Recreating the early Sydney settlement with Minecraft 45

Recreating the early Sydney settlement with Minecraft

4/5 E Minecraft rules: 6 M Minecraft rules: ● Only enter your own group’s world ● No fire or destructive behaviour ● Respect each other’s creation ● No weapons or killing ● No excessive amounts of animals, etc ● Respect each other’s boundaries ● Save our worlds to collaboration ● Breaking logging = banning from Minecraft or place in gaol ● ● ● ● ● Only enter your own group’s world No fire or destructive behaviour Respect each other’s creation No weapons or killing No excessive amounts of animals, etc Respect each other’s boundaries & creations Save our worlds to collaboration Breaking logging = banning from Minecraft or place in gaol Don’t add anything that was not historically accurate

Comparing worlds:

Black line showing original coastline Tank Stream

Resources website: Search function https: //sites. google. com/education. nsw. gov. au/sydney-early-settlement/links-and-maps

Full of photos + lots of useful links

Research your building (or structure) and provide evidence of your research: • What are you building? • Purpose of building? • Where will it be built? • What materials? • Size of building? • Sources For example…

The tank stream Mrs Grover Purpose: The Tank Stream was the settlement’s first and main source of fresh water for thirty-nine years. Named for the water tanks cut into its sides to store water. What are you building? A wide-mouthed stream running into Sydney Harbour. At high tide, the water was deep enough for schooners to go up as far as present-day Bridge Street. Tanks – 3 or 4 cut into the sandstone sides of the stream, in order to store water during the 1790 drought. Each tank was five metres deep and held 20, 000 litres. A bridge – in 1788 a gang of convicts were employed in rolling timber together, to form a bridge over the stream at the head of the cove (at Bridge St). The bridge was rebuilt in stone in 1803 and made wider with a lower arch in 1812. Green Belt – there was a 15 metre green belt along each bank. Where will it be built? It started in a swampy area between today’s Hyde Park and Sydney Town Hall, forming a channel along Pitt street down to Sydney Cove (see map). What materials? Sandstone was excavated to create three storage tanks, one adjoining Pitt and Spring Streets, two more on Bond Street. Old Sydney Tank Stream, Picture courtesy of NSW State Library John Skinner Prout c 1842 https: //dictionaryofsydney. org/entry/the_tank_stream#ref-uuid=cecd 845 e-3577 -efda-af 24 -eea 03 af 4 c 033 Historical significance: From 1788 onwards, the stream split the city socially as well as geographically - officers and governors to the east, soldiers and convicts to the west. Detail showing the Tank Stream from 'Plan of the town and suburbs of Sydney, August 1822' http: //www. environment. nsw. gov. au/heritageapp/View. Heritage. Item. Details. aspx? ID=2424503 The Tank Stream bridge

Complete this (printed) checklist before you go to Minecraft: Your name/s: ___________________ What are you building? _____________ Era you are working in: 1788 -1809 or 1809 -1821 Sydney Cove or Parramatta: _______________ I/we have researched my/our building (or structure) and provided evidence of my research: ● I have chosen a building from the allocated era. ● I have described the purpose of building. ● I have researched where it should be built and provided a map. ● I have given the year that it was built. ● I have listed the materials in the original building. ● I have estimated the size of the building. ● I have provided an historically accurate picture. Fill out the coordinates of your building once you know the location: ● Coordinates in Minecraft: ____ __ ____

Minecraft Project Rubric From…. https: //www. australiancurriculum. edu. au/media/1072/general-capabilities-creative-and-critical-thinking-learning-continuum. pdf CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Inquiring: identify and clarify relevant information and prioritise ideas Extensive evidence of research and requirements are met and exceeded. Research evident and all requirements are met. Some research evident but not all requirements met. No evidence of research. Planning: combine ideas in a variety of ways and from a range of sources to create new possibilities Planning guide on Google Slides is complete. Planning guide on Google Slides complete. Planning guide partly complete but information partially inaccurate. Planning guide not complete with mostly inaccurate information. Content: apply knowledge gained from one context to another unrelated context and identify new meaning The model in Minecraft closely resembles the researched building. Subject knowledge is excellent. The model in Minecraft resembles the researched building. Subject knowledge appears to be good. The model in Minecraft is representative of the building or structure but there are 1 -2 factual errors. The model in Minecraft does not represent the planned design OR there are several factual errors. Critical Thinking: scrutinise ideas or concepts, test conclusions and modify actions when designing a course of action Student demonstrates a knowledge of the content as well as knowledge of resources available in MC and how to use them. Student demonstrates a knowledge of the content and some knowledge of resources available in MC and how to use them. Student demonstrate little knowledge of the content and/or resources available in MC and how to use them. Students demonstrate no knowledge of the content or resources available in MC and how to use them. Collaboration: takes responsibility and respects others when working as a team There is substantial communication between the students, both verbal and technically. The group encounters little to no issues while working together. Students communicate well verbally and technically. They are able to quickly resolve any problems and those problems do not affect productivity. Students are able to resolve problems the group encounters, but it may stall production of the project. Students use mostly Verbal communication. Students are unable to resolve communication or personal problems when working together. Does not acknowledge or respect other perspectives. Rubric adapted from http: //rubistar. 4 teachers. org