NEW FOR 2020
For the Victorian Curriculum
Due to popular demand, Jacaranda is excited to announce the return of the much-loved Jacaranda Humanities Alive series for the 2020 school year.
Teachers will have the flexibility to choose four titles in one: History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship, and Economics and Business, or each subject separately.
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.
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!
Lessons by Victoria’s best teachers
A selection of video lessons delivered by passionate subject teachers bring History and Geography 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.
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Series features
The latest editions of Jacaranda’s Humanities Alive series include these key features:
- Choice – four titles in one, or single-subject titles
- 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 to engage and inspire
- Results reported against skills and content, allowing unmatched visibility of students’ progress
- 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.
- 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
Judy Mraz
Simon Phelan
Jill Price
Matt Richardson
Graeme Smithies
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Offers and complementary products
Jacaranda Atlas
The iconic Jacaranda Atlas is available for the first time, as a hardcover atlas with a complimentary eBookPLUS so students and teachers get the best of both formats.
Jacaranda myWorld Atlas
myWorld Atlas is Jacaranda’s unique digital atlas that enables students to explore the world and test their geographical skills.
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.
Jacaranda Humanities Alive VC series
The Jacaranda Humanities 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 Humanities Alive 7 Victorian Curriculum 2E learnON & Print ISBN: 9780730372837 Publication date: November 2019 RRP: $74.95 Printed textbook with free digital code inside
Digital
Title: Jacaranda Humanities Alive 7 Victorian Curriculum 2E learnON ISBN: 9780730372868 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 Humanities Alive 7 VC 2E (DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS) History Geography Civics and Citizenship Video lesson: History Video lesson: Geography Topic 17: The Australian Constitution, parliament and government Topic 1: Historical skills and concepts Topic 9: Geographical skills and concepts Topic 18: The legal system and you Topic 2: The ancient world: c.60 000 BCE to 650 CE Unit 1: Water in the world Topic 19: Australian citizenship, diversity and identity Topic 3: Ancient Australia Topic 10: Our precious environmental resources Economics and Business Topic 4: Ancient Egypt Topic 11: Water use and management in the world Topic 20: Working for a living — the world of consumers and producers Topic 5: Ancient Greece Topic 12: Too much, too little — water variability and its impacts Topic 21: Individual and business success Topic 6: Ancient Rome Topic 13: Natural hazards and extreme events SkillBuilders Topic 7: Ancient China Fieldwork inquiry: What is the water quality of my local catchment? Topic 8: Ancient India Unit 2: Place and liveability Topic 14: Choosing a place to live Topic 15: A world of people and places Topic 16: Liveable places Geographical inquiry: What is my place like? -
Year 8
Print with digital
Title: Jacaranda Humanities Alive 8 Victorian Curriculum 2E learnON & Print ISBN: 9780730372776 Publication date: November 2019 RRP: $74.95 Printed textbook with free digital code inside
Digital
Title: Jacaranda Humanities Alive 8 Victorian Curriculum 2E learnON ISBN: 9780730372691 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!
More sample chapters are available for this title.
View all sample chapters here
Jacaranda Humanities Alive 8 VC 2E (DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS) History Geography Civics and Citizenship Video lesson: History Video lesson: Geography Topic 21: Rights, freedoms, democracy and the law Topic 1: Historical skills and concepts Topic 12: Geographical skills and concepts Topic 22: Influences on Australian society and national identity Topic 2: From the ancient to the modern world Unit 1: Landforms and landscapes Economics and Business Topic 3: The Vikings (c. 790-1066) Topic 13: Introducing landforms and landscapes Topic 23: The market system, government and consumer protection Topic 4: Medieval Europe (c. 590-1500) Topic 14: Landscapes formed by water Topic 24: Business decisions Topic 5: The Ottoman Empire (c. 1299-1683) Topic 15: Desert landscapes Topic 25: The changing work environment Topic 6: Angkor and the Khmer Empire (c. 802-1431) Topic 16: Mountain landscapes SkillBuilders Topic 7: Mongol expansion (c. 1206-1368) Topic 17: Rainforest landscapes Topic 8: Japan under the shoguns (c. 794-1867) Fieldwork inquiry: How does a waterway change from source to sea? Topic 9: Polynesian expansion across the Pacific
(c. 700-1756)Unit 2: Changing nations Topic 10: Renaissance Italy (c. 1400-1600) Topic 18: Urbanisation and people on the move Topic 11: The Spanish conquest of the Americas
(c. 1492-1572)Topic 19: Our changing urban world Topic 20: Managing and planning Australia’s urban future Geographical inquiry: Investigating an Asian megacity -
Year 9
Print with digital
Title: Jacaranda Humanities Alive 9 Victorian Curriculum 2E learnON & Print ISBN: 9780730372363 Publication date: November 2019 RRP: $74.95 Printed textbook with free digital code inside
Digital
Title: Jacaranda Humanities Alive 9 Victorian Curriculum 2E learnON ISBN: 9780730372370 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!
More sample chapters are available for this title.
View all sample chapters here
Jacaranda Humanities Alive 9 VC 2E (DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS) History Geography Civics and Citizenship Video lesson: History Video lesson: Geography Topic 19: Choosing a government Topic 1: Historical skills and concepts Topic 9: Geographical skills and concepts Topic 20: Australia’s justice system and the courts Topic 2: The Industrial Revolution (1750-1914): Technology and progress Unit 1: Biomes and food security Topic 21: Identity, the media and global connectedness Topic 3: The Industrial Revolution (1750-1914): The impact on people Topic 10: All the world is a biome Economics and Business Topic 4: Movement of peoples (1750-1914) Topic 11: Feeding the world Topic 22: The Australian and global economies Topic 5: Australia (1750-1918): Colonisation and conflict Topic 12: The impacts of global food production Topic 23: Managing financial risk Topic 6: Australia (1750-1918): From colonies to nationhood Topic 13: Challenges to food security Topic 24: Being enterprising Topic 7: China (1750-1918) Topic 14: Meeting our future global food needs Topic 25: Participants in the changing work environment Topic 8: World War I (1914-1918) Geographical inquiry: Biomes and food security SkillBuilders Unit 2: Geographies of interconnections Topic 15: Connecting with our places Topic 16: Tourists on the move Topic 17: Trade – a driving force for interconnection Topic 18: Technology, production and consumption – for better or worse? Fieldwork inquiry: What are the effects of travel in the local community? -
Year 10
Print with digital
Title: Jacaranda Humanities Alive 10 Victorian Curriculum 2E learnON & Print ISBN: 9780730372431 Publication date: November 2019 RRP: $74.95 Printed textbook with free digital code inside
Digital
Title: Jacaranda Humanities Alive 10 Victorian Curriculum 2E learnON ISBN: 9780730372479 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!
Jacaranda Humanities Alive 10 VC 2E (DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS) History Geography Civics and Citizenship Video lesson: History Video lesson: Geography Topic 20: Regional government and global citizenship Topic 1: Historical skills and concepts Topic 9: Geographical skills and concepts Topic 21: Maintaining justice for a cohesive society Topic 2: Causes of World War II Unit 1: Environmental change and management Economics and Business Topic 3: The course and consequences of World War II Topic 10: Introducing environmental change and management Topic 22: Economic performance and living standards Topic 4: Rights and freedoms (1945-present) Topic 11: Land environments under threat Topic 23: Influencing consumers: Innovation and competition in the marketplace Topic 5: Popular culture (1945-present) Topic 12: Inland water — dammed, diverted and drained Topic 24: The changing work environment in Australia Topic 6: The environment movement Topic 13: Managing change in coastal environments SkillBuilders Topic 7: Migration experiences Topic 14: Marine environments — are we trashing our oceans? Topic 8: Political crisis Topic 15: Sustaining urban environments Geographical inquiry: Developing an environmental management plan Unit 2: Geographies of human wellbeing Topic 16: Measuring and improving wellbeing Topic 17: Global variations in human wellbeing Topic 18: Factors affecting wellbeing Topic 19: The impact of conflict on human wellbeing Fieldwork inquiry: Comparing wellbeing in the local area
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