Learning eNews
Term 2, 2020
LEARNING ONLINE
While our museums are temporarily closed and schools have shifted to virtual learning across the country, we’ve been developing new online learning opportunities for your students.
This term we’re releasing two new virtual excursions Cooking Up the Past and Convict Work at the Barracks. We've updated our online learning resources with more content than ever for primary and secondary students. And we’re excited to announce a new writing competition for Stage 4 and 5 students, launching in May.
The Learning Team
NEW VIRTUAL EXCURSIONS
Bookings are now open for two new virtual excursions. Join us from home or the classroom, and connect live with a museum educator to explore our historic sites.
Cooking Up the Past
Stage 1
Discover how food was grown, stored and cooked in the past, in this virtual excursion live from the 1820s kitchen at historic Vaucluse House. See what’s growing in the kitchen garden and learn how to make butter.
Convict Work at the Barracks
Stage 2
Learn about how convicts lived and worked at the Hyde Park Barracks in the early 19th century. Examine historical sources, see how the bricks used to build the Barracks were made by hand, and investigate clues left behind by convict brickmakers.
STUDENT COMPETITION
Student Historical Fiction Writing Competition
Sydney Living Museums invites Stage 4 and 5 English and History students in NSW to write a piece of historical fiction inspired by the images in our upcoming online exhibition A Thousand Words, presented in collaboration with NSW State Archives.
Entries open Monday 11 May
ONLINE LEARNING RESOURCES
Explore our online learning resources designed to support student learning in the classroom or at home. Here is a selection of the resources available.
First Fleet Ships
Stage 2: History
This comprehensive guide is jam-packed with resources to use in the classroom or at home, including photographs of First Fleet ship models, an interactive voyage map, and stories about the key people who were part of the eight month journey to Botany Bay.
Child Convicts of Australia
Stages 2 & 3: History
From 1788, for more than 50 years, convicts were transported from Britain to NSW. These included children as young as nine. Step into the shoes of these child convicts in this series of videos produced in collaboration with ABC Education.
Female Migration
Stage 3: History
Between 1848 and 1887, about 40,000 women stayed at the Immigration Depot located at the Hyde Park Barracks. Discover what life was like for these women and lead your class in a creative art activity.
Troopers, Trackers, Bushrangers and their Weapons
Stage 3: History
This video-based learning resource explores the weapons used during the three main phases of the war against bushrangers on the Australian frontier.
Movement of people
Stage 5: History
Examine how the Industrial Revolution influenced transportation of convicts to Australia in the late 18th and early19th centuries, the experiences of convicts and how they shaped the early colony.
Australians at War
Stage 5: History
Investigate the experiences of Australians during the two world wars, both those who fought and served abroad, and the men, women and children on the home front.
MORE STORIES AND ACTIVITIES
Discover our places, stories and collections
While our museums are temporarily closed, we’ve been sharing stories, collection items, videos and more fascinating content across our website and social media channels – including crafts and recipes for children inspired by our museums and exhibitions.
1 & 2. Photos © James Horan for Sydney Living Museums; 3. Photo © Fiona Morris for Sydney Living Museums; 4. © NSW State Archives; 5. Botany Bay. Sirius & convoy going in: Supply & agents division in the bay. 21 January 1788 (detail), William Bradley, watercolour from his journal A Voyage to New South Wales, 1802. State Library of New South Wales; 6. Video still, Child Convicts of Australia. Produced by Sydney Living Museums and ABC Education; 7. Photo © James Horan for Sydney Living Museums; 8. Bushrangers, Victoria, Australia 1852 (detail), William Strutt, c1887. The University of Melbourne Art Collection. Gift of the Russell and Mab Grimwade Bequest 1973. Courtesy the Ian Potter Museum of Art; 9. Detail from wall tableau painted for Convict Sydney exhibition at Hyde Park Barracks, 2010; 10. William Knox (Billie) Child, photographer unknown, 1918. The Miriam & Ian Hamilton Collection, Sydney Living Museums; 11. Photo © James Horan for Sydney Living Museums
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