Precursors to Civilisation
This lesson takes you from 7 million years ago when humans first emerged, through to the Neolithic revolution.
Read MoreThis lesson takes you from 7 million years ago when humans first emerged, through to the Neolithic revolution.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be diving into the Bronze Age as we learn about the Mediterranean ancient societies, their rules and culture.
Read MoreIn this lesson we learn about the first civilizations formed in river valleys, the Akkadian Empire and the Mesopotamian city-state of Ur.
Read MoreThis lesson will take us to Central Africa where we will examine the empires that ruled this area.
Read MoreEstimated reading time: 6 minutes On 29 December 1890, between 150-300 Sioux Lakota men, women,...
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the scientific revolution discoveries that resulted.
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Gandhi (1982), Der Untergang: Downfall (2004), Hotel Rwanda (2004), Munich (2005) and All the President’s Men (1976)
This lesson will take us to early England as we learn what life was like at the time and the many great wars that occurred.
Read MoreThis lesson will take us to pre-Islamic Arabia where Bedouin tribes inhabited the Arabian Peninsula before the rise of Islam around 700 CE.
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Today’s biggest companies are considered young, especially when compared to some of the oldest companies in the world. While companies like Microsoft and Apple are well on their way to reaching five decades old, that doesn’t come close to the more than 200 years some others have been around for. Several companies have stood the test of time for hundreds of years, the oldest of which dates to 563 CE.
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes The plight of Jewish refugees after the outbreak of World War II...
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the growing problems and conflicts plaguing Africa in the 21st century.
Read MoreReading time: 7 minutes Just over 80 years ago, Australian forces fought their first major battle...
Read MoreMost history enthusiasts will eye the release of a new film on a historical topic somewhat skeptically, thinking ‘will they get it right?’ Here are some that did!
Read MoreThis lesson will take us to Early Africa as we learn about the Bantu expansion and the effects of that migration.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the Portuguese colonization of Brazil and eventual Brazilian independence.
Read MoreEstimated reading time: 5 minutes In Western Australia’s northeast Kimberley region, on...
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In the breakthrough High Court case Love and Thoms vs Commonwealth in 2020, the court ruled that First Nations people could not be considered aliens in Australia. As Justice James Edelman noted in the decision, whatever the other manners in which they were treated […] Aboriginal people were not ‘considered as foreigners in a kingdom which is their own’.
Reading time: 8 minutes For a fine example of overconfidence during the height of British...
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