NEW FOR 2020
Jacaranda
Jacaranda is excited to announce that new editions of the Jacaranda History Alive series are coming for the 2020 school year. Written by practising teachers and passionate subject experts, the new series includes a wealth of resources across multiple formats designed to spark students’ curiosity, build skills, and empower teachers to teach their class their way.
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Lessons by Victoria’s best teachers
A selection of video lessons delivered by passionate subject teachers bring History topics to life to complement and enrich the classroom experience.
Unmatched teacher support – teachON
Practical teaching advice, teacher-led videos and lesson plans, designed to save time and provide inspiration and support for teachers.
Thinking Big research projects
Thinking Big research projects for every topic provide opportunities for students to delve deeper, think creatively and work collaboratively.
Focus on skills – SkillBuilders
Jacaranda’s award-winning SkillBuilders develop students’ skills in an engaging and accessible way. Delivered through our proven Tell me, Show me, Let me do it! approach and available in every topic.
Five new Victorian Humanities series
We are publishing a complete suite of Humanities resources for the 2020 school year, giving you the flexibility of a complete package or individual subjects – the choice is yours!
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Series features
The latest editions of the Jacaranda History Alive VC series include these key features:
- teachON – video lessons by Victoria’s best teachers, teaching advice and lesson plans
- learnON – our most powerful digital learning platform
- An immersive digital platform in which students and teachers are connected
- Rich media, including videos and interactives, to engage and inspire
- Immediate, corrective feedback for students and an in-built testmaker for teachers to create assignments from a large pool of questions for immediate, spaced and mixed practice.
- Results reported against skills and content allow unmatched visibility of students’ progress.
- Thinking Big research projects – creative, imaginative, collaborative activities
- SkillBuilders – Tell me, Show me, Let me do it!
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Formats
Jacaranda provides a range of format options to allow teachers to teach their class their way.
Print
Printed textbook with free digital code insideDigital
learnON is our immersive and flexible digital learning platform.iPad app
Trusted Jacaranda content available online and offline through the iPad appPDF
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Authors
Robert Darlington
Anne Low
Benjamin Rood
Yasmine McCafferty
Allen Kerr
Graeme Smithies
Isabella Webster
Ashley Wood
Luke Jackson
Nicholas Hughes
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Offers and complementary products
Jacaranda Bundle Offers
Get Jacaranda History Alive VC as part of the Jacaranda Value Bundle (print with digital) or the Jacaranda Digital Bundle (digital-only). These bundles provide trusted, high quality resources, at one low price to meet the unique needs of every Victorian school.
Jacaranda World History Atlas
myWorld History Atlas is a unique digital atlas that brings to life the content of the printed Jacaranda World History Atlas.
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Jacaranda History Alive VC series
The Jacaranda History Alive Victorian Curriculum series is available in a print with digital (learnON) or digital-only format to allow teachers to teach their class, their way. For digital customers, use your resource both online and offline with downloadable PDFs and the iPad app.
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Year 7
Print with digital
Title: Jacaranda History Alive 7 Victorian Curriculum 2E learnON & Print ISBN: 9780730378518 Publication date: November 2019 RRP: $59.95 Printed textbook with free digital code inside.
Digital
Title: Jacaranda History Alive 7 Victorian Curriculum 2E learnON ISBN: 9780730378556 Publication date: October 2019 RRP: $44.95 learnON is the digital platform for students and teachers. Teachers get access to a bank of additional support resources – free!
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Jacaranda History Alive 7 VC 2E Topic 1: Historical skills and concepts Topic 5: Ancient Greece Topic 2: The ancient world: C. 60 000 BCE to c. 650 CE Topic 6: Ancient Rome Topic 3: Ancient Australia Topic 7: Ancient China Topic 4: Ancient Egypt Topic 8: Ancient India -
Year 8
Print with digital
Title: Jacaranda History Alive 8 Victorian Curriculum 2E learnON & Print ISBN: 9780730378587 Publication date: November 2019 RRP: $59.95 Printed textbook with free digital code inside.
Digital
Title: Jacaranda History Alive 8 Victorian Curriculum 2E learnON ISBN: 9780730378723 Publication date: October 2019 RRP: $44.95 learnON is the digital platform for students and teachers. Teachers get access to a bank of additional support resources – free!
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Jacaranda History Alive 8 VC 2E Topic 1: Historical skills and concepts Topic 7: Mongol expansion (c. 1206–1368) Topic 2: From the ancient to the modern world Topic 8: Japan under the shoguns (c. 794–1867) Topic 3: The Vikings (c. 790–1066) Topic 9: Polynesian expansion across the Pacific (c. 700–1756) Topic 4: Medieval Europe (c. 590–1500) Topic 10: Renaissance Italy (c. 1400–1600) Topic 5: The Ottoman Empire (c. 1299–1683) Topic 11: The Spanish conquest of the Americas (c. 1492–1572) Topic 6: Angkor and the Khmer Empire (c. 802–1431) -
Year 9
Print with digital
Title: Jacaranda History Alive 9 Victorian Curriculum 2E learnON & Print ISBN: 9780730380511 Publication date: January 2020 RRP: $59.95 Printed textbook with free digital code inside.
Digital
Title: Jacaranda History Alive 9 Victorian Curriculum 2E learnON ISBN: 9780730380528 Publication date: November 2019 RRP: $44.95 learnON is the digital platform for students and teachers. Teachers get access to a bank of additional support resources – free!
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Jacaranda History Alive 9 VC 2E Topic 1: Historical skills and concepts Topic 5: Australia (1750–1918): Colonisation and conflict Topic 2: The Industrial Revolution (1750–1914): Technology and progress Topic 6: Australia (1750–1918): From colonies to nationhood Topic 3: The Industrial Revolution (1750–1914): The impact on people Topic 7: China (1750–1918) Topic 4: Movement of peoples (1750–1914) Topic 8: World War I (1914–1918) -
Year 10
Print with digital
Title: Jacaranda History Alive 10 Victorian Curriculum 2E learnON & Print ISBN: 9780730380276 Publication date: January 2020 RRP: $59.95 Printed textbook with free digital code inside.
Digital
Title: Jacaranda History Alive 10 Victorian Curriculum 2E learnON ISBN: 9780730380283 Publication date: November 2019 RRP: $44.95 learnON is the digital platform for students and teachers. Teachers get access to a bank of additional support resources – free!
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Jacaranda History Alive 10 VC 2e Topic 1: Historical skills and concepts Topic 5: Popular culture (1945–present) Topic 2: Causes of World War II Topic 6: The environment movement Topic 3: The course and consequences of World War II Topic 7: Migration experiences Topic 4: Rights and freedoms (1945–present) Topic 8: Political crisis
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