On Tuesday 14th June the year 3’s were visited by Tracey Muir from the Cape to Cape Catchment Group. Tracey presented a review of what they had learned so far, and showed a power point presentation called “What would it have been like to live in Margaret River in …..?
The students made a PMI called Life In Margaret River and had to choose the time period they would have liked to live in the most. The choices were –
Before 1826 – Aboriginal
• Hunt, gather and trade for all food
• Make and trade for all clothes and food
• Make own simple shelters
• Move with the seasons
• Live in balance with nature
Early Settlers
• Hard lives, had to survive off the land
• Little knowledge of the land and lacked tools
• Had to cut down lots of trees
1940’s and 1950’s
• Most people were farmers and lived very simply
• Lots of dairy farms
• Small schools
• Played outside and swam in the river
• Not many luxuries, most people were poor
Present Day
• People have more things – cars, computers and X-boxes
• Buy things from the shops easily
• Travel to Perth or overseas more frequently
The power point helped most kids decide which time period they would like to live in. It was a fun activity that got your brains working, thinking about how different things used to be.
by Mitchell 😎
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Thank you so much for all of your brilliant ideas. I’ve really enjoyed working with you all. I’m continually impressed by your high level thinking and general enthusiasm. Well done!
Thank you so much for all of your brilliant ideas. I’ve really enjoyed working with you all. I’m continually impressed by your high level thinking and general enthusiasm. Well done!