Introduction
Welcome 6PK to our Gold Assignment!
We would like to introduce to you Bridget and Eric. Bridget and Eric are in year 6 and want to find out what life was like on the gold fields in the 1850s. Can you help them?
Watch the video using the link below to hear Bridget and Eric discuss what they want to find out.
http://goanimate.com/videos/0457TLGg8rbg?utm_source=linkshare
Gold Map
Click on the link below to view the map of Australia to see where gold has been found. http://www.sbs.com.au/gold/GOLD_MAP.html
Remember
You can access this presentation at home through Google Classroom, so if you would like to do extra research independently you can.
Task
Task
Could you imagine yourself as a miner or many of the women, Chinese migrants, Aborigines or children who were apart of the great Australian Gold Rush? Are you ready to see what life was like for the people living on the goldfields of Australia in the 1850s?
Your task is to work with your assigned teams (five students per team) to explore the lives of a group of people during the Gold Rush in Australia. Each team will be assigned one of the following topic groups: miners, Chinese migrants, Aboriginal people, women or children. You are to research the lives of your topic group through a number of tasks. As a group you will use all the information gathered to present a poster depicting what life was like during the Gold Rush for your topic group.
Remember
Your main aim is to find out 'What life was like during the Australian Gold Rush' for the people you are researching (miners, Chinese migrants, Aboriginal people, women or children).
Team table
Each team is represented by a town were gold was discovered during the Gold Rush in the 1850s. Check the table below to see which team you are apart of. There will be NO changing teams.
By the end of this Assignment, you and your assigned team will have:
* Created a poster about your assigned group
* Researched about your assigned group using several sources (youtube clips, websites, books)
* Completed a KWL chart throughout the assignment
* Devised a presentation to share with the other teams
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TEAMS |
Team Bathurst |
Team Ophir |
Team Murroo Creek |
Team Ballarat |
Team Bendigo |
Team Clunes |
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Topic |
You will research the life of MINERS during the 1850s Gold Rush in Australia |
You will research the life of WOMEN during the 1850s Gold Rush in Australia |
You will research the life of CHILDREN during the 1850s Gold Rush in Australia |
You will research the life of CHINESE MIGRANTS during the 1850s Gold Rush in Australia |
You will research the life of ABORIGINAL PEOPLE during the 1850s Gold Rush in Australia |
You will research the life of THE POLICE during the 1850s Gold Rush in Australia |
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Students |
Phoebe, Reuben, Nick, Luka, Kelsey |
Tasha, Catherine, Markus,Leo, George |
Perry, Victoria, Jake, Tom, Jasmin |
Lauren, Aidan, Jake, Ginger, Camille |
Jaidyn, Rizal, Zoe, Hannah, Emre |
Alex, Torin, Evie, India, Henry |