Making a Nation Unit

Hey guys, we are trying something a bit different in HASS this term and for 3 out of 4 lessons, you will be doing self-guided learning. What this means is that you will have a number of tasks and activities that you need to do individually and, at times, in pairs. On Mondays, we will be in room 45 undertaking teacher directed learning where I will be giving you some background knowledge and the learning for the week. On Wednesdays and Fridays you will have access to computers where you can undertake your own self-guided learning. We are learning about Australia's history and what makes us the nation we are today.

You will go into the process tab on the left and that will have a range of activities you need to complete in order. Once you have completed an activity or task, you will need to show me so that I can say you have met the learning requirements for that particular task.

The different things we are focusing on is as follows:

1. Australia being colonised (What happened? Why did it happen? How did it happen? Who made it happen? Where did it happen? When did it happen?)

2. The Indigenous Australian perspective (View SBS' 'First Australians: They are here to stay' documentary, different stories about indigenous people during colonisation, the effects of colonisation on indigenous people)

3. The non-European experience (Chinese immigrants, Kanakas, New Caledonians)

4. The establishment of states and cities (what it was like to work back then and daily life).

5. Social Legislation (White Australia policy, Harvester Judgment, Invalid & old-age Pension Act, Maternity Allowance).

6. Australian Identity through the ages (music, film, sport, war).

I hope you guys enjoy this process, I am predicting it to be a success!

Mr Black

The First Fleet.

Task 1: (Non-Negotiable)

Visit the following websites about the First Fleet.

1. http://arthurphillipchapter.weebly.com/health-of-the-first-fleet.html
2. http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/discover_collections/history_nation/terra_australis/firstfleet.html
3. http://www.australianhistoryresearch.info/the-first-fleet/
4. http://firstfleetfellowship.org.au/ships/eleven-ships/

In your Individual Portfolio on 1 A4 page undertake the following actions in an order of your choice:

• Find 4 images from Google Images that could connect to the 'First Fleet' and put them on your A4 page
• Which of the 4 websites do you consider the most useful for telling us about the First Fleet? Why?
• Which of the 4 websites do you consider the least useful for telling us about the First Fleet? Why?

Complete the following questions in full sentences:

1. When did the First Fleet land in Australia? (specific date)

2. Where did they leave from and where did they land?

3. How many ships were a part of the First Fleet?

4. How long did the trip take?

5. Who was in charge of the trip?

6. What was the names of all of the ships?

7. What were the conditions like on the ships?

8. Give a dictionary definition of typhoid, scurvy, and dysentery.

9. Give a 7-8 sentence summary of what happened on the First Fleet.

10. List (in dot points) a range of issues/concerns/problems that are discussed in the different pages.

Choose ONE of the following activities

1. Create your own visual representation of 'The First Fleet'. There are no boundaries to this. You can draw what ever you like (half a page).

2. Create a written narrative about 'The First Fleet'. There are no boundaries to this. You can write about anything you would like (15-20 sentences)

3. Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of each of the websites. What makes them useful and what are their limitations?

Task Two: The Indigenous Australian Experience

You will be learning about the travesties that the Indigenous Australians faced at the hands of white Europeans during colonisation.

Choose ONE of the events, visit the websites and answer these questions.

1. What date did your event happen? (1 sentence)

2. Give a summary of your event (4-5 sentences)

3. Get two images that represents the event.

4. What are your thoughts about this event? (3-4 sentences)

5. Find a YouTube clip on your event, snipping tool it and give a 3-4 sentence summary on what it tells you.

6. Have a 2 minute discussion with Mr Black about your chosen event.

Myall Creek Massacre

https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/history/myall-creek-massacre-1838#axzz4gcnWUw50

http://www.myallcreekmassacre.com/Myall_Creek_Massacre/Home.html

http://www.newagemultimedia.com/isaacs/MyallCrk.html

Pemuluwuy Killed

http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/pemulwuy

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pemulwuy-13147

http://www.mabonativetitle.com/info/aboriginalResistanceHeroes.htm

The Black Wars

http://www.indigenousaustralia.info/land/invasion/tasmanian-land-war.html

https://www.onwar.com/aced/chrono/c1800s/yr00/faustralia1804.htm

http://www.myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1820/decade_landing_18.html?tabRank=2&subTabRank=4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_War

White Hat

You need to create a Facebook profile for a well known Bushranger. You can present using Microsoft Office or in your book.

The things you need to include are:

- Name (nickname)

- Profile Picture

- 'About Me' - work, birth day (death day), relationship, education, friends.

- At least three statuses about something they had done.

- Timeline of events that happened (at least 4 pictures with descriptions of the event)

- Have comments from people at that time about what they think of them (on pictures and statuses)

- Something that your bushranger has shared (online article, video, images etc)