Introduction
Welcome to life in 1800's Australia.
This webquest has been designed to help you explore and learn about the Australian Gold Rush and how it impacted on Australia socially, financially and politically and how the Eureka Stockade set Australia on the path to democracy.
Task
It is Gold Fever Time!
The year is 1855. You are a young farmer and have heard many stories from the goldfields about people striking it rich through gold discoveries. However there has also been news of a rebellion due to unrest amongst the diggers about conditions on the goldfields and the purchasing of gold licenses.
Your task is to explore and research information about conditions on the goldfields and decide whether or not you should leave the farm to go and strike it rich.
When you have gathered and assessed the information you will need to record three reasons to go to the goldfields and three reasons to stay on the farm and make a final decision.
Click the QR code to see the steps you will need to follow:
Process
Research Time!
Use the links below to find information you will need to make your decision on whether or not to head for the goldfields:
Link 1. Gold Fever - View Clip Number 1.
http://aso.gov.au/titles/tv/peachs-gold-eureka/clip1/
Link 2. The Goldfields
Use these websites to explore how people lived on the goldfields and the people who travelled there.
http://kidcyber.com.au/tag/facts-for-kids-about-the-australian-gold-rush/
http://www.australianhistory.org/goldfield-life
http://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/wa-goldfields/rush-gold
Link 3. The Need for a Licence
Link 4. The Eureka Stockade
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3900125.htm
http://www.myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1850/decade_landing_15_1.html?tabRank=2&subTabRank=2
Link 5. Gold
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/go/Gold
Evaluation
You will be evaluated on how well you utilised the information provided to you to fill in your provided worksheets and on your participation throughout your webquest journey.
The below rubric will be used to assess the information gathered and your participation.
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Category |
Poor |
Satisfactory |
Very Good |
Excellent |
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Contribution and focus on task. |
Did not work well with partner to research topic. Rarely focused on task and provided minimal information. |
Needed prompting from partner to stay on task. Provided some information. |
Consistently worked well with partner and mostly on task providing relevant information. |
Consistently and actively supported partner. Always on task and focused on the topic collecting relevant information. |
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Quality of Information Sourced |
Did not provide useful or accurate information. Minimal information recorded on worksheet. |
Provided some accurate information and filled in half of worksheet. |
Filled in worksheet with mostly accurate and relevant information. |
Provided relevant, clear and concise information on each topic of the worksheet. |
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Reasons for going to the goldfields or staying on the farm |
Provided one or less reasons for either going to the goldfields or staying on the farm. No sense to reasons chosen. |
Provided 1-2 reasons for going to the goldfields and staying on the farm with minimal explanation. |
Provided 2-3 reasons for going to the goldfields and staying on the farm with relevant explanation. |
Provided 2-3 reasons for going to the goldfields and staying on the farm with clear concise and relevant explanations. |
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Persuasive text |
Presented a brief outline of a viewpoint. |
Presented an argument, including supporting detail, using a formulaic structure and some persuasive devices. |
Presented an argument using persuasive devices. Includes relevant supporting detail and may consider an alternative viewpoint. |
Presented a convincing argument that includes persuasive devices, supporting evidence and detail, and may demonstrate understanding of other viewpoints. |
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Mind Map |
Attempted to create a mind map but used minimal information. |
Provided some accurate information and created a mind map. |
Created a mind map with relevent information and increasing detail. |
Created a detailed mind map. All research is clearly reflected. |
Conclusion
Congratulations!! Your webquest on the Australian Gold Rush and The Eureka Stockade has come to an end.
I hope you now consider yourself to be a gold expert!!
Please think back on what you have learnt through this webquest and complete this survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SVX25BG