Jacaranda World History Atlas for the Australian Curriculum

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Journey through history and discover ancient cultures, see amazing historical sites and learn about the events, people and places that have shaped the modern world of today.

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Jacaranda World History Atlas for the Australian Curriculum is an atlas designed to meet the requirements of the Australian History Curriculum. This unique resource has been written to meet the learning needs of year 7 – 10 History students. Combining clear, high-impact maps, stimulating sources and engaging activities, Jacaranda World History Atlas for the Australian Curriculum places significant historical events in their geographical and chronological context to help students discover ‘the where of the when’. KEY FEATURES

• Enriches the teaching of History whatever resources are being used
• Covers all four units of the 7 – 10 Australian Curriculum
• Provides invaluable support for the teaching of the Overviews and each of the Depth Studies
• Organised into double-page spreads containing detailed sources plus introductory text and a chronology for context
• Each spread includes carefully graded activities, based on the maps and sources, designed to develop students’ historical skills
• Over 120 specially commissioned full-colour maps

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Contents

• How to use the Jacaranda World
• History Atlas iv
• About the Jacaranda myWorld
• History Atlas vi
• Foreword viii
  • Working Historically 1
  • Working with maps 2
  • Working with primary and secondary sources 4
  • Working with visual sources 6
  • Working with chronologies and timelines 7
  • Effective note taking 8
  • Writing a paragraph 9
• Year 7
  • The ancient world (c.60000 BCE – 650 CE) 10
• Overview
  • Out of Africa? 12
  • Early cultures 14
  • Indigenous migrations to Australia 16
  • Early river civilisations 18
  • Early urban civilisations 20
  • Mesopotamia — Sumer 22
  • Mesopotamia — Babylon 24
  • Mesopotamia — Assyria 26
  • Cities of the Near East 28
  • Persian Empire 30
  • Mayas and Toltecs 32
  • Monotheistic belief systems 34
  • Eastern belief systems 36
• Depth study: The Mediterranean world
  • Egypt — the Old Kingdom 38
  • Egypt — the Middle Kingdom 40
  • Egypt — the New Kingdom 42
  • Development of Greece 44
  • Persian Wars 46
  • Peloponnesian Wars 48
  • Philip of Macedon 50
  • Alexander the Great 52
  • Hellenistic world 54
  • Republican Rome 56
  • Punic Wars 58
  • Roman civil wars 60
  • Roman Empire 62
• Depth study: The Asian world
  • Indus Valley civilisations 64
  • Mauryan Empire 66
  • Early Chinese kingdoms 68
  • Unification of China 70
  • Silk Roads 72
• Year 8
  • The ancient to the modern world (c.600 – 1750 CE) 74
• Overview
  • Transformation of the Roman world 76
  • Byzantine Empire 78
  • Spread of Islam 80
  • Invasion of Britain 82
  • Protestant Reformation 84
  • The West visits the East 86
  • European exploration 88
  • Non-European exploration 90
  • European contact with Australia 92
• Depth study: The Western and Islamic world
  • Viking homelands and settlement 94
  • Medieval Christendom 96
  • Holy Roman Empire 98
  • The Crusades 100
  • Renaissance Italy 102
  • Ottoman Empire 104
• Depth study: The Asia–Pacific world
  • Khmer Empire 106
  • Japan under the shoguns 108
  • Polynesian expansion 110
• Depth study: Expanding contacts
  • China: the Middle Kingdom 112
  • Mongol Empire 114
  • Aztecs 116
  • Incas 118
  • Spanish conquest of South America 120
  • Black Death 122
• Year 9
  • The making of the modern world (c. 1750–1918 CE) 124
• Overview
  • Movement of peoples 126
  • European imperial expansion into Asia 128
  • French and Dutch imperialism in Asia–Pacific 130
  • Imperialism and Africa 132
• Depth study: Making a better world?
  • Egalitarianism: the French Revolution 134
  • Egalitarianism: the American Revolution 136
  • Capitalism and socialism 138
  • Darwinism 140
  • Nationalism: Napoleon Bonaparte 142
  • Nationalism: the Congress of Vienna 144
  • Nationalism: Italy and Germany 146
  • Imperialism: the Boer War 148
  • Industrial Revolution 150
  • The British Empire 152
  • Slave trade 154
• Depth study: Australia and Asia
  • China in the nineteenth century 156
  • The Chinese diaspora 158
  • Japan in the nineteenth century 160
  • India in the nineteenth century 162
  • Cook, and the First Fleet 164
  • Convict transportation to Australia 166
  • Non-European migration to Australia 168
  • European migration to Australia 170
  • Social reforms 172
  • Democratic reform 174
  • Living and working in Australia 176
• Depth study: World War I
  • Europe on the eve of war 178
  • World War I 180
  • The Gallipoli campaign 182
  • Consequences of World War I 184
• Year 10
  • The modern world and Australia (c. 1918 – 2010 CE) 186
• Overview
  • The interwar period 188
  • Post-world war peace 190
  • The Great Depression 192
  • The Cold War 194
  • The rise of China 196
  • The rise of India 198
  • Arab–Israeli conflict 200
  • Australia and Cold War convicts 202
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis 204
  • The Vietnam War 206
  • Australia’s international relationships 208
  • UN interventions and peacekeeping 210
  • Post–Cold War convicts 212
  • Global terrorism 214
  • Independence movements in Asia 216
  • Independence movements in Africa 218
  • Women’s rights 220
  • Refugees 222
  • Global health and wealth 224
• Depth study: World War II
  • Causes of World War II 226
  • World War II in Europe 228
  • World War II in the Pacific 230
  • World War II at home 232
• Depth study: Rights and freedoms
  • Civil rights movements 234
  • Indigenous rights 236
• Depth study: The globalising world
  • Politics and sport 238
  • Film and television 240
  • Global media 242
  • Green politics 244
  • Post-war migration to Australia 246
  • Australia’s changing identity 248
• Glossary 250
• Gazetteer index 254
• Subject index 261
• Acknowledgements 264

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