this resource alongside the coinciding mag.

What is quarantine? And what part does it play in Australia's history of migration? Use the Inside Quarantine Resource Bundle to engage your students in a study of migration and the poor conditions faced by those on their way to Australia. Australian Curriculum Links: ACHASSK109, ACHASSK136 This resource is delivered as a 10 page PDF in A4 size. So, what's included? ✓ Dozens of ideas to introduce the topic, dig a little deeper and get creative with it! ✓ Engaging article titled Inside the Quarantine Station told through imagined accounts of those who passed through the North Head Quarantine Station in Sydney. ✓ Understanding 'Inside the Quarantine Station' comprehension worksheet ✓ Infectious Diseases in Quarantine worksheet ✓ Engravings at the Quarantine Station video response worksheet ✓ Comparing Experiences of Quarantine writing task Purchase Issue 29 of HistoriCool Magazine in print or digital format to use this resource alongside the coinciding mag.

What happens when disease and the expansion of empires collide? Use the Spread of Disease to the New World Resource Bundle to engage your students in a study of the Spanish conquest of the Americas and the effects on the native peoples. Australian Curriculum Links: ACDSEH075 This resource is delivered as a 13 page PDF in A4 size. So, what's included? ✓ Dozens of ideas to introduce the topic, dig a little deeper and get creative with it! ✓ Spanish Conquest of the Americas Glossary ✓ An article extending upon background information for this topic titled What the Europeans Brought to the New World ✓ Understanding 'What the Europeans Brought to the New World' comprehension worksheet ✓ Cause & Effect worksheet asks students to consider the impact of the conquest on the inhabitants ✓ Ranking Impacts worksheet ✓ Fun article title Infect the World! in plain-text format ✓ Infectious Disease Profile worksheet ✓ Disease Travel Inc. Testimonial task Purchase Issue 29 of HistoriCool Magazine in print or digital format to use this resource alongside the coinciding mag.

Get your acting pants on for this fun, dreaming-inspired play! Use the Performing the Dreaming Resource Bundle to engage your students in a study of the dreaming and its significance to Indigenous Australians! Australian Curriculum Links: ACHASSK083 This resource is delivered as a 13 page PDF in A4 size. So, what's included? ✓ Dozens of ideas to introduce the topic, dig a little deeper and get creative with it! ✓ Playscript for dreaming-inspired play: Why the Bat has No Friends, containing 10 speaking roles ✓ 'Why the Bat has No Friends' extension worksheet ✓ 'Dust Echoes' story evaluation worksheet ✓ Unique Aussie Animals worksheet ✓ Performance Invitation template Purchase Issue 29 of HistoriCool Magazine in print or digital format to use this resource alongside the coinciding mag.