Educators

Children's art matters

Discover the Children’s Picture Diaries and a unique approach to collecting and interpreting children's stories and artwork. Designed by Dr Barbara Piscitelli AM, the methodology encourages the development of critical and creative thinking, literacy and intercultural understandings.

Grade Levels: Early years

Subject Areas: Visual Art

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages

A thought-provoking virtual exhibition about the survival and revival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages and culture, Spoken places rare historical records alongside the inspiring work of contemporary communities.

Grade levels: Primary years

Subject areas: HASS, Visual Art, History, Embedding Indigenous perspectives

Contemporary conversations with Australian South Sea Islanders

Tricked and kidnapped into servitude for the sugarcane farms of tropical Queensland, South Sea Islanders were first brought to Australia more than 150 years ago. Discover their stories of resilience.

Grade levels: Primary years, Middle years, Senior years

Subject areas: English, HASS, History, Geography

Hidden histories from Queensland islands

Islands draws on State Library’s rich collections to explore the stories of six Queensland islands through photographs, drawings, maps, objects and more.

Grade levels: Primary years, Middle years, Senior years

Subject areas covered: HASS, Civics and Citizenship, Visual Art, History, Embedding Indigenous perspectives

Designing the Queen's Baton

Explore the fascinating story behind the iconic Queen’s Baton for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

Grade levels: Primary years, Middle years, Senior years, Tertiary

Subject areas: HASS, Civics and Citizenship, Visual Art, History, Design, Embedding Indigenous perspectives

Unsung Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heroes from Queensland’s sporting world are celebrated in an inspiring showcase of images, memorabilia and digital stories.

Grade levels: Primary years, Middle years, Senior years

Subject areas: English, HASS, The Arts, Embedding Indigenous perspectives

Learn about Yarrabah art and culture with engaging hands-on activities. Companion resources can be used by both educators and young people ages 13+.

Grade levels: Primary years

Subject areas: HASS, Visual Art, History, Embedding Indigenous perspectives

State Library celebrates, collects, preserves and shares the culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people and their histories across the State.

Grade levels: All

Subject areas: History, HASS, Embedding Indigenous Perspectives

State Library of Queensland houses many collections relating to the experience of Queenslanders during the First World War. Discover extensive learning resources to support your study and lesson planning. 

Grade levels: All

Subject areas: History, HASS, Embedding Indigenous Perspectives

The Artists’ books education kit provides beautifully designed resources to enhance the teaching of Arts curriculum content to students using artists’ books from the Australian Library of Art collection at State Library.

Grade levels: Senior years

Subject areas: Visual Art

Gain insight into the lives and works of contemporary Australian artists such as Vernon Ah Kee, Judith Wright and Fiona Foley. Video interviews and resources support the delivery of the Senior Visual Art syllabus.

Grade Levels: Middle years, Senior years

Subject Areas: Visual Art, Embedding Indigenous perspectives

Remember, see and feel the last 20 years through Twenty – an online exhibition of State Library of Queensland’s contemporary photography collection​s.

Experience Spoken: celebrating Queensland languages with our virtual self-guided tour from home or from the classroom.

Design Minds exists to engage the community and enable access to design thinking resources in education. It is a digital space for sharing resources, articles and toolkits, hosted by the Asia Pacific Design Library.

MAKEIT workshop plans offer introductory level 45 minute workshops on topics like film editing, mechanics and soft circuits for small groups and ages 14 and over. The workshop plans are yours to download, use, edit, re-work, deliver and share.

Discover a range of workshops plans on the wiki, including ready-to-deliver activities covering curriculum areas such as science, technology, engineering and art.  Educators are free to access, develop, modify and share these resources in their classrooms.

Use One Search, our catalogue to find primary and secondary sources: peer-reviewed journal articles, books, magazines, newspapers, music, maps, ebooks, databases and more.

Download our guide to One Search for teachers to find out how you can link tags to assessments, curriculum areas, school or class names or other useful labels.

Unsure of how to access databases, become a member or use PressReader? Our detailed video guides will help you with these resources and more.

Support your teaching with high quality online resources like Lynda.com, Kanopy and PressReader which are available for free to State Library members.