Riverside HSIE

Resources for Australian Curriculum with work samples

Excellent list of links for Business - Prelim & HSC

Good for Yr 8 Geo

"US History in 15 minutes, designed primarily as a short study guide for students taking the standardized test in Texas High Schools."

"Manifest Destiny tells the story of the United States in 141 maps from the Declaration of Independence to the present."

Launched in March 2009, The Making of Modern Australia is a cross-platform people's history of postwar Australia. What began as an interactive website is now also a major four-part TV documentary series on ABC TV and a book of the same name, written by series narrator William McInnes.

infogr.am looks like a pretty easy tool for creating infographics that can be linked to or embedded.

"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

Short, sharp video on water. Great for Yr 8 Geo

"Over 5000 Historical Novels Listed by Time and Place Including more than 400 Reviews"

"Visible Thinking is a flexible and systematic research-based approach to integrating the development of students' thinking with content learning across subject matters. An extensive and adaptable collection of practices, Visible Thinking has a double goal: on the one hand, to cultivate students' thinking skills and dispositions, and, on the other, to deepen content learning. By thinking dispositions, we mean curiosity, concern for truth and understanding, a creative mindset, not just being skilled but also alert to thinking and learning opportunities and eager to take them"

"Examples of Propaganda from WW1"