1. Telephone Communication
Lesson 2
Web Quest of Autralia
Telephone Communication
Lindie Schweitzer
Final Project
CMP 555

2. Objective Enhanced understanding of the Australian Federation.
2. Enhanced understanding of how to design and manage on-line projects in their classrooms
3. Purposeful use of on-line technologies to develop information literacy skills in a meaningful, relevant and exciting context.
4. Development of problem solving skills in an on-line environment.

3. Knowledge Hunt and learning, not copying and pasting.
The Knowledge Hunt is a chance for you to gather background information about Federation and the Overland Telegraph Line. Your task in this activity is to answer some key questions on the topic. The Internet offers interesting facts and opinions that may not be available anywhere else, but to find the truth you may need to read between the lines. Remember that anyone can publish on the Internet.
This activity is about thinking
and learning, not copying and
pasting.

4. Federation
What does Federation mean? What does this mean for you?
What is the Federation Flower for South Australia?
How was Federation itself originally celebrated? What were they celebrating?
What were the state and territory main events associated with Federation? Place these on a classroom timeline you develop, to familiarize yourself with discoveries and celebrations of the 1870s.
What are some of the major Federation celebrations in South Australia in 2001?
Centenary Fedaration NSW
Federation flower – SA National Story timeline
The Federation Story Federation SA

5. Overland Telegraph Line
Who lead and influenced the development of the Overland Telegraph Line?
Before the Overland Telegraph Line how did information spread through South Australia, the other colonies and overseas?
What needed to be considered when building the line and finding an appropriate track?
What were some of the supplies needed by the team of people building the line?
What other discoveries were made while its construction was being done?
Morse code information
The Overland Telegraph
The Connecting the Continent Website
General information on the Overland Telegraph
The story of the Overland Telegraph

6. Quiz Instructions: The questions below relate to information you can find on this website, Connecting the Continent.
1. In what year was the Overland Telegraph Line completed?
2. How long was the Overland Telegraph Line?6200 km 3200 km 2000 km
3. Who helped and influenced the South Australian Government to bid for the development of the Overland Telegraph Line?John Ross Charles Todd John McDouall Stuart

7. 4. How many years did the Overland Telegraph Line take to complete?
ten years five years two years
5. What major communities did the Overland Telegraph Line connect together?Adelaide-Perth Pt Augusta - Alice Springs Pt Augusta - Port Darwin
6. The submarine cable from Great Britain which already extended as far as the island at Java and was planned to extend to which Australian community? Darwin Broome Pt Augusta Which explorer trekked a similar route from south to north just ten years prior to the Overland Telegraph Line?
James Cook John Macdouall Stuart or John Cockburn
8. What major state event is celebrating the achievements of the Overland Telegraph Line?Connecting the Continent Federation Australia or the Sources to Sea

8. The Task…Who are you? What do you do?
Consider some of the options below.
A new settler - station owner
Indigenous perspective or viewpoint
Charles Todd
male perspective
female perspective
a Journalist reporting on the project
a worker on the team who planned and built the Overland Telegraph Line
Alice Todd at home with the children in Adelaide
free-choice option to be negotiated
Now that you have chosen a character answer the following series of questions in detail…

9. Individual Task Use the websites below to research the following topics as:
What do you do?
How wealthy are you?
Who are your friends and family - are they in Australia?
Where do you live?
What transport do you use?
What involvement and contributions did you have with Connecting the Continent?
What employment opportunities did the Overland Telegraph Line give to women especially? In the 1870 census of a total population of 99,328 there were 46,475 females.
Consider social, environmental, financial, health, transport, communication, work, flora and government issues of the times.
Compare a typical day in the life of your charcter in the past (1870's), present and in the future.

10. Weblinks
Connecting the Continent website -
The Overland Telegraph -Flinders Rangers Research -
Federation SA -
The National Story - timeline -

11. Extension Activities:
A message of 20 words sent by telegraph between England and Australia cost 10 pounds - equal to 5 weeks' wages for a working person. Develop a telegram for future generations which focuses on the dreams and aspirations of telecommunication and technology of school students in 20 words or less.
Design and construct a form of communication for the future. Give it a name, label the different parts and describe how it works.
Read and/or watch "We of the Never Never".

12. Assessment to be given to each student in the introduction of the project, so that there is an understanding of expectations.