HSIE STAGE THREE ACTIVITY – TEACHER’S GUIDE The following activity has been designed for teachers teaching HSIE Stage3 Identity and Values. It provides students with experiences that will contribute to the COGS units • Living Land – Exploring natural built and heritage environments as they impact on peoples lifestyle choices, leisure and artistic expression
• Identity – Examining how personal identity is shaped. Our identities, values and beliefs are influenced by significant events, significant people, our family, peers and the media
Students will work towards the outcomes • Significant events and people “CCS3.1 Explains the significance of particular people, places, groups, actions and events in the past in developing Australian identities and heritage. “ The activity has been designed to give teachers the flexibility to use an excursion to the International Cricket Hall of Fame (TICHOF) as part of a discrete study of the topic or as a standalone activity that can be integrated into other topics. The activity contains contextualising information so that the sheet may be used by students as a resource following the excursion. Answers to the 14 questions have been listed overleaf to assist teachers marking the document.
Preparation for activities. In order to help student achieve the most from their experience at TICHOF or on the website, we suggest that teachers introduce students to the story of Sir Donald Bradman and the historical period in which he grew up and played cricket. Ingpen, Robert The Boy from Bowral: The story of Sir Donald Bradman Sydney : Walker, 2008. 48p. col. Illus. Story that charts the history of Don Bradman from his early years in ‘his Bowral,’ through the infamous Bodyline series against England in 1932-33, his role as captain of the Australian cricket team and his post-war comeback with the team that became known as The Invincibles.
Page, Michael & Fregon, Des The Don: A photographic essay of a legendary life South Melbourne : Sun Books, 1984. Picture book featuring photographs and memorabilia collected by Sir Donald Bradman and/or his relations and friends, from the period 1910 to 1980, including many photographs previously unpublished.
Piesse, Ken Our Don Bradman Sydney : ABC Books, 2008. 200p. col: illus. Biography of Sir Donald Bradman featuring forewords by Richie Benaud, Neil Harvey, Brian Booth and Sachin Tendulkar. Each chapter tells a major story in the life of Bradman and his continuing significance. The image features photographs, cigarette cards, cartoons, posters, statistics, song sheets, images of memorabilia and is a true reflection of Bradman’s phenominal popularity in life and death. To further prepare students undertaking the excursion have them find the TICHOF website http://www.internationalcrickethall.com and locate the information on Sir Donald Bradman as a reading task in class or for homework.
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Post excursion consolidation Teachers may wish to use the excursion activity as a basis of a project in which students (individually or in groups) create a poster displaying the ten facets of Sir Donald Bradman’s life. Students should include three to four pieces of biographic information, up to five examples of his cricket achievements and one to two example of his adult life outside cricket. Information on the historical period in which Bradman played may also be included. Referencing any additional resources that information and images were drawn from should be recorded in a bibliography. Alternatively where students have access to the appropriate software, teachers may ask students to present the above project as a digital poster, slideshow or story.
Answers to questions THE GAME GALLERY 1. 99.49 2. thinner; less colourful; strait; printed; lighter; both ugly or attractive may be true 3. 52 Shepherd St and 20 Glebe St 4. The bat was too long for Don Bradman as a boy 5. 120 300 6. Golf ball 7. Cricket stump 8. 452 (not out) 9. There are many answers: Knighthood in 1949; Companion of the Order of Australia 1979; husband to Jessie Bradman (nee. Menzies) married 1932; father to two children; stock broker and owner of Don Bradman & Co. Stock brokers; cricket administrator for 50 years for both The South Australian Cricket Association (SACA)and the Australia Board of Control (ACB); worked for Percy West Brooks in Bowral as a young man; Wrote several books on cricket; corresponded with fans throughout his life; SA squash champion; had a golf average of 0; was a successful public speaker; played rugby league, billiards and wrestling; served domestically in the Australian Army in World War Two. 10. 1949 (15 March) 11. Circling and three emotions is correct as it is subjective 12. Clay, wood and twine 13. Graeme Pollock, Test batting average 61 14. Sachin Tendulkar
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THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET HALL OF FAME EXCURSION ACTIVITY The purpose of our visit to The International Cricket Hall of Fame (TICHOF) is to discover: • Who was Sir Donald Bradman? • Why is The International Cricket Hall of Fame in Bowral? • Why is Sir Donald Bradman an important person in Australian history? Note Objects, labels, film footage and touch screens throughout TICHOF contain information that will assist with completing each question. Your guide can help you to find the required information.
THE GAME GALLERY Sir Donald Bradman was the greatest batsman to have played cricket, his Test batting average was higher than any other person to have played. He was captain of Australia for 5 Test series; in 1948 he captained Australia’s most successful team, The Invincibles.
1. On the batting touch screen listen to the children talk about Bradman. What was his Test batting average?
Find the bat Bradman used to score 140 against Yorkshire in England in 1934. Compare it with the bat used by Mike Hussey to score 91 and 61 at Adelaide Oval in 2006. 2. Is Bradman’s bat thicker or thinner more colourful or less colourful strait or shapely printed or have stickers lighter or heavier ugly or attractive
THE BRADMAN GALLERY (UPSTAIRS) Don was born in Cootamundra, NSW in 1908 but in 1911 his family moved to Bowral, he was 2.5 years old. 3. Find the photographs of the houses the Bradmans lived in, record their addresses. House 1 House 2
Don was given his first bat as a gift when he played for the Bowral men’s team, he was only 12 but they could not get him out. Can you see where it has been mended? 4. Why did his dad cut 7.5 cm off the bottom? 5. Record 2 of the scores Bradman wrote on the back of the bat
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Locate the tank stand, as a young boy in Bowral Don Bradman played a game of cricket in his backyard that eventually helped develop his amazing batting skills. 6. What type of ball did he hit at the tank stand? 7. What did he hit the ball with? Make sure you have a go!
Playing for NSW (against QLD) at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1930 Bradman broke the world record for most runs in a first class cricket match. Bradman was 21 years old. 8. How much did he score?
9. Bradman’s contribution to Australian history extends beyond his cricket career. Record three important things Bradman did outside cricket.
10. What year did Sir Donald Bradman receive his knighthood?
ORIGINS GALLERY (DOWNSTAIRS) Downstairs, visit the change room. Don Bradman played first class cricket from 1927-28 to 1948 in that period, change rooms would have looked much like this. Take time to look at the clothing, furniture and equipment. It may look different to today’s change rooms but the emotions that cricketers experience are still similar. 11. Listen to the cricketer’s stories on the phones and look at the statue. Circle three emotions that cricketers in the past and present may feel. nervous scared happy excited sad overwhelmed disappointed tired worried proud energized anticipation
TICHOF GALLERY The Great Depression (1929-1932) was a period when many Australians were out of work and poor. To forget their troubles they looked to social distractions like collecting cigarette cards and watching Don Bradman play cricket. Many children made their own toys; find the handmade mini bat and ball. 12. What are they made of? In the Greats of the Game Hall use the touch screens to find the South African player whose Test batting average is second only to Sir Don Bradman. 13. What is his name? What was his average?
In the 1978 to 2010 find the vest of the Indian player Bradman believed to be most like him in batting style. The player is also on the touch screen. 14. What is his name?
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