Resources for teachers
ONLINE
'Back in Time for Dinner' on ABC TV Education
An Aussie family joins Annabel Crabb on a time-travelling adventure to discover how the food we eat, family roles and the fabric of the nation have transformed over the past 60 years.
'Kids React to Technology' on YouTube is fantastic.
- phones, typewriters, cassette players, old cameras.
Read the old Queensland school readers
https://education.qld.gov.au/about-us/history/history-topics/queensland-school-readers
Making Butter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk9MJNSsTpY
Elastics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lEmfq_NDlU
Getting dressed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ivntz8DbY
How did they go to the Toilet in those clothes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHeSTDv_24
Victorian Schools
Delightful Australian reenactment of a Victorian era classroom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOmrCi-mh_k
BOOKS
'The Ekka', 'A Very Ratty Problem' by Sandra Watkins https://brisbanekids.com.au/kids-books-brisbanes-history/
Reading fiction about our early history is a good way to expand your own background knowledge, without any hard work.
Try these historical novels:
Kate Grenville: The Lieutenant, Sarah Thornhill, Secret River
Carol Preston: Mary's Guardian, Tangled Secrets
A.B. Facey: A Fortunate Life
Jackie French (Y.A.): Nanberry: Black Brother White; Gold, Graves and Glory; The Matilda series