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Using the resources of your local community History is all around you Marion Littlejohn Education Officer, Sovereign Hill Museum HTAA Conference Adelaide 2011
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Using the resources of your local community
History is all around you
Marion LittlejohnEducation Officer,
Sovereign Hill MuseumHTAA Conference
Adelaide 2011
WHO? WHAT? WHEN? WHERE? WHY? HOW?
Deeper Inquiry Questions
•What do you see?•What do you think about that?•What does it make you wonder?
Key Inquiry Questions begin with
Millions saw the apple fall;
only Newton asked
WHY?
Investigate your local main street
What do you see?When were buildings built?What evidence of change can you see?
Old buildings have a story to tell
LOOK UP!
What do you see?When were buildings built?Has their function changed?
Ballarat Gaol, 1861
Ballarat SMB, 2011
Have local buildings changed their use?
What do you see?What has changed? Why?What has not changed?
Investigate local signs
Use early photos for a “Now & Then” activity
Take a photo standing in the same place.What differences can you see?Why have things changed?Do you think the ‘olden days’ were better than today? Why?
www.historypin.com/community-schools/
Discover and discuss industrial archaeology in your local area
Birthing tree near Talbot
Canoe tree
Look for evidence of indigenous occupation
•What do you see?•What do you think about that?•What does it make you wonder?
Grampians National ParkBrambuk Cultural Centre Rock Art sites
National Trust Properties
Rippon Lea EstateElsternwick
Como HouseSouth Yarra
Gulf Station Yarra GlenUse old photos as stimulus for imaginative writing.Imagine you are one of these people and write a diary entry.
Gawler Old Telegraph Station Museum
Old Highercombe Hotel and Folk Museum
The hotel, built in 1853, has associations with the early development of transport routes to the hinterland and the early use of the telegraph.
The museum features indoor displays of clothing, furniture and early photographs, plus outdoor displays of dairy and agricultural artefacts.
National Trust of South Australia
Lighthouses & shipwreck sites
•What do you see?•Why were lighthouses necessary?•Are they still needed?•What does it make you wonder?
South Australian Maritime MuseumFlagstaff Maritime Museum – WarrnamboolMelbourne Maritime Museum - Polly WoodsidePioneer Settlement Museum - Swan HillPort of EchucaPortland Maritime Discovery CentreQueenscliffe Maritime Museum
Maritime Museums of S.A & Victoria
Gum San Chinese Cultural Centre, Ararat
Sovereign Hill Museum, Ballarat
Sovereign Hill EducationSnapshots: Using DigitalCameras at Sovereign Hill
NINETEENTH CENTURY MIGRATIONTO THE VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDSA RESOURCE KIT FOR UPPER PRIMARY STUDENTSVELS Levels 3 & 4: History, English, The Arts, Interpersonal Development, Personal Learning, Thinking Processes
SOVEREIGN HILLEDUCATION
TEDDY’S VISIT TO SOVEREIGN HILL VELS LEVEL 1
www.sovereignhill.com.au/education
Local War Memorials
Statues of War heroes
Bronze statues in front of the State Library of Victoria, Saint George slaying the Dragon, 1889 & Jeanne d'Arc (AKA Joan of Arc),1907
Beaufort
Creswick
Ballarat
W. Hatherell, River Torrens 1887
Elder Park Rotunda erected 1882Photo 2008
Old Ballarat Cemetery
Every community has a local cemetery with stories relevant to your students.
Edward Devine (Cabbage Tree Ned)
Peerless Driver of Cobb's Mail Coach." Draped Urn/symbolism
James Scobie’s grave Old Ballarat Cemetery
Truncated column
The Billingham Brothers; Jabez and Benjamin
Victims of the Creswick Mine disaster 1882
TRAPPEDA haunting true story that has lain buried for 120 years. Experience it now at Sovereign Hill Museum.
New Cemetery Ballarat: Chinese section
If you cannot leave the school all is not lost....
History Days
Guest Speakers
Create your own archaeological dig!
Create a classroom museum table
USEFUL WEB SITES
HISTORY PIN www.historypin.com/community-schools/
TROVE http://trove.nla.gov.au/Images from Picture Australia including all contributions from Flickr users can now be found in the new TROVE service. TROVE links to over 247,574,106 Australian and online resources: e.g.books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more
PROV http://prov.vic.gov.au/Passenger listsIndex to Unassisted Inward Passenger Lists to Victoria 1852-1923Index to Assisted British Immigration 1839-1871Index to Outward Passengers to Interstate, U.K. and Foreign Ports, 1852-1908
SOVEREIGN HILL www.sovereignhill.com.au/education
