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Free australian history lessons
Postcard from Australia
FREEBIE Postcard template to use with your Australia unit.
Students will love writing to someone to tell them everything they know about Australia.
Various size postcard templates are included.
Students can either use the postcard with pictures on the front or a blank template so they can draw their own picture.
Be sure to check out the Australia Power Point and activities posted in our store. This postcard would make a great culminating activity for the unit.
Enjoy!
Kennedy's Korner
Grades:
1st - 6th
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What is a Didgeridoo?
This one page freebie introduces you to an instrument that is essential to Australian Aboriginal culture and music. How old is this unique instrument and what are the different names for a didg in various Australian Aboriginal Communities? Download this pdf to find out or look for the complete Australian Instruments Mini-Course.
WE’VE GOT A WORLD OF GREAT MUSICAL TEACHING RESOURCES…
Including songs, music cd’s, coloring pages, E-Books, musical craft activities, posters, mini-posters and more
Grades:
K - 4th
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Australian Curriculum History - Personal and Family Histories
The Australian Curriculum History, in the Historical Knowledge and Understanding strand, includes Personal and Family Histories (Foundation level) and Present and Past Family Lives (Year 1). Historical skills encourage the use of graphics to communicate
historical knowledge and understanding. The making of family trees to show the relationship between family members covers both strands and provides a creative, fun and easily-understood way to focus teaching and learning activities on family rela
Grades:
PreK - 5th
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Going Beyond the Law: Civics Lesson for Disengaged Teens
This download is just one lesson in my Going Above the Law unit. Lesson Goal: I understand what we will be learning about this term.Students will learn about the intricate relationship between humanities and society, exploring how every event and decision is motivated by power, money and influence (using the example of vaping!)ăƒ„ ★ This product is one of an all-inclusive 'Going Above the Law' bundle with ready-to-go lessons, a unit plan, assessments, hands on activities and more! All designed to
Grades:
8th - 11th
Decodable Reader: Sorry (Extended Text Version) Alabaster Education
This decodable reader can be used alongside the easier versions of this title included in Set 6 and Set 8 to provide differentiation for more able students in your class, or as a stand alone reader in a Year 1 or Year 2 class. It could also be used with young children as a class story to prompt discussion about the concept 'sorry', in order to develop social skills, or as part of learning about reconciliation processes. In Australia, it could be used as part of Sorry Day and NAICOC Week activiti
Grades:
K - 2nd
Australian Stolen Generations - Crack the Code Source Analysis
The Australian Stolen Generations - Crack the Code Source Analysis is a mini escape room activity designed to teach students about the Stolen Generations while developing source analysis skills.This activity requires students to work in teams to answer a series of questions (PPT Source Analysis Escape Room Questions) regarding the date of publication, whether the sources are primary or secondary, and the content of the sources.This resources comes with a set of 8 sources with a context and answe
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Aboriginal lessons Stage 2
This unit of work was developed to teach Aboriginal Education in a context outside the topic of British Colonisation. It is developed for a stage 2 class complying with the NSW syllabus, however, it can be easily adapted for any age and/or outcomes.
It uses the text "My Place" by Nadia Wheatley.
Included is;
3 lessons (relating to belonging, identity, Aboriginal perspectives)
A rational for implementing these teaching strategies and learning outcomes, relating to Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Dev
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
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First Nations Engineered Systems
This resource provides students opportunities to investigate and appreciate the complexities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander technologies. It involves videos and written text for students to interpret and answer questions regarding early engineered systems. Aboriginal Knowledge and information is sourced from:https://deadlystory.com/https://www.youtube.com/@leonoraaboriginalcultureta2990https://www.youtube.com/@abctv
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Aboriginal Art - Bark Painting and Natural Sculptures
The original context this unit was designed for was in an all Aboriginal metro school, with low literacy levels, small class sizes and composite year level classes.
Each lesson is about 50 minute blocks. The lesson plan provided are merely suggestions as to how the lesson was originally taught. The classroom teacher will always know their students best and modify their programming to suit their needs.
This unit of work has been tried and tested on three separate classes ranging from years 3 to
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 10th
Deep Time Walk Lesson Plan (Accompaniment of Audio file)
This is a free lesson plan that accompanies the Deep Time Walk audio file I have for sale. It is an Australian curriculum aligned introduction to the year Seven Deep Time Australia unit. It takes an inquiry stance and is aimed at full comprehension of vast time scales, by representing them spatially, as students oftentimes struggle to comprehend scales of Deep Time. There is consideration of the concepts of labelling periods of time, and the cultural implications of such practices. It is designe
Grades:
7th
Convict Profile
Australian HistoryCreate a convict profile. Who will you be on the First fleet? What was your crime and how long were you sentenced for?How was the journey?This can be used at the end of a history session after finding out about the first fleet and what the journey was like or as a stand alone session.This can also be incorporated as a writing session.
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Somebody's Land Read Aloud Defined Key Terms - FREEBIE
The perfect accompaniment to the read aloud "Somebody's Land". This FREE product includes a slideshow of defined key terms used in the book so students can gain a deeper understanding of Aboriginal culture.If you are looking for a more in depth resource to accompany Somebody's Land or an acknowledgement of country resource click here.
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Grades:
K - 3rd
The Separation of Powers in Australia Worksheet
A worksheet to accompany this video about the separation of powers in Australia.Check out my Youtube channel LEARN OR DIE for more free History, Geography and Civics videos and resources.
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Grades:
5th - 12th
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Australia: Undersea Organizer - WORKSHEET
**THIS IS AN INSTANT DOWNLOAD**This FREE worksheet includes 1 page from our Australia title.This Graphic Organizer asks students to research and collect facts about the Great Barrier Reef. This worksheet can be used on its own, or paired with the individual resource. And the best part is, it's FREE.************************************************************************How to Use this Organizer:Using this Undersea Organizer, students research and collect facts about the Great Barriet Reef. Look
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Source Activity - Indigenous Australia
A source activity using a primary source.This activity is based around the idea of Terra Nullius in Australia.Includes background information, source and questions.This activity includes a source from the 1800s and as such, includes words that are now considered inappropriate.Aboriginal Studies, History.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Australia & Pacific Travel Project - Distance Learning
Here is a guided internet research project formatted to go long with the Lonely Planet Australia & Pacific site. The website is visually very well done and highly organized. Topics covered include top attractions, recent news events, tours and activities and trip planning things to know. WEBSITE HAS CHANGE SO THIS NEEDS SOME MODIFCATIONS. NOW FREE!The guide directs students to read and report out about specific topics, while also allowing students some freedom to choose items of interest, t
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Australia Project BUNDLE - Distance learning
First Fleet Stem Challenge
A great stem activity to incorporate into a unit of work on the first fleet.
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Pre- Civil War Gallery Walk
This gallery walk makes the student analyze pictures from the Pre-Civil War era. It focuses on the economy, government preference, labor, and labor conditions of both the North and South.
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9th - 12th
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FREE - Remembrance Day Australia - Poster
FREE - Remembrance Day Australia - Poster - Australian History - Writing Prompts (Gr. 3-7). "Many a man lying out there at Pozières or in the low scrub at Gallipoli, with his poor tired senses barely working through the fever of his brain, has thought in his last moments: 'Well – well – it's over; but in Australia they will be proud of this.'" - Charles Bean, WWI veteran and memorial co-founder. Honor the heroes of Australia - Australian War Memorial. In this free sample: Remembrance Day Austral
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Grades:
K - 7th
Year 10 NSW Intro to Rights and Freedoms
Free PPT intro for Rights and Freedoms
Grades:
5th - 10th, Higher Education
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Geographies of Interconnections - Year 9 Geography
This unit examines the interconnections between people and places through the products people buy and the effects of their production on the places that make them.Students examine the ways that transport and information and communication technologies have made it possible for an increasing range of services to be provided internationally, and for people in isolated rural areas to connect to information, services and people in other places. These distinctive aspects of interconnection are investi
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Grades:
9th
The Stolen Generations
This lesson is an attempt at creating empathy for the Mothers who had their children forcibly removed. This lesson was originally designed for a Year 8 English Class but could also be adapted for other year levels and other Curriculum Areas, specifically History.
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8th - 10th
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FREE - Anzac Day
FREE - Anzac Day Poster - Remembrance Day - Australia - New Zealand - Writing Idea. In this free sample: Anzac Day Poster - service at dawn in King's Park, Western Australia (8.5 x 11", pdf). Anzac Day honors all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served". The yearly April 25 dawn service is based on the time ANZAC forces started landing on the Gallipoli
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Grades:
K - 12th
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Also included in:Â Special Education Bundle
Aboriginal Perspectives - Gariwerd Seasons
The Gariwerd Seasonal Calendar wheel resource provides a comprehensive resource that investigates Aboriginal perspectives of connection to Country (land, animals, and plants), particularly the seasons and the relationship to Country found within.This resource aligns utilises idea to achieve standards found within the Victorian Curriculum, these being: Describe perspectives of people from the past (VCHHC068).The significance of Country and Place to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples wh
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
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