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History (ACARA) AC History Units (History Teachers' Assoc. of Aust.) National Digital Learning Resources Network : History (Education Services Australia)

Best of History Websites - [|http://www.besthistorysites.net/] World History Compass - http://www.worldhistorycompass.com/ Trove : Digitised Newspapers and More - http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper?q= - Check Australian newspapers Social Studies and History Interactives - Ancient, Medieval, American, ...

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Angkor/Khmer Empire (c.802 - c.1431)
Angkor

The Spanish Conquest of the Americas (c. 1492 - c. 1572)
American Beginnings : 1492 - 1690 (National Humanities Centre) Conquistadors Ancient Inca (Kids Connect.com) The Incredible Incas Deciphering Mayan : A time line Map of the Mayan World

** Pathway for the Versailles Treaty Assignment: **
A Modern World History GCSE revision site [] SEG Syllabus 2120 (Modern World) - [] BBC GCSE Bitesize: Treaty of Versailles - [] http://web.archive.org/web/20130924203642/ http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year9links/wwi/versaillessimulation.pdf (20 page pdf, simulation) Spartacus Educational - [] History on the Net: http://www.historyonthenet.com/ (search “Treaty of Versailles”) BBC World War One page - [] History of WW2: Treaty of Versailles - [] The History Learning Site: Long term causes of World War Two [] Primary Documents - Treaty of Versailles, 28 June 1919 - http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles.htm (especially Article 231) The Senate and the League of Nations - http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/doc41.htm (US ratification)

World Wars
BBC History : World War I -

@RealTimeWWII Livetweeting the 2nd World War, as it happens on this date and time in 1940, & for 6 years to come. https://twitter.com/realtimewwii. You can see it on Facebook as well: http://www.facebook.com/RealTimeWorldWarII.

Industrial Revolution Assignment:
Go to Libraries ACT eResources and with your library number and pin number, search Encyclopaedia Brittanica: http://www.library.act.gov.au/eresources/electronic_resources

Search for "Industrial Revolution" in Instagrok (use Chrome) Search for "Industrial Revolution" and keywords at the History Learning Site Industrial Revolution Research for transportation, textiles and steam power Check the Industrial Revolution inventions in Schools-Wikipedia Selection

Capitalism links:
[] [] [] [] [] [] [] [|http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-capitalism.htm#slideshow] []

Communism links:
http://www.ask.com/question/19th-century-factory-workers http://www.sahistory.org.za/article/capitalism-vs-communism-and-russian-revolution-grade-11 http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/communist/context.html http://aes-humanities8.wikispaces.com/Rise+of+communism+and+socialism http://people.howstuffworks.com/communism1.htm - 1st page and/or 2nd

Chartism links:
Search for "Chartism" in Instagrok (use Chrome) [] []

Textiles Industry:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Textiles.htm

Child Labour:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Textiles.htm

Ancient Egypt
Check in the school library for the Username and Password for this book. Scribes - p 54-57 Women - see p 42-47 || Other links: BBC - History: Egyptians - [] Egypt's Golden Empire - [] Ancient Egypt (British Museum) - [] ||
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Ancient Egypt : Boats
Egypt's ten greatest discoveries : boats Egypt's ten greatest discoveries : Egyptian boats

The Eruption of Vesuvius and the Destruction of Pompeii
Pompeii : the eruption of Vesuvius (Britannica) - @http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/84369/5000-inhabitants-of-Pompeii-were-killed-when-Mount-Vesuvius-erupted

Pompeii : the Last Day (Discovery Channel) - []

Video : Eruption of Vesuvius (Melbourne Museum - A Day in Pompeii exhibition, 8mins.) - @http://museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/discoverycentre/pompeii/about-the-exhibition/eruption-of-vesuvius

Volcano Explorer (Discovery Channel) - @http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/interactive/interactive.html

Explore the ancient city of Pompei (Discovery Channel) - @http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/pompeii/

Assignment Discovery: Mount Vesuvius Destroys Pompeii (How Stuff Works Videos) @http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/30122-assignment-discovery-mount-vesuvius-destroys-pompeii-video.htm (short, explains pyroclastic blast)