National Library of Australia
The Flower Hunter | Ellis Rowan
Science    The Arts    SOSE    Health/PE    English

Studies of Society and the Environment

Family tree (using chronology)

Time, Continuity and Change…

Investigation, Communication and Participation…

Discuss with students the type of information provided in the chronology of Ellis Rowan’s life—what is included and what is omitted. Have students interview family members and record their own family tree. Discuss the difference between a family tree and a chronology. Have students write personal chronologies, using photographs to record people and events, and print them. Display the chronologies in the classroom and invite families to a genealogy day.

 

Early travel by women

Culture…

It is only quite recently that women have started travelling the world. Prior to this, women simply did not travel alone, instead staying at home to tend to their families. Women were considered ‘fast’ if they travelled without the protection of a husband or father. In some countries this is still the case.

Ellis Rowan travelled extensively through Europe and to far more challenging destinations such as New Guinea, America, the Caribbean and the less populated areas of Australia.

Investigate how women in the late nineteenth century viewed their world and their place in it. Contrast the attitudes in today’s society with the attitudes of the Victorian Era.

Science    The Arts    SOSE    Health/PE    English