Interview with an Older Community Member Workbook Pages: 69 – 71 Topic Focus The students will collect information about their community through direct and indirect experiences. Keywords
r o e t s Bo r e p ok u S dairy, interview, district, power, freeway, government • The following websites are recommended: Teacher Internet Family History Association of Australia http://ozgenie.bizland.com/
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To find out information about the history of your local community, log onto HistoryAustralia.org.au. This site is the registered domain name of the Internet Family History Association of Australia (IFHAA). The IFHAA is a non-profit, Internetbased family history society and membership is free and open to any researcher with an interest in Australian Family and Local History. The IFHAA pages are a collection of genealogy resources including mailing lists, message boards and member contributions relating to many aspects of researching Australian local and family history.
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Activity – Pages 69 – 71
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Introductory Discussion
Do you think your community has changed very much over the last hundred years? How could you find out about the ways things have changed during that time? Do you think there will be much change over the next hundred years?
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Break the students into pairs. Have them read through the interview orally, each partner choosing to be either the reporter or Mrs Cameron. Still in pairs, allow the students to complete questions 1 – 7. Discuss Mrs Cameron’s last line in the interview. Why would she be wishing things were like the old days? Are there things about your community you wish had not changed? Are there things that have changed since you were a small child? Would you prefer them to have stayed the same? Are all changes good changes? Allow the students to write their opinion to answer question 8.
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