Primary Australian History – Understanding our shared past Book B – Ages 6–7

Journey through time and relive some of Australia’s most significant milestones—pre-European to post-millennium—with Primary Australian history. With detailed and easy-to-follow time lines, related literature and activities, this series is sure to awaken the historian in every student.

Features:

• overarching time line highlighting events covered in the series plus selected events in Australian and world history
• explanation of historical literacy skills and their relevance to the teaching of history today
• historical literacy skills class record sheet
• individual student evaluation sheet
• resources for further research indicating appropriate websites, reference books and journals, fiction and nonfiction books
• units in each book include one teachers page
• indicators describing student activities
• background information placing the subject covered in the unit into historical context
• answers to comprehension activities
• suggested subjects for further research related to the unit, to develop the knowledge and understanding of a period in Australia’s history, and to enhance the skills required to research thoroughly and objectively
• time line highlighting key dates relevant to the specific unit, in addition to selected significant dates in Australian and world history