Sydney Cove Settlement

Learning Objectives:

• Develop research skills by exploring the historical aspects of Sydney Cove, including its layout, natural features, and construction materials.
• Enhance digital literacy and creativity through designing and building a historically accurate settlement in Minecraft.
• Improve presentation and communication skills by creating a guided video tour of the settlement and sharing it with an audience.

Activity:

1. Students use the keynote scaffold to research the historical layout, natural features, and materials used in the early Sydney Cove settlement.
2. They sketch a layout and analyse various artworks and maps from that period to inform their designs.
3. Students then recreate the settlement in Minecraft, incorporating their research findings.
4. After building the settlement, students used screen recording to create a guided tour of their Minecraft model and uploaded it to their Keynote scaffold.
5. The completed projects were shared with their parents on Seesaw.

Attachments

Sydney Cove Settlement.key

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