Journey through time and relive some of Australia’s most significant milestones—pre-European to post-millennium—with Primary Australian history. With detailed and easy-to-follow time lines, related literature and activities, this series is sure to awaken the historian in every student.
Features:
- overarching time line highlighting events covered in the series plus selected events in Australian and world history
- explanation of historical literacy skills and their relevance to the teaching of history today
- historical literacy skills class record sheet
- individual student evaluation sheet
- resources for further research indicating appropriate websites, reference books and journals, fiction and nonfiction books
- units in each book include one teachers page
- indicators describing student activities
- background information placing the subject covered in the unit into historical context
- answers to comprehension activities
- suggested subjects for further research related to the unit, to develop the knowledge and understanding of a period in Australia’s history, and to enhance the skills required to research thoroughly and objectively
- time line highlighting key dates relevant to the specific unit, in addition to selected significant dates in Australian and world history
