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Digital Classroom - Year 4

First Contacts

First Contacts

Australia's Wild Weird Wonderful Weather

Australia's Wild Weird Wonderful Weather

Australian Children's Literature

Australian Children's Literature

Dirk Hartog 1616-2016

Dirk Hartog 1616-2016

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  • Digital Classroom
    • Year 3
      • Curriculum links
      • Introductory activities
      • Themes
        • Connections to country
        • Changing technology
        • Changing streetscapes
        • Diversity
        • Australian symbols
        • Emblems
        • Australia day
      • Concluding activities
    • Year 4
      • First Contacts
        • Curriculum links
        • Introductory activities
        • Themes
          • Early explorers
          • Endeavour voyage
          • First Fleet
          • First peoples
          • Early settlement
          • Strange creatures
          • Contact
          • Communication
        • Concluding activities
      • Australia's Wild Weird Wonderful Weather
        • Curriculum Links
        • Introductory Activities
        • Forecasting
        • Presenting
        • Recording
        • Exploring
        • Mapping
        • Describing
        • Experiencing
        • Concluding Activities
      • Australian Children’s Literature
        • Curriculum Links
        • Introductory Activities
        • Family, Friends, and Identity
        • Environment and Animals
        • Imagination and Fantasy
        • Adventure
        • The Creative Process
        • Concluding Activities
      • Dirk Hartog 1616–2016: 400 years of Dutch-Australian connections
        • Curriculum links
        • Introductory activities
        • The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie
        • Dirk Hartog: The Tale of Two Plates
        • Shipwrecked!
        • Concluding activities
    • Year 5
      • Curriculum links
      • Introductory activities
      • Themes
        • Indigenous experiences
        • Convict experiences
        • An early arts scene
        • Frontier conflict
        • The promise of gold
        • Flag of the Southern Cross
        • Inland adventures
      • Concluding activities
    • Year 6
      • Curriculum links
      • Introductory activities
      • Themes
        • The poet of Australia
        • A national identity
        • Documenting Federation
        • Neighbour and his bravery
        • Edward Koiki Mabo
        • Fanny Durack
        • Designing the Sydney Opera House
      • Concluding activities
    • Year 7
      • Cultural Perspectives in Literature
        • Curriculum Links
        • Introductory Activities
        • Poetry - Judith Wright, 'Bora Ring'
        • Cartoons - Judy Horacek
        • Literature - Joan Lindsay, 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'
        • Concluding Activity
      • Sport and Australian Culture
        • Curriculum Links
        • Introductory Activities
        • The Commonwealth Games
        • Women in Sport
        • First Nations People in Sport
        • Migration
        • Sporting Heroes
        • Glossary
        • Concluding Activities
    • Year 8
      • Cage of Ghosts
        • Curriculum links
        • Introductory activities
        • Themes
          • Features and values
          • Protecting landscapes
          • Prominent figures
        • Concluding activities
      • Sport and Australian Culture
      • Participation and Protest
        • Curriculum Links
        • Introductory Activities
        • Freedoms and Rights
        • Dissent in Society
        • Direct Action
        • Be Informed, Get Involved: Participating in Australia’s Democracy
        • Concluding Activities
    • Year 9
      • Celestial Empire
        • Curriculum links
        • Introductory activities
        • Themes
          • Territory
          • Emperors
          • Literature
          • Art
          • Contact and conflict
        • Concluding activities
      • World War I
        • Curriculum Links
        • Introductory Activities
        • Timeline of Events
          • 1914
          • 1915
          • 1916
          • 1917
          • 1918
        • Historian Interview - Commemoration
        • Historian Interview - Australia's Context in a Global War
        • Conscription
        • Concluding Activities
      • Sport and Australian Culture
      • The Use and Influence of Science
        • Curriculum Links
        • Introductory Activities
        • Timeline of Australian Innovations
        • Oral Histories
          • Oral History: Sir Howard Florey
          • Oral History: Emeritus Professor Nancy Millis
          • Oral History: Sir Mark Oliphant
          • Oral History: Professor Fiona Stanley
        • Concluding Activities
        • Glossary - The Use and Influence of Science
      • A Nation Imagined: The Artists of the Picturesque Atlas
        • Curriculum Links
        • Introductory Activities
        • Personalities
        • Illustration and Black-and-White Art
        • Australian Impressionism
        • Concluding Activities
    • Year 10
      • Dirk Hartog 1616–2016: 400 years of Dutch-Australian connections
        • Dutch–Australian Connections in World War II
        • Dutch Experiences in Australia
      • Torres Strait Islander Conservation
        • Curriculum links
        • Introductory activities
        • Themes
          • Torres Strait Islander conservation
        • Concluding activities
      • The Sell: Australian Advertising 1790s to 1990s
        • Curriculum links
        • Introductory activities
        • Iconic Brands and Early Ads
        • Cup of Tea?
        • Selling Modernity
        • Art in Advertising
        • The Message
        • Concluding activities
      • The 1967 Referendum
        • Curriculum Links
        • Timeline—Events that led to the 1967 Referendum
        • The 1967 Referendum
      • Sport and Australian Culture
    • Senior Secondary
      • Cook and the Pacific
        • Indigenous Responses to Cook and his Voyage
          • Mark McKenna Essay
          • John Maynard Essay
          • The Endeavour Journal
          • Hints offered to the consideration of Captain Cook
          • Secret Instructions
          • Glossary
          • Curriculum Links
        • Science and Strategy: The Enlightenment
          • Science
          • An Enlightened World
          • Voyages of Discovery
            • Transit of Venus
            • Instructions from the Admiralty
          • Concluding Activities
          • Glossary - Science and Strategy
          • Curriculum Links
        • Cook: Legend and Legacy
          • Who Writes History?
          • Challenging Terra Nullius
          • Colonising the Environment
          • Cook: Differing Indigenous Perspectives
          • Reshaping History
          • Curriculum Links
      • Shoulder to Shoulder: Feminism in Australia
        • Curriculum Links
        • Introductory Activities
        • Women's Suffrage
        • Individual Contributions
        • War: Catalyst for Change
        • Social Change of the 20th Century
        • Modern Legacies
        • Concluding Activities
    • Other resources

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