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=**GOLD FEVER**=  **UNIT PLAN** - //**This unit plan has a number of large embedded files, so has been uploaded in sections. Click on the links below to view the final plan.**//

= =**INTRODUCTION:**= =During this term you will be studying a HSIE unit on the impact of the discovery of Gold in Australia in the 1850s.

We will be answering the following important questions: // How has people arriving from different lands affected our culture? // // What has made our country special? // // How did people arriving from different lands affect our way of life in areas such as dress, food, religion? What impact did our early history have on the development of this nation? // || // When was gold discovered in Australia? Where? // // Who migrated to Australia in search of Gold? // // What was everyday life like on the goldfields in the 1850’s? // // What hardships did people face on the goldfields in the 1850’s? // // What would have been the advantages and disadvantages of living in Gold Rush times? // // What happened at the Eureka rebellion? // // How was Eureka the first sign of “mateship” in Australian society? // // What effect did the Gold Rush in the 1850’s have on Australia in its development as a nation? // ||
 * =// How does the past influence the future?. //= ||
 * // How can we learn from history? //
 * // How did the Gold Rush start in Australia? //

  