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Look at this map of the voyage taken by the First Fleet.

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Look carefully at these pictures. What can you see? What do these pictures tell us? What do you think is going on in these pictures.

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Display this image and have the students discuss who they think this may be. Use clues from the picture to talk about what his role might have been.

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Watch this clip explaining about the relationship between the USA and England

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Watch this clip explaining about the relationship between the USA and England

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Flogging for a pair of boots

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Resources for Primary and Secondary Students - ABC Education

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4000+ educational games, videos and teaching resources for schools and students. Free Primary and Secondary resources covering history, science, English, maths and more

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Resources for Primary and Secondary Students - ABC Education

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4000+ educational games, videos and teaching resources for schools and students. Free Primary and Secondary resources covering history, science, English, maths and more

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Choose a First Fleet boat and make an information mini poster on a blank sheet of A4 Paper.

You need to include the following:
* A picture of the ship
* The name of the ship
* The number of people who were on the ship - how many were convicts, officers etc.
* Any information on what else the ship may have carried (supplies etc)
* Any other interesting facts (like the size of the ship, the Master of the ship etc)

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Ships of the First Fleet

Click on each ship to read of its details, & those who sailed - military personnel, crew , civilians & convicts

"Paintings of the First Fleet Ships by Frank Allen"

First Fleet House

Office Address:

First Fleet House,

105 Cathedral St.

Woolloomooloo

Sydney, NSW, 2011

Phone: 02 9360 3788

OFFICE HOURS Monday, Wednesday & Thursday

10.00am to 3.00pm

*Note; If visiting FF House to do Research, please

Telephone beforehand and make an appointment

Note:FFF House continues to be closed during the Greater Sydney Covid-19 June - September 2021 Lockdown - more information on theNewspage

Copyright Fellowship of First Fleeters

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Ships of the First Fleet Click on each ship to read of its details, & those who sailed - military personnel, crew , civilians & convicts "Paintings of the First Fleet Ships by Frank Allen" *Note; If visiting FF House to do Research, please Telephone beforehand and make an appointment Note:FFF House continues to be closed during the Greater Sydney Covid-19 June - September 2021 Lockdown - more information on theNewspage Copyright Fellowship of First Fleeters

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Watch this clip and answer the following questions in your book.

1) What is a prison hulk?
2) Why did London need prison hulks?
3) What changes did they need to make to the boats to enable them to be prison hulks?
4) What was life like on the prison hulks?
5) Describe a day as a convict on a prison hulk.

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Watch this clip to get an idea of what the ships were like and what supplies they prepared for the journey.

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The story of the first fleet, under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip. It begins in England with the British government desperate to alleviate their overcrowded prisons by establishing a new colony at Botany Bay. With the hardships faced by the fleet, it was one of the greatest maritime expeditions ever.

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Watch this clip.
Write 5 facts you learned in your book under the heading 'Transportation'.

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Curriculum-linked learning resources for primary and secondary school teachers and students. Videos, games and interactives covering English, maths, history, science and more!

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Watch this recap and continuation of information on the journey taken by the First Fleet.

Write 5 important facts about the journey in your books.

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Captain Arthur Phillip was the man in charge of the First Fleet.
Read the information on this website about Arthur Phillip and write 5 facts about the man who brought the First Fleet to Australia

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Ambition and adventure: the early life of Arthur Phillip

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As we approach the bicentenary of Arthur Phillip's death we look back at the early life of this intriguing man, who had enjoyed an extraordinary career before he even set foot on a boat bound for Botany Bay.

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Go to this week's Padlet Group Task.

Complete the task as a group poster on one piece of butchers paper.

Work together to make sure you are all participating and not doubling up on information.

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Display this map displaying the different voyages explorers took around Australia. Look carefully of the dates of each voyage and discuss as a class who they think 'discovered' Australia.

Students copy these routes onto a map of Australia - listing the years and the names of the explorers.

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Re watch the Aboriginal History timeline.

Complete the timeline sheet using information from the video clip.

When the timeline appears click on the lights shining from the map and watch some of the clips/read some information.

Record 2 or 3 interesting facts you learn from each time period on the worksheet.

Glue it into your book.

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Watch and discuss the following YouTube clip of Cook's voyage

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Group task - Click on this link to go to the group task. Find your group and present the information on a group poster.

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A BERMUDAN CONNECTION

Of all British convict establishments, the one in Bermuda was arguably the most brutal. 1 From 1824 to 1863 it was home to thousands of male convicts sentenced by British and Irish courts to transportation with hard labour for terms of up to 14 years. Of the 9000 convicts sent to Bermuda close to 2000 died.

Established by a British Government Order in Council in 1824 the Bermuda Convict Establishment was the responsibility of the Home Office until the late 1840s when it was transferred to the Colonial Office. Unlike other colonies established using convict labour, such as New South Wales or Van Diemen's Land, the vast majority of convicts sentenced to Bermuda were not allowed to settle in Bermuda but were either returned to Britain or sent on to another colony such as Western Australia at the end of their sentence.

The primary purpose of the Bermuda establishment was strategic in that it provided essential and valuable labour to the Royal Engineers constructing the Royal Naval Dockyards and fortifications. Under the direction of these engineers and the guards, the convicts were employed as carpenters, quarrymen, stone cutters and carters, lime washers and labourers as well as sail makers, engine men, teachers, shoemakers, stewards, bookbinders, gas men, tailors, nurses, cooks, servants, washermen, pump operators, scavengers, gardeners, barbers, mat makers, rope makers, oakum pickers and painters.

In 1826 the British Government sent the Dromedary, an ex-naval store ship, to Bermuda to provide accommodation for convicts working on the dockyards and fortifications. The Dromedary had an Australian connection: as a convict transport it had undertaken several voyages to the Australian colonies, including ferrying Governor Lachlan Macquarie and the 73rd Regiment to New South Wales in 1809. Once in Bermuda, the Dromedary remained moored for nearly 40 years in the same part of the harbour, serving as hulk, store ship and kitchen for the thousands of male convicts and their guards.

In 1982 Chris Addams and Mike Davis obtained permission from the Bermudan Government to excavate the Dromedary hulk's anchorage area. One of the major aims of the archaeological project was to augment historical research and find out what conditions were really like on the Bermudan convict hulks. Working in appalling conditions in almost zero visibility the divers used a suction dredge to peel away metres of sand, shell, coal and limestone deposits to uncover what is arguably the largest collection of 19th century convict material directly associated with convict life on the hulks.

Thousands of artefacts were recovered during the course of the excavations, including whale oil lamps, pewter mugs, engraved spoons, clay pipes, bottles, buttons, seals, coins, trinkets, charms, rings, beads, gaming pieces, religious items, knife handles and gaming boards. Careful plotting of the artefacts not only revealed what items were associated with the guard and what items were related to the convicts but also uncovered evidence of a large-scale shipboard economy based on the production of mementoes, curios and specimens. Beautifully made objects carved out of bone, shell, metal and stone were sold by their convict makers to the guards, visiting sailors and free settlers for tobacco, alcohol, food and money.

Over 500 artefacts of Bermudan convict hulk material has been brought to Australia for the first time, exclusively for this exhibition. Australia's own history of convict hulks is the other focus of the exhibition.

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Of all British convict establishments, the one in Bermuda was arguably the most brutal. 1 From 1824 to 1863 it was home to thousands of male convicts sentenced by British and Irish courts to transportation with hard labour for terms of up to 14 years.

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Read the attached information about the USA War of Independence and what that meant for the British practice of exporting convicts to the USA.

Students write 5 facts they learned in their books.

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Display this picture.
Discuss: * What is this?

* How is it different from a map of the world today?

* Why do you think it looks like this?

* What do you think this means about the world at that time?

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Students map Cook's journey onto large butcher's paper and then do sticky post-it notes of VIP (very important points) about his journey and display these alongside the map in the classroom.

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Watch this to see what it was like onboard the First Fleet and about the places they stopped at along the way.

Take notes in your book as you watch.

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The story of the first fleet, under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip. It begins in England with the British government desperate to alleviate their overcrowded prisons by establishing a new colony at Botany Bay. With the hardships faced by the fleet, it was one of the greatest maritime expeditions ever.

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First Fleet lands in Australia - from the Indigenous perspective

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First Fleet lands in Australia - from the Indigenous perspective

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Watch this clip to get an idea of what the First Fleet landing was like for the Indigenous people living around Sydney Harbour.

After watching the clip, write a diary entry as if you were an Aboriginal person first sighting the First Fleet in the harbour.

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Read the information but more importantly look at the drawing from 1788 of the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney.

Write a description of what Sydney looked like in 1788.
Include in your description how you might feel if you were a convict and this is what you saw when you arrived.

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Until 1782, English convicts were transported to America. However, in 1783 the American War of Independence ended. America refused to accept any more convicts so England had to find somewhere else to send their prisoners. Transportation to New South Wales was the solution.

Why so many convicts?

Life in Britain was very hard. As new machines were invented, people were no longer needed to do farming jobs so they moved to the cities. The cities became overcrowded. Many people didn't have a job and were very poor. People stole things to survive. Minor crimes such as stealing items worth more than 1 shilling (about a day's wages for a working person), cutting down a tree in an orchard or stealing livestock were punishable by transportation. The prisons quickly became full and prisoners were kept in old, rotting prison ships called hulks. These ships were usually an old naval or merchant ship that could not go to sea anymore but could still float safely in the harbour.

What was life like on the hulks?

Conditions in these floating gaols were terrible. The hulks were over-crowded and cramped, often there wasn't even room to stand up! A hulk could be up to 65 metres long. This is the same size as 6 buses placed end to end. On board each hulk there could be up to 300 convicts. There were many diseases on board and convicts died. Between 1776 and 1795 nearly 2000 out of almost 6000 convicts held on hulks, died. The majority died from diseases such as typhoid and cholera.

The convicts were not fed very well. The people in charge wanted to keep costs low. The daily diet was often made up of ox-cheek, either boiled or made into soup, pease (peas), bread or biscuits. The biscuits were often mouldy. Tobacco could be supplied as part of their ration as a reward for a job well done or for good behaviour.

Convicts got up at sunrise and worked hard for up to 10 hours a day. All convicts were sentenced to hard labour as part of their punishment and could be forced to work at just about any manual task such as timber cutting, brick making or stone cutting.

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Why were convicts transported to Australia?

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Until 1782, English convicts were transported to America. However, in 1783 the American War of Independence ended. America refused to accept any more convicts so England had to find somewhere else to send their prisoners. Transportation to New South Wales was the solution.

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Read this First Fleet Overview. Record one important fact per paragraph in your book under the heading 'First Fleet'.

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Here is a newspaper article from 1786 about the decision to send convicts to Australia.

Read the article and write 5 things you learn about the trip. Then complete the following sentence:

* If I lived in London in 1786, my thoughts on transporting convicts to Australia would be....

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newspaper article about first fleet from 1786

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http://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/continuum/earlysydney.pdf

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http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/learning/history-female-convicts-first-fleet/female-convicts

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http://www.myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1800/decade_landing_20.html?tabRank=2&subTabRank=2