Here are the answers to the quiz from yesterday.
Some of the questions were opinion questions so the answer depends on you for them.
Thanks for the hard work Casey and Emma!
Answers for the questions.
1. = B
2. = 13th ,may, 1787
3. = King George III
4. = midday
5. = 1,305
6. new south wales
7. = 8 months 1 week
8. = port Jackson
9. =Sydney
10. = 48
11. = yes
12. = 1787
13. = yes
14. = yes
15. = C
16. = A
17. = No
18. = 267
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Emma and Casey's quiz
Have a look at the quiz made by Casey and Emma.
Answers will be posted tomorrow!
1. How many small wooden boats left Portsmouth on the first fleet?
A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
2. What day, month and year did the small vessels leave on?
3. Which king was his 17th year of his reign?
4. What time did all the ships pass the needles?
5. How many seamen, marines and convicts set sail?
6. Where did they set sail to?
7. How long did the voyage take?
8. Which port did they weigh there anchor at?
9. Where did they settle at?
10. How many people died in the voyage?
11. Was the journey successful?
12. When did the first fleet leave?
13. Did it travel any further than any other voyage?
14. Did they carry any more people than any other voyage?
15. Rounded to the nearest meter how short was the smallest ship?
a. 19 meters
b. 20 meters
c. 21 meters
16. How long did it take to arrive at Botany Bay?
a. 8 months
b. 2 months
c. 5 months
17. Were the ships designed to transport convicts to Australia?
18. How many people loose in the 2nd fleet?
19. Do you think it was fair to travel convicts to Australia?
20. How many times do you think they dropped the anchor?
21. Do you think old people died quicker on the ship than the younger people?
22. How many convicts do you think were sea sick?
23. What supplies of food do you think they got and how much did they get?
24. Do you think the convicts had their own cabins?
25. What diseases do you think convicts got on the way to Australia?
Answers will be posted tomorrow!
1. How many small wooden boats left Portsmouth on the first fleet?
A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
2. What day, month and year did the small vessels leave on?
3. Which king was his 17th year of his reign?
4. What time did all the ships pass the needles?
5. How many seamen, marines and convicts set sail?
6. Where did they set sail to?
7. How long did the voyage take?
8. Which port did they weigh there anchor at?
9. Where did they settle at?
10. How many people died in the voyage?
11. Was the journey successful?
12. When did the first fleet leave?
13. Did it travel any further than any other voyage?
14. Did they carry any more people than any other voyage?
15. Rounded to the nearest meter how short was the smallest ship?
a. 19 meters
b. 20 meters
c. 21 meters
16. How long did it take to arrive at Botany Bay?
a. 8 months
b. 2 months
c. 5 months
17. Were the ships designed to transport convicts to Australia?
18. How many people loose in the 2nd fleet?
19. Do you think it was fair to travel convicts to Australia?
20. How many times do you think they dropped the anchor?
21. Do you think old people died quicker on the ship than the younger people?
22. How many convicts do you think were sea sick?
23. What supplies of food do you think they got and how much did they get?
24. Do you think the convicts had their own cabins?
25. What diseases do you think convicts got on the way to Australia?
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The First Fleet - the first convicts taken to Australia
We've been learning about timelines and have started to create timelines of Australian events.
Here is a link to a site which contains details of the convicts who were transported onboard the first fleet of ships to Australia which carried prisoners or convicts.
These facts have been put into a database so that we can easily search them. They are not primary records - records which were made at the time, but are based on secondary sources - these were made after reading primary sources.
Primary sources are sometimes very difficult to read - see this one scanned here. Handwriting was sometimes very different to our handwriting now.
The youngest convict was John Hudson. How old was he when he was transported?
What age was he when he was charged with his crimes?
What was his occupation when he was arrested?
How many 14 year old convicts were there in the First Fleet?
If you are interested in finding out why convicts were sent all the way to Australia, then look here.
As always, please leave comments with your name.
Here is a link to a site which contains details of the convicts who were transported onboard the first fleet of ships to Australia which carried prisoners or convicts.
These facts have been put into a database so that we can easily search them. They are not primary records - records which were made at the time, but are based on secondary sources - these were made after reading primary sources.
Primary sources are sometimes very difficult to read - see this one scanned here. Handwriting was sometimes very different to our handwriting now.
The youngest convict was John Hudson. How old was he when he was transported?
What age was he when he was charged with his crimes?
What was his occupation when he was arrested?
How many 14 year old convicts were there in the First Fleet?
If you are interested in finding out why convicts were sent all the way to Australia, then look here.
As always, please leave comments with your name.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Timelines
We use timelines to show events from the past.
Below is the start of a timeline which was made using classtools.net. See if you can make your own timeline of your own life, or of a relative.
Share it with me by making your timeline, then clicking on the "cog" link at the bottom. This will give you an embed code. Copy this an then post it as a comment on the blog...I'll then post your link and show off your timeline.
Below is the start of a timeline which was made using classtools.net. See if you can make your own timeline of your own life, or of a relative.
Share it with me by making your timeline, then clicking on the "cog" link at the bottom. This will give you an embed code. Copy this an then post it as a comment on the blog...I'll then post your link and show off your timeline.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
The First Fleet
The First
Fleet of 11 British sailing ships dropped off 772 convicts on the shore of what
is now Sydney on January 26, 1788.
Here is a list of the equipment they took with them:
Here is a list of the equipment they took with them:
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Which European first landed on Australia?
Find out about James Cook here.
Have a go at a webquest...find out about life as a cabin boy
Why did he go? Look here...there were two reasons...can you find them?
Who went on the trip with Cook?
How did they navigate? Look here.
Want to find out more about hemispheres and latitude and longitude? Go here
What was life like on board ship?
Here are some dates from Australia's history.
Here's a very detailed timeline of events.
Here is a brief description of where Cook went on his different expeditions.
On Cook's first expedition, he travelled with a man called Joseph Banks. Look here for one of the letters he sent to his sister. It's quite difficult to read. Can you understand any of the words?
Here is a site which has links to typed up versions of many of the journals which were kept by Joseph Banks on his journeys as a scientist.
Why was the trip so important for science?
Here is a summary of Cook's journeys.
Look at the map below for the journey taken by Cook on his way around the world.
c
Below is an image of the ship he used to travel to Australia:
Look here for some facts and figures about the Endeavour...what was her top speed?
Here is a painting of the HMS Endeavour just before the long journey to Australia. What was the name of the ship before being used for the expedition?
Have a go at a webquest...find out about life as a cabin boy
Why did he go? Look here...there were two reasons...can you find them?
Who went on the trip with Cook?
How did they navigate? Look here.
Want to find out more about hemispheres and latitude and longitude? Go here
What was life like on board ship?
Here are some dates from Australia's history.
Here's a very detailed timeline of events.
Here is a brief description of where Cook went on his different expeditions.
On Cook's first expedition, he travelled with a man called Joseph Banks. Look here for one of the letters he sent to his sister. It's quite difficult to read. Can you understand any of the words?
Here is a site which has links to typed up versions of many of the journals which were kept by Joseph Banks on his journeys as a scientist.
Why was the trip so important for science?
Here is a summary of Cook's journeys.
Look at the map below for the journey taken by Cook on his way around the world.
cBelow is an image of the ship he used to travel to Australia:
Look here for some facts and figures about the Endeavour...what was her top speed?
Here is a painting of the HMS Endeavour just before the long journey to Australia. What was the name of the ship before being used for the expedition?
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