SOVEREIGN HILL EDUCATION PUT YOURSELF IN THE PICTURE NINETEENTH CENTURY MIGRATION TO THE VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS A RESOURCE KIT FOR UPPER PRIMARY STUDENTS VELS Levels 3 & 4: History, English, The Arts, Interpersonal Development, Personal Learning, Thinking Processes SOVEREIGN HILL EDUCATION 1 Contents INTRODUCTION & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2 LINKS TO VELS 3 RECOMMENDED REFERENCES 7 INTERNET RESOURCES 8 PLANNING AN EXCURSION TO SOVEREIGN HILL 9 STUDENT ACTIVITIES: INTRODUCTORY 10 STUDENT ACTIVITIES: PREVISIT 11 STUDENT ACTIVITIES: DURING AND AFTER A SOVEREIGN HILL VISIT 13 USING AN ASSESSMENT RUBRIC 15 APPENDIXES A to E 19 SOVEREIGN HILL EDUCATION 2 Introduction The activities included in this kit aim to introduce as a complete unit of work. Rather, they should students to the amazing experiences and use it as a resource kit to be dipped into and challenges facing the people who joined the used in whatever way fits their teaching style mass migration to Australia during the gold and their students’ learning styles. rushes. Any study of the Australian gold rushes will be greatly enhanced by an excursion to Sovereign ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Hill in Ballarat. Sovereign HiIl Education gratefully Sovereign Hill is an outdoor museum that vividly acknowledges the assistance of the re-creates life on the Ballarat goldfields. A visit following organisations in the production to the outdoor museum is lots of fun. Students of this resource kit. will be engaged and their understanding of the period immeasurably enhanced. Here is a chance The Sovereign Hill Museums Association for students and teachers to see, hear, feel and smell history come to life! Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery Brunel's SS Great Britain Education Service The following pages contain background Cover image: Ford Maddox Brown, The Last of England information, suggested activities for students, © Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery a selection of useful primary sources, images and assessment rubrics. © Sovereign Hill Education 2010 Ideas for student activities are included, however, teachers should not look on this SOVEREIGN HILL EDUCATION 3 Victorian Essential Learning Standards Level 3 The table below shows how Level 3 standards could be assessed. Domain & Dimension Key Elements of Victorian Activity Essential Learning Standards Humanities – Students describe and sequence some key All activities. Knowledge and events in Australian history. Write a journal of their voyage Understanding to Australia. Humanities – Students use a range of historical Research background knowledge. Skills evidence, including oral history, artefacts, Learn from evidence presented narratives and pictures, to retell events and at Sovereign Hill. describe historical characters. Evaluate artworks as evidence. Design, Creativity and Students use words, labelled sketches and Build a diorama. Technology – models to communicate the details of their Design a puppet show. Investigating designs, and clarify ideas when asked. Create a board game. and Designing Design, Creativity and Students are able to choose appropriate Design and make a puppet show. Technology – tools, equipment and techniques to alter Build a diorama or model. Producing and combine materials. Thinking Processes – Students collect information from a range Research for journal entries. Reasoning, Processing of sources to answer their own and others’ PowerPoint presentation. and Inquiry questions. They question the validity of Create a picture story book. sources when appropriate. Thinking Processes – Students identify and provide reasons for Class discussion on immigration. Reflection, Evaluation their point of view, and justify changes in and Meta-cognition their thinking. SOVEREIGN HILL EDUCATION 4 Victorian Essential Learning Standards Level 3 The table below shows how Level 3 standards could be assessed. Domain & Dimension Key Elements of Victorian Activity Essential Learning Standards Interpersonal Students co-operate with others in teams for Play the board game. Development – agreed purposes, taking roles and following Working in Teams guidelines established within the task. Participate in group work on an excursion to Sovereign Hill. Students describe and evaluate their own contribution and the team’s progress towards Fill in an assessment rubric. the achievement of agreed goals. Personal Learning – Students identify their learning strengths Fill in an assessment rubric. The Individual Learner and weaknesses, and learning habits that improve learning outcomes. Personal Learning – Students set short-term negotiable goals Complete set tasks on time. Managing Personal in relation to specific tasks. Learning Research and write a journal entry. Students undertake some multi-step extended tasks independently. Fill in an assessment rubric. Students comment on task progress and achievements. The Arts – Students create and present works Make a board game. Creating and Making that communicate experiences, ideas, concepts, observations and feelings. Write and perform a play. Create a puppet show. Make a diorama. English – Students write narratives which include Write journal entries. Writing character, setting and plot. They order information and sequence events using Write a story. some detail or illustrative evidence, Write a play. and they express a point of view providing some information and supporting detail. Annotate a map of a journey. SOVEREIGN HILL EDUCATION 5 Victorian Essential Learning Standards Level 4 The table below shows how Level 4 standards could be assessed. Domain & Dimension Key Elements of Victorian Activity Essential Learning Standards Interpersonal Development Students work effectively to allocate tasks Excursion group work. – Working in Teams and develop timelines. Groups build a model or diorama. Groups create a board game. Students accept responsibility for their role and tasks. Groups present PowerPoint. Personal Learning – Students identify their preferred learning Fill in assessment rubric. The Individual Learner style. Complete set tasks. Students seek and respond to teacher feedback to develop their content knowledge and understanding. Students negotiate learning improvement goals. Personal Learning – Students develop and implement plans to Fill in assessment rubric. Managing Personal complete tasks within externally imposed Learning time frames. The Arts – Students communicate ideas incorporating Create a puppet show. influences from their own and other Creating and Making Design a board game. cultures and times. Create a picture story book. Students prepare artworks for presentation to a variety of audiences. Build a model or diorama. English – Students produce, in print and electronic Create journal entries. Writing forms, a variety of texts for different Write a picture story book. purposes using structures and features of language appropriate to the purpose, Create a board game. audience and context of the writing. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation. English – Students plan, rehearse and make Create a puppet show. Speaking and Listening presentations for different purposes. Write and present a play. Students adjust their speaking to take account of context, purpose and audience, and vary tone, volume and pace of speech to create or emphasise meaning. SOVEREIGN HILL EDUCATION 6 Victorian Essential Learning Standards Level 4 The table below shows how Level 4 standards could be assessed. Domain & Dimension Key Elements of Victorian Activity Essential Learning Standards Humanities – History Students demonstrate their knowledge All activities. and understanding of significant events Historical Knowledge in Australian history, including the 1850s and Understanding gold rushes. Historical Reasoning Students use varied primary and secondary Complete PowerPoint activity. and Interpretation sources (Sovereign Hill) to investigate the Complete imaginative, historically past. With support, they frame their own questions and plan their own inquiries. accurate journal writing. Students use appropriate historical language. Communication – Students identify features of an effective Complete PowerPoint activity. Presenting presentation and adapt elements of their Write and present a play/puppet show. own presentation to reflect them. Design, Creativity Students collect data and generate ideas in Create a puppet show. and Technology – response to design briefs. Design a board game. Investigating and Designing Create a picture story book. Build a model or diorama. Design, Creativity Students work safely with varied materials & Build a model or diorama. and Technology – components to produce functional products. Construct a puppet show. Producing Students select and work safely with a range of tools and equipment. Thinking Processes – Students develop their own questions for Fill in assessment rubric. Reasoning, Processing investigation, collect relevant information Create a board game. and Inquiry from a range of sources and make judgements about its worth. Thinking Processes – Students generate imaginative solutions Design and build a model, Creativity when solving problems. diorama or puppet show. Create a board game. Thinking Processes − Students use a broad range of thinking Fill in an assessment rubric. Reflection, Evaluation processes and tools to reflect on and and Meta-cognition evaluate their effectiveness. SOVEREIGN HILL EDUCATION 7 Recommended References Ann Parry, The Gold Rushes: Gold Rush Journeys, Macmillan, 2007. This textbook has been produced for primary students. It is easy to read and well illustrated with primary