Introduction
You have been chosen to be the curator of a new Gold Museum that is being set up to let visitors learn about the history of gold in Australia.
Task
Your museum must hold exhibits that explain:
- The properties and uses of gold
- The history of the discovery of gold in Australia
- Life on the goldfields, including women and the Chinese,
- The Eureka Stockade
- Bushrangers.
Process
You will be using PowerPoint to present your findinds.
Evaluation
Activity 1 As an introduction to your museum you need to explain the properties of gold and its uses.
Present your information as a mind map.
You need to research:
- the properties of gold
- how gold can be used
- Web 2.0 tools that could be used include linoit, popplet, wordle and tagxedo.
Activity 2
Using the interactive map, create a timeline of gold discovery in Australia.
Include discoveries from all over Australia with:
- who discovered it
- the place where it was discovered
- date it was discovered.
Web 2.0 tools that could be used include: dipity
Activity 3
Prepare a report on “Life in the Goldfields”
Your report should include:
- The different types of mining
- The tools used in gold mining
- The Chinese on the goldfields
- Women on the goldfields
- Life on the goldfields
Web 2.0 tools that could be used include glogster edu (poster), photopeach (slideshow), flipsnack (ebook) and animoto (movie).
Activity 4
Your task is to prepare an oral presentation. Choose a character from the Eureka Stockade. Prepare a speech from the perspective of one of the characters involved. The presentation can be in the form of a speech, slideshow, movie or use of a Web 2.0 tool – it must include your voice.
Record your oral presentation describing:
- the events that led up to the stockade.
- your role in the events.
- your thoughts and feelings
- what happened as a result of the stockade.
Web 2.0 tools that could be used include voki, audacity, voicethread.
Activity 5
You are a reporter from the local “Bush News” Prepare a biographical report on a famous bushranger. Your report can be written, spoken or recorded.