HASS - History: 15 Lesson Plans + 1 Summative Assessment Task + FREE Student WORKBOOK (Year 7)

Journey Through Ancient Worlds and Cultivate Critical Historical Thinkers!

Tired of endless lesson prep AND designing History units that truly engage? Our "Ancient Worlds: From First Peoples to Ancient Rome" unit delivers a complete, project-packed experience for Year 7. It provides ready-to-use, Australian Curriculum-aligned resources covering human migration, First Nations histories, archaeology, ancient societies like Egypt, Greece, and Rome, and the legacy of their beliefs, technologies, and conflicts. This unit empowers you to guide students through the exciting process of uncovering the stories of humanity's earliest civilisations from the ground up.

Benefit from:

• Effortless Delivery: Our unit includes detailed explicit teaching content and a list of materials needed (per lesson), making the exploration of complex concepts like social hierarchies, cultural diffusion, and historical evidence smooth and confident for both you and your students.
• Engaging Hands-On Activities: From simulated archaeological digs and building Egyptian pyramids to mapping the Silk Road and debating the legacy of Julius Caesar, students will ignite their Critical and Creative Thinking and develop practical inquiry skills through interactive, hands-on experiences.
• Comprehensive Assessment Suite: Save time with built-in assessment. The unit includes a range of formative assessment options, and a complete summative assessment task (including a marking rubric) is provided.
• In-built Differentiation: Every lesson includes thoughtfully designed differentiation strategies and extension tasks, ensuring all students are challenged and can succeed. There are even suggestions for outdoor learning opportunities to connect with history in new ways.
• Rich Cross-Curriculum Opportunities: Embedded activities organically foster historical inquiry (Literacy), timeline analysis (Numeracy), digital research (ICT Capability), collaboration (Personal and Social Capability), and evaluating sources (Critical and Creative Thinking), aligning seamlessly with key General Capabilities.
• Real-Life Application & Career Education: Connect learning to the real world by exploring the methods of archaeology, the importance of cultural heritage, and the lasting legacy of ancient law and governance. Empower students by exploring real-life application opportunities and careers like Archaeologists, Historians, Museum Curators, and Anthropologists.

BONUS! FREE Student Workbook: This unit includes a ready-to-print student workbook, directly aligned with each lesson, saving you even more preparation time and providing valuable documentation and learning activities for your students.

Invest in impactful History education without the extra hours AND get a FREE student workbook to match! Get your Year 7 "Ancient Worlds" unit today!

(2 Downloads: Lesson Plans (98 pages) and Student Workbook (21 pages))