How the Australian Secret Service Helped Overthrow the Chilean Government
HOW THE AUSTRALIAN SECRET SERVICE HELPED OVERTHROW THE CHILEAN GOVERNMENT Reading time: 8 minutes...
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Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the rise of Napoleon and his transition from great war general to dictator of France.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the European unification as we compare the European Union to its predecessors.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the life of the Mesoamerican people of The Toltecs and the Aztecs.
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The image of “The Viking” has always been a colourful one in the minds of society, with fear-inducing images conjured of blonde-haired, blue-eyed barbarians, and pillaging and plundering their way through Europe on a history-changing quest to conquer. This almost mythical collective interpretation of horned helmets and terrifying ships is certainly a popular one. However, recent explorations have brought to light new insights to shift these perceptions, altering the history books and allowing us to look with better clarity at the era between 750 CE and 1050 CE.
In this lesson we will be learning about the events of the Russian revolutions, along with its successes and failures.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the Axis powers of the Second World War.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be evaluating the influence of different people, styles and ideas that influenced Renaissance literature.
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Brits, typically associated with sipping warm beer on village greens – or, more recently, binge drinking in the Mediterranean – are, it seems, acquiring more refined tastes. Recent HMRC records reveal an 80% rise in sparkling wine sales over the last five years. Whether you have a penchant for Prosecco or can’t abide Cava, such an enormous increase in the fortunes of fizz is remarkable. So what’s behind such changing drinking fashions?
In this lesson we will be learning about the impact of WW2and the purpose of the Universal Declaration Human Rights.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the east African Empires, where we discuss the characteristics of the kingdoms.
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Video games love historical settings: from adventure games like the Assassin’s Creed series, to action games like Call of Duty and its sequels, to strategic sagas like Europa Universalis; there’s no shortage of examples. Can computer games be more than entertainment, though, and can they actually teach their audience about what happened in the past?
Reading time: 5 minutes
The first Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea was prompted by the sinking of RMS Titanic. An attempt to establish basic rules became the most important international treaty about the safety of merchant ships and sea travel.
Reading time: 7 minutes
Films are often created with the aim of providing escapism and fun for audiences; sometimes they are sad too, and many times they are also thought-provoking, tragic and uplifting. And then there are films that exist as the total opposite of escapism and fun, and that go way beyond just being “sad” or “tragic”.
Reading time: 10 minutes
The 39th Militia Battalion from Victoria bore the brunt of the early fighting against the Japanese on the Kokoda Track.
In this lesson we will be learning about the cause of the global depression of the early 1930s and how it affected people.
Read MoreWeekly 10 Question History Quiz.
See how your history knowledge stacks up!
1. Which battle did King Harold II fight in the days prior to the Battle of Hastings?