The Humanities: Economics, Geography & History
Policies / Guidelines
Economics
- The Humanities − Economics Support (VELS)
- Economics (VCAA)
- The Humanities - Economics - Assessment Map
- The Humanities – Economics Standards and Progression Points
Geography
- The Humanities − Geography Support (VELS)
- Background to the VELS − The Humanities − Geography domain
- Geography (VCAA)
- The Humanities − Geography Domain
- The Humanities - Geography - Assessment Map
- Background to the VELS − The Humanities − Geography domain
History
- The Humanities − History Support (VELS)
- Australian History (VCAA)
- The Humanities - History - Assessment Map
- History: Units 1 and 2 (VCAA)
- History: Renaissance Italy (VCAA)
- History: Revolutions (VCAA)
Resources
Economics
- Senior secondary economics resources (edna)
- An Updated List of Selected Internet Resources for Secondary School Teachers of Economics (US)
- Austrade
- The Stock Market Game
- Articles – Economics (Nobel Prize)
- ASX Sharemarket Games (Australian Securities Exchange / Education Resource for Schools)
- Biz/Ed Virtual Worlds
- Coffee Shop / Free Online Strategy&Simulation Games
- Causes of Poverty
- Consumer Youth Website (South Australian Office of Consumer and Business Affairs)
- Curriculum Support Activities for Measuring Australia's Economy (MAE) (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
- Cyber Economics (creator: Robert Schenk, American Economics Professor)
- Economics Resources for K-12 Teachers (Economics Education Web / University of Nebraska, Omaha)
Geography
- List of Geography Resources (edna)
- National Geographic
- MapCreator
- My Wonderful World – Games&Cool Stuff (National Geographic Society)
- Geographia
- Geo-Globe Interactive Geography
- Geography It’s Essential: It’s Place in the Victorian Curriculum (
PDF 1.6 MB)(2007 – ) (Geography Teacher’s Association)
- Genesis IV
- Google Earth
- Seterra
- WebQuestUK Geography
- The World Quiz
- Resources / Australian Geography Teachers’ Association
- Classroom Antarctica (Australian Antarctic Division / grades 5 – 8)
- Discover Antarctica (National Geographic / senior secondary)
- Education Multimedia Visualization Center (University of California / senior secondary)
- Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN)
- Feeding the future – sustainable agriculture (Australian Academy of Science)
- Global Education Issues (AusAID, Australian Government / senior secondary)
- All About Glaciers (National Snow and Ice Data Center, US / senior secondary)
- GeoCareers (Australian Geography Teachers' Association, AGTA)
- Where in the World? A Geography WebQuest (Cummings School Winthrop, MA)
- WebQuest Locator / Geography
- World US Geography WebQuests
- Conflict in Darfur A Search for Answers A WebQuest designed for secondary school students in a geography, history, or contemporary issues class.
- Lyndsey's Mania: games and activities
- 2008/9 Schools Wikipedia Selection : Geography
History
- List of History resources (edna)
- Australian Indigenous History / Portal (P. L. Duffy Resource Centre - Trinity College WA)
- Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library
- Aboriginal History (journal)
- Australian Centre for Indigenous History (Australian National University)
- Indigenous History Timeline
- Aboriginal Heritage Council (Aboriginal Affairs Victoria)
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
- Koorie Records Unit (Public Record Office Victoria)
- Barani – Indigenous history of Sydney City
- Australian history
- Australian history / Selected websites (National Library of Australia)
- Best of History Web Sites
- Vietnam: Young People, Old Country: Secondary
- Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators / History and Social Studies site
- HistoryWorld
- Eyewitness to History
- Casahistoria.net
- Spartacus Educational History Websites
- Making Sense of Evidence (History Matters)
- The Center for Teaching History with Technology
- Prisoner of war / WW2 (Frank Larking / blog developed by his son)
- Picture Australia (National Library of Australia)
- National Museum of Australia / Canberra
- National Archives of Australia
- National Centre for History Education (Australian Government) (includes Units of Work: Making History)
- Australian History Timelines (portal to numerous sites)
- Secondary Teaching resources (British Film Institute BFI)
Multi-Discipline
Publications
Social Studies (general)
- Berson, Michael J. (2007). Social studies on the Internet (3rd ed.) Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall
- Chapin, June R. (2007). A practical guide to middle and secondary social studies (2nd ed). Boston: Pearson Allyn&Bacon.
- Mallein, Darla J. (2007). A handbook of activities for secondary social studies methods. Boston: Pearson
- Wildy, M., Calder, M., Smith, F.&Carlin, J. (2007). Teaching about other countries: A teaching model for primary and middle school teachers. Adelaide, S. Aust: Global Education Centre.
Geography
- Australians Need Geography (PDF 2.1 MB)(Geography Teachers’ Association)
- Morgan, John & Lambert, David (2005). Geography: teaching school subjects 11-19. London: Routledge, 2005.
Economics
- Carmichael, Richard E. (2006). Economics for everyone: An introduction to economics. Baltimore, Md. PublishAmerica
- DesJardins, Joseph R. (2007). Business, ethics, and the environment: Imagining a sustainable future. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
History
- Hunt, Martin (2007). A practical guide to teaching history in the secondary school. London: Routledge, 2007.