VCE Geography
Hello to my VCE Geography Students. As I explained today we will work on three major topics. They are -
1. General Geoskills
2. Volcanoes and land formation
3. Coasts and change.
At the end of the lesson you started on maps of the classroom. Next lesson we’ll look at the decisions that go into maps and what they [...]
VCE History Introduction
Hello to my history class. Today we talked about a very few things that happened between 1901 and 1945. Very soon we’ll start to fill out that knowledge.
We will be studying four periods in detail this semester. They are -
1. World War One.
2. The Roaring 20s
3. The Great Depression
4. World War Two.
Rules of the Road
As I mentioned in class today we will be working out some rules in detail next week. Until then here are some basic rules to follow.
1. Don’t speak when I am speaking.
2. Don’t rock back on your chairs in class.
3. iPods are only used with permission.
4. Come on time and be prepared.
Word of the Day: Sanguine
Each day that I see my English class will be learn a word. With any luck it will be a new word and I certain plan for them all to be useful words.
Today’s is a personal favourite – sanguine.
It is an adjective, something that describes a noun and it means three things.
1. ruddy,
2. confident, or
3. [...]
Welcome to Year Ten
Hello to my new year ten classes. Some of you will know me from History last year. Some of you might know me from other school activities and I guess some of you will meet me for the first time today.
I maintain this blog as a place to put useful and interesting things for you. [...]
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
I seems that no coverage of history is complete with knowing a bit about this man. At least that is what Mr Loney tells me.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859), was a British engineer. He is best known for the creation of the Great Western Railway, a series of famous [...]
Climate Change Review
Last year in Geography we talked about Climate Change and Global Warming for a few weeks. As you would expect this issue unfolds constantly. This Australian review is worth keeping an eye on.
The Garnaut Climate Change Review was commissioned by Australia’s State and Territory Governments on 30 April 2007. The recently elected Prime Minister [...]
Migrants flunk citizenship test
Last year in History we talked about the citizenship test and the kinds of knowledge that we thought people should perhaps need to be an Australian.
One of the concerns was that the questions were too hard for many migrants and covered things that many Australians didn’t know. In fact a good quarter of our class [...]
WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier
An interesting and powerful way to understand events in history is to read what people involved in events wrote at the time. Especially on the internet there is an amazing amount of this material available. There are also many many books with personal accounts of twentieth century history.
This blog is made up of transcripts of [...]