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History: resources

Commonwealth history project: support for Stage 5 history
The Commonwealth history project (2003 – 2006) materials and website are available to support teachers of history in upper primary and middle secondary. Middle secondary topics include The Petrov Affair, the Vietnam War, Red Menace and Sunny Australia. The Commonwealth history project website contains a teachers’ guide and professional digest, amongst other resources and support material. Additional lesson materials can be found here.

Harbour Bridge - Pylon Lookout activities
As part of the 75th Anniversary of the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Museum of Sydney in collaboration with the NSW Department of Education has developed a resource for secondary History teachers. Link to the resource kit and exhibition information.

NSW Constitution
Civics continues to be a prominent issue in contemporary society. This site aims to provide information about the NSW Constitution for students and the community. The Civics component of the NSW HSIE Syllabuses K-12 requires students to study structure of government. This is an essential part of being an informed citizen, understanding how the "rules" work. In the future, students of today may be called upon to take part in Constitution-making (a referendum). One way to begin this study is to look at the features of the NSW Constitution.

One world, many democracies; citizens of the world
This site is a collection of collaborative online projects for schools across a broad age range. The projects are international in focus and they are intended to:

• aid the teaching of Civics and Citizenship
• assist in the development of internet projects for school.

Speak soft, speak sure
Speak soft, speak sure is a teaching and learning unit about tolerance using information technologies. It is based on a number of HSIE syllabuses; examining values and attitudes related to human rights issues, concentrating on prejudice and xenophobia.

Survival: A history of Aboriginal life in New South Wales
First published in 1986, this book has now been updated to the end of 2005. It contains stories, pictures, maps and much more. This book is for sale through the NSW Board of Studies. For more information about this book, including how to order, click here (pdf - 114 kb).

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