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Teachers guide for using resources

Find Victorian goldfields resources linked to the Australian Curriculum. Designed for primary students, they can be adapted for use by any year group. There is also a quiz and primary source study.

Note: inspiration and answers can be found in the Kids learning space.

Year

Curriculum area

Activity

F

Create and display artworks to communicate ideas to an audience (ACAVAM108) Project 1

1

Create and display artworks to communicate ideas to an audience (ACAVAM108) Projects 1, 4

2

Create and display artworks to communicate ideas to an audience (ACAVAM108) Projects 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

3

The similarities and differences between places in terms of their type of settlement, demographic characteristics and the lives of the people who live there, and people’s perceptions of these places (ACHASSK069)

Assignments 1, 2, 5

Projects 2, 3, 6

Present ideas, findings and conclusions in texts and modes that incorporate digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms (ACHASSI061) Projects 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

4

Present ideas, findings and conclusions in texts and modes that incorporate digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms (ACHASSI082) Projects 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Earth’s surface changes over time as a result of natural processes and human activity (ACSSU075)

Assignments 4, 5, 6

Projects 1, 3, 5, 6

5

The impact of a significant development or event on an Australian colony (ACHASSK108)

Assignments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Projects 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

The nature of convict or colonial presence, including the factors that influenced patterns of development, aspects of the daily life of the inhabitants (including Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islander Peoples) and how the environment changed (ACHASSK107)

Assignments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7

Projects 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

The reasons people migrated to Australia and the experiences and contributions of a particular migrant group within a colony (ACHASSK109)

Assignments 1, 2, 7

Project 3

Present ideas, findings, viewpoints and conclusions in a range of texts and modes that incorporate source materials, digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms and conventions (ACHASSI105)

Projects 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

6

Experiences of Australian democracy and citizenship, including the status and rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, migrants, women and children (ACHASSK135) Assignment 3
Present ideas, findings, viewpoints and conclusions in a range of texts and modes that incorporate source materials, digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms and conventions (ACHASSI133) Projects 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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