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First Fleet Storyboard
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First Fleet Storyboard
📚 Part 1: Quick check — Sources & facts
1. In which year did the First Fleet arrive in Australia?
1786
1788
1801
2. Check all reasons Britain sent the First Fleet:
Overcrowded prisons in Britain
Loss of American colonies as a destination
To establish a penal colony and expand empire
To create a new independent Australian nation
3. Match the event (left) with the correct date/place (right).
A. First Fleet departs England
B. Fleet arrives at Botany Bay
C. Settlement established at Port Jackson
13/05/1787
18/01/1788
26/01/1788
✏️ Part 2: Short answers & source thinking
4. In one sentence, name one cause and one effect of the First Fleet's arrival.
5. Identify one primary source you could use for a panel about first contact. State its origin and purpose in one sentence (who made it, when, why).
6. Describe one example of continuity for Aboriginal peoples after 1788 and one example of change caused by settlement (one sentence each).
🎨 Part 3: Create your 6‑panel storyboard
Draw each panel, write a brief caption, list one cause or effect, and name a source (primary or secondary) that supports the panel.
Panel 1 — Departure (draw)
Caption: _________ Cause/Effect: _________ Source: _________
Panel 2 — Journey to Australia (draw)
Caption: _________ Cause/Effect: _________ Source: _________
Panel 3 — Arrival at Botany Bay (draw)
Caption: _________ Cause/Effect: _________ Source: _________
Panel 4 — Moving to Port Jackson / First meetings (draw)
Caption: _________ Cause/Effect: _________ Source: _________
Panel 5 — First contact perspectives (draw people and symbols)
Caption: _________ Cause/Effect: _________ Source: _________
Panel 6 — Continuity & change (show ongoing Aboriginal life and new colonial changes)
Caption: _________ Cause/Effect: _________ Source: _________
When you finish, be ready to explain: Which panel used a primary source and why that source is useful?
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