Michael Adcock / Adrian De Fanti / Brady Driscoll / Ben Hoban / Samuel Koehne / Yvonne Middlebrook / Damien Osborne / Despina Polatidis / Ashley Keith Pratt / Danielle Raffaele / James St Julian
REGION:
Victoria
LEVELS:
Year 8
SUBJECT AREA:
Humanities / Business, Economics, and Legal / History / Geography
Developing the concepts and skills for today’s students to investigate, engage with, and help shape the modern world.
Inspired by the rationale of the Victorian Curriculum, this engaging and accessible new series provides a framework for students to explore the shaping of the modern world and the various challenges faced by humanity today.
Developed by experienced and passionate Victorian Humanities teachers, this series is strongly aligned with the Victorian Curriculum, with all curriculum content for History, Geography, Economics & Business, Civics & Citizenship clearly identified.
The engaging delivery of the curriculum draws on intriguing chapter-opener stories to hook students in to each topic, and also features a visually appealing design and an extensive range of sources.
Modern pedagogical practices are incorporated to give students the best opportunity to understand and investigate the processes of how our world has been shaped, including ‘Making Thinking Visible’ activities inspired by Harvard’s Project Zero’s Visible Thinking Routines.
Skills and concepts are integrated throughout the chapters to enable students to make connections to their learning and support the way skills are commonly taught in context in Victorian classrooms.
The wide range of activities will engage and challenge students across each topic and offer opportunities for teachers to differentiate for individual learners. A downloadable project in each chapter addresses one of the four mandatory Victorian Curriculum Capabilities.
Unparalleled digital resources, compiled by a digital learning expert, provide today’s students with carefully-chosen digital content and support teachers through a powerful Learning Management System.
Highly commended 2021 Educational Publishing Awards Australia Student Resource – Junior English / Humanities / Languages / Arts / Technologies / Health and Physical Education
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Offline Textbook available in the interactive textbook
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1. HISTORY Unit 1: Middle Ages: European and Mediterranean World 1 Medieval Europe (c.590–c.1500) 2 The Vikings (c.790–c.1066) – digital 3 The Ottoman Empire (c.1299–c.1683) – digital Unit 2: Middle Ages: The Asia-Pacific World 4 Japan under the Shoguns (c.794–1867) 5 Mongol Expansion (c.1206–c.1368) – digital 6 Angkor/Khmer Empire (c.802–c.1431) – digital 7 The Polynesian expansion across the Pacific (c.700–1756) – digital Unit 3: Early exploration: Expanding contacts: Discovery and exploration 8 The Spanish Conquest of the Americas (c.1492–c.1572) 9 Renaissance Italy (c.1400–c.1600) – digital
2. GEOGRAPHY Unit 1: Landforms and landscapes 10 Landforms and landscapes 11 Coastal landforms and landscapes 12 Volcanic landforms and landscapes – digital 13 Forest landforms and landscapes – digital 14 Geomorphic hazards Unit 2: Changing nations 15 Urbanisation 16 Migration
3. ECONOMICS & BUSINESS Unit 1: The economy 17 The business environment 18 Work and work futures 19 Enterprising behaviours and capabilities
4. CIVICS & CITIZENSHIP Unit 1: The legal system and citizenship 20 Laws, Citizenship, Diversity & Identity
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Developing the concepts and skills for today’s students to investigate and engage with the shaping of the modern world.
Inspired by the rationale of the Victorian Curriculum, this engaging and accessible new series provides a framework for students to explore the shaping of the modern world and the various challenges faced by humanity today.
is a History teacher at a school in Melbourne. He is also a lecturer, author and tour guide who specialises in the social and cultural history of France. He regularly presents illustrated lectures for the History Teachers’ Association of Victoria, Modern History Seminars (Sydney) and the National Gallery of Victoria. His published works focus on the history of the French Revolution, and includes a recent work on the Enlightenment. He is also the tour leader for Academy Travel (Sydney), and conducts residential study tours in French history in Paris, and in the Russian Revolution in St Petersburg and Moscow.
Adrian De Fanti
Adrian De Fanti has taught Geography at secondary schools for over ten years and is currently the Dean of Learning and Innovation at Mazenod College. Adrian has a particular interest in integrating technology into the Geography curriculum, including using Geographic Information Systems to analyse spatial data, tracking change over time using satellite imagery, going on virtual field trips using virtual reality and collecting data in the field using spatial technology. Adrian is also an active member of the GTAV where he regularly presents professional development sessions and revision lectures and writes a range of classroom resources.
Brady Driscoll
Brady Driscoll is the co-head of Humanities at Santa Maria College. She has worked in Victorian schools for 7 years and has experience teaching History, English and English Language across Year 7–12. She has worked in curriculum development across multiple domains and is passionate about history in the Year 7 and 8 area. Brady was a recipient of a scholarship that allowed her to join the Gandel Holocaust Studies Program for Australian Educators.
Ben Hoban
Ben is a teacher of VCE Media and History and teaches both subjects at Balcombe Grammar School. He is the Leader of E-Learning and a passionate advocate for innovative learning and digital literacy. Outside of education, Ben has been widely published in design, pop culture and action sports media and is a skateboarder who is old enough to know better.
Samuel Koehne
Samuel Koehne is the Head of History at Trinity Grammar School. He is an internationally recognised scholar in the field of Nazism and religion, and has published extensively on this topic in leading international journals. He has experience teaching History at both secondary and tertiary level, has previously held research fellowships in Australia and in Germany, and is a passionate educator.
Yvonne Middlebrook
Yvonne Middlebrook is a Humanities and Religious Education teacher at John Paul College and has 12 years’ experience teaching Legal Studies, Business, Economics, History and Geography. Yvonne has worked in curriculum development and faculty coordination, and has a passion for academic extension. Prior to teaching, Yvonne has had extensive work experience in law, business banking and marketing in Australia and Asia.
Damien Osborne
Damien Osborne is Head of Humanities at Wonthaggi Secondary College’s senior campus. He has taught a range of Humanities subjects in Victorian secondary schools for more than 15 years, including at VCE level. Damien is an experienced VCAA assessor for VCE Legal Studies exams and is passionate advocate for civics education.
Despina Polatidis
Despina Polatidis is a Geography and Humanities teacher at Dromana College, and she has worked in Victorian schools for 7 years. Prior to teaching, Despina practised law in Australia and the USA and was the recipient of the Blake Dawson Waldron Prize for International Environmental Law. She is an experienced VCAA assessor for Geography and a committee member of the GTAV. Despina is passionate about the importance of fieldwork in Geography education and was a recipient of the Alex Lyne Fieldwork Award for Years 9 and 10.
Ashley Keith Pratt
Ashley Keith Pratt is a passionate History educator with extensive experience teaching history in addition to senior curriculum leadership roles. Ashley has completed postgraduate research in history education at the University of Melbourne and has contributed to curriculum design in Victoria through VCAA review panels for VCE History. Ashley is Vice-President of the History Teachers’ Association of Victoria (HTAV), a contributor to the HTAV journal Agora, a VCAA assessor for VCE History exams and a previous author for Cambridge University Press for Years 7-10 Humanities projects.
Danielle Raffaele
Danielle Raffaele is an early-career secondary teacher with a passion for History and writing. While at university, she won literary prizes for her essays on History, Studies in Religion and Literature and has presented at several academic conferences across Australia. Before her teaching career, Danielle was an academic tutor at a number of universities and coordinated a university course on 'Religions of Asia'.
James St Julian
James St Julian studied archaeology and history at university and subsequently worked in Cambodia on the Greater Angkor Project for five seasons. James has taught History and Archaeology for a number of years and is passionate about introducing students to the history and archaeology of South-East Asia.
