LibGuides: Humanities: Year 9 History

Databases - State Library of Victoria (SLV)

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EXAMPLE: Use for information about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander soldiers who served in WW1.

EXAMPLE: research Victorian History with primary and secondary sources form WW1

EXAMPLE provides resources including documents, images, maps, personal narratives, propaganda and recruitment

EXAMPLE: Australian focus including Australian History primary and secondary resources

activehistory.co.uk
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ActiveHistory provides educational, interactive simulations, decision-making games, self-marking quizzes, worksheets and detailed lesson plans for the school history classroom. All resources have been designed by full-time history educators.

National Geographic: Human Migration Guide
Discusses the different kinds of migration. You can also use this site to access other articles on migration such as maps and statistics.

World War One
The State Library of New South Wales has marked Remembrance Day with the launch of a WWI commemoration project. The project centres on the digitisation of WWI diaries and letters which will be displayed through an online exhibit and onsite programs
World politics explainer: The Great War (WWI)
An excellent description from the 'Coversation' site.
Flies, filth and bully beef: life at Gallipoli in 1915
From the excellent site: 'The Conversation '- It has often been repeated that the lived existence of soldiers at Gallipoli in the 1915 campaign was extremely arduous. The soldiers’ accounts and recent archaeological surveys of this best-preserved First World War battlefield illustrate just how inhumane and gruelling the conditions were for both Allied and Turkish soldiers.

Jewish Holocaust Museum Melbourne
The Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre is an institution dedicated to the memory of the six million Jews who were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators between 1933 and 1945. We consider the finest memorial to all victims of racist policies to be an educational program which aims to combat anti-Semitism, racism and prejudice in the community and foster understanding between people
Yad Vashem (World Centre for Holocaust Research)
For over half a century, Yad Vashem has been committed to four pillars of remembrance: ■Commemoration ■Documentation ■Research ■Education
Anne Frank House
Jewish Virtual Library
Provides links and resources on the Holocaust
Simon Wiesenthal Center's Questions/Answers About the Holocaust Pt 1
Factual questions and answers. Great for background, or for clarifying the details.
Simon Wiesenthal Center's Questions/Answers About the Holocaust Pt 2
Factual questions and answers. Great for background, or for clarifying the details.

Holocaust Encyclopedia

Information from the US Memorial Holocaust Museum
Holocaust History
A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity