This reading comprehension activity ‘A Special Delivery’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about newborn platypuses.
This worksheet, ‘Asking Questions about Australian Colonisation’ prompts students to create questions using one word from the left column and one word from the top row that can help in discussing and researching the arrival of the First Fleet. This great resource assists students in creating progressively more complex, higher-order questions to prompt critical thinking. …More
This worksheet, ‘Australian Colonisation’ asks students to use a storyboard to visually represent the relationship between sequential events. This resource is particularly useful in prompting exploration of Australian history and requires students to explain the sequence of events using pictures clues provided. Alternatively the students may be given the narration of events without pictures and …More
This worksheet, ‘Australian Colonisation’ provides students with a scaffold to logically sequence the major events following Captain James Cook’s claim on Australia in 1770. This resource logically segments students’ writing using prompts such as, first, then and finally to demonstrate the importance of chronologically sequencing historical events. The simple structure and can be used in …More
This worksheet, ‘Australian Colonisation’ assists students to graphically organise sequence of the causes and effects of the arrival of Europeans in Australia. It can be used as a comprehension activity or as a prompt for discussion. This is a great resource to encourage the use of higher-order and critical thinking skills.
This worksheet, ‘Australian Colonisation’ provides a structured diagram that helps students identify the who, what, when, where, why and how of the arrival of Europeans in Australia. It is a great visual graphic that can be used as a comprehension activity and to generate meaningful class discussion.
This Australian themed bunting can be reproduced and used as part of a colourful classroom display. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page. Each flag includes drawn cut-out holes allowing them to be strung together and hung in the classroom.
The classic song ‘Australian National Anthem’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic songs and nursery rhymes.
This article, ‘All About Australia: Australian National Days’, provides information about Australia’s national days. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of Australian culture and history and features colourful and engaging photographs.
This worksheet, ‘Cause and Effects of Australian Colonisation’ combines brainstorming and mind mapping skills to build an understanding of the relationship between the cause and effect of the arrival of the Europeans in Australia and the Celebration of Australia Day. It helps students to visualise all possible connections instead of simply focusing on the obvious …More
This reading activity, ‘Cloze’ provides opportunities for practice with finding the appropriate bird vocabulary to fill the blanks.
This reading activity, ‘Clues’ provides opportunities for practice with reading clues to find the appropriate animal to match.
This worksheet, ‘KWHL of Australian Colonisation’ prompts students to explore what they know about Australian Colonisation, what they want to learn, how they think they could learn about new ideas and what they have learnt following the learning tasks. This is a great, clearly formatted resource to encourage students to take responsibility for their own …More
This hands-on activity, ‘Lamington Recipe’ provides step-by-step recipe instructions for students to follow in the classroom or at home whilst helping them to understand the process of procedural writing. This resource gives students the opportunity to study the structure of a recipe and the language of instruction and is a great example to prompt more …More
This printable sheet music, ‘National Anthem – Advance Australia Fair (Australia)’ with lyrics can be reproduced for classroom use.
This worksheet, ‘The Effects of Australian Colonisation’ combines brainstorming and mind mapping skills to build an understanding of the effects of colonisation of Australia by the British. It helps students to visualise all possible connections instead of simply focusing on the obvious and develops essential critical thinking skills.
This worksheet, ‘Timeline of Australian Colonisation’ provides a vertical timeline with space for students to explore four key events using the dates provided. The timeline spans the period from 1770 to 1901 and includes key dates relating to the history of Australia. This resource allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of the sequence of important …More
The classic nursery rhyme ‘Waltzing Matilda’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
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