Year 8 History, Term 3, 2011. The Early Discoveries of Australia. Your task in the next 4 weeks is to research this topic and learn about the various different people who would have visited Australia prior to the arrival of the first settlers on the First Fleet. Use the links to your own page and build up your own set of notes there. Notes should be in your own words.

This was a period of time when a number of different forces inspired Europeans to venture into the unknown, to discover new trade routes, new lands, new groups of people. What motivated Europeans to go on voyages of discovery? You can see from the map that they knew little of the world outside Europe. THE BACKGROUND TO THE AGE OF Exploration how it developed. Life in the Middle Ages.

The easiest way to manage your class. Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging. Essay - Main Body Paragraphs. Film Analysis - SWAT Codes. We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.

Do not forget that you will be doing assessments in 2 weeks time. Wie spaet ist es? .

The Civil War and Civil War Project. Our final topic this term will be The English Civil War. Has a solid overview of the topic, as does the text book. Please use the text book and the document handed out in class in order to complete the questions on this topic. If you mislay them, here are Document 1. Your mini project must be on some aspect of the English Civil War. You will need to collect information and complete thorough research.