Teacher's guide for Hotlisting Gold Rush in Ballarat in the 1850s

by Annemarie Kierce

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Introduction

Use this Topic Hotlist to help 5 - 9 Social Studies and History students learn about Gold Rush in Ballarat in the 1850s. The goal is to get students openly exploring a topic. Students will discover how gold is formed, where it was found, how it was found who came to ballarat during the Gold rush and much moreincluding how to make gold jewellery .

Overview

Main Topic:	Gold Rush in Ballarat in the 1850s
Subtopics:	, , ,
Grade Level:	7 - 9
Subject(s):	Social Studies
Learning Goal:	openly exploring a topic

Vision and Reality

If the learning goal were achieved in the most ideal of perfect worlds it would look something like:

Ballarat was one of the many goldrushes that commenced in 1851. People came from many countries to search for gold. The Victorian Gold rush promoted many changes.

However, what I anticipate probably looks more like:

Based on the Vision set for this activity, the actual reality is more likely to be

The What - If Inventory

To give the activity its best chance at helping students learn, I assembled this list of possible resources:

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Possible Collaborations




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Standards

Conclusion

From your investigation into the Goldrushes in Ballarat. What do you think it would have been like living on the Goldfields? Explain how gold is formed using pictures and labels. List the various ways gold was found in Ballarat,draw these. List and explain some important dates of Ballarat's gold history.
Sketch and describe some gold jewellery.

created by Annemarie Kierce email: amkierce@sovereignhill.com.au http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/akierce/gold/hotlist.htm