In Days Gone By - Reading Rigby Australian History, Levels 4 - 10
Titles:
- By Horse and Buggy
- Our First Town
- A Road For Everyone
- The Wreck of the Quetta
- Smithy
- Saddlebags to Satellites
- Eureka Stockade
Concepts: change, development, technology, growth, time span, explorers
Focus: people, places, events, transport, communication
Questions:
- What happened?
- When did it take place?
- Who was involved?
- Why was it important?
- What effect does it have on people today?
Activities:
- Read aloud books on:
- famous Australians -
- historical fiction -
- biography -
- past eras -
- Research - Use the above and other texts
- Build timelines
- Trace history of Australia through Australian literature
- The Devil Stone. H Francis
- A Swag of Stories. L Garfield
- The Green Wind. L Gleeson
- Enora and the black crane. A Meeks
- Playing Beatie Bow. Ruth Park
- Dick Roughsey books
- A Saddle at Bontharambo. H Samuel
- Lillypilly Hill. E Spence
- Midnite. Randolph Stow
- Storm Boy. C Thiele
- My Place. N Wheatley
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