Goldfields - Ages: 8 - 15

Short Description

Develop reading and language skills while exploring life on the Australian goldfields.

Description

An historical simulation that allows students to explore the possibilities of life on the goldfields of nineteenth century Australia, as well as developing reading and language skills. They can choose to run a freight business, work in a pub or a market garden, become a nurse, doctor, councillor, criminal - or even a miner!ÊThe flexibility of the simulation allows the player's success to be entirely dependent on his or her ingenuity and persistence, as was the case in real life. (Courageous diggers might even find Muir's Marvel, an enormous nugget which can be found only if they survive floods and landslides.)ÊStudents can print certificates of achievement at the end of each year on the goldfields. Included in the package are black-line masters and the "Goldfields Journal", a re-creation of the pamphlets which offered advice on every aspect of goldfields life. Teachers will find the "Goldfields Journal" to be rich in resources, while students will need it to gain full knowledge of the tricks and techniques of gold mining, travelling and surviving in a hostile but exciting environment.

Publisher

Jacaranda

Subject area

Word Processors

Product	Format	Licence	Price	Add to cart
Goldfields	Mac Win CD	Single	$104.5
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