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A description of Darwin from the National Archives, including primary sources.

Reason in Revolt project aims to bring together primary source documents of Australian radicalism as a readily accessible digitised resource. By 'radical' we refer to those who aimed to make society more equal and to emancipate the exploited or oppressed. As it grows and develops, the project website will become an expanding record of the movements, institutions, venues and publications through which radicals sought to influence Australian society.

"Explorations are inquiry-based, interactive modules designed to give students the opportunity to do history: to conduct research, analyze primary sources, and draw their own conclusions." - US history

"TDF offers full watchable documentaries and information on documentaries by quoting reviews from trusted sources. "

Using historical sources such as newspaper extracts, cartoons, speeches and biographies, the Getting it Together packages contain a series of activities for students to explore in the classroom. A national package brings each of the colonial stories together or each colony can be studied separately.

This is a great source for images relating to geography. An excellent 'Image of the Day' section as well as focusses on natural hazards and other environmental features both natural and anthropogenic. 

"With more and more of the world's content online, it is critical that students understand how to effectively use web search to find quality sources appropriate to their task. We've created a series of lessons to help you guide your students to use search meaningfully in their schoolwork and beyond. On this page, you'll find Search Literacy lessons and A Google A Day classroom challenges. Our search literacy lessons help you meet the new Common Core State Standards and are broken down based on level of expertise in search: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced."

Lesson plan on the Middle Passage - audio, visual and written sources

French Revolution primary sources

"This unit presents a learning sequence for a topic, the mystery of Narrabeen Man, which is a case study for investigating the nature of the sources for ancient Australia and what they reveal about Australia's past."

The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world - North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Africa, Central and South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania and the Pacific

one for you warrick and may have application for other teachers if we can upload other maps - will check it out.

Stanford University's Spatial History Project is a community that combines humanities research with "spatial, textual and visual analysis." On their about page, they explain that as scholars, they realize the significance and importance of displaying information within a spatial context. Too often, history is presented chronologically but a visual can provide learners with valuable context to help them make connections to a broader context.