Year 5 The Australian Colonies
Key Inquiry Questions
Historical Knowledge
&
Understandings
Chronology Terms &
Concepts
Historical Questions &
Research
Sequence historical people
and events.
(ACHHS117)
Identify questions to inform an historical inquiry
(ACHHS119)
Use historical terms and
concepts (ACHHS118)
Identify and locate a range
of relevant sources
(ACHHS120)
Historical Skills
What were the economic,
political and social reasons
for the establishment of
British colonies in Australia?
Reasons (economic, political and social) for the establishment of British colonies in Australia after 1800.
(ACHHK093)
Create a timeline of the
significant events that led
to British Colonialism in
Australia, highlighting the
importance of The Industrial revolution, The AmerGeneral Capabilities
ican War of Independence
and the poverty, over•
Literacy
crowding and harsh penal•
Critical and creative
ties of the British Penal
thinking
System.
Why did Britain decide to
colonise Australia?
What was The Industrial
revolution?
What was the American
War of Independence?
Analysis & Use of
Sources
Locate information related
to inquiry questions in a
range of sources.
(ACHHS121)
Perspectives &
Interpretations
Identify points of view in
the past and present
(ACHHS123)
Compare information from
a range of sources.
(ACHHS122)
Literacy Link: Use a range
of sources to analyse the
reasons for British settlement in Australia, comparing the importance of each
reason using H.O.T.S. strategy (Elimination Draw).
Compare the attitudes of
the politicians and convicts
in response to transportation to Australia. Use political policy announcements and convict transcripts to compare perspectives.
Write an exposition justifyWhat was the nature of The ing the results of your
British Penal System during findings.
the late 1700’s?
The Historical Concepts
Continuity & Change
Cause & Effect
Significance
Perspectives
Empathy
Develop texts, particularly
narratives and descriptions,
which incorporate source
materials (ACHHS124)
Contestability
Resources
www.
Kidcyber.com.au/
topics/indrev.htm
Www.youtube.com/
watch?v=zhL5DCizj5c
Use a range of
communication forms (oral,
graphic, written) and digital
technologies
(ACHHS125)
Www.chiddingstone.k
ent.sch.uk/
homework/
victorians/
industrialrevolution.html
Create a journal entry explaining the living conditions in Britain prior to
transportation.
Www.europeanhistor
y.about.com
Exposition on “The Reasons
for British Colonialism in
Australia.
Engage in a mock trial
examining the merits of
Australian Settlement?
Historical Terms and Concepts:
Industrial revolution, War
of Independence, colony,
overcrowding, crime, punishment, convict, transportation, hulks, expansion
Evidence
Explanation &
Communication
The Australian Colonies
Key Inquiry Questions
Historical Knowledge
&
Understandings
Chronology Terms &
Concepts
Historical Questions &
Research
Sequence historical people
and events.
(ACHHS117)
Identify questions to inform an historical inquiry
(ACHHS119)
Use historical terms and
concepts (ACHHS118)
Identify and locate a range
of relevant sources
(ACHHS120)
Create a timeline of significant events in the development of The Swan River
Colony.
Who established The Swan
River Colony?
Analysis & Use of
Sources
Locate information related
to inquiry questions in a
range of sources.
(ACHHS121)
Perspectives &
Interpretations
Identify points of view in
the past and present
(ACHHS123)
The nature of convict or
colonial settlement, including the factors that
influenced patterns of development, aspects of the
daily life of the inhabitants
(including Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islander Peoples) and how
the environment changed.
(ACHHK094)
General Capabilities
•
•
Literacy
•
Critical and creative thinking
•
•
Sustainability
Intercultural understanding
Historical Terms and Concepts:
Colonial life, settlement,
rural, urban, Governor,
convict,, free settler, soldier,
guard, indentured labourer,
Indigenous Australian,
geographical feature, water,
climate, soil, gold,
transport, port facilities,
clothing, housing, work,
diet
How was The Swan River
Colony settled?
Who came to settle in The
Swan River Colony?
What were the lives like for
the people of The Swan
River Colony?
What impact did settlement have on the indigenous Australians?
Locate and compare information on the settlement
of Port Jackson (The First
Fleet) and The Swan River
Colony.
Compare the political ambitions and objectives of
James Stirling and the real
life experiences of the settler populations within The
Swan River Colony.
Use proformas and data
sheets to directly compare
and contrast relevant facts.
Identify Primary and secondary sources of information in regard to The
Swan River Colony investigation.
Write a letter home, from
the point of view of an
early settler, explaining the
daily life in The Swan River
colony.
What impact did settlement have on the environment?
The Historical Concepts
Continuity & Change
Cause & Effect
Significance
Perspectives
Empathy
En.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Swan_River_Colony
www.nationaltrust.org.au
www.valuingheritage.com.a
Use historical narrative or
u/SwanRiverColony/
recount genre to record the
early experiences of settletrove.nla.gov.au/
ment at The Swan River
Colony.
Www.slwa.wa.gov.au
Create a PowerPoint
presentation explaining the
living conditions in the
early days of The Swan
River Colony.
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander histories and
culture.
Evidence
Develop texts, particularly
narratives and descriptions,
which incorporate source
materials (ACHHS124)
Resources
www.fremantleprison.com.
Use a range of
com- au
munication forms (oral,
graphic, written) and digital www.northbridgehistory.wa
technologies
.gov.au/
(ACHHS125)
Members iinet.net.au/
mcurtain/
swan_river_colony
Compare information from
a range of sources.
(ACHHS122)
Historical Skills
What do we know about
the lives of people in Australia’s colonial past and
how do we know? How did
an Australian colony develop over time and why?
Explanation &
Communication
Contestability
Www.historyofaustraliaonli
ne.com/Swan_River.html
994.102
Stratham-Drew Pamela
James Stirling and the Swan
River Colony
The Australian Colonies
Key Inquiry Questions
Historical Knowledge
&
Understandings
Chronology Terms &
Concepts
Historical Questions &
Research
The impact of a significant
development or event on a
colony; for example, frontier conflict, the gold rushes, the Eureka Stockade,
internal exploration, the
advent of rail, the expansion of farming, drought.
(ACHHK095)
General Capabilities
•
•
Literacy
•
Critical and creative thinking
•
•
Sustainability
•
Intercultural understanding
Perspectives &
Interpretations
Explanation &
Communication
Resources
australia.gov.au
Sequence historical people
and events.
(ACHHS117)
Identify questions to inform an historical inquiry
(ACHHS119)
Use historical terms and
concepts (ACHHS118)
Identify and locate a range
of relevant sources
(ACHHS120)
Create a timeline that maps
The Gold Rush era with
particular attention to
California, Victoria, New
South Wales and Western
Australia.
What began the Gold Rush
in Victoria, and later Western Australia?
Historical Skills
How did a significant event
(e.g.: Kalgoorlie gold rushes, Pinjarra Massacre, internal exploration, the advent
of rail networks, expansion
of farming and drought)
influence the development
of a colony?
Analysis & Use of
Sources
Historical terms and Concepts:
Conflict, Myall Creek Massacre, Lambing Flat, Pinjarra Massacre, Eureka Stockade, Kalgoorlie, Bendigo,
Ballarat, democracy, rail,
farming, drought, exploration
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander histories and
culture.
Locate information related
to inquiry questions in a
range of sources.
(ACHHS121)
Identify points of view in
the past and present
(ACHHS123)
Compare information from
a range of sources.
(ACHHS122)
Use a range of
com- www.kidcyber.com.au/
topics/gold.html
munication forms (oral,
graphic, written) and digital
www.sbs.com.au/gold/
technologies
(ACHHS125)
australia.pppst.com/
goldrush.html
Examine the perspectives of Debate: Reconstruct a court
the miner on the gold fields case examining The Attack www.youtube.com/watch
at Lambing Flat or The
and compare them to the
aso.gov.au
Chinese migrants.
Eureka Stockade.
(Australian Screen online)
Compare the frustrations of Conduct a research report
the members of the Eureka on The Attack at Lambing
movement with politicians Flat or The Eureka Stockof the time.
ade/Pinjarra Massacre.
Compare two versions of
The Attack at Lambing
Flat. Use H.O.T.S. strategy
(S.W.O.T. Analysis) to
Who were the major
explore the strengths and
groups of people who jour- weaknesses of each.
neyed to the gold fields?
Where did they come from Look at a variety of cartoons from the gold rush
and why?
era and identify issues of
racism, jealousy and power.
What was life like on the
gold fields?
Research the Eureka Stockade using more than one
How did the discovery of
source and synthesise ingold affect The Swan River
formation into report
Colony?
format.
What was the Eureka
Stockade/Pinjarra Massacre?
Compare the opposing
Write a poem based on one
perspectives of government of these events.
soldiers and Indigenous
Australians in regard to The
Pinjarra Massacre.
Australia’s engagement with Asia.
The Historical Concepts
Evidence
Continuity & Change
Cause & Effect
Significance
Perspectives
Empathy
Develop texts, particularly
narratives and descriptions,
which incorporate source
materials (ACHHS124)
Contestability
www.goldoz.com.au
www.nma.gov.au
The Australian Colonies
Key Inquiry Questions
Historical Knowledge
&
Understandings
Chronology Terms &
Concepts
Historical Questions &
Research
The reasons people migrated to Australia from Europe and Asia, and the
experiences and contributions of a particular migrant group within a colony. (ACHHK096)
General Capabilities
•
•
Literacy
•
Critical and creative thinking
•
Australia’s engagement with Asia
Intercultural understanding
Perspectives &
Interpretations
Explanation &
Communication
Resources
australia.gov.au
Sequence historical people
and events.
(ACHHS117)
Identify questions to inform an historical inquiry
(ACHHS119)
Use historical terms and
concepts (ACHHS118)
Identify and locate a range
of relevant sources
(ACHHS120)
Historical Skills
What were the main reasons a particular migrant
group came to Australia in
the 1800’s and what contributions did the groups
make?
Analysis & Use of
Sources
Create a timeline of the
various ethnic groups who
migrated to Australia during the 1800’s
Historical terms and Concepts:
Migration, Japanese in
Broome, Germans in South
Australia, Afghan cameleers in the Northern territory. Chinese in the gold
rushes, Pacific Islanders in
The Torres Strait.
What were the main reasons people migrated to
Australia in the 1800’s?
Who were the these
groups?
Where did they come
from?
Locate information related
to inquiry questions in a
range of sources.
(ACHHS121)
Identify points of view in
the past and present
(ACHHS123)
Compare information from
a range of sources.
(ACHHS122)
Examine a photo study of
the Chinese on the Goldfields or the Japanese in
Broome and try to draw
some conclusions about
conditions in these communities for migrant
groups.
Use a H.O.T.S. strategy
(P.C.Q.) to analysing the
impacts and contributions
made by these migrant
groups on colonial society.
What contributions and
impact have they had on
colonial society?
www.kidcyber.comay/
topics/goldchinese.htm
Investigate the experiences
and contributions made by
the Chinese during the gold
rush era in Australia. Prepare a Power Point presentation summarising your
results.
www.goldrushcolony.com.
au
Write the transcript of an
interview with one of these
groups illustrating their
experiences in colonial
society.
Continuity & Change
Cause & Effect
Significance
Perspectives
Empathy
Contestability
En.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Japanese_dispora
Use a range of
communication forms (oral,
graphic, written) and digital
technologies
(ACHHS125)
Investigate the experiences
and contributions made by
the Japanese pearl divers in
Broome. Prepare a Power
Point presentation summarising your results.
The Historical Concepts
Evidence
Develop texts, particularly
narratives and descriptions,
which incorporate source
materials (ACHHS124)
www.goldrushcolony.com.
au/...gold…/chineseaustralian-gold-fields
www.sbs.com.au
www.nma.gov.au/
collections/...of…/
australian_gold_rush
The Australian Colonies
Key Inquiry Questions
Historical Knowledge
&
Understandings
Chronology Terms &
Concepts
Historical Questions &
Research
Sequence historical people
and events.
(ACHHS117)
Identify questions to inform an historical inquiry
(ACHHS119)
Use historical terms and
concepts (ACHHS118)
Identify and locate a range
of relevant sources
(ACHHS120)
Historical Skills
Who were the significant people that shaped
Australian colonies?
The role that a significant
individual or group played
in shaping a colony; for
example, explorers, farmers,
entrepreneurs, artists, writers, humanitarians, religious and political leaders,
and Aboriginal and/or
Torres Strait Islander peoples. (ACHHK097)
Analysis & Use of
Sources
Locate information related
to inquiry questions in a
range of sources.
(ACHHS121)
Perspectives &
Interpretations
Identify points of view in
the past and present
(ACHHS123)
Compare information from
a range of sources.
(ACHHS122)
Personal and social
capability
•
Creative and critical thing
•
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander histories and
cultures
Develop texts, particularly
narratives and descriptions,
which incorporate source
materials (ACHHS124)
Use a range of
communication forms (oral,
graphic, written) and digital
technologies
(ACHHS125)
Historical Inquiry Process
(Let’s Learn Cycle)
Resources
People.wku.edu/
charles.smith/australia/
www.valuingheritage.com.a
u/SwanRiverColony/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
James_Stirling_
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John
_Forrest
gutenberg.net.au/pages/
blaxland.html
Emphasis on locating and analysing sources of information.
adb.anu.edu.au/
biography.macauther-john
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Suggested Topics
Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth, James Stirling, John Forrest, John Macarthur, Chisholm, Mackillop, Lalor, Unaipon, explorers, farmers, entrepreneurs, artists, writers, humanitarians, religious and political leaders, and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Www.southaustralianhistor
y.com.au/mackillop-maryhelen-4112
Each student researches and presents information about ONE group or individual that contributed to colonial Australia.
En.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Peter_Lalor
General Capabilities
•
Explanation &
Communication
The Historical Concepts
Evidence
Continuity & Change
Cause & Effect
Significance
Perspectives
Empathy
Contestability