Books & Learning Packs

The individual book from the In Search of … series.

ISBN 0 9581625 9 X

This resource aligns with the Australian Curriculum : History for Year 9.

It is part of a range of communication forms that can be used and explored at other year levels as well.

A Teaching and Learning pack for Primary Schools Contents: 36 individual photographic images of WW1 (A4 mounted on cardboard) in six categories and 36 teachers' resource cards (A5 mounted on cardboard)- one for each image card. (Suggestions on how to use the pack can be found on the back of each of these cards).

Packaged in a purpose designed satchel-style box.

ISBN 0 9757123 6 5

Author-Tracey Linnane;

Published 2006.

Under the categories Arrival and living conditions; Transport and supplies; Medical aid;
Communications; Leisure and entertainment; and Effects of war, teachers are offered a wide variety of classroom activities using the photographs as the stimuli.
Presented in a specially designed satchel style box.

WILL BE AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 2013

BLURB ABOUT THE BOOK

Jack and Abi are mates. However, when Jack finds that Abi’s forbears fought the ANZACs at Gallipoli, he becomes unsure about continuing their relationship. Only through meeting relatives on both sides and exploring accounts of the conflict is this contemporary dilemma resolved.;

This is a gentle way to introduce some important Australian history.

A Teaching and Learning Package for Primary Schools.

This resource aligns with the Australian Curriculum: History for Years 6 and 9 but is also a suitable  text for middle primary years in the Big Book format within the historical context of the Australian Curriculum : English [Literature Strand]
ISBN 978-0-9804480-0-9

Published 2007

A revised edition of the book written by Ian Jones in 1987; Illustrated by Basil and Wendy Gay

Paperback with celloglaze cover and pages

40 pp excluding cover; includes comprehensive glossary

Big Book/Portrait 485mmx340mm; colour

Package includes: 1 x Big Book 

Classroom activities on CD-ROM

A comprehensive account of the Australian Light Horse in WW1 – at Gallipoli, on the Western Front and across the vast deserts of the Middle East.

(Shelf Book)

ISBN 0 9581625 5 7

Published July 2004 to complement Big Book Kit

An adventure novel set during the First World War in France.

This resource aligns with the historical , cultural and differing viewpoints in a text listed in the Australian Curriculum : English [Literature Strand] for Years 6-9.

Written by Ian Jones. 56 pages text only. Retail price $8.80 Size A5 Lucien is 16 and in love. To impress his beloved Marie-Claude he sets out with a horse and cart to rescue an abandoned crop from a First World War battlefield in France. A young Australian soldier, Percy, becomes his ally in this mad quest and they share an encounter with the legendary German fighter ace, The Red Baron. For all of them – Lucien, Marie-Claude, Percy, even for The Red Baron – no other day will ever change their lives as much.

Suitable for upper primary to lower secondary. New release November 2009. ISBN 9780980448016

This resource aligns with the Australian Curriculum : History  for Year 3 and the historical text component of the Australian Curriculum : English [Literature Strand] for Years  5-7.

A story about the Australian war horses, the Walers, who went with the Australian troopers to the Boer War in South Africa and with the Light Horsemen to World War 1. Delightful illustrations, many humorous, to help younger readers understand the role of these Australian horses in wartime, the hardships suffered by the men and their horses and the special bond they shared. Suit lower – middle primary.

ISBN 0-9577957-6-9

Published December 2001
Author – Vashti Farrer
Illustrator – Sue O’Loughlin
Paperback with celloglaze cover; 32 pp excluding cover; B5 Portrait; Colour illustrations every page;