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Year 7 HistoryInvestigating the Ancient Past

Starter sheets Readings

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Year

7 H

ist

– In

vesti

gati

ng

th

e P

ast-

Lesson

1 R

ead

ing

Acti

vit

y

1.

Wri

te d

ow

n t

he h

eadin

g.

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2.

What

do y

ou t

hin

k th

is p

iece

of

wri

ting is

about?

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3.

Is

it d

esc

ripti

ve,

info

rmati

ve o

r pers

uasi

ve?_

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_4

. R

ead t

he p

iece

of

wri

ting a

nd c

ircl

e a

ny w

ord

s w

hose

meanin

g y

ou a

re n

ot

sure

of.

5.

Underl

ine t

he f

ollo

win

g w

ord

s: c

lever,

condem

ned,

learn

, navig

ati

on,

pre

sent,

ru

mour,

succ

ess

ion,

wom

en

6.

His

tory

is

the _

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_ of

thin

gs

said

and d

one.

7.

What

sort

of

wom

en a

re r

em

em

bere

d b

y h

isto

ry a

ccord

ing t

o o

ne s

tate

ment?

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8.

Do y

ou a

gre

e w

ith t

hat?

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9.

Giv

e a

n e

xam

ple

to b

ack

up y

our

opin

ion.

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_1

0.

Aft

er

readin

g t

hese

sta

tem

ent

rew

rite

your

ow

n s

tate

ment

about

the im

port

ance

of

His

tory

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WH

AT I

S H

ISTO

RY

?•

Those

who d

o n

ot

rem

em

ber

the p

ast

are

condem

ned t

o r

epeat

it.

• H

isto

ry is

the m

em

ory

of

thin

gs

said

and d

one.

• H

isto

ry is

a m

yth

that

men a

gre

e t

o b

elie

ve.

• H

isto

ry is

the d

isti

llati

on o

f ru

mour.

• H

isto

ry is

littl

e e

lse t

han a

long s

ucc

ess

ion o

f use

less

cru

elt

ies.

• H

isto

ry is

a g

uid

e t

o n

avig

ati

on in p

eri

lous

tim

es.

His

tory

is

who w

e a

re a

nd w

hy w

e

are

the w

ay w

e a

re.

• A

nybody c

an m

ake

his

tory

. O

nly

a g

reat

man c

an w

rite

it.

• O

ne o

f th

e less

ons

of

his

tory

is

that

noth

ing is

oft

en a

good t

hin

g t

o d

o a

nd a

lways

a

clever

thin

g t

o s

ay.

• H

isto

ry w

ill b

e k

ind t

o m

e f

or

I in

tend t

o w

rite

it.

Win

ston C

hurc

hill

An a

ccount

most

ly f

als

e,

of

events

most

ly u

nim

port

ant,

whic

h a

re b

rought

about

by

rule

rs m

ost

ly k

naves,

and s

old

iers

most

ly f

ools

.•

His

tory

is

the p

rese

nt.

That'

s w

hy e

very

genera

tion w

rite

s it

anew

. B

ut

what

most

people

thin

k of

as

his

tory

is

its

end p

roduct

, m

yth

• T

hose

who c

annot

learn

fro

m h

isto

ry a

re d

oom

ed t

o r

epeat

it•

We c

an learn

fro

m h

isto

ry h

ow

past

genera

tions

thought

and a

cted,

how

they

resp

onded t

o t

he d

em

ands

of

their

tim

e a

nd h

ow

they s

olv

ed t

heir

pro

ble

ms.

• W

ell

behaved w

om

en r

are

ly m

ake

his

tory

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Year 7 Hist – Investigating the Past- Lesson 2 Timeline Activity.

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7 H

ist

– In

vesti

gati

ng

th

e P

ast-

Lesson

3 C

hro

nolo

gic

al O

rder

Acti

vit

y

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7 H

ist

– In

vesti

gati

ng

th

e P

ast-

Lesson

4

Read

ing

A

cti

vit

y.R

ead

th

e f

ollow

ing

an

d a

nsw

er

the q

uesti

on

s.

HIS

TO

RY

IS

AB

OU

T M

OTIV

ES

The m

onum

ent

show

n in s

ourc

e is

calle

d S

tonehenge a

nd it

is loca

ted o

n S

alis

bury

Pla

in in s

outh

ern

Engla

nd.

People

put

these

larg

e r

ock

s here

about

40

00

years

ago.

This

was

an a

mazi

ng a

chie

vem

ent

when w

e c

onsi

der

the d

ista

nce

s th

ey h

ad t

o

travel to

tra

nsp

ort

the h

eavy b

uild

ing m

ate

rials

and t

he s

kill

wit

h w

hic

h t

hey p

ut

the

monum

ent

togeth

er

- all

wit

hout

the b

enefits

of

modern

tech

nolo

gy.

Sto

nehenge is

one o

f th

e m

ost

vis

ited t

ouri

st s

ites

in E

ngla

nd a

nd is

now

cla

ssifi

ed

as

a W

orl

d H

eri

tag

e S

ite.

Many p

eople

com

e h

ere

beca

use

they a

re f

asc

inate

d b

y

the d

iffere

nt

stori

es

they h

ave h

eard

about

who b

uilt

it

and w

hy t

hey d

id s

o.

For

exam

ple

: In

the t

welfth

centu

ry,

Geoff

rey o

f M

onm

outh

cla

imed t

hat

Afr

ican

gia

nts

bro

ught

the s

tones

to Ire

land,

and f

rom

there

the w

izard

Merl

in fl

ew

them

acr

oss

the s

ea t

o E

ngla

nd.

Oth

ers

cla

im t

hat

vis

itors

fro

m o

ute

r sp

ace

cre

ate

d t

he

monum

ent.

Som

e b

elie

ve t

hat

sun w

ors

hip

pers

cre

ate

d it.

In t

he 1

96

0s,

the

ast

ronom

er

Gera

ld S

. H

aw

kin

s su

ggest

ed t

hat

Sto

nehenge m

ust

have b

een c

reate

d a

s an a

stro

nom

ical obse

rvato

ry.

1. W

hat

moti

vate

d p

eop

le t

o p

ut

ab

ou

t 1

50

0 y

ears

of

tim

e a

nd

eff

ort

in

to

bu

ild

ing

an

d r

e-b

uild

ing

th

is s

tru

ctu

re? H

isto

rian

s a

nd

arc

haeolo

gis

ts t

en

d

to t

hin

k p

eop

le c

reate

d S

ton

eh

en

ge a

s a

pla

ce o

f re

lig

iou

s w

ors

hip

bu

t th

ey

are

not

really s

ure

. W

hat

do y

ou

th

ink?

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HIS

TO

RY

IS

AB

OU

T C

ON

SEQ

UEN

CES

His

tori

ans

need t

o c

onsi

der

people

's a

ctio

ns

in t

he p

ast

and t

he c

onse

quence

s of

those

act

ions.

For

exam

ple

, his

tori

ans

have w

ritt

en a

good d

eal about

war.

It

is

import

ant

for

his

tori

ans

to u

nders

tand w

hic

h s

ide g

ain

ed v

icto

ry,

whic

h s

ide

experi

ence

d d

efe

at

and t

he r

easo

ns

for

this

resu

lt.

What

is just

as

import

ant

are

the

experi

ence

s of

the p

eople

on a

ll si

des

of

a c

onflic

t w

ho a

re t

he v

icti

ms

of

war

- th

e

physi

cal, e

moti

onal, e

conom

ic,

cult

ura

l and p

olit

ical co

sts

that

are

the c

onse

quence

s of

war.

His

tory

is

thus

about

the r

esu

lts

or

conse

quence

s of

people

's a

ctio

ns

as

well

as

the

act

ions

them

selv

es.

These

conse

quence

s are

oft

en n

ot

what

was

inte

nded o

r expect

ed.

CA

US

E A

ND

EFFEC

TH

isto

rians

are

als

o inte

rest

ed in t

he lin

ks

betw

een o

ne e

vent

and a

noth

er.

They lik

e

to t

ry a

nd fi

nd h

ow

a c

ert

ain

event

or

act

ion m

ight

have b

een a

cause

of

anoth

er

event

or

act

ion.

This

means

that

his

tori

ans

are

als

o lookin

g t

o fi

nd t

he e

ffect

or

resu

lts

of

som

eth

ing t

hat

happened in t

he p

ast

.

2.

Wh

at

worl

d e

ven

t is

big

in

th

e n

ew

s a

t th

e m

om

en

t? W

hat

do y

ou

see a

s

the c

on

seq

uen

ces o

f th

is e

ven

t? W

hat

mig

ht

these c

on

seq

uen

ces c

au

se?

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7 H

ist

– In

vesti

gati

ng

th

e P

ast-

Lesson

5 S

pellin

g A

cti

vit

y.C

orr

ect

the s

pelli

ng m

ista

kes.

They a

re in U

nderl

ined.

The s

ourc

es

of

his

tory

are

klu

es

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_that

help

his

tori

ans

in t

heir

searc

h f

or

the

story

of

the p

ast

.A

sourc

e is

anyth

ing t

hat

has

surv

ived f

rom

som

e e

arl

er

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__ti

me.

His

tori

ans

use

: W

ritt

en s

ourc

es

are

the w

ord

s th

at

can b

e r

ead o

n o

ld d

ocu

ments

lik

e

dia

res

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lett

ers

, books.

The w

ord

s m

ay b

e w

ritt

en o

n p

aper,

parc

hm

ent

or

pia

nte

d o

r ca

rved o

n w

alls

or

in s

tone.

Non-w

ritt

en s

ourc

es

are

build

ings,

tools

, w

epons

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_, p

ots

clo

thes,

hum

an,

anim

als

, sh

ips,

anyth

ing a

tlere

d

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__by h

um

an u

se o

r pro

duce

d b

y

people

.N

ow

they a

re n

ot!

. Fi

nd t

he s

pelli

ng m

ista

kes

yours

elf.

Evid

ense

is

anyth

ing t

hat

help

s to

pro

ve a

theory

. __

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Em

path

ie is

show

ing a

n u

nders

tandin

g o

r appre

ciati

on o

f a p

ers

on o

r th

ing.

Bia

z is

an

opin

ion t

hat

has

been influence

d b

y s

om

eone o

r so

meth

ing.

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Theso

urc

es

that

his

tori

ans

may n

ot

be a

cura

te o

r fa

ir.

People

forg

et,

do n

ot

noti

ce

thin

gs,

or

leave o

ut

what

does

not

suit

their

case

or

intr

est

them

.

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Pre

spect

ive is

a p

art

icula

r poin

t of

vie

w.

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__G

enera

sion is

a b

ody o

f people

born

in t

he s

am

e t

en-y

ear

span.

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Heri

tige a

re a

ll th

ings

that

we h

ave inheri

ted f

rom

pre

vio

us

genera

tions.

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Th

ey

are

in U

nd

erli

ne

d.

Arc

he

olo

gy

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_is

th

e s

cie

ntif

ic s

tud

y o

f w

ha

t p

revi

ou

s ci

viliz

atio

ns

ha

s b

ee

n le

ft b

eh

ind

.A

cha

eo

log

ists

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_lo

ok

for

ph

ysic

al r

em

ain

s o

f th

e p

ast

by

un

cove

ring

bu

ildin

gs

an

d a

rtfa

cts

left

by

pe

op

le o

f th

e p

ast

. T

he

pla

ce w

he

re t

he

y w

ork

is c

alle

d a

du

g _

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__

or

site

.T

he

wo

rk m

ust

be

slo

w a

nd

ca

reffu

ll _

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to

un

cove

r o

bje

cts

or

pa

rts

of

bu

ildin

g w

itho

ut

de

stro

yin

g t

he

ir va

lue

. O

bja

cts

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__

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__

_fr

om

th

e r

ece

nt

pa

st t

en

d t

o b

e c

lose

to

th

e s

erf

ace

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__

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__

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__

__

_.

Tod

ay

we

ha

ve t

he

be

ne

fits

of

scie

nct

ific

tech

iqu

es

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_to

te

st t

he

ag

e o

f th

e o

bje

ct w

he

n t

he

re is

no

writ

ten

in

form

atio

n t

o h

elp

us.

No

w t

he

y a

re n

ot!

. F

ind

th

e s

pe

llin

g m

ista

kes

you

rse

lf.

Tre

e-r

ing

da

ting

, o

r d

en

dro

chro

no

log

y, is

use

d t

o t

ell

the

ag

e o

f w

oo

de

. _

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__

__

__

It is

ba

sed

on

th

e f

act

th

at

the

tim

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ive

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erm

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atin

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ful f

or

da

tein

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ton

e a

nd

cla

y o

bje

cts,

su

ch a

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ott

erie

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hic

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ve a

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me

tim

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vesti

gati

ng

th

e P

ast-

Lesson

7 A

rch

aeolo

gy A

cti

vit

y.

Arc

ha

eo

log

ists

wo

rk a

t a

n e

xc

av

ati

on

sit

e -

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ig!

To d

o t

his

th

ey

follo

w a

pro

ced

ure

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e p

roce

du

re b

elo

w is

all

mix

ed

up

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ew

rite

th

e b

old

h

ea

din

gs

in t

he

co

rre

ct o

rde

r.

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xcav

ation

beg

ins.

Firs

tly th

e re

mov

al o

f all

rubb

ish,

tree

s an

d bu

ildin

gs. T

hey

may

use

bul

ldoz

ers

then

pi

cks

and

shov

els.

As

they

get

clo

ser t

o th

e bu

ried

arte

fact

s th

ey d

ig m

uch

mor

e sl

owly

usi

ng tr

owel

s an

d br

ushe

s. A

ll ea

rth

is c

aref

ully

sift

ed.

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et p

erm

issi

on to

dig

from

the

gove

rnm

ent a

nd g

ain

fund

ing.

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ate

the

site

as

impo

rtan

t. •

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rpre

t the

find

ings

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arte

fact

s ar

e cl

assi

fied

and

arch

aeol

ogist

s, a

nthr

opol

ogist

s an

d ot

her e

xper

ts

put f

orth

theo

ries

rega

rdin

g w

hat t

he s

ite re

veal

s ab

out t

he li

ves

of th

e pe

ople

and

his

tory

in g

ener

al.

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cate

the

site

. Site

s ar

e fo

und

by a

ccid

ent,

follo

win

g w

ritten

or p

hysi

cal c

lues

, aer

ial a

nd s

atel

lite

phot

ogra

phy,

usi

ng lo

catin

g te

chno

logy

like

son

ar, r

adar

and

mag

netic

sur

veys

. •

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serv

e th

e ar

tefa

cts.

Eac

h si

te h

as a

team

of c

onse

rvat

ors.

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lish

the

findi

ngs

in a

site

repo

rt.

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ecor

d al

l art

efac

ts d

isco

vere

d an

d th

eir e

xact

loca

tion.

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each

stra

ta a

nd th

e ar

tefa

cts

they

con

tain

ar

e re

veal

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hey

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care

fully

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ng p

hoto

grap

hs, s

urve

y m

aps,

not

es a

nd s

ketc

hes.

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h ar

tefa

ct is

tagg

ed a

nd n

umbe

red

with

a lo

catio

n an

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scrip

tion.

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vey

the

site

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sure

it a

nd d

raw

up

a si

te p

lan.

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site

is d

ivid

ed in

to a

grid

so

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site

can

be

exca

vate

d sy

stem

atica

lly.

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urve

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ench

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re d

ug to

see

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far d

own

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site

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he s

ite c

onta

ins

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rs. T

hese

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re

calle

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rata

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all t

hat s

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7 H

ist

– In

vesti

gati

ng

th

e P

ast-

Lesson

8 U

nd

erw

ate

r A

rch

aeolo

gy

Acti

vit

y

The w

orl

d u

nder

the s

ea h

as

alw

ays

had a

fasc

inati

on f

or

his

tori

ans.

It

has

only

been in r

ece

nt

years

that

people

have f

ound w

ays

to g

et

to t

he b

ott

om

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e

are

as

of

the w

orl

d’s

oce

ans

bein

g o

ver

8 k

ilom

etr

es

in d

epth

. The M

ari

anas

Trench

off

th

e P

hili

ppin

es

bein

g t

he d

eepest

know

n o

cean a

rea o

n t

he e

art

h’s

surf

ace

.

It h

as

been o

nly

in t

he last

50

years

that

many o

f th

e s

ecr

ets

of

the “

deep”

have b

een r

eveale

d.

The g

lobal exc

item

ent

at

the d

isco

very

of

the T

itanic

, bein

g a

pri

me e

xam

ple

of

how

modern

tech

nolo

gie

s have m

ade t

hese

dis

coveri

es

poss

ible

. The e

xte

nt

of

majo

r dis

coveri

es

that

will

be m

ade in y

our

lifeti

me c

an o

nly

be g

uess

ed

at.

M

any s

hip

wre

cks

in s

hallo

w w

ate

r have a

lready b

een d

isco

vere

d a

nd o

ften

loote

d.

Many d

isco

vere

rs w

ere

only

inte

rest

ed in fi

ndin

g g

old

and o

ther

valu

able

s.

Oth

ers

, how

ever,

e.g

. th

e “

Mary

Rose

” off

the E

nglis

h c

oast

, has

been f

ound larg

ely

in

tact

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ave p

rovid

ed a

wealt

h o

f in

form

ati

on t

o a

rchaeolo

gis

ts,

his

tori

ans

and

the g

enera

l public

. A

ust

ralia

wit

h its

vast

coast

line is

the s

ad s

ourc

e o

f m

any s

hip

wre

cks.

Even o

ur

ow

n

Centr

al C

oast

has

many k

now

n a

nd u

nkn

ow

n s

hip

wre

cks.

We h

ave o

nly

just

found t

he

mis

sing Japanese

subm

ari

ne o

ff L

ong R

eef

aft

er

over

50

years

of

searc

hin

g.

The m

ajo

r sh

ipw

reck

found w

as

the “

Sydney”.

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ust

ralia

n b

att

lesh

ip

that

dis

appeare

d o

f th

e W

est

ern

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ralia

n c

oast

in late

19

41

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was

much

m

yst

ery

as

she w

as

lost

wit

h a

ll cr

ew

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onsp

iracy

theori

es

flow

thic

k and f

ast

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1.

Should

ship

wre

cks

be left

as

a g

rave o

r s

trip

ped f

or

valu

able

s?

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hey w

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he s

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or

years

late

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kulls

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of

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people

fr

om

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hip

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nly

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er

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dge c

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or

to

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y b

oat,

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om

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track

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his

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an

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in t

he f

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ber,

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ist

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vesti

gati

ng

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e P

ast-

Lesson

9 H

isto

ry is a

bou

t P

eop

le A

cti

vit

yFill in

th

e b

lan

ks

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tory

incl

udes

the _

____

____

__of

all

people

s of

past

tim

es

and p

lace

s.W

hen w

e learn

about

the p

ast

, w

e s

tart

to u

nders

tand t

he r

ela

tionsh

ips

betw

een _

____

____

____

___

and g

roups

in t

he p

ast

- f

or

exam

ple

, how

they liv

ed,

how

th

ey _

____

____

____

___t

hem

selv

es,

what

they b

elie

ved in a

nd w

hy t

heir

conflic

ts a

rose

. W

e s

ee h

ow

people

and t

heir

act

ions

may h

ave b

een influence

d b

y p

olit

ical si

tuati

ons

or

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____

____

____

_iss

ues

and b

y t

he a

ttit

udes

and v

alu

es

of

their

soci

eti

es.

This

know

ledge h

elp

s us

to _

____

____

____

how

cult

ure

s and s

oci

eti

es

have d

evelo

ped t

o

beco

me w

hat

they a

re t

oday.

W

e a

lso learn

that_

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____

in t

he p

ast

did

not

alw

ays

have t

he

sam

e__

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____

____

_ and v

alu

es

that

we h

ave in m

odern

Aust

ralia

. O

ur

worl

d h

as

changed o

ver

tim

e.

Som

e c

hanges

have led t

o _

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___

and im

pro

vem

ent

in

people

's liv

es.

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ers

have m

ade t

he w

orl

d _

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____

__ o

ff t

han b

efo

re C

learl

y,

the

people

who liv

ed a

nd t

he e

vents

that

occ

urr

ed t

hro

ughout

his

tory

have s

haped o

ur

pre

sent.

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nders

tandin

g o

f his

tory

can h

elp

us

to _

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our

futu

re f

or

the

bett

er

and a

void

repeati

ng t

he _

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of

earl

ier

genera

tions.

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pro

ve o

ur

unders

tandin

g o

f th

e p

ast

, it

oft

en h

elp

s to

learn

als

o a

bout

the r

ole

s of

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____

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eople

wit

hin

it.

Sourc

e 1

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show

s you im

ages

of

indiv

idual people

who,

for

one r

easo

n o

r anoth

er,

could

be labele

d a

s `s

ignifi

cant'

for

the t

hey m

ade _

____

____

____

____

____

____

_to p

ast

events

or

ways

of

life.

Som

e o

f th

ese

people

are

sig

nifi

cant

beca

use

of

what

they d

id w

ith t

heir

pow

er,

influence

and w

ealt

h;

oth

ers

for

their

ideas;

and s

om

e f

or

their

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_.

study indiv

iduals

govern

ed e

conom

ic u

nders

tand p

eople

pro

gre

ss a

ttit

udes

wors

e

shape m

ista

kes

signifi

cant

contr

ibuti

on a

ctio

ns

For

each

pers

on.

Wri

te d

ow

n w

hat

you k

now

about

them

.Je

sus

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st

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Page 10: Year 7 History Investigating the Ancient Past Starter sheets Readings.

Year 7 Hist – Investigating the Past- Lesson 10 Castle Family Tree

1. In what year did Ann Todd Die? _____________________2. For how many years were Ann Todd and William Castle married?3. How many children did they have? ______________________4. How many of the children died before the age of five? ________5. How do we know that the youngest son lived till at least 51 years of

age? ________________________________________The answers to the these questions come from the bottom of the tree.6. John Castle (born in 1869) married Jane Adams. True of False7. Did John and Jane Castle live close to their parents? Yes or No8. How many children did Jane Castle Adamson have? _____________9. Were they both boys? What were their names? _________________10. How old was their second son when he got married? _____________11. What was David Castle (born 1895) wife’s maiden (unmarried) name?

__________________________12. What was his sister in laws’ maiden name? _____________________13. Did William Castle (born 1894) have any children? ________________14. How old was David Castle when his first son (John) was born? ______15. Did John Castle (born 1920) have a sister? Yes or No.16. John Castle married Susan Thomas on 18th June 1945. True or False17. William Castle married Theresa White on 19th July 1948. True or False18. William Castle was 3 years older than his sister. True or False19. Do you notice anything unusual about the two daughters of William and

Theresa Castle? _____________________________________20. Grace Castle on the 4th August 1970 became Grace _____________.21. Elizabeth Castle on the 15th Sept 1971 became Elizabeth

_____________.22. John and Susan Castle had three children. True or False.23. Shirley Castle married John Pearson when she was 25 years old. True

or False24. Michael and Jill Castle were married on the ________________25. Who is the only person to carry on the family name CASTLE?

_____________________________26. How many generations are shown on this family tree? _____________27. What names are repeated many times? Explain why. _________________________________________________________________________

The answers to the these questions come from the top of the tree.

1. What is the surname of this family. ________2. The oldest members of this family were born in

Australia. True of False. 3. What is the name of the son of David and

Elizabeth Castle. ______________________4. Was their son born in Australia? Yes or No. Where

and When? ________________ 5. How old was Ann Todd when she married William

Castle? __________________________

Page 11: Year 7 History Investigating the Ancient Past Starter sheets Readings.

Year

7 H

ist

– In

vesti

gati

ng

th

e P

ast-

Lesson

11

Heri

tag

e A

cti

vit

yW

hat

is H

eri

tag

e?

Heri

tage m

eans

anyth

ing t

hat

com

es

to u

s fr

om

the p

ast

.

Our

his

tory

is

our

heri

tage a

nd e

xpla

ins

the w

ay w

e liv

e n

ow

.

Our

heri

tage c

an b

e in s

om

eth

ing p

rinte

d o

r w

ritt

en,

it c

an b

e a

pla

ce,

build

ing o

r obje

ct.

It

is s

om

eth

ing t

hat

giv

es

us

a r

eal lin

k to

the p

ast

, evid

ence

of

our

ori

gin

s and

an u

nders

tandin

g o

f w

hat

a u

niq

ue t

hin

g it

is t

o b

e A

ust

ralia

n.

Aust

ralia

n h

eri

tage h

as

four

main

featu

res;

n

atu

ral heri

tage

tra

dit

ional A

bori

gin

al heri

tage

Bri

tish

heri

tage

mult

icult

ura

l heri

tage.

A ‘

pla

ce’

must

meet

cert

ain

sta

ndard

s to

be o

ffici

ally

reco

gnis

ed a

s part

of

our

heri

tage.

An o

rganis

ati

on c

all

the A

ust

ralia

n H

eri

tage C

om

mis

sion k

eeps

a r

eco

rd o

f th

ese

pla

ces.

.

Corr

ect

the s

pellin

g m

ista

kes T

hey a

re in

Un

derl

ined

.H

ert

age _

____

____

____

___

is

the c

ult

ure

, tr

addit

ion _

____

____

____

____

_and t

hin

gs

pass

ed

from

genera

tion t

o g

enera

tion

There

are

tw

o t

ypes

of

hert

ge:

____

____

____

____

__• N

atu

ral h

ert

ige _

____

____

____

____

____

_ –

whic

h r

efe

rs t

o p

lace

s in

the n

atu

ral

envir

om

ment

___

____

____

____

____

____

that

have b

een r

ela

tively

unto

uch

ed b

y h

um

ans,

su

ch a

s th

e G

reat

Barr

ier

Reaf. _

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___

• Cult

ure

l _

____

____

____

___h

eri

tage,

whic

h r

efe

rs t

o b

uild

ings

and o

ther

thin

gs

from

the

past

that

have b

een m

ade b

y h

um

ans,

such

as

the G

reat

Wall

of

Chin

e

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____

____

____

____

.A

legasy

___

____

____

____

____

_is

som

eth

ing t

hat

is h

anded d

ow

n f

rom

people

who liv

ed

in t

he p

ast

or

that

is a

resu

lt o

f past

events

.N

ow

th

ey a

re n

ot!

. Fin

d t

he s

pellin

g m

ista

kes y

ou

rself

.A

ll aro

und t

he w

orl

d,

signifi

cant

part

s of

our

cult

ura

l heri

tage a

re t

hre

ate

nned b

y

polu

tion,

negle

cts,

care

less

ness

and g

reed.

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____

____

____

____

____

_

__

____

____

____

____

__In

learn

ing h

isto

ry,

we u

nders

tand t

he n

eed t

o p

rote

ct s

ignifi

cant

rem

ain

s of

the p

ast

for

futu

re g

enera

tons.

___

____

____

____

____

____

__C

onse

rsati

on m

eans

taki

ng a

ctio

n t

o e

nsu

re p

lace

s and o

bje

cts

whic

h h

ave p

layed a

n

import

ant

role

in h

isto

ry o

f a p

art

icula

r gro

up,

or

soce

ity o

r in

the h

isto

ry o

f th

e w

orl

d.

____

____

____

____

____

____

_

____

____

____

____

____

_The U

nit

ed N

ati

ons

Educa

shio

n,

Sci

enti

fic

and C

ult

ura

l O

rganiz

ati

on (

UN

ESC

O)

has

been w

ork

ing f

or

the p

ast

fort

y y

ears

to p

rote

ct t

he w

orl

d’s

cult

ure

l heri

tage.

____

____

____

____

____

___

___

____

____

____

____

____

Matc

h t

he w

ord

to t

he m

ean

ing

conse

rvati

on

a b

ody o

f people

born

in t

he s

am

e t

en-y

ear

tim

e

span

mem

oir

refe

rs t

o t

hin

gs

that

have b

een h

anded d

ow

n t

o t

he p

rese

nt

from

th

e p

ast

tradit

ion

the p

roce

ss o

f pre

serv

ing s

om

eth

ing e

ither

by k

eepin

g it

in its

exis

ting s

tate

, re

stori

ng it

to its

ori

gin

al st

ate

or

adapti

ng it

to a

new

use

whic

h s

till

pro

tect

s it

s cu

ltura

l si

gnifi

cance

docu

ment

a p

ers

on’s

wri

tten r

eco

rd o

f his

her

ow

n life a

nd e

xperi

ence

s

heri

tage

a b

elie

f or

cust

om

that

has

been h

anded d

ow

n t

hro

ugh

genera

tions

genera

tion

anyth

ing t

hat

is w

ritt

en,

usu

ally

on p

aper

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Year

7 H

ist

– In

vesti

gati

ng

th

e P

ast-

Lesson

12

Mem

oir

s o

f N

ort

hla

kes H

igh

A

cti

vit

y

Nort

hla

kes

Hig

h w

as

born

in 1

98

1 w

ith 3

25

stu

dents

and a

handfu

l of

dem

ounta

ble

s. T

he c

ondit

ions

were

appalli

ng.

The s

chool re

sem

ble

d a

junky

ard

. It

was

one e

norm

ous

mud p

ool. S

tudents

were

expect

ed t

o w

ork

in inco

mple

te c

lass

room

s w

hile

tre

es

fell

aro

und t

hem

and b

ulld

oze

rs r

oare

d p

ast

.. T

here

were

no w

eath

er

shelt

ers

and p

ow

er

was

supplie

d b

y a

huge g

enera

ter

whic

h c

onst

antl

y c

hurn

ed e

very

m

inute

of

the d

ay m

akin

g it

imposs

ible

for

teach

ers

and s

tudents

to h

ear

them

selv

es

thin

k.

Tract

ors

, bulld

oze

rs,

gra

ders

and h

ole

s, h

ole

s and m

ore

hole

s. O

ne s

tep

our

of

pla

ce a

nd o

ne w

ould

have b

een b

uri

ed –

no o

ne w

ould

have m

isse

d y

ou!

Then

cam

e t

he f

ain

, fo

r days

– no,

for

weeks!

We h

ad inbuilt

sw

imm

ing p

ools

. N

o p

ow

er,

no

wate

r, n

o p

hone.

Well,

we d

id h

ave a

‘so

rt o

f’ p

hone –

it

was

hangin

g o

n a

tre

e a

cross

th

e r

oad a

nd w

here

, in

19

82

/83

, th

e A

g s

hed s

tood.

When it

rang,

I had t

o r

un a

cross

th

e r

oad t

o a

nsw

er

it!

This

went

on f

or

about

a m

onth

, th

en T

ele

com

deci

ded t

o fi

x a

lin

e f

or

us

– st

rung a

cross

the r

oad t

hro

ugh t

he t

rees.

This

idea w

as

gre

at

unti

l th

e fi

rst

bus

arr

ived t

he n

ext

morn

ing!

Back

to s

quare

one –

no p

hone.

The lin

e w

as

too low

! Po

wer!

Now

that

was

anoth

er

story

. W

e h

ad a

genera

tor

under

a b

uild

ing

and a

noth

er

small

one o

n t

he p

ath

outs

ide t

he A

dm

inis

trati

on B

lock

to b

oil

the b

illy o

n

– not

the g

reate

st c

ondit

ions

for

anyone t

o w

ork

under.

Our

libra

ry,

of

whic

h P

hil

Whit

ehead w

as

libra

rian,

had n

o b

ooks

. H

e r

ece

ived a

sm

all

4”x

2”

book o

f th

e b

irds

– th

e f

eath

ere

d k

ind.

It w

as

use

d q

uit

e a

bit

as

his

books

were

som

ew

here

on t

he h

igh

seas.

I d

oubt

if a

nyone k

now

s of

our

two b

uddin

g m

usi

cians

– B

arr

y S

neddon a

nd A

lan

O’D

onaghue,

who t

aught

musi

c in

the e

arl

y d

ays

to m

ake

up t

heir

peri

ods.

Wooden

gazo

os

were

the o

nly

inst

rum

ents

and t

hey w

ere

made in w

oodw

ork

cla

sses.

You h

ad

to b

low

very

hard

to e

voke

any r

esp

onse

. A

t firs

t th

ere

were

no h

ole

s in

them

but

they

cam

e late

r.A

ppeals

were

made t

o t

he d

epart

ment

of

Educa

tion a

nd n

ew

spapers

re

port

ed o

n t

he a

troci

ous

condit

ions.

They r

eport

ed s

trongly

that

hum

an b

ein

gs

dese

rved b

ett

er.

It

was

desc

ribed a

s th

e “

state

’s w

ors

t sc

hool”

. The n

egle

ct o

f N

ort

hla

kes

had t

o b

e n

oti

ced.

One n

ew

spaper

desc

ribed N

ort

hla

kes

as

‘rem

inis

cent

of

an iso

late

d c

om

munit

y s

et

deep in t

he h

eart

of

a t

hic

k jungle

’ Som

e w

eeks

late

r, N

ort

hla

kes

rece

ived its

firs

t ro

ll of

toile

t paper,

a s

mall

pock

et-

size

d c

ante

en a

nd t

he lib

rary

rece

ived s

eventy

books

to o

ccupy s

helv

es.

At

that

tim

e,

art

stu

dents

pain

ted o

n t

he p

ain

ted w

alls

wit

h m

ud,

Englis

h s

tudents

stu

die

d

the a

busi

ve language f

rom

the o

n-s

ite w

ork

ers

, G

eogra

phy s

tudents

stu

die

d t

he fl

ow

of

the w

ate

r th

at

const

antl

y fl

ooded t

he s

chool and P

.E.

and s

port

stu

dents

part

icip

ate

d in

a r

ath

er

ori

gin

al, n

ew

ly e

stablis

hed s

port

, co

mm

only

know

n a

s “b

ulld

oze

r dodgin

g”.

A

fter

weeks

of

stir

ring a

t th

e D

epart

ment

of

Educa

tion,

the s

ite w

as

insp

ect

ed a

nd d

epart

menta

l offi

cials

were

am

aze

d a

t w

hat

they s

aw

. N

ort

hla

kes

rece

ived a

lit

tle o

f th

e a

ctio

n it

had b

een p

rom

ised a

nd b

efo

re long N

ort

hla

kes

beca

me

a r

eco

gnis

ed,

resp

ect

able

sch

ool. N

ort

hla

kes

pulle

d its

elf o

ut

of

this

hole

and a

chie

ved

more

in t

welv

e m

onth

s th

at

oth

er

Centr

al C

oast

Hig

h S

chools

could

ach

ieve in m

any

years

. A

chie

vem

ents

were

made,

both

in t

he a

cadem

ic a

nd s

port

ing fi

eld

s.

Eventu

ally

, N

ort

hla

kes

was

to b

eco

me a

n e

stablis

hed h

igh s

chool, w

ith

perm

anent

build

ings

This

in its

elf is

expect

ed t

o r

elie

ve s

tudents

of

a larg

e a

mount

of

pre

ssure

that

exis

ts in a

n o

ld,

run-d

ow

n,

dem

ounta

ble

jungle

. The n

ew

sch

ool w

ould

pro

vid

e t

hem

wit

h t

he v

ital pre

para

tion f

or

the a

dvanci

ng y

ears

. It

must

be r

ealis

ed

though,

that

it is

not

the c

onst

ruct

ion o

f th

e b

uild

ings

that

dete

rmin

es

a h

igh s

chool’s

wealt

h,

but

an inner

stre

ngth

that

lies

well

wit

hin

the h

eart

s and s

ouls

of

the t

each

ing

staff

and s

tudents

, th

e w

illin

g a

nd t

he n

ot-

so-w

illin

g..

....

....

.