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     HISTORY
WWII Group Project -
    Experiences of Australians on the Home Front

oftware 4 Interesting Presentations - 4 Laptops & PCs
           - Student presentation software options
 A Practice Formal Letter - (Word doc.)
   Using Persuasive Writing and Evidence from Sources.
 Picking the right evidence to support your point
 Why Study History? (updated)
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  - Dier el Medina

   - Archaeology or History?

  - Heritage Issue - Mini Essay

  - Pop-outs Project - Word doc.  (PDF copy)

Reconstruct the past - An Artefact Jigsaw

Year 9/10 Australian History  &
                                    e.g Australia in World War II
Tollund Man 
        
 Traditional Aboriginal Society

South American Empires

The Native Americans

 Early Human Progress

The Rise of Early Civilisations 

  Ancient Egypt 
          -  Society and Government     
       -  Religion
         -  Visit an Egyptian Temple
         - The Pyramids
        - Hieroglyphics explained (Comedy sketch)

  Ancient Greece
       - The Greek Theatre
          - Ancient Athens  via wiki
          - Ancient Greek Architecture
             1. Greek Architecture and Religion
            2. Architectural Features
            3. Building Techniques
          - Pericles' Funeral Speech
          - Ancient Greek Warfare

  Ancient Rome
       - The Roman Empire
      - The Roman Army
       - Roman Technology
       - Religion in Ancient Rome 
      - The Roman Soldier or download via wiki

  The Dark Ages
       - The Barbarian Invasions (updated )
       - The Anglo-Saxon Invasions (updated)
        - The Vikings
          - 'You Little Viking!' - Assignment
             Assignment Marking Rubric

  The Middle Ages
       -  The Norman Conquest
          Medieval Knights
       -   The Feudal System
       - The Church 
       - China in the Middle Ages
      - Japan - Research Skills Task  
       - Attacking a Castle 
      - Medieval Society: GroupWork doc.
      - Stained Glass in the Middle Ages
       Page 1 doc.   Page 2 doc. glass research sites
      - The Crusades 

  The Renaissance
       Intro_Worksheet_page1    Page2
       - Leonardo da Vinci 
        - Marco Polo  (ICT Skills ) 
              -  Sea Exploration

The English Reformation  

The Protestant Reformation  

  The Spanish Armada 

The American War of Independence
    -1.The Background Causes
    -2.Overview of Key Events During the War
    -3.The Boston Massacre
    -4.The Boston Tea Party
    -5.Battle of Bunker Hill
    -6.The Revolutionary War Battles - New York Focus
    -7.The War of Independence - Research Options
  Checklist Summary of the Units Questions (Word doc.)
 http://www.onlinewarfare.ning.com / War Projects Extension/
             American Revolution
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The French Revolution

  Rasputin the Mad Monk

  “ I Have a Dream…”
         - The Civil Rights Movement.

The Political Spectrum

First Contact - Aboriginal People and British Soldiers and Settlers 

Conflict: The Native Americans and European Settlers

Spanish Conquistador Hernando Cortez
    Research Essay - Sources Provided  

Ancient Rome - (Write your own chapter...)   
 - Historical Investigation  - (Student example Evelyn )

 The First World War
= Notebook10 for use with interactive white boards
                           about Notebook10
     -  Europe1900-War Clouds on the Horizon
     -  The Von Schlieffen Plan        9 via wiki
     -  Trench Warfare or if it wont open, via wiki
       -  WW1 Terms    to view via wiki

          Collection - History Video Clips  

              Student ICT Activities
 

      ENGLISH
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       Writing
          - Fantasy - Writing a Fun Narrative (updated)
          - Letter Writing - (Find on this site the link to
                      the fun 'new letter writing interactive'.)
               - Children in War -  Investigate all aspects of this site: 
                 http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/  and then write a recount:
                 “I can remember when I was a child during the war. Life was very different 
                 then….." (2 pages of writing, and include a small illustration.) 
                - Writing good dialogue
                - We all write for a purpose, for example, to persuade someone.  
                   Could you write an Email to persuade a friend to....?.
                - Vocabulary
           - A quick checklist for writing a good story
                - Describe an interesting setting
                - Describing Characters - three activity worksheets
                - What makes a good short story? 
                - The Narrative Arch - Structure of a Short Story
         Creative Writing Marking Scale
           - Cat Story.   Cat Story Activities. (Right click to rotate right)
                - Gorgeous Grammar! 
             - Language Terms
             - How do you spell ________?   
                - Common Spelling Errors
           - Working with the concept of 'belonging'


          Reading-
               - Novel novel activities!
            - Pirates! 
            - Types of Literature  
            - A unit to do with 'The Cay' by Theodore Taylor
            - Story map - Go to the following site to get some ideas on how you can
                  draw a flow-chart of the story line or plot of the novel you are studying:
                  http://www.allaboutspace.com/graphicorganizers/storymap/ 
               -A small unit to do with 'The Witch's Daughter' by Nina Bawden
                      ( Reading Progress Questions ) 
               - Emotive Language in Newspapers 
               -  A unit to do with 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' 
               (Harry Potter Book 1) by J.K.Rowling   MS Word version   ( pages 1- 4  ,  5 - 9 )
               - Analyse an Advertisement 
               - Novel Characters word.doc       
               - A worksheet for 'Toad Rage' By Morris Gleitzman word.doc
               - A unit to do with 'Goodnight Mr.Tom' by Michelle Magorian  
             MS Word version
                 
             Listening Skills
              -  Effective Listening Skills
           -  Old Time Radio

          Poetry-
              - Fun with Limericks...
              - Responding to poetry
                  - Similes and Metaphors
                  - Wild Witches Poetry word.doc
                  - Poetry Types and Terms
                   - Poetry Terms for Pirate Poets!
            
          The Theatre-
           - Script Writing (updated)

          Film Study- 
               - Film Reviews   ( A Wrinkle in Time )
                   - Star Wars (Revised) Word doc. version
                         - A Film Review Task

          How to write a great speech
                   (Student ICT Skills exercise) 
      Composers   (Music Web Lesson)
           Ludwig van Beethoven    

        Good software for making Interesting Research Presentations
         
       Local History Site Studies
                 - Virtual Site Study - K 13 memorial
                 WW I  Attack Submarines   
                       Local History Mystery
                   Local History Mystery Sources

         The Interactive-Learning Wiki  

           The Indigenous Australian Engineering Summer School
                     Opportunity - Year 10 and 11 Students

 Student Digital Projects
     - Make an interactive time line of your life 
        Richard
     - Build a mini web site on an Ancient Society       
        Hannah    
     -  Photo Essay -  Two Ancient Societies
       Ediandra's (needs volume on max)    Mathew 
     - Marking Guidelines for Digital Essay
     -  Write a Photo Essay   'The Dismissal'
     - Create your own Web Lesson
     - Australia in 1900 - Recreate a photo album...  
              Student sample -in NoteBook10  
     - Digital Essay - Between the Wars   
          An example of a group task digital essay.
     - The 1920s - The 'dizzy decade', was it a ten year
         long party? Leanna (v.good but slower loading.)
     - Make your own mini-documentary on the
     - Notebook 10 Student Activities  print vers.
        Vietnam War
 - Historical Investigation - Digital Presentation - Task
       (Print friendly version)   Evelyn

  A note about how these Web Lessons were made. Updated:  Wednesday, 08 May 2013

                                                                                                                                            Acknowledgements