year 5
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Free for SubscribersResource: Early Australian Sites
$3.00A look at just a few of the earliest sites, giving an idea of how Australia’s first people lived.
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Resource: Egyptian Exploration of Punt
$3.00Thousands of years ago the Ancient Egyptians established trade networks by exploring out from the Nile River valley, along the African coast.
Intrepid explorers in their own right, these ancient people brought back exotic and rare items and laid the foundations of trade routes that were to become increasingly important through History.
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Resource: Environmental Issues
$0.00There are many issues which can become the focus of political campaigns. This resource describes some examples of environmental issues (and slogans), which are either in the news, or often raised as areas of concern.
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Resource: Eratosthenes – The Father of Geography
$2.00Resource on Eratosthenes, known as ‘the Father of Geography’.
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Resource: Eureka Stockade
$4.00The Eureka Stockade (and associated rebellion) is sometimes regarded as a fundamental step in the development of Australian democracy.
The resource aligns with Australian Curriculum History, Civics and Citizenship and HASS for years 5 and 6.
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Resource: First-hand Accounts of the First Fleet
$5.00A selection of quotes from first-hand accounts, such as journals and letters, of a range of people in the First Fleet, from Governor Phillip to marines and even convicts, provides Primary Source material to give a more personal view of the First Fleet.
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Resource: Future Archaeology – the Bathroom
$5.00This resource is a tongue in cheek look at how future archaeologists might interpret a bathroom.
The resource aligns with Australian Curriculum History and HASS for years 5, 6 and 7.
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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: 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: 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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Resource: Greek People in Australia
$4.00This resource, part of our ‘Migrants’ series, traces the history of Greek people in Australia.
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Resource: Gundagai Floods
$2.00This resource is part of our “Natural Disasters in Australia” series. One of the worst disasters of the early colonial period in Australia, and New South Wales, in particular, were the floods of the Murrumbidgee River of 1852. The township of Gundagai was almost destroyed and more than a third of the towns population perished in the floods. Some Aboriginal men became heroes, rescuing about one-fifth of the town’s population, in their bark canoes.
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Resource: Henry Hudson
$3.00This resource explores the life and achievements of Henry Hudson. Aligned with Year 5 Australian Curriculum History, Geography and HASS.
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Resource: Hernando de Soto
$2.00Hernando de Soto was part of the Spanish administration in the Caribbean, being made Governor of Cuba in 1536.
Aligned with Year 5 Australian Curriculum History, Geography and HASS.
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Resource: Historical Sources
$4.00This resource examines a wide variety of different historical sources and the kids of information about the past that they contain.
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Resource: History of Australia
$13.00This resource provides a quick overview of Australian history, from the Aboriginal settlement of Australia during the Ice Age, to Federation.
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