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The 1989 Newcastle Earthquake: Online History Unit
The 1989 Newcastle Earthquake: Online History Unit
The 1989 Newcastle Earthquake Stage Online History Unit aims to engage NSW school students in Year 3-4 and beyond in the study of History.
Download the PDF Teacher Resource for the full History Unit including links to online content and teacher notes. The tabs below offer a summary of activities and links to media to spark interest in the classroom.
Designed using the Community Histories and Commemorating Shared Events content in Stage 2 Curriculum as focus, this resource is structured around four key inquiry questions:
What is Commemoration?
What skills do we need to investigate what happened during and after the 1989 Earthquake?
What happened during and after the Earthquake?
How does the Newcastle community remember the events of 28 December 1989?
