Investigating Captain Arthur Phillip is a series of eight lessons designed to ask:
- Why was Arthur Phillip chosen to lead the First Fleet to Australia?
- How did he establish a colony in Australia?
- How did Philip encourage the Rule of Law in the colony?
- What was the relationship between the European’s and the Indigenous Australians in the early days of the colony?
- Why is Arthur Phillip considered the Founder of Modern Australia?
This series is relevant to aspects of History and English Years 8-9 and Civics and Citizenship Years 7-10.
| Year level: | Year 8 |
| Subject: | English |
| Language– | AC9E8LA03 Explain how texts are structured depending on their purpose and how language features vary, recognising that some texts are hybrids that combine different genres or elements of different genres AC9E8LA04 Understand how cohesion in texts is improved by strengthening the internal structure of paragraphs with examples, quotations and substantiation of claims AC9E8LA06 Understand how cohesion in texts is improved by Understand the effect of nominalisation in texts AC9E8LA08 Identify and use vocabulary typical of academic texts |
| Literature– | AC9E8LE03 Explain how language and/or images in texts position readers to respond and form viewpoints AC9E8LE05 Analyse how language features such as sentence patterns create tone, and literary devices such as imagery create meaning and effect |
| Year level: | Year 9 |
| Subject: | History |
| Knowledge and Understanding Skills– | AC9HH9K01 The causes and effects of European imperial expansion and the movement of peoples in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and the different responses to colonisation and migration AC9HH9S02 Locate, identify and compare primary and secondary sources to use in historical inquiry AC9HH9K02 The key social, cultural, economic and political changes and their significance in the development of Australian society during the period AC9HH9K04 The causes and effects of European contact and extension of settlement, including their impact on the first nations peoples of Australia (ac9hh9k03) Significant events, ideas, people, groups and movements in the development of Australian society AC9HH9K06 Different experiences and perspectives of colonisers, settlers and First Nations Australians and the impact of these experiences on changes to Australian society’s ideas, beliefs and values AC9H9S03 Identify the origin and content of sources, and explain the purpose and context of primary and secondary sources AC9HH9S06 Compare perspectives in sources and explain how these are influenced by significant events, ideas, locations, beliefs and values |
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