Study Guides

Chronicles the Lam family, who set out to all points of the globe after the Vietnam War, exploring the key socio-political events against which this one family's history unfolds.

Level: Secondary
KLA: English, History, Media Studies, Society & Culture

Andrew Denton travels to Gallipoli to find out why more Australians are drawn to its shores each year.

Level: Middle to Upper Secondary
KLA: SOSE, History and English and Media

Hetti Perkins, senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, shares her knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art.

Level: Upper Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
KLA: History, Indigenous Studies, Politics & Government, Visual Arts & Design

The Art Life allows artists to speak for themselves while setting their work in the context of Australian and international art.

Level: Secondary
KLA: Visual Arts and Design

This four-part series tells the story of a unique group of brilliant teenage Australians, working towards competing against the best science scholars in the world at the International Science Olympiads.

Level: Secondary and Tertiary
KLA: Secondary: Science, media, studies, personal and social development and psychology
Tertiary: science education, media studies, issues of teaching gifted and talented students, adolescent development, learning differences and the psychology of learning

Focusing on the initial success then failure of an Australian damages case against British American Tobacco then the revelations of an insider whistleblower about the company's policies and behaviour...and more.

Levels:Upper Secondary
KLA: English: Issues / Communication. Legal Studies: Civil proceedings / Justice. Health Studies: Health / Health ethics. Civics and Citizenship: Rights and responsibilities / Being a good citizen. Media Studies: The documentary film form. Economics: Corporate rights and responsibilities.

Over 35 years ago, during the Vietnam War, American bombs rained down on Laos in the 'Secret War', leaving it the most bombed country in history. The deadly legacy of this destruction continues, with the country still scattered with unexploded ordnance. Bomb Harvest vividly depicts the consequences of war and the unimaginable bravery of those trying to clear up the mess.

Level - Middle to Senior Secondary
KLA: Geography & Nature, History, Media Studies, Society & Culture

An exploration of the potential for cooperation between traditional Aboriginal law and the mainstream Australian criminal justice system.

Level: Secondary
KLA: Legal Studies, Indigenous Studies, English, Society and Environment

The story of The Cars That Ate China is told through a diverse group of characters whose lives have been transformed by the car revolution.

Level: Upper Secondary, Tertiary
SOSE, Economics, Business Studies

This documentary focuses on the life of this endangered creature and on the threats to it, both natural and human.

Level: Upper primary, Middle secondary
KLA: Science & Technology, Society & Culture

The story of John Curtin - a driven and inspirational leader - as he struggles to battle his own personal demons while serving and protecting a country at war.

Level: Year 10-12 Secondary
KLA: History – Australia at war: the home front
Politics – Political power; English - Biography

With a third of marriages in Australia ending in divorce, how do couples from societies with different customs and religious practices, such as Muslims, go about getting divorced? Divorce: Aussie Islamic Way follows a number of Muslim women as they negotiate divorce through two very different cultures.

Level - Senior to Tertiary
KLA: Health & PE, Legal Studies, Religious Studies, Society & Culture

As their indigenous dance college, NAISDA, battles to survive a funding crisis, students Clarence and Rachel embark on journeys of cultural awakening as they strive to become professional dancers.

Level: Secondary, Tertiary
KLA: Indigenous Studies, Performing Arts

Dust Echoes is a children's animated television and online series that brings to life four Indigenous Australian Dreamtime stories.

Level: Upper primary to lower secondary school
KLA: SOSE, media studies and studies in idigenous culture.

Namorrodor is a shooting star that transforms into a terrifying spirit creature that hunts for babies.

Level: Upper primary to lower secondary
KLA: SOSE, media studies and studies in indigenous culture.

The Wagalak Sisters are creation sisters, who carry their power in their dilly bags. When they walk, they use the contents of their dilly bags to create the landscape.

Level: Upper primary to lower secondary
KLA: SOSE, media studies and studies in idigenous culture.

Deals with the three year odyssey of 13 black cricketers and the white men who encouraged their skills, and their love the game of cricket.

Level: General interest, Secondary and Tertiary Level
KLA: Indigenous and Non Indigenous relationships in Colonial Australia, SOSE - Time and Continuity, History and Sport Studies.

The incredible true story of an Australian World War 1 submarine, lost in the Dardanelles for nearly 100 years.

Level: Secondary
KLA: History, Science & Technology, Society & Culture

A spaghetti western following the funny, tragic and heroic efforts of a bunch of feisty small family businesses, in Australia and America, as they fight a giant US corporation over who owns the weird Aussie cultural icon - the Ugg boot.

Level: Middle to Senior Secondary
KLA: Australian Studies, Media Studies, English, Business Studies, Economics and Legal Studies

A look at the future US President, a West Australian Goldfield, Italian migration and the results that mix in Australian history.

Level: General interest, Secondary, Tertiary
KLA: English and Media Studies

In downtown Dallas Texas, 3000 “gamers” from 55 countries have come to compete, to conquer, to kill.

Level: Middle to Senior Secondary, Tertiary, General Interest
KLA: Health and Physical Education, English, Media, Psychology

Over two episodes, Life at 5 tracks our group of children against contemporary scientific discoveries and findings from two areas of child development: childhood resilience, and the factors that enhance school readiness.

Level: Senior Secondary, Tertiary
KLA: Health and Human Development, Biology, General Science, Values Education, Psychology, Sociology, Exploring Early Childhood (secondary), Studies of Society and Environment/HSIE (secondary), Child and Family Services (tertiary), Child Development Studies (tertiary) and Community and Family Studies (tertiary).

The first detailed examination and celebration of Filipino genre filmmaking.

Level: Senior Secondary, Tertiary
KLA: Media Studies, Society & Culture

The poignant story of Kevin Sumbah, an AIDS orphan. He is one of more than 15 million such orphans in the world, seeking a better life.

Level: Secondary
KLA: Health, Politics, Economics, SOSE/HSIE, Media (documentaries, personal journey) and English.

On A Wing And A Prayer follows the incredible life cycle of the Carnaby's cockatoo through the engaging story of one small cockatoo family.

Level: Middle Primary, Secondary
KLA: Environmental Studies/Science - endangered species management and recovery, Science/Biology - breeding and habitat requirements, human impact, Humanities - Social Science (social conflict), Geography and Media Studies - Wildlife documentary.
Learning Areas include Geography & Nature, Media Studies, Science & Technology,

Political Football follows the story of six Rugby Union footballlers who represented Australia in the 1969 Wallaby tour of South Africa.

Level: Senior Secondary, General Interest
KLA: SOSE/HSIE, Australian History and Society, Cultural Studies, Politcal Studies, Media, English

Real Life Water Rats is a documentary series that looks at the work of Tasmania's elite Marine Police Unit set against the unique backdrop of some of the world's wildest and most treacherous oceans, rivers and lakes.

Level: Senior Secondary, General Interest
KLA: Geography, Social and Cultural Studies, Studies of Society and Environment, Health and Human Development, Media Studies

A highly entertaining one-hour documentary following agriculturalist Dr Ken Street as he hunts for the wild chickpea which could save the world from mass starvation in the event of global warming.

Subject Areas – Biology, General Science, Horticulture, Agricultural Science, International Studies, Environmental Studies/Science

Key Topics - Biological adaptation, Agricultural ecosystem diversity, Plant Genetics, Plant research and breeding, Habitat loss / plant extinction, International Aid, Landforms, Land use – Tajikistan, Svalbard, Climate Change, Food Security

Level - Middle to Senior Secondary

The cultural DNA in this country is in the sound of the way Australians speak. But why do we speak the way we do? And what exactly is the Australian accent? These and other issues are explored with the assistance of Narrator, John Clarke in this informative and entertaining documentary.

Level: Upper Primary and Junior Secondary, General Interest
KLAs: English, Australian History, Studies of Society and Environment (Human Society in Environment) and Cultural Studies.

This is an "anatomy" of a jury trial, which gives us a behind-the-scenes perspective of defence counsel and defendant, and the prosecution, in their preparations for the case.

Level: Middle - Upper Secondary
KLA: Legal Studies, English Studies, Media Studies (VCE Legal Studies)

Studies how a community is shaped by the experience of a bushfire, and how such a situation as the potential to generate positive social outcomes by binding communities together.

Level: Primary, Secondary
KLA: English, Geography & Nature, K - 6, Science & Technology, Society & Culture

The Wedding Makers goes behind the scenes of this highly competitive, often glamorous, sometimes garish industry and examines how it shapes and influences today's bride.
This study guide provides information and suggestions for learning activities in English, SOSE, VET Hospitality, Media and curriculum projects exploring identity, gender and relationships.

Level: Secondary, Tertiary
KLA: English, Health & PE, Media Studies, Society & Culture