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Colonial Australia - History Word Wall Vocabulary

PDF | 15 pages|Grade: 5

36 vocabulary cards to use in the classroom when learning about Colonial Australia.

Display these Colonial Australia Word Wall Vocabulary cards when learning about Australian History.

There is a blank sheet provided at the end for any extra words that your students may want to add.

Words include:

Australia, colony, colonies, conflict, gold licence, gold rush, activists, migrant, eureka, migrate, racism, migration, humanitarians, internal exploration, infrastructure, Governor La Trobe, alluvial gold, Eureka stockade, trooper, governor, economic, political, stockade, social, leads, population, miners, rebellion, entrepreneurs, experiences, anti-immigration, resistance leaders, multicultural society, Lambing Flat riots, British and colonisation.

NSW Curriculum alignment

HT3-3
Identifies change and continuity and describes the causes and effects of change on Australian society
In HSIE Stage 3 History
HT3-4
Describes and explains the struggles for rights and freedoms in Australia, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
In HSIE Stage 3 History

Victorian Curriculum alignment

VCHHC084
Describe perspectives and identify ideas, beliefs and values of people and groups in the past
In The Humanities Level 6 History Historical Concepts and Skills
VCHHC084
Describe perspectives and identify ideas, beliefs and values of people and groups in the past
In The Humanities Level 5 History Historical Concepts and Skills
VCHHK090
The effects of a significant development or event on a colony
In The Humanities Level 5 History Historical Knowledge
VCHHK090
The effects of a significant development or event on a colony
In The Humanities Level 6 History Historical Knowledge

Australian Curriculum alignment

ACHASSK107
The nature of convict or colonial presence, including the factors that influenced patterns of development, aspects of the daily life of the inhabitants (including Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islander Peoples) and how the environment changed
In Humanities and Social Sciences HASS Year 5 Knowledge and Understanding History
ACHASSK108
The impact of a significant development or event on an Australian colony
In Humanities and Social Sciences HASS Year 5 Knowledge and Understanding History

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