CONTENTS 1.  a) The Dreamtime      b) Aboriginal people and the colony of NSW 2. Voting groups in Australia at the time of federation     a) Australia in 1900 - Recreate a photo album...     b)  Australia in the 1900s         i) Boxing 1908       c)   i) Street scenes in Melbourne 1911           ii) Fire brigade 1911           iii) Fire brigade rescue practice           vi) Working in the city clothes - 1910       d) Reasons behind Federation     e) Constructing the East-West Rail Link      f) Federation and Defending Our Shores     g) The Founding of Canberra     h) i. Federation and the White Australian Policy         ii Prime Minister Barton and the White Australia Policy         iii The 'White Australia' Policy - background to abolition (facts sheet)         iv Later interview with Archbishop Manix        i) The kidnapping of Islanders for the Queensland sugar industry      j)  Federation 1901  (When open scroll down for answers)      k) Animated revision quiz - Federation      l)  1901, our first Parliament meets. m) Federation - A New 'White' Nation Forms Notebook10             9 For use with Interactive White Board  or open via wiki 3.  General research overview task of Australians at war      a) Film clip from the time of the Boer War      b) Empire Day 1915 Read the teachers notes section. 4.  a) Drag and match the correct terms from WW1      b) The First World War begins      c) ‘It’s cold-blooded murder’ Extract from the movie Gallipoli      d) Kaiser Wilhelm II Meeting His Generals (note the fist!)      e) Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff      5. War Posters and Trench warfare of WWI      a) British Troops Receiving Rations      b) British Troops Pumping Water From a Trench      c) An artillery bombardment      d) German Troops Preparing Trenches 6.  Von Schlieffen Plan 7.   Conscription during WW1    i. William Hughes and the 1916 Conscription Badge    ii. World War 1 and the Conscription Referenda iii Interview with Arch Bishop Manix 8.  The ANZACs     i.  Monash at Gallipoli     ii.  Jack Hazlitt - World War 1 Digger     iii. Monash and Billy Hughes     iv. The Effects of World War 1 on the Australian Economy     v.  WW1 in colour       vi   B&W clip of the war    vii The Australians are coming The famous charge of the Light Horse                 - read the ' the teachers notes'... 9.   Women in Action - WW1     a) women in the war effort at home during WW1       b) Australian suffragettes       c) Women in politics   10.  The Great Depression     i. The story of the Sydney harbour bridge in the 1930s 11. The Dismissal of the NSW Premier - Jack Lang 12. On-line revision quiz - General Australian History        i Australia in the 1920s and the 'Talkies'         ii.  The movie theatres 1900 - 1940       iii. The Sentimental Bloke         iv Trains and swimming costumes in the 1920s!        v The The Spanish Flu and  the 1920s        vi Billy cart races!        vii The1920s life-style        viii Fashion and children's games        ix 1920s film clips -year by year        x  Sydney cars and trams 1928        xi Don Bradman 13. Immigration and multiculturalism       i. Immigration – Fill it or Lose It       ii. Bonegilla Migrant Camp       iii. Key Facts in Immigration 14. Australia and World War II       a) Australia in WWII       b) Australia at war 1939 1945       c) Australia at War       d) Kokoda Track           i) A newsreel film from Kokoda       e) Mini subs attack in Sydney Harbour       f) Sub attack animation       g) Women's Land army during WWII 15. The Australian Government       i. Animation - history of voting       ii. Animation - make your vote count       iii. Animation - Democracy and voting - a MC test.       iv. Animation - Referendums  - a MC test.       v. Animation - Preferential voting - a MC test       vi. Democracy game 1       viii Democracy game2       ix Voting: Create your own comic     x Make your own crossword (Is Australia a Republic or...) 16. a) Australian Culture in the 1960s       b) Beatlemania in Australia in 1964       c) The impact of technology on everyday life - post war  60s and 70s       d) Transport - The impact of technology  - post war  60s and 70s       e) The Australian Dream Home and with new appliances        f) Social and cultural features of the 60s        g) Music of the 60s 70s and 80s        h) Research Task - Australia’s post-war social and cultural history        I) The last horse transport - 1960s   17. Land Rights and Native Title      i. Native Title 18. Changing attitudes to Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War      i. Flash - the spread of communism      ii. Why did Australia enter the Vietnam war?      iii Why were we fighting there?      iv. The Vietnam Protest Movement      v. The soldiers experience 19. The Whitlam Era 20. The Changing Government Policies on Aboriginal an Torres Strait Islanders       i.  An Aboriginal Settlement in the 1920s         ii  Trying to 'breed out the black'         iii 'Stolen' children on a Mission Station         iv  The Stolen Generation       v  Stolen Generations - The half casts...   vi For use with IWB - Changing Rights and Freedoms... or via wiki 21.  The Freedom Rides       i  Create a photo essay that tells the story of          Australia’s Indigenous people.....       ii Australia's record on Indigenous people's rights. 22. Australia's International Relations between the wars

 PAST SCHOOL CERTIFICATE  PAPERS
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/schoolcertificate/sc_austhist_geog.html
http://www4.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/  Practice past multiple choice questions from past School Certificate tests.
Select your own past multiple choice tests for revision

                
1. THE DREAMTIME
 In your book put the heading Aboriginal Dreamtime and then visit the  following site. It has a good collection of Dreamtime stories.
a) Select one that interests you and write one paragraph in your book explaining what it is about.
b) Explain what moral or events, in the story the Aboriginal People could use to teach young Aboriginal children how to think or behave; or could base some of their Aboriginal laws on.
c) make a quick coloured picture in your book that illustrates a scene from the Dreamtime story.
http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/index.htm Or from this site you can listen to some dreamtime stories: http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/storylist.htm 
d) Explore this interactive map of the early Australian indigenous population. Select the Aboriginal group that lived or lives closest to where you are living now, and write a magazine style article of the history of this group. Include illustrations.
http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/library/media/Map/id/10.Map-of-Aboriginal-Australia

2. The Voting groups in Australia at the time of  Federation (Syllabus question)


 

3. General research overview task of Australians at war:
http://www.lakemunmor-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/onlineworksheets/stage%203/anzac.htm

 12. At the following site click and do the student quizzes on this link: http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/activities/quizzes/02aust_modhistory.htm
Australia's general history in the 19th and 20th centuries

13. a) At the following site, on the different timelines, click a selection of the sound, image and video clips to revise the multicultural history of Australia
Remaking Multicultural Australia for the 21st Century
www.multiculturalaustralia.gov.au
Sample clips of Archival Footage:
"Kanakas" workers in Queensland Cane fields 1899:
http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/library/media/Video/id/316.Kanakas-workers-in-Queensland-Canefields-1899 
Post-war migration:
http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/library/media/Video/id/318.Post-war-migration
The migrant experience:
http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/library/media/Video/id/320.The-migrant-experience-episode-4-working
 Fact-sheet: Point form overview of 50 years of Post WWII immigration

b) Research activity: Make an interactive timeline of the history of immigration in Australia.
From dates on the timeline related to different cultural groups or changes in government policy, have hyperlinks to additional pictures, or video clips or additional information.
Include the main dates in the history of the White Australia Policy as well on the timeline.

c) At the following site click and do the student quizzes on this link:
http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/activities/quizzes/05multi_policy.htm the development of Australia’s multicultural policies?

 14. Australia in World War II  


 

15. The Australian Government   Diagram from 'Peeling Back Parliament' which illustrates the three levels of Government in Australia a) Sketch the following diagram in your book:   b.   Watch the video: What is parliament c.  Play the multimedia game: Pass the Bill d.  See who is in Parliament today. e.  Explore the following sites:                                             f. From the above two sites, write out five new facts in your book, that you have discovered about the Australian system of government . (heading: 'The Australian Parliament') g. Click on the link below and answer the following questions The parliamentary system i. When did the federal system of government commence in Australia? ii. What are the four important functions of parliament? iii. What is another name for proposed laws? iv. What is the only way that changes can be made to the Constitution?

16. Skim read all of the following web page The ’60s culture … and beyond and then make some point-form notes in your book about the different aspects of social change in the Sixties.
Or present the information as a series of cartoon sketches.
Or create a 1960s character. Have him or her write a number of diary entries that describe and show his or her reactions to events and social changes of the time. (This video might give you some ideas:
'The Beatles are Dangerous': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vicAOQ6QDGs )

17. Land Rights and Native Title
a) Read the sources on the above link and then answer the questions in complete sentences in your book. You must use some of the words from the questions, and the sources in your answers. Also do the mind map in your book.
b) View this Video Clip: Bob Randall is a Yankunytjatjara Elder and a traditional owner of Uluru (Ayers Rock). Bob is one of the Stolen Generation of the Aboriginal people, taken from his family at the age of seven

18.  Changing attitudes to Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War.

19. The Whitlam Era

20. Government Policies on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

21. The Freedom Rides.
      Pretend you were one of the University students that went on the freedom ride. Write an account of the event. In your account explain why you went on
 the ride, what events happened during the ride and what effects resulted from the freedom  ride. (1- 1/2 pages) Use this info. page to help you.
 

22. Australia's International Relations between the wars. a)  From your text book and the Internet, make some brief point-form notes on the following:  Australia as a Global Citizen ·  Australia’s role in the following: –   United Nations, including UNESCO, and UN conventions –   regional agreements, including Colombo Plan, APEC ·   outline key developments in Australia’s role within the UN in the post-war period   ·   assess an achievement of Australia in its role within the UN ·    explain the purpose of Australia’s regional agreements b)  Make notes from this site on anything you don't have notes on, and then do the quiz at the bottom of the site. Record your score in your workbook:  Post War Australian International Relations     Alternative task - Write a speech titled: "Don't Be an Ostrich - Why we all should be informed about Australia's place in the world, and the history of Australia's involvement in International Relations."                                      .................. C)  Do the following past paper multiple choice questions: An example of how this topic has been tested in the School Certificate in the past : An extract from the 2006 School Certificate

'First Fleet Re-enactment'

Old Parliament House, Canberra

Sir Henry Parkes- the "Father of Federation."

Sir Edmund Barton- the first Prime Minister of the new Commonwealth of Australia.

WW1 Duckboards

 

Women working in a munitions  factory (bullets and artillery shells etc.)