Ancient Egypt Evidence Explorer
Explore Ancient Egypt through real archaeological and historical evidence. Investigate settlements and sites along the Nile, compare historical chronology with dating…
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18 history simulations, guided investigations and challenges, mapped to the WA and Australian curricula.
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Deep Time & the Ancient World
Ancient Greece: Athens and Sparta
Compare Athens and Sparta through geography, key groups, beliefs and practices, contacts and conflicts, significant individuals and primary sources. Students weigh the…
Deep Time Australia Explorer
Explore more than 65,000 years of Australian history through archaeological evidence, changing landscapes, First Nations technologies and knowledge systems, and the…
Human Innovation Timeline
An evidence-based timeline where students investigate the development of bipedalism, tools, fire, migration, hunting, shelter, social care, symbolic culture, seafaring…
Pompeii: The Last 24 Hours
Follow the destruction of Pompeii through an interactive eruption timeline, archaeological evidence, decision points and a final evidence-based reconstruction.
Roman Empire Expansion Explorer
Explore how Roman territorial control changed from the Republic to the fall of the Western Empire using historical province and regional boundaries. Move through time,…
The Ancient to the Modern World
Black Death Evidence Explorer
Trace the Black Death across Europe using georeferenced historical outbreak records from 1347-1353. Investigate spatial and temporal patterns, test the relationship…
Medieval Europe Explorer
Explore medieval European society, the manor economy, towns and trade using real ca. 1300 settlement data, religious and material evidence, and change-and-continuity…
The South Sea Bubble Game
Trade real 1720 South Sea Company, Bank of England and East India Company share prices day by day as news unfolds, with optional borrowing and margin calls. Compare your…
The Making of the Modern World
Industrial Revolution Explorer
Explore the causes and impacts of the Industrial Revolution through historical data, changing industrial geography, coalfields, cities, railways, factory production and…
The 1854 Cholera Outbreak: Solve the Mystery
Investigate the 1854 Soho cholera outbreak through John Snow’s historic death-location map, water pump positions and daily mortality data. Analyse spatial patterns, test…
World War I Explorer
Explore World War I through a shared historical core with configurable national perspective, curriculum and local place-context layers.
World War I: Australia Explorer
Investigate the causes of World War I and Australian enlistment, compare Gallipoli, the Western Front and Middle East campaigns, analyse the Australian home front and…
The Modern World & Australia
Country, Land & Native Title Explorer
Explore native title claims, determinations, outcomes and Indigenous Land Use Agreements across Australia, and investigate how legal recognition differs from traditional…
Gulf of Tonkin: Evidence & Escalation
Investigate the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incidents using historical timelines, declassified intelligence, primary sources and congressional voting data. Compare contemporary…
HMAS Sydney and the Kormoran, 1941
A case study of the loss of HMAS Sydney off Western Australia in 1941. Fly from the world to the wreck site, replay the battle and the survivors' drift on an animated…
Kokoda Campaign 3D Explorer
Explore the Kokoda campaign across a data-derived 3D model of the Owen Stanley Range. Follow the Japanese advance and Australian counter-offensive, investigate…
World War II Explorer
Explore the causes and changing geography of World War II, investigate Australian service and the home front, study the Holocaust through evidence and chronology, and…