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Step back in time and discover Australia’s history!

Step back in time and discover Australia’s history!. By Jenny Douglas & Clare Kennedy. Year Level: 5/6 VELS Level: 4 (PP 3.0, 3.25, 3.5, 3.75) Strands: ???? Domains: ???? Dimensions: ????. Introduction.

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Step back in time and discover Australia’s history!

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  1. Step back in time and discover Australia’s history! By Jenny Douglas & Clare Kennedy Year Level: 5/6VELS Level: 4 (PP 3.0, 3.25, 3.5, 3.75)Strands: ???? Domains: ???? Dimensions: ????

  2. Introduction Jump into your time machine and travel back to the time Australia was discovered! Meet the Australian Aborigines, sail aboard the first fleet, discover new cities with the explorers, become a bushranger and look for gold in the gold rush! By the end of this web quest you will have expert knowledge of Australian history and will be able to answer this question: What happened in Australia between 1770 and 1901?

  3. Task You will be split into groups to fulfil the separate tasks in your journey as Time Travellers (check your group here). There will be five different groups – Convicts, Aborigines, Bushrangers, Explorers and Gold Miners.Your group should include the following roles: head researcher, head scribe, ideas person, creative designer and technical advisor. You will need to find out exactly what happened in Australian history and you will need to keep a record of all your adventures. In your groups you will complete the following tasks:

  4. Task (continued…) • Firstly, you will need to find some facts about the people of your group. Complete this worksheet using the links provided on the process page. • Next you will need to fill in your journal. You should write about a day in the life of your group. Include things like what you ate, what you did, what you saw and what you felt. • Finally, you need to create a timeline of events from the perspective of your group, starting at 1770 and ending at 1901. Use the ideas provided here (mix and match – years and events). Don’t forget to include other important events, with a short description (e.g., what date was it, what happened, who was involved?). • You will present your adventures to the other groups when we have all returned to the present day.

  5. Process You will be spilt into groups to complete your adventures (group list is here). You will need to visit these links to complete your worksheets: Convicts: links Aborigines: links

  6. Process (continued…) • Explorers: • links • Gold Miners: • Links • Bushrangers: • Links

  7. Process (continued…) • Fill in your journal entry as a day in the life of... If you are a Convict, you will write about your day as a convict; if you are an explorer, write about your day as an explorer. Don’t forget to include what you did, what you saw, what you ate and what your thoughts were. You can include lyrics to any songs that were sung or pictures of what you saw. Make sure your journal is interesting and exciting! • You need to create your timeline of events, starting at 1770 and ending at 1901, from the perspective of your group. Use the ideas provided here (mix and match – years and events). Don’t forget to include other important events, with a short description (e.g., what date was it, what happened, who was involved?). Use these links to find the information: • links

  8. Process (continued…) • Return to 2008 and present your group’s adventures to the other Time Travellers! You can present your adventures in any way you choose to show the rest of the class what life was like for your group. You may make a PowerPoint presentation, sing a song, make a photostory presentation, write a poem, create a story book, or any other way of presenting that your group chooses.

  9. Resources • Websites: • links • Books: • titles • DVD’s: • titles • CD’s: • titles • Thanks to names

  10. Learning Outcomes (VELS) • Where does the Webquest fit into VELS? • For what: Strand(s), Domain(s), Dimensions. • Make sure you are specific re VELS. Provide explicit VELS documentation for these.

  11. Evaluation Create a grading system to evaluate the performance of the students. See MS Word template for ideas.

  12. Conclusion You have now completed your training and you are a certified Time Traveller! You can answer the question: What happened in Australia between 1770 and 1901? Don’t forget to print your Time Traveller certificate! certificate

  13. Credits and References List here the sources of any images, music or text that you're using. Provide links back to the original source. Say thanks to anyone who provided resources or help. List any books and other analog media that you used as information sources as well.

  14. Teachers Page On this page you can include any explanatory notes that may be useful for other teachers who might use your WebQuest, e.g. any special resources that were useful. You can also include the address for any other WebQuests or similar units of work. Specific documentation relating to the use of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) need to be written here in great detail. Issues you may have faced as a teacher creating this WebQuest that you think are important for other teachers to know. How your class was structured e.g. the number of groups as well as timelines are also important issues for other teachers to know about.

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