Introduction
Welcome to the Grade 4 term 3 Australian History Project!
You will be working on this every week in a small group.
You will be given resources to use for your research and there will also be links that you can click on to access on the internet.
Task
Your task is to research the questions and present them to the class towards the end of term.
You can choose how you present this information from these options:
- poster
- booklet
- powerpoint presentation
Each week you will work on a task (they are numbered in the order you are meant to complete them in).
You will need:
- laptop or iPad
- pencil
- topic book
Process
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Task |
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Investigate what is the ‘First Fleet? And why were they travelling to Australia? Who was on the ‘First Fleet?’ Resarch links: First fleet: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework-and-study/other-subjects-and-… http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibition/objectsthroughtime-h… |
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What were some of the crimes people were punished for? Why were they transported to Australia and not jailed in England? What was the journey to Australia like? Research links: Life on a convict ship: http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/shiplife.html First Fleet/Convicts: |
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What is colonisation? How did this effect the aboriginal community of Australia? How were the prisoners treated once they settled in Australia? Where did they live? Links: Australian Convict sites (information and photographs): http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/world/convict-sites Convict system (great images!) http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/discover_collections/history_nation/j… Convict ‘love tokens’ (quite interesting!): http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/highlights/convict-tokens Convict stories (click on the name to view short history): |
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What was life like for:
Write a ‘day in the life’ of one of these groups, including details about the living conditions, meals, housing . This can be written in the form of a diary entry, letter to a loved one or a short story. Links: ‘Don’t walk in these convict’s shoes’: http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/media/1534097/don-t-walk-in-these-convi… Out back house—different episodes relating to life in the 1800’s http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/search/_SRC:Outback%20House
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Catch up on research, start powerpoint or poster. |
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6 |
Complete poster or powerpoint presentation |
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7 |
Make question sheet based on information in project for the class to complete. An answer sheet must be provided! |
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Present project, self assessment |
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VOCAB |
Colonisation, first fleet, settlement, transportation |
Evaluation
Project checklist
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Steps to complete |
Tick when done |
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I have researched all of the project questions. |
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I have taken notes. |
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I have put my notes into sentences and paragraphs in my topic book. |
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I have had my sentences paragraphs checked. |
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I have edited my sentences and paragraphs. |
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I have written/typed a good copy of my research |
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I have formatted and typed my information into PowerPoint. I have pasted and created my poster or booklet. |
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I have presented my project to the class. |
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Self Assessment:
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Circle or highlight |
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I researched my project. |
Not at all Somewhat Well Very well |
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I answered all of the research questions |
Not at all Somewhat Well Very well |
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The presentation of my project was excellent. |
Not at all Somewhat Well Very well |
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I presented my project with confidence. |
Not at all Somewhat Well Very well |
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I created a question sheet for my classmates to complete. |
Not at all Somewhat Well Very well |
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I contributed and work well in my group |
Not at all Somewhat Well Very well |