WS01 - Establishment of a new colony
Humanities and Social Sciences, HASS F–6, Year 5
- Multimodal investigation
Annotations
1. Labels a historical map to show the location of the river in relation to civic institutions such as the barracks and hospital.
2. Connects significant events to the establishment of an Australian colony on the Torrens River.
3. Recognises the Country of the Kaurna people and the Kaurna name for it.
4. Gives reasons for the Governor of South Australia’s choices in the location and planning of the settlement.
5. Selects and sequences key events in chronological order.
6. Identifies important events, such as the arrival of German immigrants and the opening of the railway lines, which expanded economic activity and connected the colony to other colonies.
7. Identifies the role of the Governor in the development of the colony and the impact of key initiatives.
8. Uses information from the historical map and diary entries to reach a conclusion about what was different about the establishment of the colony of South Australia.
9. Comments on the decision to allocate resources to develop civic institutions (police force, jail, hospital and housing).
10. Uses information from diary entries and letter to present a perspective on the society in which they were created.
11. Uses relevant terms such as law, colony and elections to persuade.
12. Identifies the role of groups in an important event, such as voting in an election.
13. Selects ideas to support the purpose of the poster.
14. Uses relevant terms such as British subjects, register to vote and elections to present ideas.