new south wales

Discusses the role of parents in the education of their children, focusing on literacy, and looks at how schools can effectively involve parents as partners in literacy development.

Draws from court documents, letters, and journals to tell the story of the 237 women convicts, most petty criminals, who sailed from England to Sydney Cove in Australia's New South Wales in July 1789 to provide the colony's men with sexual favors and children, focusing on the relationship between convict Sarah Whitelam and the ship's steward John Nicol.

Draws on personal journals and historical documents to recount the overseas voyage of Royal Army Captain Arthur Phillip's first expedition to Australia, where he was charged with setting up a penal colony for London prisoners.

Presents strategies for literacy teaching that show children how to communicate through visual texts such as maps, diagrams, tables, and time lines. Discusses the value of this form of literacy and includes basic graphic design instruction for classroom publishing projects.

A mother koalo bear and her baby leave their home range after a fire, coming close to the world of humans in their search for a new home.