Red Space Rocket

Given yesterday’s apology I think this ten minute show looks interesting. I think it is useful for European Australians to understand how people lived here before we arrived.

OUR HISTORY: INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS – LIVING IN COUNTRY, EP 1 OF 18

This program looks at how indigenous Australians lived before Europeans settled the land including some of the different tasks for male and female members of the clans, women and girls gathering plants, making flour to make cakes, gathering shellfish and cooking, men and boys hunting, making tools and even making a bark canoe.

Tuesday 19 February 2008 10.25am
ABC Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 10 mins

You might not realise it today but today will probably be remembered as a significant date in Australian history.

Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

We reflect on their past mistreatment.

If you didn’t see or hear the speech it is worth reading the full text. It’s not very long but it’s something you should understand.
Text of PM Rudd’s ‘sorry’ address – National – theage.com.au

War Cemeteries and Memorials at Gallipoli by canmom

Today we started watching the Australian film Gallipoli. Here are some links to more information.

Internet Movie Database
Wikipedia
War Memorial – Overview
Official History

Travel Distance Calculator and Map between World Cities

I found this useful site that will tell you the distance between any two major cities. Handy for when you don’t have a ruler and an atlas on hand.

Using an Atlas estimate the longitude and latitude of the following cities. Express your estimates in degrees and minutes. For example 23º 17’N 60º 55’ W

1. Geelong
2. Melbourne
3. London
4. Paris
5. New York
6. Darwin
7. Los Angeles
8. Tokyo
9. Beijing
10. Dublin

Once you have completed your estimates go through the index and find the exact coordinates for these cities and write them next to your estimate.

Today we started to talk about some agreed rules but the conversation went somewhere else. You mostly talked about what you wanted from me rather than what I could expect of you.

Here is what we ended up with. This apply to my classes only. You need to sort of expectations with other teachers for their classes.

1. One person speaks at a time. We don’t interrupt or have side conversation (even quiet ones)
2. Don’t rock back on your chairs in class.
3. iPods are only used with permission.
4. Come on time and be prepared.
5. Treat people with respect. This means no racist, sexist, homophobic or general put downs. Of course we can be playful but we treat everyone with respect, even people different from you.
6. Students can bring a stress ball to keep their hands busy. They are not there to distract other people.
7. Students can bring a drink to class. If these get spilled or misused then we’ll revisit this.
8. General knowledge questions are certainly allowed and I’ll answer then when I can and provided we have the time.
9. We will play quick games (like silent ball) in most classes. We will also use things like this if there is time in the middle of a double session. This is a reward for good behaviour and doesn’t happen when people make the lesson difficult or impossible. Sometimes we will be too busy for this.
10. There will be class time for most tasks. Skillworks is that main thing that will need to be done in your time.
11. We will work outside when this will work for a particular activity. This will happen sometimes but not always.
12. There will be times when it is ok for you to sit on the floor. For things like watching a movie or silent reading this will usually be fine, just check with me first.
13. If you are ahead on classwork you can bring in another book to read. I will need to see your finished work before I am ok with this.

Ok, that’s a lot of information. Hopefully this will help create a pleasant and productive space for me to work and you to learn.

1922

Mussolini forms a Fascist government in Italy.
Irish Free State proclaimed.
Qantas begins passenger service.

1923
Occupation of Ruhr by French and Belgian troops.
Ku Klux Klan violence.
Hitler jailed after failed coup.
Charleston dance popular.

1924
Death of Lenin; Stalin wins power struggle.
First Olympic Winter Games

1925
Ford starts making cars in Geelong.
John Logie Baird sends human features by television.

1926
A.A. Milne Publishes Winnie-the-Pooh

1927
First “talkie” movie – “The Jazz Singer” Charles A. Lindbergh flies solo non-stop from New York to Paris.
Babe Ruth hits home run record which stands for 34 years.

1928
The flying doctor started in Australia.
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.

1929

First Academy Awards.
October: US Stock Market Crash: The Great Depression Begins.

The Twenties

What year do Australians land at Gallipoli?
Name two medical firsts in 1928?
Who makes a home run record in 1927?

noun.

This means payment and usually relates to work.

For example – Indiana receives only dry food, water and a soft couch to sleep on as remuneration for her efforts at being all brown and barky.

Council
noun

A group elected or appointed to advice or legislate.

eg. I checked to see if the local council would let me have 200 chooks.

Democracy
noun
Government by the people.

eg. My local council is elected by the adults who live in the area so it is a democracy.

Representation
noun
One things standing in for another thing.

eg. My local councillor provides representation for me on the council.

Border
Orientation
Legend
Title
Source
Scale

Neat
Accurate
Colourful

Border
Your border shows the limits of what you are including.
Everything relevant inside the border needs to be included.
Everything outside the border is included.
Think about what you want to show before you decide on your border.

Orientation
When a map is used for navigation especially it is crucial that you indicate directions.
North is often up but you need to be explicit about directions.

Legend
Symbols are very useful on maps.
If you labelled everything your map would be incredibly busy and hard to read quickly.
If you have things that appear multiple times then use a symbol and put it in the legend.

Title
What is this map showing.
Remember that maps have a purpose so be sure to say what it is a map of.

Scale
Your map is almost certainly smaller than what it represents.
You need to say what size means on your map.

Source
Where did this information come from?
A physical survey
Satellite photo
Aerial photos
Memory

Neat
A map is no good if you can’t read it.

Accurate
Maps are not the place for a vivid imagination.
Make sure you include the actual features and nothing else.

Colourful
Colour in maps makes them quick and easy to understand.
Blue is only for water.
Green is generally for vegetation.

When you create or assess a map for Geography write BOLTSS NAC and use this as a checklist.

Maps have a purpose

Maps cannot show everything at once.
Choices are made about what is important for particular maps.
Map makers decide what is important to show but other things get left off.

Exercise: Plan what would go into a map of your house.

The purpose of your map is make someone want to buy your house.
What information do you show?
What are 5 things a buyer will want to know?
What information do you choose not to show.
What are 5 things a buyer doesn’t need to know?

The earth is round but maps are flat.
When you flatted out the globe onto paper this creates distortions

The map you are most used to seeing is the Mercator projection.
The Mercator projection is an excellent navigation map because directions hold true.
Ideal for sailing.
However the sizes of land masses are distorted.
Alaska looks to be much bigger than Mexico. They are very nearly the same size.
Greenland looks much larger than China. China is almost four times larger.

Peter’s Projection Map
The purpose of this map is to show the countries of world at their actual size.
North-South and East-West are all accurate.
However it is not accurate for other bearings and would not be useful for sailing.

Orientation Matters
Mostly we put north at the top of a map.
North is the direction the compass needle points.
However maps can have other directions at the top of the page.
You need to say which way is up on maps.

Maps serve a specific purpose
Mercator – navigation
Peters – Understanding of country sizes.
School map – finding rooms
Zoo map – finding animals
Population map – understanding population distribution.
Distance from Toronto

Which map in this room would be useful for…
Finding the country with the most people?
Charting a course to sail from Geelong to Los San Francisco?
Finding the elephants?
Finding a caravan park on the Victorian coast?
Finding a way to drive from Geelong to Darwin?
Working out which country is the largest physically?

1907
10 conventions of rules of war adopted at the Second Hague Peace Conference.
First Electric Washing Machine

1908
Ford Motor Company produces the Model T.
Earthquake kills 150,000 in southern Italy.
Boy Scouts founded
Old Age Pension is introduced in Britain.

1909
North Pole reached by American explorers.
Plastic is invented.

The first ten years

What year was the San Francisco earthquake?
What town is founded in 1905?
Where do the Wright brothers fly their plane for the first time?

1910
Edward VII dies.
George V becomes King of the United Kingdom.
The earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.

1911
Aircraft used as a military weapon in Turkish-Italian War.
Chinese Republic proclaimed after revolution.

1912
Titanic sinks on maiden voyage.
New Mexico and Arizona admitted as states of the USA.
Henri Seimet flies non stop from Paris to London in three hours.

1913
Henry Ford develops first moving assembly line.
Work starts on the Australian Capital, Canberra.

1914
Charlie Chaplin makes his first silent movies.
Franz Ferdinand assassinated. World War One begins.

1915
Australians land at Gallipoli on the Turkish coast.
Paris is bombed by German zeppelins.

1916
Battle of the Somme.
Self-service grocery store, USA.

1917
First Battle of Giza – British retreat from the Turks.

1918
Hostilities cease on the Western Front.
Worldwide influenza epidemic strikes.

1919
Prohibition of alcohol in North America.
Versailles Treaty signed by Allies and Germany

The Difficult Teen Years

What year does Charlie Chaplin make his first film?
What is outlawed in 1919 in America?
What year is the battle of the Somme?

1920
League of Nations holds first meeting at Geneva, Switzerland.
First commercial radio broadcast aired.

1921
Reparations Commission fixes German debt at 132 billion gold marks.
“Fatty” Arbuckle Scandal.

While I am thinking of it if you are in either of my Geography classes you need to bring your atlas to each and every lesson with me. We won’t use it every single lesson but we will use it a lot so be prepared.

Verb – to claim that you created something which someone else created.

Plagiarism – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Plagiarism is the practice of claiming or implying original authorship of (or incorporating material from) someone else’s written or creative work, in whole or in part, into one’s own without adequate acknowledgement.

Mick Thomas 5 by Sean D Taylor

Michael James Thomas is an Australian singer-songwriter.
Mick Thomas grew up in Geelong, Australia. He played in bush bands in his youth, later played with Where’s Wolfgang and other bands. In 1985 he went on to form the iconic Australian folk/rock group Weddings Parties Anything.
Following the demise of WPA in 1999, Mick embarked on a solo career and eventually settled with a new band “The Sure Thing” which went through many different lineups. About this time he also started Croxton Records with friend Nick Corr.
Mick has written or co-written plays Over in the West and The Tank and is an accomplished music producer and engineer. He has been a mentor for many in the Australian music scene, especially in Melbourne. He is often rated with Paul Kelly as one of Australia’s greatest songwriters.
Wikipedia –

You Remind Me

1. Where does he meet the girl in the song?
2. Who does she remind him of?
3. What does the air hostess ask him?

The Cap My Grandpa Wore

1. Where is the narrator from?
2. What age did he leave his home country?
3. List as many of the items in the pub as you can manage.
4. Where exactly did these items come from?

Our Sunshine
1. Who is this song about?

A Short Time
2. Why is the narrator looking like a wag?
3. Does he know the girl well?
4. Where were the tears falling? What does this mean?