Monumental Humanities 1 is a comprehensive new resource designed to cover the new Victorian Essential Learning Standards. This text provides full coverage of the Level 5 Humanities standards and contains strong links to other domains, particularly civics and citizenship, interpersonal development, thinking processes, communication and ICT. Monumental Humanities 1 combines compelling narrative with a range of diverse activities that cater to a variety of learning styles and abilities including: * Stimulating, easy-to-follow narrative with cross-curricular links * A wealth of fun, structured activities * 'Fun facts' and bizarre trivia to further engage student's interest * Key terms defined in the margin and provided in a glossary at the end of each chapter * A rich range of end-of-chapter tasks to consolidate and build students' understanding of the chapter * A free student CD that contains the textbook in pdf format and a range of fun, interactive activities to further support skill development