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Free for SubscribersResource: Extinct Animals in Africa
$6.00This resource extends the African Geography information of the Regions of Africa and Environments of Africa resources to examine environmental impact through examining the extinction of animals in Africa.
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Resource: Extinct Animals in North America
$5.00This resource extends the North American Geography information of the Regions of North America and Environments of North America resources to examine environmental impact through examining the extinction of animals in North America.
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Resource: Extinct Animals in South America
$4.00This resource extends the South American Geography information of the Regions of South America and Environments of South America resources to examine environmental impact through examining the extinction of animals in South America.
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Resource: Favourite Places
$6.00A resource of pictures of favourite places – both real and imaginary. This resource is useful for students exploring the concept of a “favourite place” and the range of places that some people might like. Students can consider how people make different choices about what sort of place is their favourite.
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Resource: Federation Conference 1890
$3.00This resource, part of our Federation series, examines the Federation Conference of 1890 – who attended, what was discussed and what role it played in the transition towards Federation in Australia.
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Resource: Ferdinand Magellan
$4.00Ferdinand Magellan is often regarded as having undertaken the first recorded circumnavigation of the Earth, but did he really?
This resource examines the life of Magellan and assesses his contribution to European exploration in the 16th century, as well as his position in later histories.
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Resource: Francis Drake
$4.00Hero of the British defeat of the Spanish Armada and favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England, Francis Drake is often cast on the role of a hero.
This resource examines Drake’s lives and his many roles – hero or pirate, explorer of North America or slave trader and opportunist.
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Resource: Francisco de Orellana
$3.00A relative of Francisco Pizarro, who defeated the Inca in Peru, De Orellana led the first European expedition to navigate the Amazon River.
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Resource: Francisco Pizarro
$3.00This resource examines the life and role of Francisco Pizarro, who is famous for his defeat of the Inca in Peru in the 16th century.
The actions of Pizarro were controversial at the time and reveal many aspects of the context of European actions in the Americas at the time, making Pizarro a useful person to examine in order to understand many subsequent events in South America as well as Europe.
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Resource: Gan Ying
$2.00Explorers of Asia have come from within and outside of Asia. One of the earliest records of explorers from within Asia is that of Gan Ying, who travelled from China to make contact with the Roman Empire in the 3rd century.
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Resource: George Mallory
$2.00George Mallory tried to climb Mount Everest in 1924, but was defeated by the elements and the conditions on the highest mountain in the world. This resource examines his life, and death on the mountain, as an example of people struggling to conquer harsh climates.
This resource aligns with Year 3 and 6 Australian Curriculum History, Geography and HASS.
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Resource: George Vancouver
$2.00Resource on George Vancouver, the man after whom the island of Vancouver, off the coast of British Columbia, is named.
Aligned with Year 5 Australian Curriculum History, Geography and HASS.
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Resource: Gertrude Bell
$2.00Gertrude Bell was a 19th century traveller and writer, who also fulfilled unprecedented political roles for Britain in the Middle East. She was an archaeologist (with an Honours degree in Modern history from Oxford University) and founded the museum which later became the National Museum of Iraq. She was also employed as a Liaison Officer (along with T.E. Lawrence ‘of Arabia’) by the British during the First World War – the only woman to hold that post during that war. Her work in the Middle East was fundamental in providing the foundations, not only for future archaeological work in the region, but also helped shape much of its political future.
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Resource: Giovanni de Verrazzano
$2.00Giovanni de Verrazzano was the first European after the Vikings in the 10th century, to encounter the mainland of North America. He also explored the coast between Newfoundland and North Carolina.
This resource explores his life and achievements and is aligned with Year 5 Australian Curriculum History, Geography and HASS.
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Resource: Gonçalo Coelho
$2.00Gonçalo Coelho was a Portuguese explorer who sailed with Amerigo Vespucci to Brazil in 1501. He returned to South America in 1503. This resource examines the life and role of this 16th century Portuguese explorer.
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Resource: Great Zimbabwe
$2.00A resource about the African Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe, which took part in international trade during the Middle Ages. Great Zimbabwe had trade links as far as China.
The development of this historical kingdom shows how dynamic the African continent was throughout History, as well as indicating some of the trade networks existing before the Europeans started trading directly with Asia in the late 15th century.
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