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Australia Federates PowerPoint
A 27 slide editable PowerPoint template to use in the classroom when learning about Australian Federation.
Use this teaching presentation when exploring Australian Federation with your students.
It addresses the following questions:
- the reasons for and against Federation
- the events that led to Federation (the Eureka Stockade and the Tenterfield oration)
- the Australian Constitution
- the impact of Federation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
This PowerPoint presentation includes:
- informative slides
- links to resources
- whole class activities
- independent tasks.
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NSW Curriculum alignment
- HT3-3
Identifies change and continuity and describes the causes and effects of change on Australian society
- HT3-4
Describes and explains the struggles for rights and freedoms in Australia, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- HT3-5
Applies a variety of skills of historical inquiry and communication
Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCHHC083
Identify the origin, content features and the purpose of historical sources and describe the context of these sources when explaining daily life in colonial Australia, reasons for migration and causes and effects of Federation
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACHASSI132
Reflect on learning to propose personal and/or collective action in response to an issue or challenge, and predict the probable effects
- ACHASSI122
Develop appropriate questions to guide an inquiry about people, events, developments, places, systems and challenges
- ACHASSI127
Examine different viewpoints on actions, events, issues and phenomena in the past and present
- ACHASSK135
Experiences of Australian democracy and citizenship, including the status and rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, migrants, women and children
- ACHASSI130
Work in groups to generate responses to issues and challenges
- ACHASSK134
Key figures, events and ideas that led to Australia's Federation and Constitution

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I am unable to open this file – it tells me I need to ‘repair’ it, but when I do, it still will not open. Any suggestions? Thank you 🙂
Erin Anderson · Mar 5th, 2019
Hi Erin, we have had some changes to our website recently. I have had a look at the PowerPoint and it appears to be working again. Could you please try downloading it again and let us know if you have any further issues.
Royce (Teach Starter) · Mar 7th, 2019