Search results

Refine by resource type

    Refine by year level


      Refine by learning area


        Refine by topic

        Main topic
        • No suggestions
        Specific topic Related topic
        • No suggestions

        Your search returned 9 results

        Listed under:  History  >  Social history
        Text

        Journeys to Australia

        • TLF-IDM021622

        This unit presents a learning sequence for Year 6 students to develop their historical inquiry skills by investigating the key immigration policies and programs Australia has implemented, identifying a range of reasons for migration, highlighting key events from post Federation to present day.

        View detailsView resource
        Text

        The Australian Colonies: Gold

        • TLF-IDM021621

        This inquiry-based unit presents students with a range of visual primary sources to spark curiosity about life in the 1800s. Each activity introduces a new concept related to the Australian Gold Rushes.

        View detailsView resource
        Text

        Commemorating the ANZAC legend

        • TLF-IDM021619

        This integrated lesson sequence will allow students to explore how and why people choose to remember significant events of the past, specifically Anzac Day and the Legend of the ANZACs.

        View detailsView resource
        Text

        Year 9: Our democratic rights

        • TLF-IDM020829

        This collection of resource sheets focus on the movement of peoples in the early period of the Western Australian colony, including the operation of Parkhurst Apprenticeship scheme. Guided research activities explore key features of Australia's court system and the key principles of the Australian justice system. The resources ...

        View detailsView resource
        Text

        Race, rights & rivalries

        • TLF-IDM025407

        This resource explores the history of Broome and the rich multicultural community that supported its pearling industry. The site features a virtual museum providing a range of primary source material including photographs, newspaper extracts, historical documents, video and audio recordings. The site explores the history ...

        View detailsView resource
        Video

        Rogue nation, 2009: NSW in 1819, convict gulag or place of opportunity?

        • TLF-IDM008346

        This clip is an excerpt from the 2009 documentary 'Rites of passage', the second of a two-part series entitled 'Rogue nation'. The clip begins with historian Michael Cathcart providing contextual information about England in the early 1800s. He says that in the midst of the industrial revolution, millions of people were ...

        View detailsView resource
        Video

        Tour of NSW Government House

        • TLF-IDM021245

        This resource is a YouTube playlist containing a series of videos taken as a group of senior high school students are given a guided tour of NSW Government House in 2010. The tour covers primary sources such as architecture, furniture and images significant to the history of Australia and NSW.

        View detailsView resource
        Text

        Year 5: roles, responsibilities and participation - Parkhurst apprenticeship scheme

        • TLF-IDM020712

        This collection of resource sheets for students and teachers examine the early colonial history of the Swan River Colony in Western Australia. The resources provide scaffolded research activities that focus on the Parkhurst Apprenticeship Scheme that sent indentured youths from England to work in the establishing Australian ...

        View detailsView resource
        Video

        NSW Governor Marie Bashir – 2010 speech to students

        • TLF-IDM021180

        This resource is a YouTube playlist containing a series of videos from a speech the NSW Governor Marie Bashir gave to senior high school students at Government House in 2010. She speaks on a range of topics, including the Australian system of government, the history of Australia and NSW, and her life. She also answers ...

        View detailsView resource