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History / Year 9 / Historical Knowledge and Understanding / Overview of the making of the modern world

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the nature and significance of the Industrial Revolution and how it affected living and working conditions, including within Australia (ACOKFH016)

Elaborations
  • comparing the usefulness of artworks depicting life in the period with the first photographs
  • investigating the changing nature of the sources that provide a record of life in this period, such as paintings, travellers’ journals and the development of photography and film by 1918
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Industrialisation,  Living standards,  Working conditions,  Modern history

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Victorian Heritage Database

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This is a rich, interactive resource that lists Victoria’s most significant heritage: places, objects, shipwrecks and archaeological sites. It has four main sections: Introduction; Explore heritage map; Recommended tours; and Timeline browser. The Explore heritage map searches for sites and provides information and images ...

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Heritage Council Victoria: resources for teachers and students

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This is a collection of resources exploring Victoria’s history and heritage. There are four main sections. The Victoria's Framework of Historical Themes section includes a downloadable teacher guide and lesson starters, it is organised in historical themes. The Vic-Heritage App section provides search functionality to find ...

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Moments in Time

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Moments in Time is an interactive timeline presenting key events that occurred around the world between 650 and 1918 CE. This innovative digital resource enables you to see what was happening, in different locations around the world, at any moment in time – simply scroll the timeline to travel through time and explore when ...

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'Anzac, the landing 1915'

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This unusually large oil painting on canvas (190.5 cm x 350.5 cm) depicts the near-impossible task that confronted soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the landing at Gallipoli in Turkey on 25 April 1915. Diminutive men in angular postures are being fired upon from above as they attempt to scale ...

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Moments in time: Teaching resource

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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.

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Who wants to be a cotton millionaire?

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This interactive game is about innovation in textile production in Britain in the 19th century. It focuses on the changes in the manufacturing of cotton, which shifted from the home to the factory with the advent of the steam engine. Students assume the role of advisor to a businessman who wants to manufacture cotton and ...

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Beneath the surface: social reports as primary sources

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This resource is about a report on the public heath conditions of Leeds in 1842 by a medical doctor, Robert Baker. It provides a background to the report along with information on Robert Baker and his credentials for undertaking the investigation. Extracts from the report describe the poor conditions of sanitation, the ...

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Gapminder world

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This is an interactive resource featuring an animated scatter plot displaying the development of over 200 countries between 1800 and 2011 based on data for two variables, the default being income per person and life expectancy, with population size represented by the size of the plotted points (bubbles). The graph has a ...

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Industrial Revolution

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This is a unit of work for teachers about the Industrial Revolution. It has three main sections: Classroom unit - including an overview, the learning objectives and curriculum areas covered; Delivery - including duration, materials required and five worksheets; and the Procedure - explaining the sequencing of learning activities. ...

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How did change accelerate?

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This 12 minute video is divided into two parts and presents an overview of the rapid development of the modern world. Part 1 presents reasons for the exponential growth in the world's population over the last 500 years including the development of global networks and commerce and the discovery of fossil fuel energy, which ...

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Whose democracy? - unit of work

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This is an extended sequence of lessons about the influence citizens can exert over government. The lessons focus on three topics: issues important to our class and the local community; the role of interest groups in Australia; and the role of interest groups in key issues in Australian history such as equal voting rights ...

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Muck and brass

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This interactive game is about town planning in Britain during the Industrial Revolution. It focuses on towns that have experienced rapid growth due to industrialisation but which have poor air quality and no efficient sewage disposal. Students assume the role of advisor to a town councillor who wants to improve the health ...

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Objects through timeline: 50,000 years before present

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This is a 26-page fact sheet that provides a comprehensive overview of migration to Australia from the first arrival of humans to 2006. It includes details about the major waves of international and internal migration, key events and policies, and individuals and groups that have made significant contributions to the development ...

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Making a difference: Vincent Lingiari

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Explore perspectives on Australia’s Indigenous heritage through photos and text about Vincent Lingiari. Trace his story, including the leadership of the Wave Hill walk-off and the struggle for land rights. Consider the hardship endured by Indigenous peoples living on Wave Hill cattle station. Investigate barriers Lingiari ...

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Agricultural produce: livestock

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This is a website about Australia's agricultural industry in the 20th century. It includes information about the sheep, cattle and dairy industries but has a significant focus on the wool industry. The resource details the importance of the wool industry to Australia's developing economy and how the wool industry changed ...

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Australia's 21st-century gold rush

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Have you ever imagined what it would be like to strike gold? During the 1800s, the dream of finding gold led to a huge increase in Australia's population and to many mines, but once these gold mines had been exploited they were abandoned. Find out why many formerly abandoned gold-mining sites across Australia today are ...

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'Gold digging in Australia 1852: bad results'

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This is the first of a pair of oval watercolours, measuring 20.2 cm x 26.4 cm, painted by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-80), a famous colonial artist. It shows two gold miners sitting dejectedly beside their mine, probably on the Victorian gold fields. Behind the men is a windlass, as well as their wheelbarrow, pick and spade. ...

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Teacher's guide: 200 years that changed the world

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This is a teacher resource explaining how to use an animated scatter plot from Gapminder world in the context of a presentation to students about global development over the past 200 years. The resource consists of a step-by-step guide to making effective use of the scatter plot, which represents the development in wealth ...

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Making a difference: the Day of Mourning protesters

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Explore perspectives on Australia’s Indigenous heritage through photos and text about activists protesting on Australia Day, 1938. Trace the stories of people such as William Ferguson, William Cooper, Jack Patten, Margaret Tucker and Pearl Gibbs. Examine how they created a framework for later efforts promoting Indigenous ...

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'The beach at Anzac'

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This is a painting showing daily life at Anzac Cove, Turkey, during the First World War some days after the Anzac landing at Gallipoli of 25 April 1915. From launches at temporary jetties on a calm sea, men unload crates of supplies. Others cart the vital resource of fresh water up the cliffs. They are already accustomed ...

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