Tour Task – History Strife & Struggle Investigation

Mission: Prepare a 3-5 minute tutorial on a topic chosen from the lists below. Draw on evidence from your biographical research to answer the guiding question.

Guiding question: Evaluate what happened and what you learned from the investigation.

Student name: Choose one

A. Biographical productionPiccollage, storyboard, script, song, poster

etc

AND B. Selected tutorial topic

Student name: Choose one

Major General Frederick Gallagher 'Black Jack' Galleghan

Prisoners of War

Sir Stamford Raffles Cultural diversity

Lieutenant General Vernon Ashton Hobart Sturdee

Globalism

Governor Brooke-Popham Environment

General Gordon Bennett Military

General Tomoyuki Yamashita Politics

Prime Minister John Curtin Trade

Winston Churchill South East Asia

Sir Thomas Spencer Vaughan Phillips

Allegiance

General Arthur Percival Nation building

Rubric for teacher feedback:

Criteria & achievement continua < Excellent- - - - - High - - Satisfactory- -Limited - - Very low>

Initiative (locus of control) Student directed

Teacher directed

Questioning & research Student directed

Teacher directed

Content Complex Simplistic

Knowledge VisibleConstructedDeep

HiddenRetellingShallow

Purpose Authentic Contrived

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Tour Task – History Strife & Struggle Investigation

Productions:

1. History strife & struggle investigation (text to be published via social media of choice for peer feedback)

Research completed by April 16 2017Daily tutorials/ one student per day

2. Journal entries and updates (drafts published via KidBlog and the duty student is responsible for contributing a daily entry to the web diary)

Daily/ one student per day

3. Letter to Premier of Western Australia HON COLIN BARNETT MLA

Wednesday April 26 2017

4. Tour Diary Wednesday May 10 2017

Success indicators:

Satisfactory: Identify different perspectives or interpretations and describe own interpretation or point of view, using examples from evidence; draw a conclusion and apply some evidence.High: Describe different perspectives or interpretations and justify own interpretation or point of view, using examples; draw a conclusion and apply a range of evidence.Excellent: Explain different perspectives or interpretations and justify own interpretation or point of view, using a range of specific examples from evidence; draw a comprehensive conclusion.

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Tour Task – History Strife & Struggle Investigation

The issue I am investigating: _____________________________________

Research your topic under the following headings. Use dot points. Include other key questions to guide your research and note taking. Seek feedback from your peers and teacher supervisor.

ISSUE:

WHAT- happened

HOW-do changes occur

WHO- was affected- created the problem- came out on top

WHEN-did it happen- examine impact of timeframe

WHERE- consider social, geographical, political and cultural factors

WHY-did events arise/ progress/ resolve/ devolve?

EMOTIONS-explain how people felt/ reacted/ overcame/ succumbed

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Tour Task – History Strife & Struggle InvestigationREFERENCING

Author or Website Text Title Publication details

Self-reflectionWhat strategies did I use to successfully complete this task?

What challenges did I face?

What was important about what I did?

Where could I use these strategies again?

How well did I do? /5

1= Very low; 2= Limited; 3= Satisfactory; 4= High; 5 = Excellent (circle below)

o Effective time management 5----4----3----2----1

o Thinking is higher order 5----4----3----2----1

o Note-making documents thinking processes 5----4----3----2----1

o Drafting develops depth of ideas 5----4----3----2----1

o Final copy submission is posted to KidBlog 5----4----3----2----1

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Tour Task – History Strife & Struggle Investigationo Organisation and time management were effective 5----4----3----

2----1

o Presentation was confident 5----4----3----2----1

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