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Teachers Guide
The Encounters web site includes research undertaken by Museum Victoria in the development of exhibitions for Bunjilaka, the Aboriginal Centre at the new Melbourne Museum.
It is intended that senior secondary history students will find this site useful in preparation for assessment tasks and in the analysis of written and visual material in order to make sense of the past.
As this site is about the impact of European invasion and colonisation of Australia, particularly of Aboriginal people in Victoria, it is hoped that the material presented will provide interpretations which will appeal to those who have an interest in exploring Australian History in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The site follows the Board of Studies Victorian Certificate of Education Study Designs for:
VCE Australian History (Unit 3 and 4)
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Area of Study
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Journeys into Aboriginal Victoria
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The Colonial Experience to 1850
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| 'Could we get our freedom…': Coranderrk and the struggle for rights, 1850 - 1901
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From Colony to Nation: 1850 - 1901
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Focus Questions
Through this web site you will find focus questions. These are easily copied and pasted to form class handouts or can be used for other classroom materials. These focus questions are fairly rudimentary and are best described as comprehension questions. It is suggested that you or your students devise your own approach to the primary source material presented here. However, the following suggestions may prove useful.
Jigsaw the site
Instead of each student tackling the whole site, use the jigsaw co-operative learning technique to share the load. Individual students can focus on the parts they want later on if need be. For example:
- Divide the class into five groups of five students (home groups)
- Each student in the home group takes a section of the web site, thereby forming five separate research groups
- Each research group examines a section of the web site.
- After research has been completed each student returns to their home group to undertake some sort of presentation to the group.
Note: This could work well for each individual section of the web site as well.
Co-operative Group Presentation
Divide the class into a number of groups. Each group takes one part of the web site and is responsible for researching the aspects of that section. These could include:
- Analysis of several extracts from primary sources to discuss issues of interpreting the historical record.
- Analysis of several photographs to discuss issues of interpreting the historical record.
- Compare and contrast extracts and/or photographs or other representations
- Synthesise evidence and draw conclusions using at least two other resources outside this web site.
Each group presents its findings and conclusions to the rest of the class. This could be in the form of a PowerPoint presentation or a presentation using data projection of the site, navigating to relevant web pages and critically commenting on the material presented.
Note: The written material on this site may be copied and pasted into word processing documents and used for your own purposes. Please note the issues regarding reproduction on the main page of this site.
For further information or ideas for improving this web site please contact David Jay, (Link to e mail address) Education Officer, Indigenous Cultures Program, Museum Victoria (hyperlink e mail address here)
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Coranderrk
The struggle for rights 1850 - 1901
Journeys
Robinson and Gellibrand's travels through Victoria.
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