STUDIES MAGAZINE CATALOGUE

Ryebuck Media publishes the classroom magazine STUDIES of Society and Environment three times each year. Two copies are sent free of charge to the librarian in every secondary school in Australia. We request that one copy is filed in the library and that the other is passed to the Head of Society and Environment learning area.

STUDIES magazine contains practical classroom units in a variety of curriculum areas (especially history, geography and SOSE/HSIE) and on a variety of topics. You can use your browser's FIND function to search for any specific areas of interest.

Scroll this page to view all issues that have been published since 1997 and the units that they contain.

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Studies 2010

Issue 1/2010

Using a museum display to explain water and the Murray-Darling Basin
The Spirit of ANZAC — is it relevant to young people today?
How did Korea respond to western intrusion in the late nineteenth century?

Studies 2009

Issue 1/2009

How nations trade – Australia & South Korea case study
Australian Peacekeeping 1947 – today
Australia & Japan – exploring a special commercial relationship

Issue 2/2009

Who peopled the Pacific?
Voices of Australian Peacekeepers
Australia & Japan – exploring change over time
A model for investigating Asian civilisations – South Korea

Issue 3/2009

Using museum objects to explore Indigenous Australians’ rights
Exploring Peacekeeping – memorials and museums
Climate change
Discovering the Joseon Dynasty

Studies 2008

Issue 1/2008

Exploring political cartoons
A salute to the Aussie Digger
Investigating Indigenous human rights

Issue 2/2008

Using portraits in history
Global resources – for food or fuels
Art in war
“Nothing Beats the Real Thing!” IT resource for schools
Impact of Defence bases

Issue 3/2008

Navy Clearance Divers and good citizenship
Aboriginal responses to invasion
Influence of Japanese pearlers in Australia

Studies 2007

Issue 1/2007

Investigating Saudi Arabia — a modern Arab state
What does lifesaving tell us about Australian society?
Exploring Australia’s nuclear history
The 1967 Referendum and Indigenous Australians’ rights

Issue 2/2007

The 1967 Referendum and Indigenous Australians’ rights
Korean reunification – a global citizenship decision-maker
Cyberbullying and you

Issue 3/2007

Political cartoons and elections
Australians in the Vietnam War
Climate change and energy — Australia and South Korea case studies

Studies 2006

Issue 1/2006

What happened to Australia’s returned soldiers in the 1920s?
‘Ghost Town’ — Investigating the concept of Change Over Time in a local area in Geography and History
Exiles and Emigrants — Exploring Australia’s immigration history through images and objects

Issue 2/2006

A Teacher’s Guide to using Serving The Nation CD-ROM in the classroom
Using History Mysteries in ancient/ mediaeval history classrooms
Investigating settlement in Australia in the 19th century through a museum collection

Issue 3/2006

Are Indigenous Australians part of the ANZAC Tradition?
The Water Challenge — Finding innovative solutions for water sustainability
Exploring social change over time — through the Miss Australia Quest

Studies 2005

Issue 1/2005

Remembering and commemorating Gallipoli
The unknown soldiers – Australia and New Zealand
What do world heritage sites tell us about a nation’s culture?
The Water Challenge – Innovation and water sustainability
Careers pathways in the Transport and Logistics Industry
Understanding deserts through the National Museum of Australia’s EXTREMES Exhibition

Issue 2/2005

Innovation and renewable energy — wind power case study
Creating a timeline history of a decade
Commemorating the end of World War I

Issue 3/2005

Commemorating the Battle of Coral in the Vietnam War
Taking a walk through the White Australia Policy at the National Museum of Australia
Innovation and Research — Is Australia keeping up with the world?

Studies 2004

Issue 1/2004

Behind the Lines – Investigating political cartoons
Innovation – What’s it got to do with you?
Would you be a good environmental planner?
Australia and the Vietnam War – Why did Australia go to war?
What makes an enterprise successful?

Issue 2/2004

The Vietnam War – the soldiers’ experience
What is life like in a modern Arab state?
Site study – How do museums represent controversial history?
Innovation – How can we manage water for a sustainable future?

Issue 3/2004

Innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialisation
Bushfires – Investigating a natural hazard
Special Careers Supplement – Investigating the Transport and Logistics Industry
The Vietnam War – the Australian home front experience

Studies 2003

Issue 1/2003

Can we drought-proof Australia?
ANZAC Day – Does it have meaning for young people today?
Having opinions on issues – Is it good citizenship? The ‘Talkback’ classroom case study
Investigating coasts – Could you be a coastal ambassador?
Meeting the last Gallipoli ANZAC
Exploring Innovation – What is the Commonwealth doing to back Australia’s ability?

Issue 2/2003

Triumph and Tragedy in wartime – the sinking of the Centaur, and the Jaywick and Rimau raids
Exploring sexual harassment in your school
Outlawed! – Investigating legend and reality
Exploring the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Project in Australia – Phillip Island fieldwork case study
Investigating symbols of the Australian nation
What economic impacts does immigration have on Australia?

Issue 3/2003

Kingsford Smith – Image and reality
Koalas – Sustainable resource management case study
Impacts of business migration

Studies 2002

Issue 1/2002

Using the Eternity Gallery of the National Museum of Australia to develop analytical skills
The Battle of the Coral Sea – was it the battle that ‘saved’ Australia?
Using the Australia 2030 kit to explore Key Geographical Ideas
Globalisation – does it create or reduce inequality?
How can Government influence innovation? The Backing Australia’s Ability case study

Issue 2/2002

The Tangled Destinies exhibition: Exploring people and land in Australia over time
Citizen 2030: Mapping citizenship in a local community
In search of Ned Kelly – through evidence
‘Overpaid, oversexed and over here’: Investigating the American ‘invasion’ of Australia 1942-45

Issue 3/2002

Women in the Australian Defence Force — Do they have an equal role to men?
Is Australia a good international citizen?
Society under pressure — 1942 and the Battle for Australia
The centenary of women’s suffrage—What significant movements have influenced women’s equality as citizens?
Australia 2030 — Updates
Citizen 2030— What are the rights, privileges and responsibilities of Citizenship? What will Citizenship mean in 2030?
How does research protect natural resources? Phillip Island case study.

Studies 2001

Issue 1/2001

The International Year of Volunteers – and you
Life at the time of Federation – the National Museum of Australia’s representation
Australia and Peacekeeping – then and now
John Simpson Kirkpatrick and the Spirit of ANZAC
Australia 2030 – immigration and Australia’s future
Australia and landmines – are we being a good global citizen?
Innovation – is it a key to Australia’s future?
Australia and APEC – a regional strategy
Young Australian of the Year 2001

Issue 2/2001

Should we remember Weary Dunlop?
Phillip Island – change over place and time
How the National Museum of Australia represents the story of immigration to Australia
Using Australia 2030 in the classroom
Australian women in war – change over time
Volunteering and animals
Australian Innovation – case studies