Riverside HSIE

Fantastic for information and mapping of natural hazards in Australia.

Some great resources on physical geography.

A great interactive activity for student to find out where things they own come from. Produces a map for them at the end. 

Fantastic mapping tool. Can change the base map (satellite, terrain etc.) and use the drawing and tagging tools. A quick and easy alternative to using Google Maps Engine.

Developing persuasive writing skills is a process that students start in elementary school and continue to develop through high school and beyond. Read Write Think offers a good interactive guide that can help students craft a good persuasive essay. The Persuasion Map asks students to start with a thesis statement before walking them through developing support for that thesis. Students can print their persuasion maps or email them to you.

The resrouces here are AMAZING! just for interest

Global Peace Index: The world's leading measure of national peacefulness

"To mark the centenary of World War One, RN hosts a series of special broadcasts. The Great War: Memory, Perceptions and 10 contested questions explores 10 critical questions about the war and Australia's place in it."

"Eurocentric views of the conflict ignore the millions of people from across the globe who fought on the same side"

"Ten historians from 10 countries give a brief history of the first world war through a global lens. Using original news reports, interactive maps and rarely-seen footage, including extraordinary scenes of troops crossing Mesopotamia on camels and Italian soldiers fighting high up in the Alps, the half-hour film explores the war and its effects from many different perspectives. You can watch the documentary in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic or Hindi thanks to our partnership with the British Academy."

Beta version of new Google Earth Tour Builder

"The Holocaust Commission is continually working on projects to support the education of students about 9/11"

From the BBC - a multimedia history platform with resources on WW1, WW2 and Civil Rights

A series of multimedia books on topics such as 'Where's the best place to live', 'Great Barrier Reef', 'Rights and freedoms/human rights', 'Popular culture post-war', 'Australian family homes', 'National Sorry Day, 'The White Australia Policy, 'The Cold War', 'Conscription', '1967 Referendum'

The obituary of Henry Catling - note "emigrated to Tasmania when only 14 years of age"

"Children in the Slave Trade" - Lesson plan about children in the slave trade - includes extracts from Olaudah Equiano's narrative