Image source: Bricks and Stone from old Water Police Court (1789; Stone made by convicts, RR are the initials of Major Robert Ross, the first Lieutenant_Governor who came out with the First Fleet) by State Records NSW / CC BY 2.0
This sample assessment is based on previous versions of the Australian Curriculum.
First contacts
Description
Students investigate key people who arrived on the First Fleet, the reasons for the journey and experiences before and after their arrival. They analyse and explain their findings in a text such as a personal letter, diary, annotated photo album or newspaper article.
They will:
- pose questions about the past
- locate and identify historical sources to answer these questions
- analyse evidence and draw conclusions about historical sources
- develop a historical narrative (200_400 words) that explains how life has changed and/or stayed the same.
Written: Research
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (includes cover page)
- Student booklet
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Task-specific standards: Matrix
- Assessment resource: Historical inquiry process
- Assessment resource: Question starter grid
- Assessment resource: Questioning sources
- Assessment resource: First Fleet: Comparing life before and after the arrival in Australia
- Assessment resource: Sample historical narrative
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