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Alpha History This link opens in a new window Alpha History is an Australian-based site with writers and editors around the world. We produce free history content for teachers and students worldwide. Our website contains thousands of articles and resources on 11 different periods and events - from the American Revolution to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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Issues & Controversies in History This link opens in a new window Covers World History from Antiquity to the present covering every region of the world with a broad range of topics, from slavery, empire, and revolution to race, gender, economy, and disease. Uses primary sources to analyse great events in world history, the database features hundreds of pro/con articles and thousands of primary sources. Every article is centred on original documents, with the goal of teaching students how to interpret primary sources, assess point of view, improve critical thinking skills, and understand the forces that have shaped history over the past 5,000 years. Please note special article, Australia and Its Policy on Indigenous People
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Modern World History Online This link opens in a new window World history from the mid-15th century to the present, featuring thousands of documents, articles, timelines, images, videos, and maps. Includes access to the Infobase History Research Centre allowing simultaneous searching across all subscribed Infobase history services.
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World History Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window We know how challenging teaching history can be. We've gathered and created resources that you can trust – you can run with them as they are or easily adapt them to your students. Explore our resources below to make your teaching easier.

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ELECTIVE SYNOPSIS

This History elective will introduce students to key historical events such as the Second World War and the US Civil Rights Movement. Students will explore how these events had a significant impact on Australia during the mid and second half of the 20th Century. It will allow students to investigate scale and significance of historical turning points in Australia’s past within the context of global events. Events such as the Fall of Singapore, the bombing of Hiroshima and the 1967 Referendum will be investigated. Students taking this elective will analyse the causes and effects of events and developments and explain their significance. They will develop skills that enable them to explain the context for people’s actions in the past and evaluate the significance of events. Students will analyse the different interpretations of the past and recognise the evidence used to support these interpretations.

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