4.8+-+Reflection+and+Evaluation

LESSON EIGHT – REFLECTION AND EVALUATION (Post-assessment and trivia fun)

 **LEVEL**: Level four (4) **DOMAIN:** The Humanities – history **DIMENSION:** Historic knowledge and understanding and //Historical reasoning and interpretation // **AIM: ** This lesson is the eighth and final lesson in a unit that teaches students about the Australian gold rush. In this lesson students will be assessed on the knowledge that they have acquired during the unit. Students will reflect on their excursion to Sovereign Hill and partake in a post-assessment activity. Finally the students will work in teams to partake in a trivia quiz that will test all of the knowledge that they have learnt.
 * TOPIC:** Australian Gold Rush

**OBJECTIVE(S): ** On completion of this lesson all students will have shared a part of their writing task (from lesson seven) with the class during share time. Each student will have expanded on their knowledge of the Australian gold rush in the post-assessment task and will have a more comprehensive understanding of it if compared to in lesson one of the unit of work. (2 mins) ||   · Students come inside the classroom and sit at their tables. They take out their work from the previous lesson (reflection on Sovereign hill) and sit in a circle on the floor. ||  · Teacher invites the students inside the classroom and asks them to get their work out from the previous humanities lesson and sit in a circle on the floor. || Work completed by students in lesson seven (reflection on Sovereign Hill experience). || (3 mins) ||   · The students get the chance to use props to allow them to pretend they are from the Australian gold rush era. Each student is able to choose a prop each. || Prop kit:  · The teacher places a ‘prop kit’ of Australian gold rush props in the middle of the circle. These props will include miners’ hats, small shovels and old clothes. The teacher invites the students to take one item each to wear and then sit back down in their seats. || Prop kit with props including miners’ hats, small shovels and old clothes. || (20 mins) ||   · Students read the favourite part of their writing out to the rest of the class. If any students have questions the student speaking will answer these. The next student will then read out their piece. || Share time:  · The teacher asks the students to choose their favourite part of their writing. The teacher explains that the class will take it in turns to read this aloud. ||  || (15 mins)  ||   · Students move back to their tables. They complete a mind-map brainstorm on what they know and what they have learnt about the ‘Australian gold rush’. || Mind map (post assessment): <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 12.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> · Teachers ask students to move back to their seats. He/she gives each student a sheet of A4 paper to complete their post-assessment on. This assessment is a mind-map completed by each student (the same as the one they completed in lesson one). By comparing the mind-maps from lesson one and this lesson the teacher will be able to evaluate how much the students have learned. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 12.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> · On completion of this activity the teacher stores all mind-maps in a folder. She makes sure that each student has named their work. || A4 paper
 * ** TIMING ** ||  ** LEARNER ACTIVITIES **  ||  ** TEACHER ACTIVITY **  ||  ** RESOURCES **  ||
 * 1.00 pm
 * 1.02 pm
 * 1.05pm
 * 1.25pm

Pens || (20 mins) || <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 12.6pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;">  · Students team up in the groups that they have been working with throughout the entire unit <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 12.6pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> · Students swap work after all of the trivia questions have been answered and correct each other’s work. || Trivia: <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 12.6pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> · The teacher asks the students to sit at their tables in the groups that they have been working with throughout this unit. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 12.6pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> · A class trivia activity is run <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 12.6pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> · On completion of asking all the trivia questions (see below) the teacher asks the students to swap answer sheets between groups and then the class goes through the answers as a whole <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 12.6pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> · After the scores are determined the trivia winners are announced   ||  Trivia questions (see below)
 * 1.40pm

Paper

Pens || <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 12.6pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> · Teacher thanks and congratulates students for working so hard and well during this unit of work. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 12.6pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; text-align: left; text-indent: -9pt;"> · The teacher rewards the team that won trivia by letting them leave first at the end of the day. ||  ||
 * 2.00pm ||   ||  Conclusion:

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">**<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt;">THE TRIVIA QUESTIONS (and answers): ** <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 1. How much did the miners license cost in the 1850's? //(30 shillings a month)// <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 2. What event is history involved miners fighting for the license cost to be changed, did they succeed? //(Eureka stockade and yes changed to a "Miners Right" and lasted a whole year and cost a lot less.)// <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 3. Name some of the equipment diggers needed to buy before they could search for gold //(Pan, pick, shovel, bucket, a long steel bar with pointed end)// <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 4. List three of the buildings that were in the main street of Sovereign Hill. //(Candle works, New York bakery, theatre, see map for more)// <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 5. Who was the leader of the red soldier parade at Sovereign Hill? //(The drummer boy)// <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 6. Who is said to have started the Australia gold rush with his finding in NSW? //(Edward Hargraves)// <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 7. Name a country where people came from to Australia to find gold? //(China, Ireland, America, Europe)// <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 8. Who was the leader of the Eureka Stockade? //(Peter Lalor)// <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 9. Name two places in Victoria starting with the letter B that had very successful gold fields? //(Bendigo and Ballarat)// <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 10. In 1841 (before Hargraves finding) Clark discovered gold and showed the governor, what did he say? (Put it away Mr. Clark or we shall all have our throats cut) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 11. Where did Hargraves first find gold? (Near Bathurst, New South Wales) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 12. What did Hargraves name the place where he first found gold? (Ophir – after the biblical golden city of King Soloman) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 13. What is the Welcome Stranger Nugget? (the largest found nugget) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 14. Who found the Welcome Stranger Nugget? (John Deason and Richard Oates) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 15. What did the Victorian government do to encourage people to stay and look for gold in Victoria? (offered a 200 pound reward to those who found gold within 320km of Melbourne) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 16. Which state of Australia has produced the most gold? (Victoria) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 17. Why is it thought that Edward Hargraves was the first to find gold Australia (others did find gold before Hargraves but were told to say nothing, authorities were afraid of what would happen if everyone started to look for gold) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 18. Name some objects around the classroom or at home that are gold (jewellery, plated gold door handles, light fittings, coins etc) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 19. Why do you think gold is important? (students own answers) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> 20. Name one person that has discovered gold in Australia. (Edward Hargraves, Clarke, Stzelecki, William Holterman, John Deason, Richard Oates)