Life in the Colonies - Practice Worksheet

Year 5 · History · Worksheet · $7.49 AUD

A Year 5 history worksheet on daily life in the Australian colonies. Students name the groups who lived in an early colony, use a settler's 1825 letter as a primary source to answer questions about housing, work and food, compare the lives of convicts and free settlers, and consider whose point of view is missing. A teacher answer key is included.

Part of the "Daily Life in the Colonies" sub-unit. Aligned to AC9HS5K01, AC9HS5S04 (Australian Curriculum v9).

Students will:
• Describe daily life for different groups in a colony
• Find information in a primary source
• Compare the experiences of convicts and free settlers
• Identify missing perspectives in a historical source

A ready-to-teach worksheet, supplied as PDF, editable Word (DOCX) and PowerPoint (PPTX).

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