Resources and Acknowledgements
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Resources
Cost Free Learning
Resources for Teachers
State Library of Victoria Ergo
http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/search/for-teachers
Learn English
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en
http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/topic/2471169/english-language-learner
Computing, Life Skills
Goodwill Community Foundation, “Creating Opportunities for a Better Life”
From Microsoft Office and email to reading, math, and more, GCFLearnFree.org offers more than 180 topics, including more than 2,000 lessons, 800+ videos, and 55+ interactives and games, completely free.
Topics
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/topics/
Learn to Code
Microsoft Education
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/makecode
ABC Splash, online learning
http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/topic/2117719/coding
Scratch
Scratch is a free programming language designed to be fun, educational and easy to learn. It has the tools for creating interactive games, art, simulations and more.
Also available as a free app for iPads and Android
ABC Splash
ABC online education
Topics
http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/topics/c
ABC Kids
https://www.abc.net.au/abckids/
Resources for Parents
Raising Children
The Australian Parenting Website
https://raisingchildren.net.au/
Parenting App to Support Young Families
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/news/Pages/stories/2017/stories_DayByDayApp.aspx
Smiling Mind
https://www.smilingmind.com.au/
Not for profit. Purpose: To equip young people with the integral skills they need to thrive in life
Acknowledgements
Lots of people have kindly provided advice, information and permission to use images and original material. It is impossible to acknowledge all sources though we will endeavour to do so where possible. If we have left you out, please let us know. If you are aware of additional resources that you would like to see on this page, send us an email.
1. Gold
Chinese influence on the Goldfields in Victoria
The Golden Dragon Museum, Bendigo
The Golden Dragon Museum, Bendigo Victoria, the ‘Chinese Cultural Centre of Australia’. The museum opened in 1991 to document, interpret and preserve the Chinese heritage in Australia.
http://www.goldendragonmuseum.org/
Chinese Museum Education Resources
http://www.scoop.it/t/chinese-museum-education
National Museum of Australia
The ‘Harvest of Endurance’
Scroll Depicting two centuries of Chinese contact with and emigration to Australia.
2. Sailing
The Enterprize
The Enterprize – replica 19th century sailing ship.
All About Sea Shanties
Sea Shanty from English Folk Dance and Song Society
Excellent Educational Resources
Sea Songs and Shanties Pack by Carolyn Robson
Each song has teaching notes attached, and you can download the whole pack by clicking on the PDF tab. You can hear and download audio recordings of all the songs by clicking on the audio tab.
This pack is the result of a partnership between The Full English learning programme and Bristol Sings Music.
http://www.efdss.org/efdss-education/resource-bank/resources-and-teaching-tools/sea-songs-and-shanties-pack
Robin Miller / Polio Immunization
Images – Copyright, Credits
1
“The Sugar Bird Memorial at Jandakot Airport”.
1 Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons –
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki File:The_Sugar_Bird_Memorial_plane_at_Jandakot_Airport.jpg#mediaviewer/File:The_Sugar_Bird_Memorial_plane_at_Jandakot_Airport.jpg
2
Broome 1967, Horrie Miller starting up the Wackett , a former RAAF training aircraft, built Fishermans’ Bend 1941, decommissioned 1945 purchased for private use by Horrie Miller in 1946. Restored and since 2008 displayed at the Aviation Heritage Museum in Perth.
Photo by Peter Limon Ref: http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/wackett/wackett-trainer-part1.htm
3
Vaccination Poster
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Polio_vaccine_poster.jpg
By Photo Credit: Content Providers(s): CDC/ Mary Hilpertshauser [Public domain], via Wikimedia
Images
Great images free from the volunteers at:
Acknowledgements
Images, information sources are acknowledged throughout the site where appropriate. It is impossible to acknowledge all sources and all who have assisted with information, but in this space we will endeavour to fill in a few gaps. If we have left you out, please let us know.