The Humanites - History Links
The Humanities – History domain (www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/teachingresources/history/default.htm)
This Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) web page contains links to The Humanities – History-related learning and teaching support materials and professional learning support, and identifies current research in the area of The Humanities – History education.
The History Teachers’ Association of Victoria (HTAV) (www.htav.asn.au)
The HTAV is the professional association for history teachers in Victoria. Apart from publishing resources for history teachers, the Association conducts regular professional development workshops and seminars about the Victorian Essential Learning Standards.
National Centre for History Education (www.hyperhistory.org)
This website contains a variety of units of work which are directly related to VELS History Levels 4 and 6. These can be downloaded and photocopied for use in the classroom.
For primary students
See: Making History: Upper Primary Units – Investigating Our Land and Legends
Unit 1: Getting connected
Unit 2: History at home – a local area study
Unit 3: Caring for Uluru
Unit 4: Mutiny on the Batavia
Unit 5: Ned Kelly – hero or villain?Online units for primary students:
The building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Burra: Reconstructing life in the past
Flynn's Grave: A story about a sacred rock and a grave
Ned Kelly's armour: Whose heavy metal is it anyway?
Hill End: Gold, gold, gold!
Shipwrecks Act: Finders keepers?See: www.hyperhistory.org/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=484&op=page
For secondary students
See: Making History: Middle Secondary Units - Investigating People and Issues in Australia after World War II.Introduction
Unit 1: What happened to Stan Harrison?
Unit 2: Red menace?
Unit 3: Sunny Australia?
Unit 4: Dream home
Unit 5: Friendly Games?Online units for secondary students:
The changing face of Australia: Post-war immigration and identity
The Royal Tour: The Queen 'down-under'
Vietnam War: What are we fighting for?See: www.hyperhistory.org/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=485&op=page
The Asia Education Foundation (AEF) (www.asiaeducation.edu.au/index_flash.htm)
The VELS contain a number of Asian contexts and a range of opportunities to incorporate Asian perspectives. The Asia Education Foundation has developed a range of print and online resources which support the study of Asian perspectives in the VELS. For an overview of print resources see: www.asiaeducation.edu.au/public_html/text_resources.htm
Online resources include:
Go Korea! (www.asiaeducation.edu.au/gokorea/index1.html)
Lesson plans (www.asiaeducation.edu.au/public_html/lesson_plans.htm)
In 2006, the AEF published the Asia Scope and Sequence for Studies of Society and the Environment which provides advice and support for incorporating Asian perspectives into the curriculum. This is available at: www.asiaeducation.edu.au/public_html/scope_sequence.htm
Film Australia Digital Resource (www.filmaust.com.au/learning)
Film Australia’s Digital Resource Finder is a search engine for teachers and educators. It features free downloadable video clips from Film Australia’s archive. Clips are matched with two-page resource sheets that feature background information and engaging student research and classroom activities. The collection is easy to search via curriculum, topic or keyword.
Digilearn (www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/teachingresources/elearning/digilearn.htm)
Digilearn is the new portal for accessing exciting Digital Learning Resources for use in the classroom. These resources include 'The Learning Federation' Learning Objects and Digital Resources. Digilearn contains a range of resources for Australian history.
The National Archives of Australia (www.naa.gov.au)
This website includes a range of resources for history teachers, including the virtual reading room, Vrroom, This site is not only useful for introducing the collections held in Canberra; it also contains useful information on how to search those archives that are available online. There are a number of trails which can direct the student or teacher. A series of the key documents that have shaped the nation are available for perusal in their original form. This amazing resource is constantly being updated.
Picture Australia (www.pictureaustralia.org)
Picture Australia is an initiative of the National Library of Australia. It is a picture database that covers not only the National Library’s collection, but that of other major libraries and museums.
Indigenous resources
Key resources to support Indigenous perspectives in history include
The 1967 Referendum
A sample unit of work focusing on VELS standards.
Australian Biography (www.australianbiography.gov.au)
This website includes interviews and other materials about Faith Bandler and Charles Perkins.
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition (www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm)
This website is useful for biographical material on participants in the campaign.
National Museum of Australia: Collaborating for Indigenous Rights: The 1967 Referendum (www.nma.gov.au/index.html)
This National Museum of Australia publication includes excellent and up-to-date materials.
Mission Voices (www.abc.net.au/missionvoices)
This website tells the story of some of the missions and reserves in Victoria. The Victorian Government supported the establishment of 34 Aboriginal missions and reserves, while over 200 existed across Australia. Some of these sites lasted many years, while others closed soon after their formation. The Victorian Government strictly controlled life on the missions and reserves through an Aborigines Protection Board based in Melbourne. This site tells the story of Ebenezer, Lake Tyers, Coranderrk, Cummeragunja, Framlingham and Lake Condah. The photographs and stories give students a strong feel for life on these missions and reserves.
Bunjilaka – Museum Victoria (http://museumvictoria.com.au/bunjilaka/)
Bunjilaka is a permanent exhibition of Museum Victoria located at the Melbourne Museum in Carlton Gardens.
