Australian History Multimedia Collection
Attention Teachers and Librarians...
Adkins Productions is offering an outstanding collection of 36 of their
popular multimedia teaching resources on Australian History, with Unlimited
Site Licences, for only $575.00. This comprehensive collection includes;
"The Story of Australia", "The Coming of a New Order",
"The Aboriginal People of Australia", "Australia's Yesterdays"
and "Australian Nation Builders". All programs come with teachers
guides, student worksheets and follow-up activities.
The Story of Australia
The Story of Australia is a program designed for middle and upper primary
and lower secondary school.
This program consists of 16 stories, or titles, on four CD-ROMs for Windows
95+ computers, that trace the fascinating history of Australia from the
Aborigines of pre-European discovery and the early Dutch voyages, to the
end of World War II. The Story of Australia is an excellent Australian
history resource, and is ideal for use as an introduction to any studies
of Australian history.
Titles in this series are;
Part 1 - A Slow Awakening, The First Fleet, Convicts, The Reign of Rum
Part 2 - The Macquarie Years, The Early Explorers, The Squatters, The
New Colonies
Part 3 - The Great Gold Rush, The Bushrangers, The Inland Explorers, Federation
Part 4 - The Innocent Years, The Anzacs, The Great Depression, The Second
World War.
Each of the stories has comprehensive Teachers Guides, Student Reviews,
Further Learning Activities and an Interactive Review. Formatted for Windows
95+ computers.
The Coming of a New Order
This twenty-minute documentary, the "Coming of a New Order"
is a history program designed for middle and upper primary and lower secondary
school, and tells the story of the Aboriginal People of Australia's Kimberley
district, whose history with the land dates back over 50,000 years, to
when man first settled on the Australian continent.
As well as being one of the first areas settled, the Kimberley was also
to become one of the last areas of productive land in Australia, where
Indigenous People lived in their traditional manner, free from the influence
of European settlement.
The program shows how the intrusion of European gold miners and pastoralists,
following Alexander Forrest's 1879 expedition of discovery, brought about
a period of change and upheaval to this ancient civilisation, and introduced
the Indigenous People to a New Order that was to challenge their very
existence.
The program consists of one DVD documentary, and one CD-ROM, which contains
the documentary, Interactive Review, Teachers' Guide and Student work
sheets. Formatted for Windows 95+ computers.
The Aboriginal People of Australia
The "Aboriginal People of Australia" is a history program designed
for middle and upper primary and lower secondary school.
This Audio CD tells the story of the Aboriginal People of Australia, from
their first arrival on the Australian continent over 40,000 years ago
to modern times. It tells of the early misconceptions that many early
European settlers had about the Aboriginal People and of their attempts
to rid the Indigenous People of their traditional culture and convert
them to Christianity. It tells of the struggle that the Aboriginal that
the Aboriginal People faced in fitting into the European lifestyle and
devastating effect of being driven off their land.
This program has a comprehensive Teachers' Guide, Student Reviews and
Further Learning Activities which can be viewed and printed from a Windows
95+ computer.
Australia's Yesterdays
Australia's Yesterdays comprises of six dramatised audio programs that
can be played on any Audio CD player or as CD-ROMs playable on a Windows
95+ computer. These dramatised productions will introduce students to
the important events in Australia's history and the people who moulded
a virgin land into the Australian nation. As well as the famous names
Governor Phillip, Governor Macquarie, Edward Hargreaves, Ned Kelly, Alfred
Deakin and the like, the ordinary man of the day is depicted; the squatter,
the gold digger, the convict, the bushranger and the lesser known founding
fathers.
The titles in the "Australia's Yesterdays" series are:
First Settlement Why was Australia settled? How did the first settlers,
willing and unwilling, survive in the strange new land? These and many
other questions are posed and answered in this CD.
Convicts The brutality of the convict system has long scarred Australia's
conscience. What was the system really like? The story of convicts examines
all aspects of the system and those who participated in it.
Squatters Australia's first taste of wealth and security came with
the discovery that the continent was ideally suited to the rearing of
sheep. This CD follows the story of the squatter, the man who tamed the
inland wilderness.
Gold The story of the Australian gold rushes is full of spectacle
and pathos. From the view point of the ordinary gold digger, the joys,
the trials and the tribulations of these men are examined.
Bushrangers Almost from the first settlement, bushrangers roamed
the Australian outback. This CD follows the development of bushranging
from the early convict escapees to the wild colonial boys like Ben Hall
and Ned Kelly.
Federation By 1901 Australia was federated into a single nation.
The decisions made by the founding fathers in the preceding years have
irrevocably determined the subsequent growth of the nation.
The preparation work required of the teacher is minimal. Each title has
a Teacher's Guide which lists objectives, rationale, teaching suggestions
and vocabulary of difficult words and phrases. Included also is a Student's
Listening-aid sheet and a Post Listening Developmental work sheet. All
back-up material can be accessed and printed from a Windows 95+ computer.
Australian Nation Builders
Australian Nation Builders comprises of twelve dramatised
audio programs that can be played on any Audio CD player or as CD-ROMs
playable on a Windows 95+ computer. Scripted and dramatised to maximise
student interest and develop listening skills, the twelve titles in this
program were specifically designed to provide source material for Australian
history studies and can be played on any Audio CD player or Windows 95+
computer. The characters are presented as "whole" human beings
with strengths and weaknesses and with problems in relating to other people
and to the environment. Rather than a catalogue of facts the program aims
to stimulate the student to develop concepts, interests, values, feelings
and action patterns essential for modern society.
Titles in this series are:
John Macarthur, Governor Macquarie, John Batman, Caroline Chisholm, William
Light, C.Y. O'Connor, Paddy Hannan, Daisy Bates, Cob and Co., Peter Lalor,
Sydney Harbour Bridge, John Flynn.
Caroline Chisholm in
Each title has a Teacher's Guide which lists objectives, rationale, teaching suggestions and vocabulary of difficult words and phrases. Included also is a Student's Listening-Aid sheet and a Post Listening Developmental work sheet. All back-up material can be accessed and printed from a Windows 95+ computer.
