Geninne's Art Blog: September 2009
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for History/Social Studies
88 Depth and Complexity task cards for social studies/history! Can be used with grades 4-10+, and can be used with any textbook! $
Engaging Learning Practices and Higher Level Thinking!
Bloom's Quick Cards FREEBIE
Australian Unit Study | Creekside Learning
We’ve been Down Under for two weeks, learning about the wonderful animals and geography of Australia. We could’ve gone on for several weeks more, there’s so much to learn about this wonderful continent. Here’s a peek at some of the learning activities we did. Australian Animals My kids love animals and it’s a great way to introduce them to learning about a new place in the world. Since Australia has so many unique and interesting animals, we learned about one or two each day of our unit…
Australian Convicts Timeline
A timeline showing the progression of convict colonisation in Australia.
Australian History First Fleet & Sydney Cove
I have been passionate about teaching Aussie Studies in my curriculum and have used several resources and LOVED all of them! From set curriculum and BLM to Living Books……….I think…
Introducing Australian History
Over the past few years, we have learnt about Australian history through different events, such as Anzac Day, as it has provoked questions and stirred an interest. Knowing that my son loves stories, I introduced him to history through different picture books and from there, other hands-on learning activities have evolved. When I first looked at history, I thought about using the illustrated history books Our Sunburnt Country by Arthur Baillie and Our Australian Story by Janette Cassey…
Tom Appleby Convict Boy
Booktopia has Tom Appleby Convict Boy by Jackie French. Buy a discounted Paperback of Tom Appleby Convict Boy online from Australia's leading online bookstore.
History of Immigration Word Bank and Inquiry Questions
What do you get? • 32 word cards relating to immigration • Inquiry questions based on the content description for year six History strand of the Australian Curriculum How could you use this? • Classroom display board • Flash cards • Word pots • Class dictionary Australian Curriculum Links ACHHK115 ...
Australian History First Fleet & Sydney Cove
I have been passionate about teaching Aussie Studies in my curriculum and have used several resources and LOVED all of them! From set curriculum and BLM to Living Books……….I think…
National parks – Flash interactive
Years Foundation–2 Environment, Australian history
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY in pictures and STORIES
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FREE SAMPLE UNIT - A-Z of Convicts of Van Diemen’s Land Author: Simon Banard Themes: Convicts, Transportation, British colonisation and settlement Years: Australian Curriculum: English Years 4 and 5; History Years 4 and 5; Geography Year 4 (NSW Stage 2 and Stage 3) Codes: AC – Australian Curriculum: English. History EN – NSW English syllabus for AC HT – NSW History Unit writer: Amanda Worlley
First Fleet Clipart
On 26th January 1788, Aurthur Phillip landed at Sydney Cove and began the first European settlement in Australia. He was accompanied by 11 ships carrying just over 1500 convicts, sailors marines and their families. This set includes ten images in jpeg, png and blackline versions (30 files in total)...
HASS Inquiry Skills
Inquiry skills are at the heart of the HASS Australian Curriculum. This resource provides you with posters, templates and checklists to support your teaching of the inquiry process in year three and four. The resource has three sections;❶ Display Materials❷ Printable Templates❸ ChecklistsThe display...