HSIE INTEGRATED GOLD UNIT TERM 1 STAGE 3

Week English/HSIE Outcomes Teaching and learning activities Show pic of gold bullion on IWB. In groups brainstorm anything you know about Gold. Share and write on Notebook page. Divide responses into inquiry questions (if possible) Show slideshow of goldrush pics. Discuss importance of Edward Hargraves Watch YouTube clip Australian Gold rush 58sec http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=A3oAZcpX4GQ&list=PLFBAA45972B195231 Watch You tube clip Central Australian gold 7mins rushhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqzxOQVVPzY Read extract from A Banner Bold- Diary of Rosa Aarons by Nadia Wheatley. Continue reading throughout unit. Use above artwork, video and reading to Compare/contrast how life is different today and describe what they reveal about the past Students are to research, using given websites, the key stages in the development of colonial Australia including date of Sequence historical facts Assessment

Compare information from a range of sources (ACHHS103)

Identify and locate a range of relevant sources

(ACHHS101) Sequence historical people and events (ACHHS98)

European settlement in each state, date colony was and events established, date of self-government, how colony changes over chronological time Compile a class annotated timeline. Display order

Art: Students search artwork of the gold rush era and find a scene to print then write speech bubbles to capture the mood of the artwork. Reference whom the artist is. Complete two contrasting scenes. Use APP Superimpose to create scene
Creative and critical thinking/

TASK: It is the early 1850's in Australia - the period of Australian History known as the Gold Rush. You live in Old Sydney Town and like many others, you and your brother are rather poor and are tempted to head to the goldfields to make your pile. There are several Gold Fields to choose from and much organizing to do before you find any gold.Divide class into groups and instruct each group to investigate the discovery that led to the goldrushes in NSW, Victoria,WA,QLD. Use internet, museums,diaries,artwork,

Identify questions to inform historical inquiry (ACHHS100)

The reasons people migrated to Australia from Europe and Asia and the experiences and contributions of a particular migrant group within a colony (ACHHKO96)

Teacher to model research process using discovery of gold in California Devise key questions about the local community eg, why was the area settled? What people came to live in the area? How did they make their living? How did men, women and children live? Use historical documents to answer above questions Explain immigrant influx and how it changed face of Australia Groups to also fill in own section of class table and area on map

colony California NSW VIC WA QLD Year Places Events Interesting facts With a partner Play the interactive goldrushes game of your journey in time of the gold rush http://www.nma.gov.au/interactives/tlf/gold_rush_5-

6/index.html Listen to several Podcast of audio visual quotes from

http://education.sovereignhill.com.au//?id=untitled_2 in preparation for writing persuasive letter next week. Discuss different viewpoints of miners, women and children

Develop historical texts which incorporate source material (ACHHS105)

Write a persuasive text in letter form to persuade your mate to come and work on the goldfields with you. Describe life on the goldfields.Use APP Tellagami to send voice recording..

Writing assessment: Persuasive letter

Compare information from a range of sources

(ACHHS103)

The impact of significant development or event on a colony

(ACHHKO95)

Eureka Stockade Watch Youtube video Riot or Revolution. What was it? When did it occur? Why did it occur?What was the consequences of the ES? What was required for a miner to obtain a Gold license. Research fees , consequences of not having one. Pose what if scenarios by constructing different outcomes for the stockade, eg, what if peter Lalor had encourages gold miners to pay rather than resist licence fees (critical and creative thinking) Dramatise Eureka stockade in preparation for Colonial

Students retell in own words what they believe was the catalyst for the Eureka Stockade

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afternoon. Use a range of Using knowledge gained from unit, students in groups of 3 or 4 communication are to create an iMovie of life in the goldfields. forms Show Youtube Life On the Goldfields by (David Munro) (oral,graphic,written) Movie is to go for 2-5mins and is to capture the hardship, the And digital highs and lows of living on the goldfields for men and women. technologies Movie could highlight differences in the hierarchical structure (ACHHS106) of the people. Movie needs to include appropriate music from the era and even olden day animation, script. Due week 11 PoetryArt Use APP Strip Designer to superimpose picture of themselves in a goldrush background. Or App Tellagami to superimpose picture of themselves in a goldrush background and add voice to recite a gold rush poem Invite guest speaker from NSW minerals council??Students investigate the mining of gold today and how its impact on the environment, economy. Investigate how improvements in technology have changed how gold is mined. In groups reflect on the significance of the gold rush on the Australian Identity and the aboriginal people Colonial afternoon. Senior classes come together to have a Colonial Day afternoon, to capture the essence of the gold rush

Create an iMovie capturing life on the goldfields.

Evaluate the significance of the goldrush on Australias Identity

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era in Australia and its effects. Students to dress in olden day clothes, each class to perform to parent audience. 5/6BM act out Eureka Stockade???

Useful websites htthttp://getsmarts.weebly.com/gold.html p://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/gold/index.html http://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/18965/gold_civilisation_teachers_colour.pdf http://k6.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/1b81a4d1-502a-4f9b-809f1428ac9b6240/back09.pdf?MOD=AJPERES http://oldwww.ballarat.edu.au/sovhill/gold150/goldfev.htm#NSW http://k6.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/go/hsie/background-sheets/gold http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/gold.htm http://sqworl.com/d3hfg0 http://education.sovereignhill.com.au//?id=untitled_2

http://www.goldrushcolony.com.au/australian-gold-history-culture-info