The Australian Colony
Inquiry Question:
What do we know about the lives of people in Australia's past and how do we know?
Inquiry Skill:
Locate and collect information and/or data from a range of appropriate primary sources and secondary sources.
Prediction
Applying your knowledge of what you know about Colonisation of Australia make a prediction as to what this text is about.
You can include;
You can include;
- a description of the setting,
- types of characters that may be present in the story,
- any problems or complication that may occur...
Vocabulary:
magistrate transportation bailiff convict
scared strange pierce swept
natives realised surgeon servants
journal belongings splinters inspection
complained rations promise silently
resolved rebellious marines dysentery
scurvy outbreak smallpox whispered
scared strange pierce swept
natives realised surgeon servants
journal belongings splinters inspection
complained rations promise silently
resolved rebellious marines dysentery
scurvy outbreak smallpox whispered
Discussion Questions:
- As we read jot down any values you feel are present in the text.
- Let's revisit our predictions and list anything important we discovered.
- Make a list of what we would like to find out more information on e.g.
- Inquire on Elizabeth Hayward they youngest female convict?
- Who is William Bradley and Arthur Bowes Smyth?How did they contribute to the shaping the colony?
- The impact of disease and why Aboriginals suffered more losses?
Text structure analysis of a narrative:
Colonisation of Australia
Swan River Colony
Life in the Colony
Peninsula Farm - Hardy Family
Life in the Swan River Colony: 1830's
Food, chores, medical, transport, clothes, entertainment, education, communication, housing, hygiene.