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Journeys and Nationhood Exploration

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Journeys and Nationhood Exploration

📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice & Source Observation

Learning intention (Stage 2 & 3): I can identify a journey that shaped Australia by using a map, image or object as evidence. Success criteria: I can name the journey, identify the source I used, and describe one change or connection it shows.

1. What is the main purpose of using a map as a historical source?

To show locations and routes of journeys

To prove someone’s personal opinion

To explain modern technology

For entertainment only

2. Which journey connects northern Australia with islands in present-day Indonesia before European contact?

Macassan trepanging voyages

Captain Cook’s first voyage

Matthew Flinders’ circumnavigation

Federation convoy to Canberra

3. Check all items that are examples of historical evidence used to study journeys:

Maps showing routes or coastlines

Images or photographs of people and ships

Objects such as tools, anchors or instruments

Modern social media posts from today

4. When reading a map source, which question is NOT useful?

Who made the map?

When was the map made?

What does the map show?

What is the map’s favourite colour?

5. Source observation — read this short description and complete the stem.

Source A: A coastal map labelled "trepang trade" showing arrows between northern Australia and Sulawesi (Indonesia).

Use the sentence stem: This source shows ______ because ______.

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers — Explain a Journey

6. Name one journey from the lesson examples that shaped Australia (write the journey):
7. Using the source you chose, describe one change or connection it shows to Australia. Explain in 1–2 sentences.
8. How does this journey connect to nationhood, identity or change in Australia? (2–3 lines)
9. Self-assessment — Tick any statements that describe what you can do now:

I can name a journey that shaped Australia

I can use a source to explain a change or connection

I can explain how a journey links to nationhood or identity

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