http://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/springfield

http://www.australianhistorymysteries.info/

How can stories of the past be told and shared?

• Rock stories: http://www.nma.gov.au/engage-learn/families/diy/rock_stories • History pedagogy in the early years:

http://www.nma.gov.au/engage-learn/schools/classroom-resources/activities/what_is_this

How can we show that the past is different from or similar to the past?• Feeding the family- an image rich classroom investigation exploring picnics throughout time:

http://www.nma.gov.au/engage-learn/schools/classroom-resources/activities/feeding_the_family • Educationally described collection set exploring Australian vehicles: http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/highlights/vehicles

How have changes in technology shaped our daily lives?

• Board games- a practical, fun activity to promote chronology, sequencing and perspective: http://www.nma.gov.au/engage-learn/families/diy/board_games

• Educationally described collection set exploring Australia’s colonial life:

http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/highlights/colonial

Who lived here first and how do we know?

• Some simple activities to help students explore the Basedow collection of photographs: http://www.nma.gov.au/engage-learn/schools/classroom-resources/activities/basedow_photographs

• Collaborative painting of country and annotations: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/hall/martumili_ngurra

What was the nature and consequence of contact between Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples and early traders, explorers and settlers?

• Oscar’s Sketchbook- drawings done by an Aboriginal child in the late 1880s can be a great stimulus for visual literacy, object inquiry and developing an understanding of perspective. It can also be a starting point for children to document aspects of their daily lives: http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/highlights/oscars-sketchbook

• A web feature that explores the Museum’s extensive collection of Breastplates: http://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/aboriginal_breastplates/home

What do we know about the lives of people in Australia’s colonial past and how do we know?• Jerilderie letter- Kelly’s letter and associated lesson ideas is a great activity for building vocabulary and exploring

handwriting. This resource contains a interactive of the letter, a transcript and lesson ideas.– Interactive: http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/highlights/jerilderie-letter– Lesson ideas: http://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/20611/Jerilderie_Letter.pdf

Two web features that explore collections local to Braidwood.

• The Springfield Collection an extensive collection relating to the Faithfull family near Goulburn: http://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/springfield

• Harvest of Endurance Scroll explores the history of the Chinese in Australia. It features the Nomchong family: http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/collection_interactives/endurance_scroll/harvest_of_endurance_html_version/home

Why and how did Australia become a nation?

• The Citizens Arch interactive explores features of life at the time of federation: http://www.nma.gov.au/engage-learn/schools/classroom-resources/multimedia/interactives/citizens-arch

• Glorious Days: an image rich, digitally enhanced exploration of features of Australian life in 1913: http://www.nma.gov.au/engage-learn/schools/classroom-resources/units_of_work/glorious_days_australia_1913

• Museum’s web feature exploring the Prime Ministers of Australia: http://www.nma.gov.au/primeministers

Thanks!