Wimble-Don Channel

30/06/2024

15/06/2024

After a great trip over to Europe with some students, I've started making some History videos from France, Germany and Italy, enjoy!

On my recent trip to Europe, we had the opportunity to stop at Viller-Bretonneux and walk amongst the graves in the cemetery. The multi-story memorial had to...

01/01/2024

A new year, a new approach for Wimble-Don Channel, with more videos posted, more often. A completely random mix of Geo, Legal, History and funny/not funny videos that tickle my fancy! We start with a series of 'Man by the Sea' pun series that was a LOT of fun to make with my kids while on holiday, enjoy!

While away by the sea, the man decided to make a series of 'man by the sea' pun videos with his children. See if you can guess the pun, before the music star...

09/11/2021

A video for students, which looks at the Family is Culture report, which has been thus far largely ignored by the NSW State Government, This issue is relevant for the Preliminary course, and the and topics of the course.

Following an opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald by Professor Megan Davis, I look at the issue of Indigenous Human Rights. Specifically, the NSW State...

28/10/2021

First video in a long time! This is for students, the disparity between co***ne & ice/he**in convictions. Legal Studies in the News - Co***ne, Ice & He**in conviction rates https://youtu.be/df6mDk704Bc

An article that looks at the disparity between conviction rates of he**in and ice users and those who are caught using co***ne. Students studying the HSC wil...

17/09/2021

Continuing the series on Lego men/women reading Ancient sources, this looks at Plutarch discussing the secret police in Sparta, known as 'Krypteia'

The brutal practices of the Spartan secret police are discussed briefly by Plutarch, with the lego businessman fronting some different backgrounds to take ou...

25/08/2021

Another 'Lego's Read Sources' video, this one looks at Plutarch's 'Life of Lycurgus' for all those Ancient History teachers out there and students doing their .

As the Lego man reads out an excerpt of 'Life of Lycurgus' by Plutarch, enjoy the sporting prowess not just of the Spartans, but the westernised sports in th...

26/07/2021

Been a while between videos for me, took some time off, but back to it now! This is a new series I'm working on, Lego's read sources! It's pretty much what I just described, enjoy! https://youtu.be/j1pfCi1W1EY

Just a lego man reading 'Aristotle on the Lacedaemonian Constitution' (Aristotle 1900, The Politics of Aristotle (pp. 30–49), trans. B Jowett). I read out th...

07/07/2021

For those teachers and students in Sydney about to enter a week of homeschooling, don't forget Wimble-Don Channel has a whole bunch of videos that go through Skills for , and , they might make lesson planning/study revision for those students a little easier https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPEG2Sl3PKtbmowCk1_ImcA

Educational videos by an Aus. teacher on History, Geography & Legal Studies, incl. both content & skills

05/06/2021

Another Legal Studies video for students looking at the effectiveness of the legal system and contemporary issue of environment

A subsidy from the Government to the two remaining Fuel Refineries has allowed for cleaner petrol for Australian motorists. While this might seem like great ...

27/05/2021

Friday phunday - Thursday edn. Dad jokes in the classroom! https://youtu.be/SKHK5qk_CrI

I realised two things to my horror this morning. It had been way too many fridays since I released a Phriday P(h)unday, and it wasn't friday. So I decided to...

11/04/2021

A video I've had on the backburner for a long time now, a few more to come eventually!

Taronga had many different ways of engaging its customers and the community at large. Two of these are discussed here, with the 'Zoo Snooze' initiative with ...