This worksheet has been created to support Lesson 5 of The Era of Exploration unit plan. Students create a convict diary entry to demonstrate their understanding of what life would have been like for a convict in Britain in the late 1700s.
The causes of the establishment of the first British colony in Australia in 1788
The journey(s) of AT LEAST ONE world navigator, explorer or trader up to the late eighteenth century, including their contacts with other societies and any impacts
The journey(s) of a significant world navigator, explorer or trader up to the late eighteenth century, including their contacts with and effects on other societies
Identify and explain the causes and effects of European settlement and exploration
Sequence significant events in chronological order to create a narrative about one navigator, explorer or trader and Australian settlement