The Sandakan Death Marches were war crimes perpetrated against surrendered Australian and British soldiers on the island of Borneo in World War II. This source-based homework task is designed to support the NSW History syllabus of the Australian National Curriculum Stage 5 Depth Study 3: Australians at War. Students analyse a variety of visual and written resources to determine what happened on the Sandakan Death Marches and to decide whether the treatment of the POWs constituted a legitimate act of war or a war crime.

Students examine the components of a professional book review of Hitler's Daughter. They then use a scaffolded proforma to write their own review.

Heidi is Hitler's daughter. A lonely, anxious girl who craves love and to live her life as other children. In this activity students are provided with a profile of her character from the novel and given a list of personality characteristics to select the verbs that best describe her.

This unit of work is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 1: Making a Better World? The Industrial Revolution This bundle includes: + Source-based activity: How did the Industrial revolution affect the working conditions of Australians? + Source-based activity: What impact did the Industrial Revolution have on Australians in the 1800s? + Source-based activity: What were the living conditions of Australians in the 1800s? Source-based activity: Growth or decline. How did the population of Australia change in the 1800s? Video: Children of the Revolution. The Children who Built Victorian Britain Worksheet for video: Children of the Revolution. The Children who Built Victorian Britain Newpaper article: James Watt and the sabbath stroll that created the industrial revolution Video: Crash Course World History: The Industrial Revolution Worksheet for video: Crash Course World History: The Industrial Revolution Video: The Industrial Revolution Comes to Australia Worksheet for video: The Industrial Revolution Comes to Australia Video: Great Britons: Isambard Kingdom Brunel Worksheet for video: Great Britons: Isambard Kingdom Brunel Video: Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here Worksheet for video: Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here Internet article: Australia and the Industrial Revolution - Impact of the first railways Metalanguage mix and match Word Search: The Industrial Revolution

This episode of First Australians focuses on understanding the British Colony of Van Diemen's Land/Tasmania through the eyes of Truganninni, a woman of the Oyster Bay Nation and George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector of the Aborigines. The video looks at the Black War, the Black Line and bounties placed on the heads of Aboriginal peoples, various missions/settlements, the impact of European disease and harsh treatment by European settlers. This film is a great example of Contact History in all its forms. The resource includes a worksheet and answers.

This resource includes 3 separate primary sources from eyewitnesses to events in the topic Australian involvement in the Vietnam War and activities based on the source including who wrote the source, what we know about the writer, how their presence at the historical incidents impacts their writing, whether the information is reliable and the purpose of the writing. The 3 sources are: + Allen May recounts a battle with the Viet Cong at Long Tan, 1966 CE + Bob Gibson explains why he enlisted for the Vietnam War, c.1967 CE + Bill White speaks to the Sydney Moratorium Marchers, 1970 CE Each source and analysis questions are on a single page. This task is designed for NSW students of the Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Higher School Certificate Course Peace & Conflict Option A: Conflict in Indochina, 1954-1989. The outcome being developed is: NSW HT4-5 identifies the meaning, purpose and context of historical sources.

Live too far from the Dordogne to organise a class visit to the Lascaux Cave? Fret no more. Let Lonely World Travel take you on a tour through the Palaeolithic Lascaux Cave complex. This Powerpoint presentation is a great way to introduce students to prehistoric Europe and the problems and issues of conservation and the impact of tourism.

In 1966 Vincent Lingiari, a Gurindji Elder led his people in imposing a strike on any work at the Vestey's Company property, Wave Hill Pastoral Station. The initial concerns were extremely poor wages and living conditions. The case developed into a legal case on Native Title. The Gurindji people wanted back their land. It was a case of traditional law vs. Australian law. This source-based activity is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 4: Rights and Freedoms.

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?

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

This Powerpoint presentation covers liberation of the camps, psychological effects of experiencing the Holocaust, impact on Europe's population, emigration, creation of the State of Israel, bring war criminals to trial, historical sites and memorials, international war crimes legislation, resurgence of anti-Semitism, finding war criminals, Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 6: The Holocaust

Eric Bogle's 'And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda' is a classic story of an Anzac soldier at Gallipoli and living with the injuries he sustained there. The song is highly evocative and told in the first person. The soldier describes his experiences at Gallipoli and afterwards in hospital and after returning to Australia. 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 Eric Bogle use language and tone to help you feel this way? 4. Is the song for or against war? Why?

This unit of work meets the requirements of: Stage 5 History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum Depth Study 2: Australia and Asia 2a: Making a Nation. Australia 1900-1914 This bundle includes: Program: Making a Nation. Australia 1900-1914 Mapping activity: The Australian colonies Sequencing and explanation Assessment task Terms and concepts Activity: City occupations 1900-1914 Video: Australia’s Federation (BTN) Worksheet for video: Australia’s Federation (BTN) Puzzles: Crossword and Word Search Cloze activity: Federation Activity: Characteristics of Australian Country Life 1900-1914 Puzzle: Crack the Code Deconstructing a visual image: Shearing the Rams Extended writing activity: Empathetic activity Video: Constructing Australia. Pipe Dreams Worksheet for video: Constructing Australia. Pipe Dreams Source-based activity: How innovative was the social legislation 1900-1914? Source-based activity: How popular was the Immigration Restriction Act? Source-based activity: How significant was the Harvester Judgment? Source-based activity: Were the South Sea Islander People slaves or guest workers? Source-based activity: What were the consequences of the Constitution Act for Aboriginal peoples? Source-based activity: Why did Australians fight in the Second Anglo-Boer War? Video: From sheep to chardonnay Worksheet for video: From sheep to chardonnay

Warawi is an Eora girl who lives on her traditional land in 1788. This episode of My Place looks at the day she met the Grub People for the first time. The worksheet focuses on the character off Waruwi, her traditional life and the impact of the Europeans. This resource includes answers. The resource is part of a unit of work for Stage 3, The Australian Colonies for the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Worksheet and answers to accompany the TED Ed 5-minute animated documentary, The History of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The video covers the Bay of Pigs invasion, Soviet support for Cuba against further invasions, U.S. “quarantine” of Cuba, the shooting down of a U.S. spy plane and the U.S. firing a depth charge at a Soviet submarine, the decision of Vasili Arkhipov to not fire a missile in response, secret negotiations to resolve the crisis and the subsequent withdrawal of U.S. missiles from Turkey and Italy and Soviet missiles from Cuba.

This worksheet and answers are designed for the 6-minute animated Ted Ed documentary, The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall. It covers post-WWII events resulting in the division of Berlin, the creation of the first fence to prevent emigration and loss of workers from East Germany, the construction of the concrete wall in 1961-2, the fortifications immediately behind the wall and events leading to the opening of border crossings in 1989. The video is available on YouTube.

This unit of work 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 This bundle includes: + Did the Celts practice human sacrifice? + What do the remains at Maiden Castle tell us about Celtic society? + What do we know of Celtic society during the Urnfield Culture period? + What was the role of women in Celtic society? + How important was agriculture to the Celtic economy? + What do the finds at the Heuneburg hillfort tell us of Celtic society? + Did Celtic housing differ according to wealth and location? + The Celts. Blood, Iron and Sacrifice. Episode 1. Worksheet + The Celts. Episode 1 - In the Beginning. Worksheet + The Celts. Episode 2 - Heroes in Defeat. Worksheet + The Celts. Episode 3 - The Sacred Groves + Bru Na Boinne - Powerpoint presentation + Lindow Man - Powerpoint presentation + Celtic Society Word Search + Assessment task + 3 Primary sources: Celtic Society + 3 Cloze Activities: Celtic Society + Celtic Society terms and concepts + Exposition Magazine article: Rome’s forgotten battle Newspaper article: A Greek Treasure in France Ezine article: Hochdorf Princely Seat Newspaper article: Cultures of the Celts, Revisited A day in the life of an ancient Celtic druid & worksheet

Worksheet for the BBC video, Pompeii: Life and death in a Roman town presented by Mary Beard. The video examines aspects of Roman life in Pompeii as evidenced by the archaeological and forensic evidence: wealth and social class, public and private buildings, diet, knowledge of the Roman world and life outside the empire and slavery. An excellent video for the Core Study: Cities of Vesuvius - Pompeii and Herculaneum. Higher School Certificate course of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

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.