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Research your family tree.

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Personal and social capabilityAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

1. Interview your grandparents or someone older in your family and record what they say either on a taperecorder or with a video.

2. Write down all your relatives and put them into a family tree.

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3. Did you discover any interesting people in your family?

 

 

Create a Memory Box

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Personal and social capabilityAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

1. While interviewing your grandparents, ask them about what it was like when they were children and what things have changed.

2. Create a memory box by collecting things from the past - like old birthday cards, or Christmas cards, or photos. You could always ask if it would be ok with your grandparents to videotape them while they answer your questions. This file could also be stored in your memory box.

 

 

Research the History of your Suburb

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Personal and social capabilityAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

1. Individually or in pairs, go to the local council chambers and find out all you can about your suburb.

2. Find out: why it was named? the street names; old maps and census records.

3. Has your suburb changed its purpose? Was it always residential? Or Mixed functions - commercial as well as residential?

4. Draw a sketch or map of your suburb showing the local school[s], parks, and any shops. 

 

 

Research the History of your School

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Personal and social capabilityAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

1. In pairs, research the History of your school and maybe look at their archives!

2. How many Principals have there been? Has the motto changed over the years? What is the colour of the flag? 

3. Interview the teacher who has been at the school the longest? Has there been any changes to the buildings or the way the school is run over this time?

 4.  If there isn't an Archive, maybe you could help develop one.

 


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The Conversation: Why Germaine Greer's life in letters is one for the archives

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Ethical Understanding Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding

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 1. In groups of 4 - 5 students, you are going to investigate the acquisition of Germaine Greer's letters.

You are to read this article keeping in mind the Big Question: Is this money well spent? Reading

November 1, 2013 - The Conversation: "Earlier this week, as you may have read, the University of Melbourne announced it had acquired the archives of a former student, feminist scholar and writer Germaine Greer. The total cost of the archive including transport, cataloguing, indexing and digitisation is A$3 million, much of which will be raised by alumni donations.

Germaine Greer



Is this money well spent?"

 2.  Why would Germaine Greer's material be considered a good buy?
Who do you think will use this material? Why? Discuss as a group.

3. How would you publise this material - how much of it would you have accessible online? Discuss as a group.

 

 

 

Websites, Games & Apps

UK National Archives - Activities & Games

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UK National Archives
US - National Archives: Teacher's Resources

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USA National Archives
Researching Your Family History - using the National Archives of Australia

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Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability



Researching Family History


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