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Leather pouch with a “gold” nugget in it, bag of flour, small piece of mutton, gold pan, spade & a mining licence. Pass round and talk about what these things could be. Complete a KWL Inquiry chart to record their prior knowledge and areas of interest related to the topic. Why do we value Gold? Play trading game I Want That - box with 2 yellow pencils, 4 green pencils and 8 blue pencils trading game – trade to get one of each colour. Rarity means value increases. Sequencing historical events Students are shown a table on the IWB giving the names and weights (in grams) of 16 gold nuggets that have been discovered in Australia. They are also given the location and date of each discovery. Using cut up strips of the table, working in table groups 1. Round the weight of each nugget to the nearest 10, 100, 1000 & 10,000. 2. Number the nuggets in order from biggest to smallest 3. Arrange the 16 gold discoveries in chronological order. A a class on the IWB create a timeline, starting in 1846 – First gold found near Castanbul and end with 1934 – gold Rush starts at Tennant Creek – Australia’s most gold-producing area. Working individually, using the timeline on the IWB as a starting point, now create a time line of gold in Australia – using ReadWriteThink easy timeline app on iPads. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2/ Include the data from the nugget sequencing activity as well as other important info found during research. The following tets should help with this: • Timeline Australia Book 2 1855-1911 by Barrie Sheppard • Western Australia 1829-1900 by George Finkel • Going for gold – the rush to be rich in old Australia by Five Mile Press • The following sites will help with this: • http://www.Australia.gov.au/about-australia/Australian-story/austn- goldrush • http://www.australianhistory.org/gold • • Did they like the story? What did they enjoy? What character did they like most/least? Why do they think Nadia Wheatley wrote A Banner Bold? Whole Class brainstorm Summarise what happened in the book and discuss findings from t-p-s activity. Begin a story map with students using the following sub headings: character, setting(s), beginning (orientation), middle(complication) and end (resolution) Small Group Activity Create a story map in small groups using the Simple minds app http://www.simpleapps.eu/simplemind/ Each group presents story map to class using interactive whiteboard Whole class discussion Review the different covers and blurbs found on the Scholastic hardback and paperback editions of this book. Compare and contrast using a Venn diagram. Consider language, descriptions, characters and setting. Discuss and write dot points on what features make an effective blurb. *Literature : Readers theatre sourced from http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Lost-Gold- Mine-A-Readers-Theater-Participation-Script-Theatre-Scripts- 16431 For 25 students with sounds effects that can be created by any extra studnets. Viewing Analysing Artworks of the gold rushes. Pictures found on http://www.anmm.gov.au/gold150/gold150.htm Or in the book Going for gold – the rush to be rich in old Australia by Five Mile Press Choose a picture, ask the questions: What is going on here? How do we know? Who is in the picture? Who is missing? What is the main message/theme /idea the picture is showing the bush lo Sing as a cl verses. Brainstorm Cooee, wall mates of toi Song sourc With-Works Maps Where in A Locating mi connecting Australian http://www Where in th Make an Im could have word searc Word Sear /id464846 Research t Polish, Hun From the in world map Design a Vi mining cent Use these • Mee • Pop • Pop • Pop • The • A B • Sea • We arra resh
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