11-21/11-22 2006 Convicts!

Lesson:
We turned in our strong paragraph argument.
Went over convict history. If you were absent you will want to answer these questions ont he web. Good sites are:
wikipedia.org
http://www.convictcentral.com/
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/convicts/


Questions:

1. What caused England to send convicts to the US and Australia?
2. Why was convict transportation so awful?
3. What types of jobs did convicts do when they got there?
4. What age were most of the convicts?
5. How many women were there and what did they do?
6. What was convict life like?
7. Three of the worst prisons were Macquerie Harbor, Norfolk Prison, and Port Arthur. Why were they so bad?
8. What is a ticket of leave?
9. Who were drovers? What did they do?

Bush Ballads
A poem in verse form that tells a story about life in the bush.

These poems were often sung in bars and around campfires.

One of the most famous of these is Waltzing Matilda by Banjo Patterson.

Go to this link to take a look at it.

http://www.nla.gov.au/epubs/waltzingmatilda/

Now it's your turn.
with what you have learned about drovers and convicts, write your own bush ballad to the tune of any song of your choice. It should have about 3 verses and a chorus and tie into what you have learned

If you are absent, before next class stop by my room to pick up a copy of Absalom Days Promotion and the study guide that accompanies it. I can't put it up electronically.



HMWK: Read Absalom Day's Promotion. Complete the study guide.
Quiz next class on the reading.