YEARS 7-10 HUMANITIES

History-making Years 7-10 Humanities resource library

Aligned to the Victorian Curriculum, with everything teachers and students need to love the Humanities 

Edrolo for Years 7-10 Humanities

Concise, Victorian Curriculum-aligned content with the best quality questions and answers
Humanities skills backwards mapped from VCE and embedded across 7-10
Explicitly teach students the skills they need for success in the Humanities
Learning intentions, theory, activities, check in questions and answers and discussion starters for every lesson
Exemplar answers and checklists to help students make progress and learn
Real-time, instant data to target teaching
More options for flexibility and differentiation

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Preview sample content from our new Year 7 Humanities resource with the same features across Years 7-10.

Full curriculum coverage

You are fully covered, whether you choose to teach Rome, China, civics or liveability. Every topic is covered in-depth, with skills and knowledge explicitly mapped for Years 7-10. Deep dive or take a whistle-stop tour of a topic, you have content and activities that are ready-to-go.

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Editable slides

High-quality editable and downloadable teacher slides for every single topic. There are Knowledge slides and Skills slides. These include learning intentions and success measures, guiding questions, theory, activities, and checking for understanding. Use as is, or add and remove the content you need for your students.

Skills slides

Each set of Skills slides focuses on a specific Humanities skill, helping to make sure your students are developing the skills they will in Humanities while also learning the content.

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Knowledge slides

Knowledge slides cover the topics that you know get students excited. Hooks and activities in each slide set will get students buzzing, with theory that connects topics to students’ lives.

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Skills activities

Humanities skills are embedded throughout the resource. These are backwards mapped from what students will need for success in the senior years, including VCE.

Skills lesson activities

Each Skills lesson includes an activity to help students practise what they are learning. Each activity also includes a detailed sample answer, to help students make progress and learn.

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Reinforcing skills through topics

Each Knowledge lesson also includes a student activity to practise the skill learnt in the related Skills lesson. For example, when students learn about Ancient China, you can practise identifying perspectives from the past - which is covered in-depth in the matching Skills lesson.

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Question sets

Each set of Skills and Knowledge slides includes a set of questions to assess students’ comprehension, while getting them to apply what they’ve learnt. Completing the questions online, students can also access a detailed sample answer and checklist to help them reflect and assess their own response.

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Geography knowledge - Liveability

About this lesson

This Year 7 topic (aligned to the Victorian Curriculum Content Standard VCGGK111) focuses on improving liveability in sustainable ways. The hook slide at the start introduces the example of Seoul, South Korea, which has improved livability since 2010 for its 70 million residents.  

Examples of livability using a skatepark, public transport and waste management unpack the concept before students are asked to assess liveability initiatives and interpret livability data in the accompanying question set and skills activity.

Time: 40-80 mins (depending on using the questions and activity in class or as homework)
Things to look for: learning intentions and success criteria, use of visuals, key terms, embedded activities and end of lesson review. 

Lesson resources

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History knowledge - Ancient China

About this lesson

This Year 7 topic (aligned to the Victorian Curriculum Content Standard VCHHK110) focuses on the contribution of different groups to ancient Chinese society. Students explore the hierarchy within ancient Chinese society, look at different social classes and the role of key emperors in shaping the society.

Students then apply the skill of identifying perspectives from the past by writing a diary entry from the perspective of someone in ancient China.

Lesson resources

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Geography skills - Geospatial technology

About this lesson

This Year 7 topic (aligned to the Victorian Curriculum Content Standard VCGGC104) introduces students to geospatial technologies. Students are first encouraged to think about the similarities between an iPhone and a pigeon- both of which are able to navigate using spatial information. Students then look at 5 common types of spatial technologies, and are introduced to a simple framework to help them make sense of spatial imagery. 

To apply the skill of interpreting information from spatial imagery, students compare two images related to deforestation, and use the framework introduced during the lesson as scaffold to respond.

Lesson resources

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History skills - Historical significance

About this lesson

This Year 7 topic (aligned to the Victorian Curriculum Content Standard VCHHC104) introduces students to the concept of historical significance. Students review examples of historically significant events and people, and are introduced to a skills framework to assess whether an event or person is historically significant.  

To apply the skill of assessing cultural significance, students look at the invention of the iPhone and use the skills framework introduced in the lesson to assess its historical significance.

Lesson resources

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Sandya, Year 7 Coordinator
Good News Lutheran College

Edrolo is a complete package for both teacher-led and self-directed learning. It saves an immense amount of teacher's time, planning and looking for resources.

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Rome isn’t taught in a day

Every Years 7-10 Humanities topic is covered in-depth, with teacher slides, activities and explicit skills teaching to get students hooked on the Humanities.

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Skills for success now, and in VCE

We’ve mapped the progression of Humanities skills from Year 7 to VCE. Each subject and year level has a skills chapter that scaffolds students for success now, and in the senior years. Accompanying skills frameworks help tie it all together so students make progress and learn.

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The world at your fingertips

A suite of quality digital resources, made by experienced Humanities teachers, organised and packaged up to save teacher prep time. Editable teacher slides, knowledge and skills activities aligned to the Victorian Curriculum, and online auto-marking.

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Build engaged and confident learners

Every theory lesson contains an embedded activity based on a key Humanities skill. Students can use the detailed sample answer to self-reflect and build their independent learning skills.

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Humanities resources in a world of their own

More content and activities than you need for any lesson, so you’re fully covered. Plus extra support for beginning and out-of-field teachers. Use this checklist to make sure you’re getting the best Humanities resource.

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Your students will love

Content that is concise, accessible and ignites their curiosity

Students will love exploring the topics of the Humanities, with content they can understand and explore, activities to get them engaged, all structured to scaffold learning.

Seeing how the Humanities relates to their lives

Students won’t wonder why they’re learning about Ancient Egypt or water cycles, with real-world examples, explanations and questions connecting content to their lives.

Making progress and not 'staying stuck'

Fully-worked solutions for questions help students understand any errors and make progress, whether in class or at home.

Resources designed for teenagers

The colours, font and graphics help students easily scan, read and focus on the content. Photos, graphics and real-world examples make the content fun and engaging.

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