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.

Dreamtime stories are an important part of any Indigenous Australian study. What do your students know about them? Use the Dreamtime Stories Poster & Resource Bundle to engage your students in the Dreaming with the objective of having them write their very own! Australian Curriculum Link: ACHASSK062 This resource is delivered as a 13 page PDF in A4 size, and the classroom poster is delivered in A2 size, but it can be resized for printing. So, what's included? ✓ A2 classroom poster including the Dreaming story of 'How the Birds got their Colour' and a fun visual (check it out in the preview!) ✓ 1000-word engaging and entertaining article entitled In the Dreamtime... which looks at why Dreamtime stories are told and gives four examples from four different language nations around Australia. ✓ Glossary of unfamiliar terms found in the above article to build understanding and vocabulary. ✓ Pre- & Post-Reading Quiz for analysing prior knowledge and reading comprehension (answers included). ✓ 2x Fill in the Blanks Worksheets using two Dreamtime stories, to assess reading comprehension. ✓ Write the Question Worksheet, which asks students to write the question rather than the answer as a different way of learning. ✓ Dreamtime Video Response gets students to watch short animations of popular dreamtime stories and comment on their meaning and moral. ✓ Dreamtime Story Board template encourages students to write their very own Dreamtime story with the style and conventions they have learned. ✓ A list of other teaching ideas for utilising the In the Dreamtime article and poster in your classroom. Purchase Issue 08 of HistoriCool Magazine in print or digital format to use this resource alongside the coinciding mag: www.historicool.com.au

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.

Aboriginal kings and queens? Believe it or not, there were such figures in colonial Australia and they reveal a lot about the interactions between the Europeans and First Australians! Use the Aboriginal Royalty & Other Interactions Resource Bundle to engage your students in a study of the nature of the contact between Australia's Aboriginal inhabitants and European colonisers. Australian Curriculum Links: ACHASSK086, ACHASSK107 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 Aboriginal Royalty. ✓ Comprehension questions regarding the above article. ✓ Indigenous Terminology Guide instructs students, using examples and explanations, of the appropriate terms when talking about Indigenous people, culture and history. ✓ Aboriginal Trailblazers worksheet. ✓ More Like Home worksheet asks students to consider the ways in which European settlers tried to bring European customs and structures to Australia. ✓ Aboriginal Elders worksheet. Purchase Issue 26 of HistoriCool Magazine in print or digital format to use this resource alongside the coinciding mag: www.historicool.com.au