1. Year 9 History
Assignments 2013

2. Mapping Label these on a map of the world:
Indonesia
of the world:
Turkey
Alaska
Australia
Sierra Leonne
South Africa
New Zealand
America
South America
Label these on a map of Europe:
Canada
India
Great Britain
Russia
France
China
Germany
Italy
Japan
West Indies

3. Create a time line to show the following events: find a picture to accompany each.
The Potato Famine in Ireland
Australian gold rushes begin
The Bank of England is established
The end of slavery in America
The Seven Years War ends
The first telephone is tested
James Watts invents the steam engine
The First World War begins
The Great Exhibition in England
The American War of Independence is won
The First Fleet arrives in Australia
The French Revolution begins
British slave trade is abolished
Morse Code is invented

4. The Three Field Farming System Changes to Enclosed Farms
Read and highlight main points on sheets copied from History Alive by Robert Darlington et al and published by Jacaranda Plus, 2012, pages 32-35
Assignment:
Write an account of what the following 3 people might have thought about the changes in agriculture in the 1700s when the Three Field System of farming changed to Enclosure:
A farm labourer living in the village
A well off villager who purchases land and encloses it
A villager living in an area which keeps the three field system
Assessment Focus: writing clearly & correctly from historical perspectives
Assessment:

5. Innovations of the Industrial Revolution in Britain
Prepare an A4 Fact Sheet on an innovation below
You need to have a heading with 10 dot point facts about the innovation, assigned to you below:
You need to add picture/s to illustrate your innovation
Steam power
Factories
James Watt’s steam engine
John Kay’s Flying Shuttle weaving frame
James Hargreaves ‘ Spinning Jenny
James Arkwright’s water frame
Samuel Crompton’s spinning mule
Edmund Cartwright’s power loom
Henry Cort’s ‘puddling machine’ to produce quality iron
Canals
Macadamised roads
Turnpikes
Railways
The Eiffel Tower
The Great Exhibition 1851
Gas street lighting
Samuel Morse develops the Morse Code
The Puffing Billy steam locomotive
George Stephenson’s ‘Rocket’ locomotive
Steamships
The Suez Canal
Alexander Bell invents the telephone
Thomas Edison ‘s light bulb
Bridges

6. The Impact of the Industrial Revolution on People
Speech to Parliament
Imagine you are an MP giving a speech in parliament to try and change things for the better during the Industrial Revolution in Britain.
Write the speech of about 300 words you would read to parliament.
Accompany your speech with pictures to ‘pass around’ to convince your fellow parliamentarians that things need to change.
Look at an example of how you could write this speech.
Base your speech on one of the arrow points below:
Working conditions in factories and mines
Child labour
Poor laws and workhouses
Prisons, crime and punishment
Urban living conditions and people’s health
Social unrest and trade unions

7. Gallipoli Collage
Prepare a collage of the following from images on google: World War Gallipoli:
Map of Gallipoli Peninsula 1915
Anzac Cove
Lone Pine
The Nek
Trenches at Gallipoli
Australian Soldier 1915
Turkish soldier 1915
Periscope rifle, Gallipoli
Rifle with bayonet 1915
Rifle rigged to fire during Gallipoli ANZAC evacuation
Memorial to soldiers at Gallipoli
Cricket/ football played by soldiers at Gallipoli
Anzac biscuits

8. Gallipoli iMovie
In pairs, present an account of up to 150 words – include quotations from soldiers who were there if you can
Aim of the Gallipoli campaign
The first campaign, a naval attack
Land attack on 25th April, 1915 – British, French, Australian & NZ troops
The Turks defend themselves at Anzac Cove
After the landing
The Turkish attack 18th – 19th May
Life for the soldiers at Gallipoli – weapons, food, heat, flies, disease, discomfort, recreation
Lone Pine
The Nek
Withdrawal – 20th December, 2015 – statistics – dead & wounded

9. World War 1 Research
Find out about one of the following and present as a PowerPoint to share with the class
Your PowerPoint can have a maximum of 10 slides, including the title slide
You need to use font size 24 so the class can read your projected slides.
You must make notes in your book as you go.
You must include a bibliography.
Find out about one of the following:
Warfare in the air
Warfare on the seas
Warfare on land
Animals in war