Oxford Big Ideas Humanities 2 draws on the philosophy of big ideas, and relates concepts back to the big ideas underpinning History, Geography, Economics and Civics and Citizenship.

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Part 1: Medieval History: Civilisations and Societies

Part 2: Geography: Sustainability and Diversity

Part 3: Economics: Sustainability and Diversity

Part 4: Civics and Citizenship: Civilisations and Societies

Over the last ten years Maggy Saldais has been actively involved in a range of education publishing programs and is also completing her first novel.

Mark Easton is a full-time teacher and Head of Humanities at Saint Margaret’s School in Berwick. He has taught Geography, History and English for over twenty years and over the last decade has contributed to many school textbooks and atlases and has also written a novel, Kazim the Great.

Part 1: History
1.0 History skills: How do we assess evidence?
Worksheet 1.1 - Construction of a Viking longboat
Worksheet 1.2 - Investigating Viking mythology

2.0 Feudalism: How are societies organised?
Worksheet 2.1 - Medieval church windows
Worksheet 2.2 - Castle construction

3.0 Medieval life: What influences lifestyle?
Worksheet 3.1 - Medieval recipes
Worksheet 3.2 - Medieval herbal remedies

4.0 Bold new world: Why do societies change?
Worksheet 4.1 - Printing with potatoes

Part 2: Geography
5.0 Geospatial concepts: How can we understand our world?
Worksheet 5.1 - Design a fieldtrip and find a shipwreck
Worksheet 5.2 - Identifying spatial concepts
Worksheet 5.3 - Migration model

6.0 Disasters: How do we sustain communities in the face of disaster?
Worksheet 6.1 - Major earthquakes in your lifetime
Worksheet 6.2 - Our blackest Saturday
Worksheet 6.3 - Be prepared

7.0 The Asia Pacific Region
Worksheet 7.1 - How much do you know about the Asia Pacific region?
Worksheet 7.2 - Western Australia's mining boom
Worksheet 7.3 - Surfing the news

8.0 Antarctica
Worksheet 8.1 - A virtual trip to Antarctica
Worksheet 8.2 - Shackleton's diary
Worksheet 8.3 - Mining in Antarctica

Part 3: Economics
9.0 Money, work and me: Where do I fit into the economy?
Worksheet 9.1 - Savings game

Part 4: Civics and citizenship
10.0 Civics and citizenship: Civilisations and socities
Worksheet 10.1 - Lawmaking game
Worksheet 10.2 - Parliamentary role play
Worksheet 10.3 - Causes and consequences