YOUR TASK:
Using a variety of source material (books, images, websites & databases), you will imagine you are a convict on the First Fleet on your way to the new colony of New South Wales.
As this convict, you will keep a diary/journal of your trip and the first days of settlement. You will use researched information as a basis for your journal, but you should be descriptive and as historically accurate as you can be in your entries.
You will complete this task by using a workflow of Apps to research, collect & organise information and create a journal presentation on a chosen convict from the First Fleet.
As a first step you will need to investigate what life would have been like for these convicts who were 'sentenced beyond the seas.'
You must consider and include the following questions in your inquiry:
Now choose a specific convict and discover...
You should have at least 10 entries in your journal. Don't forget to include a date for each entry.
Remember...
* There are not accurate records kept from this time so you will need to use general historical information to 'fill in the gaps".
You may include some sketches / drawings or images in your journal presentation.
* YOU are the convict...what did you see, what did you do, what did you feel about being transported so far away from home and family?
Using a variety of source material (books, images, websites & databases), you will imagine you are a convict on the First Fleet on your way to the new colony of New South Wales.
As this convict, you will keep a diary/journal of your trip and the first days of settlement. You will use researched information as a basis for your journal, but you should be descriptive and as historically accurate as you can be in your entries.
You will complete this task by using a workflow of Apps to research, collect & organise information and create a journal presentation on a chosen convict from the First Fleet.
As a first step you will need to investigate what life would have been like for these convicts who were 'sentenced beyond the seas.'
You must consider and include the following questions in your inquiry:
- What would the journey to the new colony have been like?
- What were the first days like after arrival?
- Where did the convicts live?
- Where did the convicts work?
- What was expected of the convicts?
- What were the living & health conditions like in the colony?
- What food & water rations/supplies were available in the colony?
- Who were the other people on the First Fleet and in the colony at this time?
- What would it have been like being so far away from home & family?
- How did the local Indigenous people (Aboriginal) react to their arrival?
Now choose a specific convict and discover...
- Why was this convict transported? What was their crime?
- Where were they sentenced?
- What was the length of their transportation?
- What ship were they transported on?
- What was their age?
- What other statistics or facts can you find out about this person? (eg. male/female, job, family?)
- What was life like for them in the colony?
- Did they have success in the colony after the term of their sentence was finished?
You should have at least 10 entries in your journal. Don't forget to include a date for each entry.
Remember...
* There are not accurate records kept from this time so you will need to use general historical information to 'fill in the gaps".
You may include some sketches / drawings or images in your journal presentation.
* YOU are the convict...what did you see, what did you do, what did you feel about being transported so far away from home and family?