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ACTIVITIES Year 9 Resistance Australian Curriculum ACELA 1560, ACELY 1742, 1745, 1746, ACELT 1633, 1637, ACDSEH 018, 083, 085, ACHHS 172 DRAMA 10.2, 10.3, 10.6, 10.7, MEDIA ARTS 10.3, 10.4, 10.6 Context The well known mutiny of the Batavia crew off the coast of Western Australia is just one of the acts of resistance aboard a VOC ship during its voyages. The Meermin, a VOC slave ship bound for Cape Town in 1766, was overtaken by the captured slaves lead by Massavana who demanded the ship be sailed back to Madagascar - but each night the experienced Dutch crew turned the boat around to Cape Town. For more information See Stories for Teachers and Students 2013: What does it mean to be free; ‘I am an imprisoned man’; Sharing the Islamic faith at the Cape; From orange to empire. Lesson Idea As a Politics lesson, students could discuss what makes a good leader. Use this list of leadership qualities to assess the characteristics and actions of Massavana and our leaders today. As a History lesson, brainstorm the difference between a mutiny and a resistance, including positive or negative connotations, reasons, images and associations. Can they name any mutinies from history or movies (eg the Bounty, ‘Pirates of the Carribean’). Students should question how these differ from disobedience, rule breaking or war (as an extreme). As a creative writing project, students can write a script, screenplay or storyboard of ‘Meermin and Massavana’, an imaginary movie of the events. Perhaps assign students different part of the story to write. As an English activity, students rewrite the story from the viewpoint of different characters. How would the Captain’s version differ from that of Massavana Similar to the activity above, students could conduct interviews of the characters, asking and answering questions to ascertain different versions of the events. War and Conflict Australian Curriculum ACELT 1633, ACELY 1745, ACHHS 164 Context Two wars were fought between the British Empire against two Dutch settler states, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic. The Boers (Afrikaner farmers) fought against a union of the South African states under British rule. While they did not have a formal military, they Boer fighters were tactical, flexible and good marksmen, and were ultimately successful, negotiating a truce after 4 months of sporadic fighting. However, the British returned when significant gold deposits were found 30 miles south of the Boer capital, Pretoria, and the added lure of gold encouraged Britain to commit significant resources to the war, including contingents from the newly formed Commonwealth of Australia. As the Australian climate was similar to that of South Africa the soldiers adapted quickly to the environment, with approximately 20,000 Australians serving, and 1000 killed. After the British took the capital of Pretoria, the Boers launched a two year guerilla campaign, which was eventually defeated by the establishment of concentration camps and destruction of farms and towns by the British. For more information See Stories for Teachers and Students 2013: The elect; From orange to empire; Fighting for freedom or federation. The Australian War Memorial website has resources available at http://www.awm.gov.au/education/resources/nurses/ Lesson Idea For an English lesson, students could read Stones for My Father by Trilby Kent, drawing comparisions to other young adult war texts such as Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden. For a fun language activity, teach students to say ‘Peace’ in the eleven South African national languages. For a History lesson, explore the role of nurses in the war, including initial skepticism at their value. Case studies can be explored on Bessie Pocock and the three Australian nurses awarded the Royal Red Cross. 12 FAR FROM HOME: ADVENTURES, TREKS, EXILES & MIGRATION
Year 10 ACTIVITIES Literature Australian Curriculum ACELA 1565, ACELT 1639, 1642, 1643, 1774 ACELY 1749, 1752 Lesson Idea The following South African texts are included in the WA year 11 and 12 curriculum reading lists. These could be a class text for the term, or perhaps extension reading for gifted and talented students. • Once Upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer (short story) • Footprints in the Quag by Miriam Tlali (collection of short stories) • Voices from Within by Michael Chapman and Achmat Dangor (poetry) • Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee (novel) Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Zest Festival Australian Curriculum ACSSU 188, ACSHE 191, 192, 195 Context South Africa (RSA) and Western Australia (WA) have a special scientific partnership with the Square Kilometre Array. ‘The Square Kilometer Array is a next-generation highly sensitive radio telescope. Instead of a single dish its comprised of a series of smaller antennas arranged in clusters spread over 3000 kilometres, linked electronically to form one enormous telescope’ (Window to the Universe, p116, ANZSKA) For more information See Stories for Teachers and Students 2013: Starry nights. Lesson Idea For a Geography lesson, students should research what makes WA and South Africa good locations for the SKA. Using an image of the world at night is useful in understanding population density and radio interference. Using this criteria, students should work in teams to debate for the SKA to be located in their assigned country. For a Science activity, students can investigate the modern and historical measurements of time and distance used in astronomy including how they were invented, how they are measured, in which situations they are used and examples in astronomy. Suggestions include megametre, gigametre, terametre, petametre, zettametre, exametre, yottametre, light year, parsec, astronomical unit (AU), light-second, Kilolightyear and Megalight-year. For a research project, students can research existing major telescopes, including location, diameter, height above sea level, funding and interesting facts. Suggestions include Keck, Large Binocular Telescope, Gemini North, Gemini South, Anglo-Australian Telescope, Giant Magellan telescope, European Extremely Large Telescope and Gran Telescopio Canarias. For a Design and Technology project, students can construct models of the various types of radio attenas used in the SKA using household objects. These could then be positioned in the classroom to replicate the size and scale of the SKA. This should include researching real design features and engineering issues. FAR FROM HOME: ADVENTURES, TREKS, EXILES & MIGRATION 13
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