Marine Science and Outdoor Studies Year 9 Specialist Program

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Marine Science and Outdoor Studies Year 9
Specialist Program

• Our Shores Past, Present and Future

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Changes over time to the local area cultural
activity, fishing.

• Self Sufficient Living
• Commercial Fishing (canned fishing industry)
• Leisure

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The Task

• Understand how the cultural activity of fishing
  in Mandurah has changed over time and connects
  with the past. To demonstrate your
  understandings you will refer to source material
  as evidence to discuss the statement,
• The cultural activity of fishing in the
  Mandurah area has changed over time from pre
  European settlement 1830s until present.
• Your discussion will be completed as an in class
  essay. To assist you to gather relevant
  information, you will visit the Mandurah
  Community Museum and have the opportunity to view
  and analyse various sources of evidence.

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Criteria Mark
Five Ws Chart - You will demonstrate the skill of note taking using the Five Ws framework, focus questions and collecting relevant information to support the elaboration within your essay. Comments /6
5 Paragraph Essay Outline You will demonstrate the skills of planning an essay using a framework and including dot points. Comments /3
Essay You will discuss with clarity The cultural activity of fishing in the Mandurah area has changed over time from pre European settlement 1830s until present. - You will refer to primary sources of evidence to support your discussion of the topic (examples may include objects from the past, artefacts, oral histories and photographs) Comments /12 /4
Self Reflection -Competed by you after completing all aspects of the task and to include a score you estimate you may achieve. Things I did well Things I need to improve How I felt about this task /25
Teacher Assessment /25
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How did it connect?

• Local area Our Shores, Past, Present and
  Future
• Cultural activity within a marine environment.
• MSOS principles sustainability and human impact
  
• Changes over time (pre settlement to present day)

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How did it connect?

• Historical Skills
• - Identifying, locating and evaluating sources
  of evidence (photos, artefacts, oral histories,
  objects) and then using it to answer inquiry
  questions.
• - Exploring cause and effect relationships to
  explain why the cultural activity changed over
  time. Referring to key events and the actions of
  individuals and groups.
• - Explaining understandings and communicating by
  history essay format.

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How did it connect?

• Historical Knowledge and Understanding
  (snapshot)
• Overview
• 1. Industrial Revolution (push and pull
  factors) as reasons for settlement
• 2. Nature and extent of movement of people in
  the period (convicts, free settlers and first
  contacts)
• Depth Study (Making a Better World - Movement of
  peoples 1750-1901)
• 1. Investigating the experience of free
  settlers, their reactions on arrival, including
  the Australian experience. Halls Cottage tour
  connects explains their responses to the natural
  environment and climate.
• 2. Describing the short term and long term
  impact of settlers on the group of Indigenous
  locals.