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Manufacturing & Production - JEWELLERThe History of Wearing Precious Jewels Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: Intercultural Understanding Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy
“Jewellery is one of the oldest forms of decorative art. For the past seven thousand years its history can be traced from the centres of the earliest known civilizations in Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Egypt. A vast amount of jewellery was found in graves in the Sumerian city of UR. The most impressive discoveries were made in some tombs dated about 2500 B.C., usually regarded as royal graves. No date can be put on the first use of jewellery to proclaim the wearer’s wealth and social status. At some very early stage in man’s history relatively scare materials began to be selected and fashioned for this purpose. Wealth and rank seem to have been critical to the use of jewellery as personal ornament and, perhaps, as currency in social transactions, such as gift-giving and bride-wealth. This economic function of jewellery was particularly important before the invention of coinage. Probably the most ancient purpose of the finger-ring was simply to be decorative, as the finger-rings from the graves at UR (c.2500 B.C.) would seem to indicate. In Rome the practice of wearing finger-rings for sealing purposes is well documented, and by the end of the 3rd century BC, Roman consuls were wearing signet-rings with a distinctive device.” (Source: Jewelry 7,000 Years”, by Hugh Tait; p11, 23, 55, 230) 1. In pairs, visit a local jeweller and find out the prices of different jewellry items and what is the most popular. Find out the reason why people buy this jewellry - necklaces, rings, earrings? 2. Ask your closest relatives about their jewellery and its history! 3. Take a photo of their pieces of jewellery and create a new story weaving in the original history.
What is a Gem? Let's inform! Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy Cooperative Learning Activity
1. In pairs, read the following article from The Conversation 1 August 2018
2. Each person in the pair is to write down 15 main points. Compare each other's main points and reduce them down to 20 points collectively. 3. You are going to share these 20 points in an infograph. Explore the different ways you can create an inforgraph here. 4. To make your infograph memoriable put in some personal family facts and some new Did You Know facts! 5. Create your infograph and share with the other members of your class.
Australian Native Pearls: Pure & Perfect but what is their name? Primary Middle Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability Priority
1. In groups of 3 - 4, view the following video from Landline 14 June 2020 and write down as many facts as possible for the test later. 2. Test on Video. Answer the following questions A. Where is Brisbane Waters/Broken Bay? What Indigenous country is it in? B. How are pearls made? What are they seeded with? C. What is the process [steps] of seeding an oyster? D. Name the 5 qualities of a normal pearl. What other two qualities can the Broken Bay native pearl guarantee? E. What is different about these cooler southern water pearls compared to the rest of the world? F. What is the size of the market? What is the Australian pearl market worth each year? G. What are the usual biosecurity issues in non-native oyster pearl production? Are there any issues in using the native Akoya oyster? Why? Why not? H. What sustainability issues are faced in this industry? 3. Create a Timeline for pearl production. 4. James
Brown is still working out the name of these pearls. In your group, work out
an amazing name that will be remember all over the world and create market
awareness. 5. Design either a bracelet, ring or earring with one of these pearls for a girl turning 16.
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Want to start a Jewellery Business? Middle Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking Cooperative Learning Activity
Teacher All the steps and process are included in this Rich Task
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