Convict life test 2
Analysing the artefact
What is this?
Question: Have a look at the object. How big do you think it is?
Question: What do you think it is made from?
Question: Now you can see the actual size of it, what do you think it was used for?
Question: What does this object tell us about convicts and their free time at the barracks?
Student activity
Activity: draw a convict from an indent
Watch this short video and learn how to use an original Convict Indent listing to draw a real convict
Curriculum links
Sources provide evidence of how people lived in the first penal settlement at Sydney Cove
HS2-HIS-01 explains how people lived in the past, how navigation connected the world, and what life was like in the Sydney Cove penal settlement, using sources as evidence
Explain how stories, images, objects and sites are used as sources of evidence for the first penal settlement in New South Wales
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Sources provide evidence of how people lived in the first penal settlement at Sydney Cove
HS2-HIS-01 explains how people lived in the past, how navigation connected the world, and what life was like in the Sydney Cove penal settlement, using sources as evidence
Explain how stories, images, objects and sites are used as sources of evidence for the first penal settlement in New South Wales
Curriculum links
Stage 2 HSIE
Outcome | HS2-HIS-01 explains how people lived in the past, how navigation connected the world, and what life was like in the Sydney Cove penal settlement, using sources as evidence
Content | Sources provide evidence of how people lived in the first penal settlement at Sydney Cove
Explain how stories, images, objects and sites are used as sources of evidence for the first penal settlement in New South Wales
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Digging up the past
Use this animal skeleton, found at the site of First Government House, to develop students’ archaeological investigation skills and knowledge of animal biology
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Toys in the past
Let your Stage 1 students explore this 3D mystery object to find out more about games played by children and adults in the past
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Susannah Place
Take a closer look at this 3D scan of Susannah Place, as shown in our Virtual Excursion ‘Solve It Using Sources’
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The Gold Rush
How does this object relate to the Gold Rush and, if you struck lucky, what could a gold sovereign buy you in the 1850s?