This activity is linked to the National Profiles, Level 4, Studies of Society and the Environment.
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Discuss with students the importance of explorers keeping a diary. Would we have know how various ill-fated expeditions had ended if not for diaries?
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Research diary entries by explorers from Captain Cook to William Hovell
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National Profiles, Level 4, Studies of Society and Environment
Time, Continuity and Change
A student
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Describes important events and ways of life in some periods of Australias past
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Constructs a timeline of some main events and major periods in history
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Describes an event of occasion in history from a particular point of view
Place and Space
A student
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Identifies and locates places with similar features such as climates, landforms, land use of vegetation and uses this information to describe the association of features within them
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Describes how the different things people believe in, value and become involved with influence the ways they use places
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Describes the different views that individuals and groups have about issues to do with the care of places
Culture
A student
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Describes aspects of Australian history over the past 200 years, and organisations today, from the Australian Indigenous persons viewpoints
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Describes the roles, rights and responsibilities of members of a cultural or social group
Resources
A student
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Describes factors that affect resource use and development
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Shows the different ways that information is used by people to make and record decisions
Investigations, Communication and Participation
A student:
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Identifies the types of information needed for a task and the various sources that can provide it and decides how these sources will be used
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Selects, combines and uses information from a wide range of sources for a set task
Develops and decides on suitable ways to help make decisions and solve problems for a range of group tasks
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