What's New

March 2008

Film Australia’s Digital Resource Finder is a quick, convenient and easy-to-use search engine for teachers and educators. It features FREE FOR EDUCATION downloadable video clips from Film Australia’s remarkable archive—one of the nation’s largest and most historically significant collections. Clips are matched with print-friendly two-page resource sheets that include background information and engaging student research and classroom activities written by leading teachers. No registration or log in is required. Film Australia's Digital Resource Finder makes it easy to search via curriculum, topic or keyword.
Stream or download fullscreen video clips that feature Australian life from the late 19th century and Federation to the present day. The clips are carefully selected to cover topics such as Australians at work and war, immigration, Indigenous Australia, the Asia Pacific, Australian politics, culture and society, Australian icons and broadcast media from radio to the internet. There are more than 400 resources to select from, with more added weekly.
Information about films and televisions shows as well as teacher resources are available from this web site.

Gifted and Talented English units added to the Stage 4 and 5 Units of Work page.

HSC Online materials:
Imaginative Journeys - The Tempest - written by Karen Yager
Critical Study of Texts - In the Skin of a Lion - written by Karen Yager
Revenge Tragedy - written by Colleen Walles.
These materials are high quality and extensive - Revenge tragedy covers several texts and is 39 pages long. New student materials for Pride and Predjudice and Ways of Living are also on their way.

NSW Department of Education and Training