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8th grade australian history thematic unit plans
Explore Australia Activity Pack
Explore Australia with your students! Learn about it's geography and history through these no-prep, printable, engaging & differentiated activities exploring Australia.What's inside?Students will learn:Where in the world is Australia?Australian States and Territories (differentiated pages)States, Territories and Capital cities, flags and floral emblems (flip-tab booklets or single page matching activities)Map It! - locate key geographical features and create a key (differentiated)Australian,
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in: Australia Activity Bundle
Australian Gold Rush Activity Unit
This printable, no-prep activity pack is a great 28-page tool for students to learn about the Gold Rush era in Australia. This activity pack aligns with the NSW HSIE/Australian HASS curriculum and includes different learning activities to encourage different styles of learners to participate and learn.HOW CAN YOU USE THIS PRODUCT?This pack is a great resource for casuals to have in their bag of tricks, and is equally as useful for classroom teachers to use when exploring historical Australia. It
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in: Australia Activity Bundle
Anzac Day Unit - 10 WWI History Lessons
Anzac Day is a public holiday in Australia where we commemorate those that fought for us at war, primarily in WWI. This unit includes 10 lessons and is primarily ICT based, where students will develop their research, summarising and writing skills as they learn about some of the key events and conditions of being involved in WWI.This unit includes:*Unit planner (2wks or 10 lessons)*An Immersion or Introductory Lesson*Mapping Task*Timeline Task*Exploring Soldiers’ Profiles*WWI Book Profile page t
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6th - 10th
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ANZAC Day Original Song Kit - Performance
"Can You Hear the Children Marching" is an original ANZAC Day song by Nathan Cahill. Sung by over 200 Australian schools in 2014 alone, the song perfectly demonstrates the 'pride of ANZAC' to both performers and audiences alike! This 'Essential Kit', designed for classroom or presentation use, includes:
Lyric video with vocals
Lyric video (backing only)
Vocal mp3
Backing mp3
Chord Chart
Simplified chord chart
Vocal/lead sheet
Piano score
Piano/vocal score
Lyric Sheet
Powerpoint file
Song discus
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Grades:
PreK - 12th
Aboriginal Civil Rights Movement Unit 10 tasks + inquiry project and essay
This unit of work focuses on the Aboriginal Civil Rights Movement of the 20th Century. It is a very interesting topic to do especially to compare and contrast with the US and South African Civil Rights Movements occurring at the same time.This unit is designed to be followed chronologically from slide 3-73. Teachers can pick and choose with subtopics are suitable to their curriculum. This unit includes:* Primary and secondary sources of photos, maps, film and audio* Aboriginal Australian history
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Australia Activity Bundle
Do you know what the capital of Tasmania is? Or how about the colours of the Eureka flag? Perhaps you'd like to teach your students about the different state and territory flags, or have a series of activities that students can complete independently when studying Australia? Then this bundle is a MUST have!GROWING BUNDLE: Combining some of my most popular sellers, this bundle is a great set of activities for any teacher to have in their resource library! Read more about each resource below.PLEA
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Aboriginal Dreamtime and Dot Art Project
This slide presentation explains Aboriginal Dreamtime stories and their connection to Aboriginal art. It contains lots of illustrations and links to videos of dreamtime stories. Also included are instructions and rubric for a project. In the project students write their own dreamtime story and then create dot art to go with it. A rubric is included for grading the projects. I have used this with my own class and they enjoyed it immensely.
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Grades:
5th - 10th
Young Dark Emu MEGA BUNDLE - Shared Reading - Student Workbook - Reading Groups
This is a HUGE (100+page) mega-bindle of resources to support the teaching of the text Young Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe in the classroom.Young Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe re-examines Australia's Indigenous history, revealing advanced agricultural practices and intricate societies. When aligned with the Australian Curriculum (as this unit it), the book fosters cultural awareness and critical thinking, challenging students to reconsider pre-conceptions and appreciate the diversity of Indigenous perspec
Grades:
5th - 8th
Australian and Pacific Island Mythology
***Just recently updated as of February 2023 to include new activities, additional contextual videos and articles, and options for quizzes. I also re-formatted the PowerPoints and Word files to make them more visually appealing and user friendly. Zip file includes PowerPoint files, Word documents, and PDFs.This unit for Australian and Pacific Island mythology includes:Lesson Plan OverviewContextual Background Powerpoint with Notes PageAfter Reading Textual Analysis WorksheetOptions for Additiona
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8th - 12th
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'First Contacts' Word Wall Australian History Vocabulary
"First Contacts" Australian History Vocabulary Word Wall Explore the vocabulary around Australian history HSIE/HASS topics with this word wall. With 40+ topic specific words you can use as needed - create a wall display with velcro or BluTak for interactivity or they could also be printed small for literacy tasks such as vocab building and sentence writing.Create using clip art from my HSIE Clip Art packs.Featured words around Cook's exploration, First Fleet (eg. boats), early settlement, convic
Grades:
2nd - 9th
Y7 Deep Time History Australia FULL UNIT PLAN - Australian Curriculum 9.0 ★★
Planning for the new Year 7 Deep Time History of Australia unit? It’s your lucky day! Whether you are looking for some structure and inspiration to get your planning started or a full unit ready for submission - this resource is for you!ツ ★ This product is one of an all-inclusive Deep Time bundle with 16 ready-to-go lessons, a unit plan, assessments, quizzes and more! All designed to save you time and guarantee a culturally responsive curriculum ツ ★What this unit DOES include✓ Unit Overview✓ Ful
Grades:
6th - 9th
Australia: Human and Environmental Interactions Gr. 5-8
**This is the chapter slice "Human and Environmental Interactions" from the full lesson plan "Australia"** About the FULL RESOURCE:Take your students on a journey through Australia, its countries, regions and cities by roadways and waterways. Understand its location relative to the rest of the world. Learn the interesting physical characteristics, wildlife, vegetation, population, and climates of the regions. Discover which human and environmental interactions are being made in Australia that im
Grades:
5th - 8th
Australia: Continent Project
This is a 19 page, 40 question, research based project about the continent of Australia.
Students are asked to do the following- name the continent, name the hemisphere, list the countries, draw the country flags, list all major water bodies, describe the size of the continent, list the approximate population, label the political map, find the largest country, find the smallest country, list islands that are a part of the continent, list major land and waterforms, list plants and vegetation, l
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Australia: Place Gr. 5-8
**This is the chapter slice "Place" from the full lesson plan "Australia"** About the FULL RESOURCE:Take your students on a journey through Australia, its countries, regions and cities by roadways and waterways. Understand its location relative to the rest of the world. Learn the interesting physical characteristics, wildlife, vegetation, population, and climates of the regions. Discover which human and environmental interactions are being made in Australia that impact world wide. Students will
Grades:
5th - 8th
Australian Aboriginal Cultural Activities and Current Issues
Here we have 15 activities on Australian Aboriginal Culture and current issues. Engage your students with these interesting and thought-provoking activities about Aboriginal culture. Have students reflect on current issues and think deeply about the effects of these. Look at the impact of famous Aboriginal Australians on our society. These activities are easily adapted to suit a range of age and ability levels. Perfect for NAIDOC Week.
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Grades:
3rd - 10th
Australia: Regions Gr. 5-8
**This is the chapter slice "Regions" from the full lesson plan "Australia"** About the FULL RESOURCE:Take your students on a journey through Australia, its countries, regions and cities by roadways and waterways. Understand its location relative to the rest of the world. Learn the interesting physical characteristics, wildlife, vegetation, population, and climates of the regions. Discover which human and environmental interactions are being made in Australia that impact world wide. Students wil
Grades:
5th - 8th
NAIDOC 2019
A week's worth of upper primary tasks to celebrate NAIDOC week. You can use this pack year after year, with only one slide that is specifically targeted towards the 2019 theme. This PowerPoint includes videos as well as activities for your class to participate in.
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Australian Writing Prompts Story Starters Creative
G'day mate!You are looking at 16 very creative writing prompts and story starters that could be used in an upper primary classroom. A huge effort has been made to use topics that both boys and girls will be interested in and as a result, many of the stories your students write will be quite dramatic. You've never seen these prompts before!The 16 story starters and writing prompts are based on an Australiana theme. You'll have stories containing Vegemite, koalas, BBQs, sharks, didgeridoos,Tim Tam
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Australia: Location Gr. 5-8
**This is the chapter slice "Location" from the full lesson plan "Australia"** About the FULL RESOURCE:Take your students on a journey through Australia, its countries, regions and cities by roadways and waterways. Understand its location relative to the rest of the world. Learn the interesting physical characteristics, wildlife, vegetation, population, and climates of the regions. Discover which human and environmental interactions are being made in Australia that impact world wide. Students wi
Grades:
5th - 8th
Migration Unit - Using Multiple Intelligences and Blooms Taxonomy
This unit was designed for middle years students to engage them in the process of choosing learning within structure. Students choose from a variety of columns, with each column increasing in score value. For example, the teacher says that 30 points must be achieved. Then the student chooses tasks worth 30 points. This creates flexibility and differentiation for both the teacher and the student, with the teacher being able to choose the goal according to the students. (1 point for Remembering a
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5th - 8th
Australia: Movement Gr. 5-8
**This is the chapter slice "Movement" from the full lesson plan "Australia"** About the FULL RESOURCE:Take your students on a journey through Australia, its countries, regions and cities by roadways and waterways. Understand its location relative to the rest of the world. Learn the interesting physical characteristics, wildlife, vegetation, population, and climates of the regions. Discover which human and environmental interactions are being made in Australia that impact world wide. Students wi
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5th - 8th
Conflict and Consequence Cross-Curricula Thematic 10 Program of Study
This program was designed to cater to the needs of an Australian SSP (School for Specific Purposes) class for students who exhibit challenging behaviours. The program was written for an Australian Stage 4 class (Years 7 and 8) but could easily be adapted for younger or older students.The outcomes are from the Australian Curriculum (mainstream) with adjustments made throughout to cater for students’ highly personalised learning and behaviour needs.
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Leveled Activities - Animism of Oceania (English Version)
These are the worksheets that I use as a launch-point for self-directed learning in my classroom. The students use these worksheets as an introduction to a unit and then, if they've enjoyed them, continue doing independent research into the topic. The worksheets include videos, reading comprehension, word searches, puzzles, and occasionally crafts. The first page is an introduction to the unit, then three levels of activities which get progressively more difficult but also more entertaining. Thi
Grades:
6th - 9th
Australia and Oceania Map Activity and Mini Theme
Australia and Oceania Map Activity and Mini Theme has students use an atlas, the Internet, and other available resources to help complete the labeling of the Map of Australia and Oceania.Students label the following:Physical Features of Australia and New ZealandRivers, Bays, and Harbors of Australia and OceaniaMountains of Australia and OceaniaBodies of Water in Australia and OceaniaIslands of Australia and OceaniaCities of Australia and OceaniaAustralia and Oceania Map Activity and Mini Theme a
Grades:
5th - 9th
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