Wattle Gum Curriculum Year 4 History – Seven Little Australians & Counting

In Year 4 our History focus will be: Australian History and Ancient Greece

We will look at life in Australia for our First Nations Peoples prior to 1788
We will study life in Australia between 1788 and 1800. Considering the experiences of all; First Nations Peoples, Convicts, Marines and Free Settlers.
We’ll be looking at life in Ancient Greece.
Encourage your child to ask questions about people and events.
Nurture their interest in History.

Our History curriculum, resource recommendations and implementation instructions are in the printable pdf.

Name	Writers	Illustrators	Tags	Series	Target Age	Print Status	Curriculums
A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys	Hawthorne, Nathaniel		Ancient Greece, Mythology		9-14 Years	In Print
Alexander the Great	Demi	Demi	Alexander the Great, Ancient Greece		8-14 Years	In Print
Archimedes and the Door of Science	Bendick, Jeanne		Ancient Greece		10-16	In Print
Barney and the Secret of the French Spies	French, Jackie		1790-1800, Sydney	The Secret History Series	9-13 Years	In Print
Barney and the Secret of the Whales	French, Jackie		1790-1800, Sydney, Whales, Whaling	The Secret History Series	9-13 Years	In Print
Birrung the Secret Friend	French, Jackie		1790-1800, Eora Nation, Gadigal People, Sydney	The Secret History Series	9-13 Years	In Print
Bridget: A New Australian	Moloney, James		1840-1850, Moreton Bay, Potato Famine Ireland	A New Australian	8-12 Years	In Print
D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths	d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin, d'Aulaire, Ingri		Greece		8-14 Years	In Print
Dingo: the Dog who Conquered a Continent	French, Jackie		Dingo, pre-1788	Animal Stars	9-13 Years	In Print
Famous Men of Greece	Haaren, John Henry		Greece		9-18 Years	In Print
First Voyage	Baillie, Allan		pre-1788		9-13 Years	In Print
Herodotus and the Doorway to History	Bendick, Jeanne		Ancient Greece		9-14 Years	Out Of Print
John of Nanbaree	Chadwick, Doris		1780-1790, Nanbaree, Sydney		5-14 Years	Out Of Print	MA1B Aust
John of Sydney Cove	Chadwick, Doris		1780-1790, Sydney		5-14 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust JD, AO5 Aust PD, MA1B Aust
John of the Sirius	Chadwick, Doris		1780-1790, First Fleet, Sydney		5-14 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust JD, AO4 Aust PD, MA1B Aust
Lysis Goes to the Play	Snedeker, Caroline Dale		Ancient Greece		8-12 Years	In Print
My Name is Lizzie Flynn : A Story of the Rajah Quilt	Saxby, Claire	Newcomb, Lizzy	1850-1860, Convict Women, Convicts, Elizabeth Fry, Quilt Making, Rajah Convict Ship		7-13 Years	In Print
Nanberry: Black Brother White	French, Jackie		Eora Nation, Gadigal People, Nanbaree, Surgeon John White		11-15 Years	In Print
Our Australian Girl: Meet Letty	Lloyd , Alison		1840-1850	Our Australian Girl	8-12 Years	In Print
Our Australian Girl: Meet Nellie	Matthews, Penny		1840-1850, Potato Famine Ireland	Our Australian Girl	8-12 Years	In Print
Our Little Athenian Cousin of Long Ago	Cowles, Julia Darrow		Ancient Greece		8-12 Years	In Print
Our Little Spartan Cousin of Long Ago	Cowles, Julia Darrow	Goss, John	Ancient Greece, Sparta		8-12 Years	In Print
Our Sunburnt Country	Baillie, Arthur				6-12 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO Aust PD, AO4 Aust JD, AO4 Aust PD, AO5 Aust PD, MA2:2 Aust
Pirate Boy of Sydney Town	French, Jackie		1800-1810, Shipping		11-15 Years	In Print
Prince of the Double Axe	Polland, Madeleine		Ancient Greece		7-10 Years	In Print
Sorry Day	Vass, Coral	Leffler, Dub	Stolen Generation		7-13 Years	Out Of Print
The Children’s Homer	Colum, Padraic	Pogany, Willy	Ancient Greece, Odysseus, Troy		10-16	In Print
The Children’s Plutarch: Tales of the Greeks	Gould, F J		Ancient Greece, Plutarch		8-14 Years	Out Of Print
The Golden Fleece	Colum, Padraic	Pogany, Willy	Ancient Greece, Mythology		9-14 Years	In Print
The Good, the Bad and the Silly	Dickson, John	Emmerichs, Bern			10-14 Years	In Print
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth	Lasky, Kathryn		Ancient Greece, Eratosthenes		4-8 Years	In Print
The Lion in the Gateway	Renault, Mary		Ancient Greece		10-18 Years	Out Of Print
The River Charm	Murrell, Belinda		1830-1840, Peel Region	Timeslip	10-14 Years	In Print
The Secret of The Black Bushranger	French, Jackie		1790-1800, Convict Escapee, Convicts, Sydney	The Secret History Series	9-13 Years	In Print
The Spartan Twins	Perkins, Lucy Fitch		Ancient Greece, Sparta		8-12 Years	In Print
The Tale of Troy	Green, Roger Lancelyn		Ancient Greece, Trojan War		9-14 Years	In Print
The Trojan Horse : How the Greeks Won the War	Little, Emily		Ancient Greece, Trojan War	Step Into Reading	7-9 Years	In Print
The Unlikely Story of Bennelong and Phillip	Sedunary, Michael	Emmerichs, Bern	Bennelong, Eora Nation, Gadigal People, Governor Arthur Phillip		5-10 Years	In Print
The Usborne Encyclopedia of the Ancient World			Encyclopedia	Usborne	8-18 Years	Out Of Print
Theras and his Town	Snedeker, Caroline Dale		Ancient Greece		8-12 Years	In Print
Tom Appleby Convict Boy	French, Jackie		1780-1790, Child Convict, First Fleet, Sydney		10-14 Years	In Print
Trojan War	Coolidge, Olivia E		Ancient Greece, Trojan War		9-14 Years	In Print
What’s Your Story?	Giannone, Rose	Emmerichs, Bern	Eora Nation, Gadigal People, Orphans		5-10 Years	In Print