http://www.trcs.nsw.edu.au/hsie Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:03:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.trcs.nsw.edu.au/hsie/?p=20 lost at sea game ASSESSMENT TASK:  Create a brochure for tourists - Kosciuszko National Park Task: Create a travel brochure for tourists that will show Kosciusko National Park as an ideal tourist destination for: families, international travellers, scientisists, students. Instructions: split your team up into small groups of 2-3 people. Each group is given one ... http://www.trcs.nsw.edu.au/hsie/?p=19 War memorial, Canberra Is the painting a primary or secondary source and what is its origin? What useful facts do both sources give you about the battle between Australians and Italians, then Australians and Germans in Tobruk? Aussie troops capturing German tank Find out the author of this source and give at least two reasons why ... http://www.trcs.nsw.edu.au/hsie/?p=17 2.3 Gender and Projections of the Australian and DVA Treatment Populations  1) "The relative proportions of men and women differ between age groups because of their differential mortality" (DVA: 2006) What is meant by this quote? 2) Study figure 2.4. What is the percentage difference between women in the 85+ range to ... http://www.trcs.nsw.edu.au/hsie/?p=16 Ray Cleary - 2005 - is this column objective or subjective? In your own words, explain Australia's IR history of fairness Cleary is alluding to. According to the opinion columnist, who will have more power under the new IR reforms? Why does Cleary think the system is already working well? What is ironic about ... http://www.trcs.nsw.edu.au/hsie/?p=15 LOTE is taught to Years 7 and 8 as a composite class to satisfy the 100 hours of compulsory study required by the NSW Department of Education. The major language taught is Japanese. This course is constructed to enable students to communicate effectively, i.e. to understand and to be understood, ... http://www.trcs.nsw.edu.au/hsie/?p=14 YEAR 7/8, HERE ARE SOME SITES TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR ASSESSMENT TASK DUE ON MAY 26. What is Islam?  Excellent for the Byzantine empire, Mohammed's and Islam's history. Includes information about Islam and the west today and in the past.  The Modern Middle East Map of modern-day Middle east The Aegean sea - ... http://www.trcs.nsw.edu.au/hsie/?p=8 Pyramids and temples http://www.trcs.nsw.edu.au/hsie/?p=6 VIETNAM WAR 1962-1972  useful overview of why and where Australians fought in Vietnam. Michael Birch- war correcspondent's poems, 1968 useful source for the perspective of the war from a correspondent who died in Saigon. Shows how some, at least one involved in the conflict, reacted to the war in Vietnam. Nationalism and the Vietnam ... http://www.trcs.nsw.edu.au/hsie/?p=5