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Year 5: roles, responsibilities and participation - Parkhurst apprenticeship scheme

Text Year 5: roles, responsibilities and participation - Parkhurst apprenticeship scheme

TLF ID M020712

This collection of resource sheets for students and teachers examine the early colonial history of the Swan River Colony in Western Australia. The resources provide scaffolded research activities that focus on the Parkhurst Apprenticeship Scheme that sent indentured youths from England to work in the establishing Australian colony . The resources are designed to provide pre- and post-visit activities following an excursion to the Old Court House in Perth but would also be of value as part of classroom units of work in history and civics and citizenship. Activities include research, vocabulary building, creative responses and include assessment tasks. Teacher resources are accessible using the password FrancisBurt2015.

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Educational value
  • These resources provide opportunties to explore legal and human rights within the context of Australian History relating to the establishment of the Swan River colony in Western Australia.
  • The resources will also provide opportunties to explore the ethical understandings element in the general capabilities.
Year level

5

Topics Aboriginal history Creating texts Word meanings Parliamentarians Data representation Civil rights Colonies Social history Penal transportation Law Democracy Social equality Elections Fair play Political leaders Oral presentations Torres Strait Islander history Rail transport Frontier conflict
Learning area
  • Humanities and social sciences
  • History
  • Civics and citizenship

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  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
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  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: The Law Society of Western Australia
  • Organization: The Law Society of Western Australia
  • URL: https://www.lawsocietywa.asn.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: The Law Society of Western Australia
  • Organization: The Law Society of Western Australia
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: https://www.lawsocietywa.asn.au/
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  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Text
  • Online
Rights
  • © The Law Society of Western Australia. This material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.