This is a source-based activity consisting of drawings, primary and secondary documentary evidence and a photograph of an archaeological find. Students examine the evidence to answer short-response questions. the last activity is to write a half-page report on the weapons Viking used in battle. This activity 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

The 3 primary sources analysed in this set of activities are: 1. The Argus newspaper reports on Australians reaction to Britain declaring war on Germany (1914) 2. Keith Murdoch writes to P.M. Fisher about the Dardanelles debacle (1915) 3. E. J. Dempsey writes an anti-conscription poem - first conscription plebiscite (1916)

This worksheet and answer sheet accompanies the 2006 feature film, Kokoda. It focuses on reasons for the Australian 39th Battalion being on the Kokoda Track in 1942, conditions and difficulties for Australian soldiers, the two battles of Isurava and the aftermath of the battles. It includes analysis of 3 scenes from the film that depict fighting conditions.

Lecture by Anna Funder at the University of Reykjavik, 22 September, 2012, Daily life under communism. Funder gives an insight into her work, Stasiland, including the dissidents and Stasi men that she interviewed and what they revealed about life in East Germany, 1945-1989. This resource includes the YouTube video and worksheet to accompany the video.

Worksheet to accompany the BBC video, Great Britons: Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Brunel was the engineer responsible for so many features we associate with Britain during the Industrial Revolution: railways, London’s underground, docks, massive ships, viaducts, tunnels, hospitals etc. This video is highly engaging for Year 9 students. The resource is part of a unit of work, The Industrial Revolution. Stage 5 NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Unit of work on Lloyd Jones’ novel, Mister Pip. This bundle includes: Activities for Sections 1-5 Activities for Sections 6-10 Activities for Sections 11-14 Setting: Bougainville Character profile: Mr Watts Character profile: Matilda Laimo Character profile: Dolores Laimo Character profile: Grace Character profile: Joseph Laimo Film review: A Sting in the Tale Ezine article: Bougainville: Australia’s Secret War Word search Crossword Metalanguage Analysis of book covers True or false Sequence the events Topic summary Crack the Code Book review: All They Need to Know Who Said quotes activity Analysis of film scenes Information report assessment task Close study of a passage: Great Expectations Chapter 1 The Bougainville Civil War Which section is that? The Real Mr Pip - Harry Baxter on Bougainville Background to the Bougainville War

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

Worksheet and answers to accompany the Timeline documentary, The Real Macbeth, presented by Tony Robinson. The video examines the life of the real Scottish king, Macbeth and the times in which he lived. Robinson identifies where the play is based on fact and where it is based on life at the time that the play was released. A very thorough presentation.

Teaching visual literacy is everyone's responsibility! This poster was designed as part of a cross-curriculum promotional campaign to teach staff in all faculties in a New England NSW high school about visual literacy being a component of literacy in every area of the curriculum and also to provide students with an example of how a visual image can be deconstructed to find the hidden messages. This poster is an example of how the techniques of visual literacy can be used in Japanese language classes. It applies an excellent template developed by the English Teacher's Association of NSW to a tourist magazine cover.

It is the stuff of legend: 300 Spartans battling the Persian army to their deaths at Thermopylae in 480 BCE. The Spartans led the Greek defence and despite their loss, their heroics are remembered today. This source-based homework task is designed to support student learning of the NSW Ancient History syllabus Higher School Certificate course Part II - Ancient Societies Option I - Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 BCE and/or Part IV - Historical Periods Option H - The Greek World 500-440 BCE The Greek loss at Thermopylae bears many similarities with the Anzac loss at Gallipoli. Both sparked legends of heroics, remembrance events and a respect for a worthy enemy. Can students think of more examples? How exactly do military defeats become a matter of pride? Why does the same not apply to other defeats e.g. Singapore in 1942?

All migrations come down to push factors from the old country and pull factors to the new. It is the same with the Norwegian Vikings migrating to Iceland. This source-based task provides students with a variety of primary and secondary materials with which students can make their own decisions regarding why the Vikings settled Iceland. This task 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

Homer Yannos is the character that changes the most as a result of the war. From an immature larrikin figure to a guerrilla fighter who can live off the land and plan effective attacks against the enemy soldiers. This activity looks at descriptions of him before and during the war, his personality characteristics and then re-writing a speech he delivers to add a tone of anger and threat.

Worksheet and answers for the documentary Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here, presented by Professor Jeremy Black. Covers Britain in the 1700s, the Age of Reason leading to scientific and technological developments, the first industrial factories in Birmingham, support for innovation and technological development by the British Government, international trade, development of the British navy as a means to protect this trade, development of banks and the stock exchange, improvements in transport. There is a great example of Josiah Wedgwood's ceramics industry.

The Warsaw Ghetto was a tragedy that even now defies belief. This source-based task uses primary and secondary sources to identify food and water shortages, inadequate shelter, brutalisation by Nazi soldiers, inadequate heating and the effects that these issues had on the Jewish inhabitants. Special focus is made on the impact of the vulnerable, notably children and the aged. This task is designed for students of the History K-10 Syllabus Stage 5 Depth Study 6: The Holocaust

The National Service Act laid the path to the conscription of young men. They were selected by ballot, drawn publically on television. Men were then issued a letter to appear at specific army camps in each state. They then undertook training and were given a choice of whether they wished to go to Vietnam. For those who did, their training was of limited impact when the realities of war emerged. This source-based task 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

John Schumann's 'I Was Only 19' gives a narrative of a 19-year old conscript in the Australian Army in 1968-69, at the time of the Vietnam War. The song describes selection, training, experiences in Vietnam and reflections on the war after his return. The terms and concepts in the song are explained and are followed by a set of activities. The set of activities includes: 1. What did you learn about the experiences of Anzac soldiers at Gallipoli and after the war? 2. How did the song make feel? Why? 3. How does John Schumann use language and tone to help you feel this way? 4. Is the song for or against war? Why?

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

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)

Is Australian culture becoming too American? This Powerpoint presentation examines this issue, in particular: + What is Americanisation? + What are the effects of Americanisation? + The effects of the powerful US economy; + US-Australian relations before 1941; + World War II and the forging of close relations; + The post-WWII world; + Issues inc. language, fashion, media, the teen audience, food & technology; + Is Americanisation of Australian culture good or bad or a combination of both? + How does Australian culture impact on Americans?

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