Printout for Teacher Program
Internet / Email Activity
In
this online activity, students dig for gold on the Ballarat
goldfields in 1865. They try their luck at alluvial or shaft
mining. Buy a miner's permit, tools and enough supplies to last
a month. Discover how hard life was on the goldfields. Explore a
map showing the countries migrants left to join the gold rush in
Australia. Find out which towns developed due to the discovery
of gold. Look at an illustrated timeline to find out how the
gold rush led to a boom in the Australian economy and rural
development.
Below are
teacher instructions to send the email activity to a whole
class.
Teacher Instructions
1. Access the DET Portal by clicking on the link below:
https://portal.det.nsw.edu.au
2. Open your email
account
3. Click on 'New'
in the top left hand side
4. Click on the 'To'
button, which opens the GAL - Global Address List.
5. Click in the Alias
field
6. Type a 'tilde' (~)
which is done by holding down the 'Shift" and Pressing the key above
the 'Tab' key.
7. Then enter your school code next to the tilde.
8. Click on 'Find'
9. Select your class or tick the box next to it (Apple) from the list
that appears below.
10. Click 'To'
from underneath this window
11. Click 'Close'
12. Highlight all the text in the Email Task section below.
13. Copy and Paste this text into your email text window
14. Press 'Send'
- the lesson will then go to all students in your class.
To include the attachment to the email:
15. Make sure the task sheet is saved to the desktop.
16. In your email account, click on the paper clip.
17. Click on
browse.
In the Look in field, click on desktop.
18. Locate the task sheet and double click on it.
19. Click on attach. The task sheet has been attached to the
email.
20. Press 'Send'
- the lesson will then go to all students in your class.
This means up to 30 emails will be returned to you - if you do not
wish to reply to each individual email then repeat the steps 4-11 to
send one email to email the whole class thanking them for their
efforts.
Email Task
1.
Read all the instructions
first.
2. Click on the following link:
http://tlf.dlr.det.nsw.edu.au/learningobjects/Content/L702/object/index.html
3. Read the instructions and click on
next.
4. Click on enter
and listen to the introduction given by the young girl.
5. Click on enter.
6. Before you start digging, you need to do the following:
· Get a miners permit
· View the map and choose where you will search for gold
· Buy tools
· Buy supplies
7. Click on arrow To Goldfields, then click on Start Digging
8. See how much gold you can find.
9. Start again and see if you can do better next time
10. Answer the following questions and email your answers to the teacher
Discussion Questions:
1. Why do you need a miner’s permit? What happens if you don’t have one?
2. What tools did you buy? Did you make the right decisions with your purchase?
3. How much money did you spend? Could you have spent your money more wisely? How?
4. What supplies did you buy? Did you make the right decisions with your purchase?
5. What do you think life would have been like in the gold mines?