Western Australia: Yesterday and Today by the Education Department of Western Australia

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

A 1981 curriculum resource for primary and lower-secondary students to learn about Western Australian historical development and societal changes over time.

Modules, with activities, focus on the inter-relationship between people and their environment, resources and how people and events have shaped history and the society we have today.

Topics include:

Build - landforms and how they influence where we live

Climate - the factors that influence climate and different climatic conditions in different parts of the state

Resources - Geographic and economic

Development - how people's lives are influenced by the passage of time including Aborigines, first settlers and explorers, convicts and problems and progress, gold rush, federation, wars, wheat industry, the depression.

Includes colour photographs and graphs.