Senior Library Books
Resource Key
LEVEL 1
brief, basic information laid out in an easy-to-read format. May use informal language. (Includes most news articles)
LEVEL 2
provides additional background information and further reading. Introduces some subject-specific language.
LEVEL 3
lengthy, detailed information. Frequently uses technical/subject-specific language. (Includes most analytical articles)
Databases
- World Book Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
Online version of the complete reference work along with dictionary, atlas, links, magazines, historical documents, audio, video, images, and 3D photograph
- Britannica Schools This link opens in a new window
Introduction
This research guide has been created for Years 12s studying Modern History Australia 1918–1955 (the end of World War I to the ALP Split).
Through the study of Modern History, we can understand why our modern world is the way it is. We can understand the processes of change and continuity that have shaped today’s world, their causes, and the roles people have played in those processes. We can understand that there are relationships between our needs and interests and a range of historical issues, people and events. We develop these understandings through processes of critical inquiry, debate and reflection, and through empathetic engagement with the standpoint of others.
(Queensland Studies Authority, 2004)
Overview
- Encyclopædia Britannica. (n.d.). Australia. Britannica School. Retrieved July 29, 2024, from https://school-eb-com-au.db.scotch.wa.edu.au/levels/high/article/Australia/110544
The Encyclopedia Britanica defines the Modern History of Australia, click on History and scroll down to Post War Years. - Australian Government. (2016). Australian history. Retrieved from http://www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/culture-and-arts/history
This Australian Government website provides links to information regarding Australia's political and cultural history. - Australia Unwrapped. (n.d.).Retrieved from http://www.australiaunwrapped.com/australian-timeline/New history is made every day, this document if fluid and growing, please share some more key Australian events and together we can make the most up to date and accurate historical timeline of our wonderful country. Australia Unwrapped loves to know what has come before and as we travel this great land sit back and imagine many moons ago the first arrivals and the adventure they undertook around 42500 years ago, make your own Australian history today.
Timelines
- Museum of Australian Democracy. (2016). Milestones in Australian democracy. Retrieved from http://explore.moadoph.gov.au/timelines/milestones-in-australian-democracyOur Turning Points in Australian Democracy timeline contains over 500 milestones that mark key events and turning points in Australian democracy. It takes you on a virtual journey through time and place, and glimpse key moments in the history of democratic ideas, laws and institutions.
- National Archives of Australia. (n.d.). Australia's Prime Ministers. Retrieved from http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/timeline/results.aspxThis National Archives of Australia website contains a timeline of the significant political decisions made by Australian Prime Ministers.
Key Terms
- Modern Historyhistorical events up to the present day, often contrasted with ancient history and medieval history
Movies
- Khan Academy. (2016). Modern History Videos from the Khan Academy. Retrieved from https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/euro-histYou cannot properly understand current world events without understanding the history of the 20th Century. This topic takes us on a journey from the end of Imperialism through two world wars and the Cold War and brings us to our modern world.
- Green. J. (2016). Crash Course history of the world in 42 episodes. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9John Green teaches the history of the world in 42 episodes.