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AUSTRALIAN HISTORY CURRICULUM @ FREMANTLE PRISON LINKS FOR YEAR 9 12
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY CURRICULUM @ FREMANTLE PRISON LINKS FOR YEAR 9 SUGGESTED POST‐VISIT ACTIVITY Following the format of the ABCs Q&A program, students debate the issue of convict transportation to Western Australia, from the perspective of contemporary participants. THE CONVICT SYSTEM AND THE COLONY Roles for students could include: • 1 * moderator • 6 * panel members – (each panel member has 3 or 4 helpers during research phase) • Audience – develop questions Students visit Fremantle Prison and gather information about the period. Research can be supplemented by examining primary source documents (newspaper articles, photographs – the TROVE website is a very good source of primary source material), and secondary source documents, including Fremantle Prison notes, history texts etc. Students allocated roles as panel members could role play historical figures such as: • Convict prisoner – Thomas Bushell • Convict prisoner – Joseph Horrocks • Comptroller‐General Edmund Henderson • Newspaper journalist • Governor John Hampton • Local Fremantle resident Alternatively, panel members could be themselves, answering from their own beliefs and POV. Students who are audience members are responsible for developing questions which can be directed at one or all of the panel members. The moderator determines which questions are asked and controls discussion. Sample questions: 1. Was Fremantle Prison a site of punishment or one of reform? 2. Was capital punishment (hanging) an effective form of punishment and deterrence? 3. Which was more humane, flogging or solitary confinement? 4. Did transportation of convicts benefit the colony or would it have been better off without convicts? 13
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