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Webquests & Web Lessons

Elizabeth Graham has kindly donated the following seven webquests:

Stage 4 Ancient Greeks Webquest
Stage 4 Medquest (Medieval)
Stage 4 Celtic Webquest
Stage 4 Medieval Japan Webquest
Stage 6 (Preliminary) Webquest on the Iceman
Stage 5 Frontier Wars Webquest
Stage 5 Stolen Generations Webquest

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Kieran O'Regan has very generously donated 8 weblessons he has created for junior history covering the topics of:

Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome,
Vikings, Barbarian Invasions, and the Medieval Church

Charmi Devi: Warrior Queen of Haripunchai - a ebquest for Stage 4 History by Denis Mootz

Australia in World War Two - a web quest for students designed by Beatriz Cartlidge & Erica Thomas

Attack Upon Australia - a webQuest for Stage 5 History by Denis Mootz

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Scheyville Site Study Worksheets
Refer to 'Stage 5 Site Sudy: Scheyville' in Teaching History June 2006, pp 60-63

"What happened to Juanita Nielsen?" - original sources
Refer to article in Teaching History Vol 39, No. 1, March 2005

Commentary on Herodotus' Battle of Plataea
Accompanied by photos of the battle recreated by miniature figurines.

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Junior History Resources

Aborigines
• Text from several primary sources about whites first contact with Aborigines
• Class lesson: Empathy Roleplay exercise to foster reconciliation consciousness

General Ancient
• How to teach juniors the concepts applying to and the use of Timelines

Ancient Greece
• A CLOZE passage about Ancient Greek Hoplites suitable for Juniors as well as Seniors
• The map of the World as the Herodotus and the Ancient Greeks knew it with Greece as the centre.

Ancient Rome
• Simple chart of terminolgy for the Roman calendar, dates and days
• Simple chart of terminolgy for the Roman money
• Class Lesson: Pictorial cutaway diagrams and activity to label a Roman style House. Useful for Junior
• History as well as Preliminary (Pompeiian houses) and HSC history (Roman society topics).

Ancient China
• A CLOZE passage about Ancient China

Ancient Egypt
• A CLOZE passage about Ancient Egypt
• An Egypt assignment for juniors

Middle Ages & Age of Exploration
• A CLOZE passage about the coming of the Anglo-Saxons
• A CLOZE passage about the Feudal System
• A class lesson: Fun writing exercise to increase recall and focus on key aspects of Medieval history
• Informative text document on Castles
• A CLOZE passage about Medieval Japan
• Brief notes on explorers during the Age of Exploration

Australia at the Turn of the 19th to 20 th century; Federation; WW1; Gallipoli
• A lesson idea on Federation
• A text passage about federation
• Questions on the Federation passage above
• Discussion about Australian Links with Britain
• Notes about Australian Links with Britain
• Informative overview of WW1 causes
• Informative overview of censorship during WW1
• Definition of Conscription
• Short discussion of the devastating effects of new war technology in World War One
• Lesson idea on World War One technology
• A CLOZE passage about weapons of World War One
• Various overviews and details on the Gallipoli campaign
• Study questions for Gallipoli

The Great Depression, 1929-1935
• Academic essay about the Great Depression
• Source: indicating some of the conditions for the unemployed in the Great Depression
• Questions for studying the Great Depression
• Source: "Weevils in the Flour" – indicating some of the conditions for the unemployed in the Great Depression
• Statistics on Unemployment figures by state, year of Depression with brief commentary on peculiar features found

Other Topics for Junior History:
• The Holocaust
• Kokoda
• Korean War
• Class lesson: Writing exercise for how to write a diary style text incorporating historical fact
• Excursion idea of The Rocks

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Ancient History Resources

Ancient Greece
• Warfare in the Greek World 500 – 440 BC
• Short notes on Thucydides' background and possible bias
• Simple exercise for gaining broader understanding with a variety of Ancient Greek historians and their possible biases
• Notes on Greek Hoplites
• Outline of the Books 7 of Herodotus briefly describing each chapters’ contents
• Reference to Atlantis as it occurs in Plato’s Critias and Timaeus. Useful for Preliminary history of the Thera/Akrotiri topic.
• Latest archaeological/geological report asserting closer similarities with the physical layout of Atlantis as per Plato (reference to an island within an island topography).

Persian Wars
• Persian War Paper from 2004 HSC Study Day
• Brief description of different soldier types from Persian Wars. Also useful for Peloponnesian Wars and most warfare of the Ancient world.

Ancient Rome
• Suetonius' The Lives of the Caesars - Divus Iulius / The Deified Julius
• Class Lesson: Pictorial cutaway diagrams and activity to label a Roman style House. Useful for Junior History as well as Preliminary (Pompeiian houses) and HSC history (Roman society topics).

Sparta
• Stage 6 Spartan Society Group Oral Assessment and marking grid

Xerxes notes
• Xerxes bibliography
• Xerxes notes
• Xerxes program

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The 2nd A.I.F in Malaya (1941-1942) an article by Jean Birch

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Photo Gallery

German Revolution

Courtesy of Mr Denis Mootz's wonderful picture collection, we have photos and sources from the German Revolution. The sources are invaluable in illustrating the violence and fear of the time.

 

 

Photographs courtesy of Denis Mootz