Evaluating

Imagine you are an Indigenous Australian living in an area where gold was found in the 1800s. What would have you seen and what would have you done. Write an autobiography.  RETURN TO TASKS
 * Prepare a case for and against use of miners license
 * Cause and effect ( [|**Seeing-reason thinking tool**)]- Eureka rebellion, bushranging robberies, Lambing Flat riots
 * Debate- Should Ned Kelly be hung?
 * Whose life was the toughest on the goldfields –students in small groups- each member of the group choose a role of someone on the goldfields. What makes life tougher for you than for others on the goldfields. Rank using **[|Visual Ranking Tool.]**
 * Describe the effect on the environment of gold digging in the 1850s – trees, animals, people, shrubs and small plants, creeks, streams and rivers, ground
 * Learning log – reflecting on what you have learned about the gold rushes.
 * Polarised debate – ‘The most significant changes to Australia as a result of the gold rushes were in the area of government’. Students research topics – Changes to immigration after the Lambing Flat Riots, Changes to law enforcement because of bushranging and robberies, Changes to Australia’s system of government after the Eureka rebellion, Improved transport and communication due to the gold rushes. Which of the changes had the most significant impact on Australia