By Subject
Ancient History
Ancient History
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While visiting the conserved interiors of Susannah Place Museum, students learn about historical archaeology and how combining research into artefacts with archival sources can develop a richer understanding of the past.
Commerce
Commerce
Creative Arts
Creative Arts
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Students investigate the role of artists during the early colonial period and consider how they contributed to the development of the colony.
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Bring the convict story of the Hyde Park Barracks to your classroom with a virtual excursion! This theatrical presentation, woven together from historical source material, transports students back in time to learn about the life story of convict Ivan Gotney.
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Students explore the impact of the gold rush on law and order in the colony of NSW, and of bushrangers on the Australian identity.
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As they explore the home of the Macarthur family, which dates from 1793, students learn about the lives of the family and their convict servants and the impact of colonisation on the traditional owners of the Parramatta area.
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Integrating outcomes from History, PDHPE and Creative Arts, this program gives students the opportunity to learn first hand about what school life was like in the late 19th century.
Food Technology
Food Technology
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Established by wool pioneers John and Elizabeth Macarthur in 1793, Elizabeth Farm is one of Australia’s oldest surviving homesteads. Here, students will have the unique opportunity to investigate the rich food culture of colonial Australia by focusing on the Macarthurs’ experience.
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Vaucluse House is one of Sydney’s few 19th-century mansions still surrounded by its original gardens and bushland. Using the historic estate, students will investigate food choices and practises in colonial and pre-colonial times and learn and apply the principles of food preservation.
History
History
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Students investigate the role of artists during the early colonial period and consider how they contributed to the development of the colony.
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Bring the convict story of the Hyde Park Barracks to your classroom with a virtual excursion! This theatrical presentation, woven together from historical source material, transports students back in time to learn about the life story of convict Ivan Gotney.
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As they experience historical archaeology first hand, students learn to differentiate between the roles of historian and archaeologist.
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Students explore the impact of the gold rush on law and order in the colony of NSW, and of bushrangers on the Australian identity.
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Students learn about what it was like to live at Vaucluse House for the wealthy family of William Charles and Sarah Wentworth, with their ten children and many servants. The students explore the ways of life for different household members at Vaucluse House, and make comparisons with their own lives today.
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As they explore the home of the Macarthur family, which dates from 1793, students learn about the lives of the family and their convict servants and the impact of colonisation on the traditional owners of the Parramatta area.
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Students conduct an historical investigation into the process and impact of the British colonisation of Australia, examining sources and perspectives.
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What was it like to be a convict living at Hyde Park Barracks?
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This Stage 1 History program gives students the opportunity to explore the working areas of the former farm, and investigate what life would have been like for children living there 120 years ago.
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Students explore the former farm and examine a range of sources to learn about the expansion of NSW in the 19th century and investigate its impacts on the environment, the people of the Boorooberongal clan and the colonisers.
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Students investigate how food is grown, discuss healthy food choices and play 19th-century games within the inspiring surroundings of a historic working estate and its lush gardens.
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Students discover historical evidence by exploring the World Heritage listed Hyde Park Barracks and examining a range of sources.
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This program has been designed to stimulate students’ interest in history and develop their abilities to undertake the processes of historical inquiry through skills-based learning.
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This program has been designed to stimulate students’ interest in history and develop their ability to undertake the processes of historical inquiry through skills-based learning.
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In this virtual excursion your students will go back in time to the 1880s to meet a mounted trooper (played by a costumed interpreter) as he talks about the challenges of policing during the gold rush, and how the NSW police finally gained the advantage over bushrangers.
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Integrating outcomes from History, PDHPE and Creative Arts, this program gives students the opportunity to learn first hand about what school life was like in the late 19th century.
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Working like historians, students analyse evidence in documents, artworks and artefacts to shape their understanding of life at the barracks for the convicts who lived there between 1819 and 1848, as well as the experiences of the Irish orphan girls who arrived between 1849 and 1850.
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As students are guided through the property, they discover that the household lived without the benefits of running water, bathrooms, electricity, appliances or paved roads.
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In this program students learn first-hand about the lives of the male convicts who lived at the Hyde Park Barracks between 1819 and 1848.
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This challenging and thought-provoking program develops students’ skills in historical research and critical thinking, and their appreciation of history as a study of human experience.
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In 2017 we will continue our successful collaboration with the State Library of NSW to bring you The Project, our annual full-day History Extension seminar focused on the History Project.
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As they explore Susannah Place Museum, a row of terraces in Sydney’s Rocks area, students find out how residents shopped, lived and played in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and make comparisons with their lives today.
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Students investigate how home life has been changed by the domestic and leisure technologies introduced since the late 19th century as they explore Meroogal, built in 1886.
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What was life like for convict servants at the estate of John and Elizabeth Macarthur in 1828?
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During this thought-provoking and engaging program, students learn that the Museum of Sydney is built over the site of first Government House, from where Arthur Phillip governed the young colony of NSW.
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Students will use a variety of primary sources to investigate some of the experiences convicts had during their departure and voyage to NSW, as well as their reactions upon arriving in the colony.
![A Ducote, lithograph, published Thos. McLean [London], 17 June 1832](https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/sites/default/files/styles/eductaion_thumbnail/public/LON13_EDU_0001%20E-migration%20A%20flight%20of%20fair%20game%201832%2C%20Ducote%2C%20A.%20Rex%20Nan%20Kivell%20Collection%2C%20National%20Library%20of%20Australia.jpg?itok=GCq-iCqZ "A Ducote, lithograph, published Thos. McLean [London], 17 June 1832")
History Extension
History Extension
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In 2017 we will continue our successful collaboration with the State Library of NSW to bring you The Project, our annual full-day History Extension seminar focused on the History Project.
Legal Studies
Legal Studies
PDHPE
PDHPE
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Students investigate how food is grown, discuss healthy food choices and play 19th-century games within the inspiring surroundings of a historic working estate and its lush gardens.
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Integrating outcomes from History, PDHPE and Creative Arts, this program gives students the opportunity to learn first hand about what school life was like in the late 19th century.
Science & Technology
Science & Technology
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Students investigate how food is grown, discuss healthy food choices and play 19th-century games within the inspiring surroundings of a historic working estate and its lush gardens.
Visual Arts
Visual Arts
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Students explore the impact of the gold rush on law and order in the colony of NSW, and of bushrangers on the Australian identity.