Humanities & Social Sciences (HASS)
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Free for SubscribersResource: James Cook
$4.00This resource examines the life of James Cook and his contribution to the process which led to European settlement around the world, including Australia.
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Resource: Jean Cousin
$2.00It is claimed that Jean Cousin encountered the coast of Brazil in 1488, four years before Columbus reached the Caribbean. These claims are controversial, but became the basis for later French claims in the Americas.
This resource examines these claims and later actions by the French and is aligned with Year 4 Australian Curriculum History, Geography and HASS.
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Resource: Jeanne Baret
$2.00A relatively unknown female explorer was the first woman to circumnavigate the world, Jeanne Baret. Dressed as a man, she sailed on the voyage of Louis Antoine de Bouganville as the assistant of the botanist, Commerson, who suffered from ill health.
Baret was also regarded as an excellent botanist in her own right. After Commerson’s death Baret married an officer of the French Army and returned to France. Her achievements were recognised by the French Government who granted her a pension.
This resource introduces the life of this intrepid woman.
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Resource: John Cabot
$2.00John Cabot was actually an Italian named Giovanni Caboto, who sailed for England trying to find a route to the East travelling West. In doing so he re-discovered North America. His life is somewhat enigmatic and recent research has shown that he may have been more successful than previously thought.
This resource examines his life, the recent research on his accomplishments and gives an indication of England’s early ventures into the world exploration with which Spain and Portugal were having such success in the late 15th century.
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Resource: John Oxley
$4.00One of the explorers of Australia in the early 19th century, John Oxley played a significant role in the history of New South Wales and Queensland in particular. This resource examines his life and contributions, including the selection of the site of the settlement, which later became Brisbane.
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Resource: Juan Pérez
$2.00This resource explores the life and achievements of the explorer Juan Pérez.
Aligned with Year 5 Australian Curriculum History, Geography and HASS.
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Resource: Juan Ponce de León
$2.00This resource explores the life and achievements of Juan Ponce de León. Aligned with Year 5 Australian Curriculum History, Geography and HASS.
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Resource: Juan Sebastián Elcano
$2.00Juan Sebastián Elcano was the commander who completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth started by Ferdinand Magellan (who died en route and never completed the circumnavigation).
Elcano had been one of the mutineers in Patagonia and spent 5 months in chains, but later, after the disastrous circumstances surrounding Magellan’s death, Elcano took command and led the remains of the expedition home. He was given high honours by Spain and a coat of arms indicating that he had undertaken the first circumnavigation. However, his name was later eclipsed in popularity by Magellan.
This resource examines the life of this relatively unknown explorer who was in fact one of the first people to travel around the whole Earth.
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Resource: Leap Years
$2.00Resource on Leap Years, what they are and their history.
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Resource: Leif Erikson
$2.00The title of first European to reach North America belongs more correctly to the Viking Leif Erikson, than to Christopher Columbus. The son of Erik the Red who settled Greenland, Leif Erikson led several expeditions along the coast of Labrador and Newfoundland.
The Vikings even built houses and spent some winters in North America, as archaeology continues to reveal to us, supporting the stories from the ancient Scandinavian Sagas.
This resource examines the current knowledge for the life and achievements of this Viking explorer.
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Resource: Life Cycles
$4.00Matched to both the Science and Geography curricula, this resource examines the concept of a Life Cycle.
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Resource: Living in the Past
$26.00This resource uses a narrative device to examine family structures and daily life in the past , in order to help younger students connect with different ways of life. Case studies are presented from 7 time and space locations, describing the life of an imaginary approximately 8 year old child in each.
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Resource: Looking After Our Places
$1.00This resource for the youngest students has images of how we care for our surroundings.
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Resource: Louis de Bouganville
$2.00Famous as the man after whom the flowering vine, Bougainvillea, is named, this French explorer travelled around the world in the 18th century. This was one of France’s earliest exploration expeditions and also laid some of the foundations of the 20th century war in the Falkland Islands.
Bouganville’s expedition was a scientific one and included the botanist Jeanne Baret, the first woman to circumnavigate the world.
This resource examines Bouganville’s life and achievements.
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Resource: Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón
$2.00Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón was the first Spaniard to attempt to settle on the continent of North America. He took 600 colonists (including 100 African slaves) to an area today in the US state of South Carolina. Unfortunately the attempted colony was dogged by illness and a lack of food. Ayllón himself died and the colony experienced North America’s first slave revolt. Very few survivors made it back to the Caribbean 3 months after they had left to found the colony.
This resource examines the life and contribution of Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón and his ill-fated attempt to settle in North America.
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Resource: Ludwig Leichhardt
$2.00Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (known as Ludwig Leichhardt) was born in Prussia, which is today part of Germany. He wanted to explore inland Australia and led an expedition from Brisbane to Port Essingdon, near Darwin. A later expedition, from Brisbane to Perth, across the interior, led to the disappearance of him and his party.
This resource examines the life and expeditions of Leichhardt and aligns with Year 3 and 5 Australian Curriculum History, Geography and HASS.
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