History / Year 9 / Historical Knowledge and Understanding

• TLF-IDM012565

This is a rich, multilayered resource about convicts transported to Van Diemen's Land. It is organised in 21 sections about male, female and/or child convicts, their families and descendants. Generally each section contains: a 'Songline' (a song about the convicts); a 'Landline' (maps of places in the peoples' stories); ...

• TLF-IDM019087

Explore suggestions for using the interactive resource Moments in time to develop your students' understanding of important historical periods, movements, events and contexts. Along the way, encourage students to question the reliability and usefulness of available sources.

• TLF-IDM008696

This is a collection of PDF resources developed by the British Museum on the slave trade in Africa from the 16th to the 19th century. The primary resource is a presentation (in PDF format) unit is about the slave trade illustrated through a variety of objects and images that are part of the museum's collection. Intended ...

• TLF-IDM008651

This is a rich online resource about a 2.5-storey frame house that stood in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and about five of the families who lived there. The resource includes a well-illustrated and documented 'family stories' section for each family; an interactive 'go back in time' activity for students; an informative 'house ...

• TLF-IDM015878

Who was William Cuffay, and why did he frighten the British government so much? This extract from a radio program 'The Isle of Denial: William Cuffay in Van Diemen's Land' tells the story of Chartist leader William Cuffay. It focuses on Cuffay's transportation to Australia and how he continued his political activities once ...

• TLF-IDM015876

Why is William Cuffay described as being 'right at the forefront of early Australian unionism'? This extract from a radio program 'The Isle of Denial: William Cuffay in Van Diemen's Land' describes Cuffay's experiences in Tasmania as a convict on a Ticket of Leave and a civil rights campaigner. Listen to the ways Cuffay ...

• TLF-IDM007991

These clips are from the television miniseries 'Mary Bryant' depicting the story of Mary Bryant, a convict who was transported to Botany Bay from where she, her husband and other convicts escaped in a boat. The first clip shows Mary's journey on the First Fleet to Botany Bay. The second clip shows the colony starving. Mary ...

• TLF-IDM007943

The dataset provides information about 780 of the convicts transported to Australia on the First Fleet ships 'Alexander', 'Charlotte', 'Lady Penrhyn', 'Friendship', 'Prince of Wales' and 'Scarborough' in 1788. The dataset includes information on items such as the convict's name, occupation, crime, date of trial and term ...

• TLF-IDR10700

This collection of digital curriculum resources is about children who migrated to Australia, either with their families or on their own, predominantly during the 20th century. Footage and photographs from the time show the children arriving in Australia and experiencing a migrant reception centre if they were with their ...

• TLF-IDM018384

Imagine the world before the Industrial Revolution. Most people lived in a rural environment, relying mainly on human or animal effort, water, wind and fire to travel and get things done. Weapons were handmade and few in number. Watch how the age of mechanisation transformed countries, the way people lived and the things ...

• TLF-IDM006888

In this unit of work students investigate stories of immigration and the impact migrants have had on Australian society over time. This unit of work uses the objects and displays from the National Museum of Australia's previous Horizons gallery (now replaced by the Australian Journeys gallery) and other Museum exhibitions ...