Lesson: Integrated

The Eureka Stockade

Grade Level: 5
Prior Knowledge/Learning
Students have completed a lesson on the Eureka Stockade and all the
circumstances in the lead up.
Students have completed inquiry-based research tasks.

Rationale:
The purpose of this lesson is for students to explore the Eureka Stockade using
the 6 Thinking Hats as a guide.

Learning Outcomes (ACARA)
English
Literature and Context
Identify aspects of literary texts that convey details or information about particular social,
cultural and historical contexts. (ACELT1608)

Examining Literature
Recognise that ideas in literary texts can be conveyed from different viewpoints, which can lead
to different kinds of interpretations and responses. (ACELT1610)

Interacting with others
Clarify understanding of content as it unfolds in formal and informal situations, connecting ideas
to students own experiences and present and justify apoint of view. (ACELY1699)

Interpreting, analysing and evaluating
Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety
of print and digital sources. (ACELY1703)

History
The Australian Colonies
The impact of a significant development or event on a colony; for example, frontier conflict, the
gold rushes, the Eureka Stockade, internal exploration, the advent of rail, the expansion of
farming, drought. (ACHHK095)

Historical questions and research
Identify and locate a range of relevant sources. (ACHHS101)

Analysis and use of sources
Locate information related to inquiry questions in a range of sources (ACHHS102)
Compare information from a range of sources. (ACHHS103)

Perspectives and Interpretations
Identify points of view in the past and present. (ACHHS104)


Plan
Content/Methodology Time
Allocation
Introduce the students to the 6 Thinking Hats and use the PowerPoint
to quickly go over what each hat represents, more details are on the
cards they will be given.

Students will be in their table groups and will be given a card with one
of the hats and questions relating to the Eureka Stockade.
Students will then be given time to re-visit the books and online texts
that have been used in the unit so far.
Each group will be given 3 or 4 minutes to discuss amongst themselves
and then they will have the same amount of time to record their
answers on the record sheet.
After the set time the cards will be swapped between the tables and
then they can have a go at the next one.

Students will come back down to the floor and each table group will
share the information they found for the last card they completed.
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15 mins

Resources
- 6 Thinking Hats PowerPoint
- Questioning cards
- Research materials from the unit so far
- Computers
- Record sheet enlarged to A3


Differentiated Learning:
Table groups allows for mixed ability grouping.
Those who have completed the task can generate their own questions to answer.
The questions must be connected to the relevant hat.

6 Thinking Hats Question Cards








Record Sheet
White Hat
Facts
Neutral, objective information





Red Hat
Emotions
Hunches, intuition, gut feelings





Black Hat
Critic
Analyst
Logical Negative




Yellow Hat
Sunshine
Optimism
Logical Positive




Green Hat
Creative
Growth, possibilities
Ideas




Blue Hat
Cool
Agenda, processes, organizer
Overview, decision