Creative Teaching Ideas

Financial and Consumer Education for Teens. Includes focus questions for class discussion and video link to Dave Ramsey's Generation Change "Needs Vs Wants". Ideal for Consumer & Financial literacy, suitable for Australian Curriculum standards and any course targetted at middle school students.

Introduction to the Industrial Revolution + video review questions. An ideal and simple way to introduce students to this period in history. Included is introductory notes, review questions and follow up information for discussion. Causes of the Industrial Revolution: The Agricultural Revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QKIts2_yJ0 Suitable for Year 9 History: Australian Curriculum

Student's choose one of Australia's unique and iconic landforms or landscapes. This includes, but is not limited to;- The Great Barrier Reef, Jenolan caves, Jim Jim falls, Kata Tjuta, Lake Eyre, Mt Kosciuszko, Nullarbor Plain,The pinnacles, Three sisters, Twelve Apostles, Uluru, Wave Rock, Blue lake, Mt Gambia, Devils marbles, Coorong peninsula, Glasshouse mountains, etc.. Research questions are provided for guidance. Includes Assessment Rubric.

A fun and interactive way for students to learn about Ancient China. This web quest takes students on a journey of significant inventions and developments throughout Ancient China. Each question comes with a web link for easy access to reading.

The Worst Jobs in History: Middle Ages These questions accompany the 45 minute episode Tony Robinson's "Worst Jobs in History: Middle Ages." The video provides valuable content on medieval medicine, battle techniques, and architecture. Ideal for students to use while watching the video and for follow up discussion afterwards. The documentary can currently be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4tTUXdK7-0

Understanding the Sharemarket written for the (Australian Curriculum). Activities for year 9 students studying Economics to understand the sharemarket. By working through a series of activities students are able to gain a sound understanding of the the sharemarket operates. Ideal as an introduction to the sharemarket and to complete before playing the ASX sharemarket schools game. -12 page booket of information and activities. -

An ideal task to teach students how to use the VLOOKUP function in Excel and other essential skills. Makes learning these skills simple and easy for students. Tasks include: 1. Use the VLOOKUP function to find the Markup percentage to be added to each flower arrangement. 2. Format the cells in Column B to Currency. 3. In the sale price column use a formula to calculate the sale price. Sale price is calculated by adding the cost to the markup percentage of the cost. Example = cost + (cost *mar

Ideal Introduction to Ancient Rome: Take a tour of ancient Rome (Khan Academy Web link included) and have students observe the sights and explore the wonder of this ancient city. After their tour students continue to explore other important aspects of ancient Rome, navigating and answering focus questions with web links provided. The quest will take approximately 1 - 2, 50 minute lessons, and provides an ideal introduction to Ancient Rome. The questions also provide an excellent focus for class

Includes the Excel file to provide your students to learn these essential Excel skills. Task includes: 1. Sorting the records by last name alphabetically in ascending order (A-Z). 2. Sorting the NUM column (A) in Ascending order from lowest to highest number. 3. Use VLookup to find the hourly rate for each of the staff employed by Eastern School District. (*use the hourly rate worksheet) 4. Calculate the Gross Pay of each employer based on their hourly rate of pay and hours worked. (= hrly rate

A guide to Financial and Consumer Education for Teens. Essential tips and advice for teens on saving, budgeting and finance. Ideal for Consumer and Financial literacy, suitable for Australian Curriculum standards or any curriculum that involves the topic of budgeting and saving money. - Task and focus questions refer students to the MoneySmart calculators at https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/.

Financial and Consumer Education for Teens. Essential tips and advice for teens on saving, budgeting and finance. Ideal for Consumer and Financial literacy, suitable for Australian Curriculum standards or any curriculum that involves the topic of budgeting and saving money. - Task and focus questions involvereference to MoneySmart calculators at https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/.

Understandings: Planting enough trees could be the most effective way to successfully overcome climate change, and it’s something we can easily do now by each of us helping to plant A Tree a Day. - Climate change is with us and it is now imperative that we respond. It is an international problem and we can solve it by working with and supporting developing countries. - We need carbon tied up in trees and that will solve a lot of problems. - We can protect our existing large old trees e.g. one of

This is an ideal worksheet to use as an introduction to understanding the Crusades. Many students can find this topic confusing and complex to understand. This worksheet simplifies the concepts and provides students with a clear overview of this significant period in history. Includes focus questions from "The Crusades Documentary".

Geographies of Interconnections Research Task Plan a tour of one of the world’s best cities and present this to the class.Your presentation MUST address each of the geographical concepts: (SPICESS) An engaging task that has been written to assess level 9 - 10 Geography unit. Each section has step-by-step instructions to make it easy for students to navigate at their own pace. - Differentiated Assessment Rubric attached.

Contains 45 questions 20 Multiple choice questions on Ancient and world history. - 5 What am I??Who am I? - descriptive questions - 20 World History questions An excellent and fun activity that students will enjoy. Contains theme music from the television show, "Who wants to be a millionaire", to make it an authentic experience for students. Can easily be updated to add your own questions if necessary. If you are a history teacher this is a perfect resource!

Pompeii: Garden of Fugitives Students take the role of history detectives and examine primary and secondary evidence from the past. Students investigate the ancient relic city of Pompeii. They will investigate the thirteen members of the ‘Garden of the Fugitives’, plaster cast remains of citizens of Pompeii. Using Primary and Secondary sources their job is to work out how these doomed souls died! If you think that they are up to the challenge then read the following information carefully. Uncove

Focus: - Climate change is with us and it is now imperative that we respond. It is an international problem and we can solve it by working with and supporting developing countries. - We need carbon tied up in trees and that will solve a lot of problems. - We can protect our existing large old trees e.g. one of our big old oaks could store up to 30 tonnes of carbon. - We can protect our old growth forests. - Forty small trees still don’t equal one big old oak in terms of the carbon they store.

Suitable for Year 9 Economics & Business Unit 1: Resource Allocation and Making Choices (Australia's Economy locally and in a global context). Aligned with Australian Curriculum standards and Victorian Curriculum standards. Global Economy Assignment: Project Based Learning Task.

Civics & Citizenship Key Terms - Match up Task (Australian Curriculum) Age level - Years 7 & 8 Test your students knowledge of 20 Civics & Citizenship key definitions and terms Students read each definition and match it to the appropriate word. *Also includes bonus Civics Word search. Socrative quiz that tests students understanding of these key terms, also available in another listing.

Student's choose from a number of significant Ancient Chinese inventions and explore one of interest. Focus questions are provided to guide their research and a detailed assessment rubric. Students can work individually or in pairs and when they are finished they can present their research to the class.