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Australian history thematic unit plans for GATE
Explore Australia Activity Pack
Explore Australia with your students! Learn about it's geography and history through these no-prep, printable, engaging & differentiated activities exploring Australia.What's inside?Students will learn:Where in the world is Australia?Australian States and Territories (differentiated pages)States, Territories and Capital cities, flags and floral emblems (flip-tab booklets or single page matching activities)Map It! - locate key geographical features and create a key (differentiated)Australian,
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Australia Activity Bundle
All About Fall Unit
This mini-unit is the perfect way to teach your students about the season of fall! They'll love the nonfiction readers and writing craft! NOTE: This mini-unit is just a small part of my All About Seasons unit! I'm offering it separately for those who only need one season, but you can save money with the full unit! Find that here: All About Seasons Unit.What's Included:Original Nonfiction BookPaper Reader (2 levels)Fall Writing CraftFind related products here:All About Winter UnitAll About Spring
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K - 1st
The Noongar Seasons - Display
This display is designed to show how the 6 Noongar Seasons match up with the months of the year and where they overlap with Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring. It includes:-2 different styles of heading (one A4 landscape and one a banner)-1 x page for each Noongar Season with symbols and a description of the season -(including traditionally what their season would ‘look like’).-Labels of the months of the year -Labels for Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring. I live in the the ‘Gnaala Karla Booja’ R
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1st - 4th
Australian Gold Rush Activity Unit
This printable, no-prep activity pack is a great 28-page tool for students to learn about the Gold Rush era in Australia. This activity pack aligns with the NSW HSIE/Australian HASS curriculum and includes different learning activities to encourage different styles of learners to participate and learn.HOW CAN YOU USE THIS PRODUCT?This pack is a great resource for casuals to have in their bag of tricks, and is equally as useful for classroom teachers to use when exploring historical Australia. It
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Australia Activity Bundle
Anzac Day Unit - 10 WWI History Lessons
Anzac Day is a public holiday in Australia where we commemorate those that fought for us at war, primarily in WWI. This unit includes 10 lessons and is primarily ICT based, where students will develop their research, summarising and writing skills as they learn about some of the key events and conditions of being involved in WWI.This unit includes:*Unit planner (2wks or 10 lessons)*An Immersion or Introductory Lesson*Mapping Task*Timeline Task*Exploring Soldiers’ Profiles*WWI Book Profile page t
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6th - 10th
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Aboriginal education activities BUNDLE| Literacy, Numeracy, Art, Flags, Symbols
This Aboriginal Education Activities bundle offer huge number of activities for preschoolers to Grade 2 students to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture all year round. This bundle will save you so much time preparing for NAIDOC week, Reconciliation week, National Sorry day, National Close the Gap day, Harmony Day, Australia Day. These activities which range from numeracy, literacy, language to art & crafts experiences are featured with Aboriginal knowledge areas such as A
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PreK - 2nd
ANZAC Day Original Song Kit - Performance
"Can You Hear the Children Marching" is an original ANZAC Day song by Nathan Cahill. Sung by over 200 Australian schools in 2014 alone, the song perfectly demonstrates the 'pride of ANZAC' to both performers and audiences alike! This 'Essential Kit', designed for classroom or presentation use, includes:
Lyric video with vocals
Lyric video (backing only)
Vocal mp3
Backing mp3
Chord Chart
Simplified chord chart
Vocal/lead sheet
Piano score
Piano/vocal score
Lyric Sheet
Powerpoint file
Song discus
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PreK - 12th
Aboriginal Civil Rights Movement Unit 10 tasks + inquiry project and essay
This unit of work focuses on the Aboriginal Civil Rights Movement of the 20th Century. It is a very interesting topic to do especially to compare and contrast with the US and South African Civil Rights Movements occurring at the same time.This unit is designed to be followed chronologically from slide 3-73. Teachers can pick and choose with subtopics are suitable to their curriculum. This unit includes:* Primary and secondary sources of photos, maps, film and audio* Aboriginal Australian history
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Australia Activity Bundle
Do you know what the capital of Tasmania is? Or how about the colours of the Eureka flag? Perhaps you'd like to teach your students about the different state and territory flags, or have a series of activities that students can complete independently when studying Australia? Then this bundle is a MUST have!GROWING BUNDLE: Combining some of my most popular sellers, this bundle is a great set of activities for any teacher to have in their resource library! Read more about each resource below.PLEA
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3rd - 8th
Gold Rush Research Project | Colonial Life in Australia
Students will ove this independent research task on Australian Gold Rushes! Students will use a 4-part research guide to research an Australian Gold Rush of their choice. The differentiated information text will provide your students with a great starting point by providing background information about the gold rushes in general. Students then have the opportunity to plan and conduct a multimodal presentation about their chosen goldfield. Four Part Research Guide:Part one: Identifying inquiry qu
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Also included in: Gold Rush STEM Activity Bundle Colonial Life
Australia Unit
A complete unit on the country of Australia. This unit is 53 pages in total and it comes with an informational text done with bright colorful pictures, comprehension questions and a lap book.
Your kids will learn all they need to know about Australia's Outback, Great Barrier Reef and unique animals, once they are done with the informational text and activities they get to create a lap book to showcase their learning.
In the lap book they will do three cutting and pasting activities.
One, crea
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2nd - 6th
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Aboriginal Dreamtime and Dot Art Project
This slide presentation explains Aboriginal Dreamtime stories and their connection to Aboriginal art. It contains lots of illustrations and links to videos of dreamtime stories. Also included are instructions and rubric for a project. In the project students write their own dreamtime story and then create dot art to go with it. A rubric is included for grading the projects. I have used this with my own class and they enjoyed it immensely.
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5th - 10th
Young Dark Emu MEGA BUNDLE - Shared Reading - Student Workbook - Reading Groups
This is a HUGE (100+page) mega-bindle of resources to support the teaching of the text Young Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe in the classroom.Young Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe re-examines Australia's Indigenous history, revealing advanced agricultural practices and intricate societies. When aligned with the Australian Curriculum (as this unit it), the book fosters cultural awareness and critical thinking, challenging students to reconsider pre-conceptions and appreciate the diversity of Indigenous perspec
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5th - 8th
Australian Curriculum Year 4 Geography | South America Research Project | HASS
This Year 4 Geography research project looks at life in a South American country. Students will be eager to research South America facts on culture, animals, famous landmarks and more. Templates are provided to help students with sub-headings and assessment. It has been designed to link with the Australian Curriculum, Year 4 Geography and HASS. However, any class studying and researching a country in South America would find this to be a valuable resource. Using Microsoft Teams? Open in Google s
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Year 4 Australian Curriculum Term Inquiry Bundle | Year 4 HASS
Experiences of the First Fleet Student Workbook
A seven page workbook that guides students through the journey from England to Australia on board the First Fleet. It contains informational texts with comprehension tasks, as well as tasks requiring creative writing. The front cover is black and white to allow students to colour in their own design. Addresses Australian Curriculum ACHASSK085 (Stories of the First Fleet, including reasons for the journey, who travelled to Australia, and their experiences following arrival).Please note that while
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4th
Also included in: First Fleet and Colonisation of Australia BUNDLE!
The Australian Gold Rush Mini Activity Pack
The Australian Gold Rush mini activity pack is a great 13-page tool for students to begin learning about and exploring the Gold Rush era in Australia. This activity pack aligns with the NSW HSIE/History curriculum and includes different learning activities to encourage different styles of learners to participate and learn.
Activities include:
- Locating where gold was found on a map
- Completing a timeline of gold related events
- Colouring in and researching the Eureka Stockade flag
- The Immi
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3rd - 7th
Australia Lapbooks I Information Report- I States-animals-landmarks-currency I
⭐Australia Lapbooks and Information Reports - States,animals,landmarks and currency ⭐Engage your students with these creative mini themed projects based on a range of aspects of Australian culture and the country itself. A great way to meet research standards and connect social studies and ELA writing standards. These lapbooks look great for classroom displays and presentations.☀Australian States☀Australian Animals☀Australian Landmarks (2 templates to choose from)☀Australian Bank Notes☀Australi
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4th - 6th, Staff
Also included in: Australian Geography and Celebration Days Bundle-
Gold Rush STEM Activity Bundle Colonial Life
Explore common structures and techniques used during the gold rush and colonial times with these STEM activities! Follow the design process to design and build working models of:-The windlass-The horse and cart-The wattle and daub hut-Gold Rush Research Project-An information text and PCQ have been added to introduce your students to the experiences of Aboriginal Peoples during the Gold Rush.*** Try a free sample of my STEM project; Bush Beds. ***For each of the three STEM projects, you will re
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Stage Two HUGE Integrated HASS/Literacy Bundle - First Contacts - Colonisation
This is a HUGE 360+ page integrated HASS/English bundle based on the History strand "First Contacts". The unit focuses on the effects of British colonisation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. There is everything needed to teach the ten-week unit of work, including background slideshows, printables, lesson plans, assessments, rubrics, supporting content and more. The topics explored in the lessons are:* What did life look like for Indigenous People before 1788* Friendly Contacts (t
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3rd - 5th
Gold Rush STEM Activity BUNDLE Colonial Life Transport
Explore common structures and techniques used during the gold rush and colonial times with these STEM activities! Follow the design process to design and build working models of THREE common forms of transport used during the gold rushes. The projects included are:-The Horse and Cart-The Cobb and Co Coach-The Wheelbarrow-An information text and PCQ have been added to introduce your students to the experiences of Aboriginal Peoples during the Gold Rush.*** Try a free sample of my STEM project; B
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HUGE English/HASS Stage 3 Unit From Little Things Big Things Grow - Wave Hill
This is a HUGE 220+ page Stage 3 integrated English/History unit called "From Little Things, Big Things Grow". This unit is based on the Stage Three History unit "Australia as a Nation", which requires students to explore the struggle of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People for rights and freedoms. This unit also incorporates Geography outcomes for Stage 3 as well. Students will explore three mentor texts, which are all linked to this topic, particularly the events surrounding the Wave H
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5th - 6th
Year 5 History Australian Curriculum Influential Australian Research HASS
This term long research project looks at an influential Australian in the 1800s. It has been designed to link with the Australian Curriculum, Year 5 History and HASS. However, any Middle School grade studying Australian life in the 1800s could successfully use this unit.Using Microsoft Teams? Open in Google slides, go to file and download - to PowerPoint. Open up the document and save as your own name. You can then edit/ upload individual slides or the whole document into Teams :-)THIS RESEARCH
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4th - 6th
Australian and Pacific Island Mythology
***Just recently updated as of February 2023 to include new activities, additional contextual videos and articles, and options for quizzes. I also re-formatted the PowerPoints and Word files to make them more visually appealing and user friendly. Zip file includes PowerPoint files, Word documents, and PDFs.This unit for Australian and Pacific Island mythology includes:Lesson Plan OverviewContextual Background Powerpoint with Notes PageAfter Reading Textual Analysis WorksheetOptions for Additiona
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8th - 12th
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Gold Rush STEM Activity BUNDLE Colonial Life Mining Techniques
Explore common structures and techniques used during the gold rush and colonial times with these STEM activities! Follow the design process to design and build working models of FOUR common forms of mining used during the gold rushes. The projects included are:-The Cradle-The Windlass-The Whip-The Puddler-A bonus file has been added to introduce your students to the experiences of Aboriginal Peoples during the Gold Rush.*** Try a free sample of my STEM project; Bush Beds. ***For EACH of the FOU
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