The Last Lighthouse Keeper
– Knowledge Hunt
Teacher Plan
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by Marianne Watson |
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Knowledge Hunt ·
Web Quest
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This Knowledge Hunt focuses on the question of 'What effect would the
automation of lighthouses have had on people?' Using Tasmanian
lighthouses as a basis, students find out about lighthouses, their use and
role in the past and today, and about the lifestyle of Lighthouse Keepers.
Students explore the effect of government decision-making on a range of people
associated with lighthouses. NB - this Knowledge Hunt may be used as an
introduction to a Web Quest of the
same name.
REQUEST:
If you use this Knowledge Hunt with your class, could you please complete the
Reflections Sheet? The
feedback provided will assist me to fine-tune the unit. Thank you.
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Standards: |
3 and
4 |
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Year Levels: |
5 to
8 |
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Focus Essentials: |
World
Futures
(Understanding systems) |
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Key Element Outcome: |
Understands that the
social, natural and constructed world is made up of a complex web of
relationships or systems. |
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Standard Descriptions: |
Standard 3
Understands causal
relationships in systems, including some of their effects on Tasmanian
people and their environment.
Standard 4
Understands the interdependency of systems and their function within local
and national communities. |
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Supporting Essentials: |
Social Responsibility (Understanding the past and creating
preferred futures)
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Overarching Understanding Goals or Throughlines: |
Students will understand changes over time in relation to a unique facet
of Tasmania's past and present.
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Unit
Long Understanding Goals: |
Why
were lighthouses built?
Students will understand issues associated
with safety at sea.
What
similarities and differences do lighthouses have?
Students will understand the relationship
between available building materials, the local environment and the
resulting built structures.
How did
the lighthouses actually work when they were first built and how do they
work now?
Students will understand changes in
technology over time in relation to beacons.
What roles did lighthouses play in the past
and what are they being used for now?
Students will understand changes in technology over time
in relation to safety at sea and communication over long distances.
How did
the Lighthouse Keepers and their families live?
Students will understand a unique lifestyle
from the past.
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Knowledge Hunt can be completed alone or as an introduction to the
Web
Quest of the same name.
Before starting work with a class, the teacher should
print out the PDF
map
of Tasmanian lighthouses and circle the following (as there is little or no
information on the internet about other Tasmanian lighthouses):
The Knowledge Hunt may be
completed individually, in pairs or in small groups.
After pairing or grouping the students as necessary, the teacher hands
out copies of the map from which each student, pair or group to choose two of
the circled lighthouses to research.
Before beginning the
Knowledge Hunt, the
teacher invites students to talk about what they already know about Tasmanian
lighthouses. This is recorded as
dot points to form a ‘What the class knows’ column within the
KWL
(What I Know, What I Want to Know, What I have Learnt)
strategy.
After
the
introduction
to the Knowledge Hunt The Last Lighthouse Keeper is read to the class, students
think about the lighthouses they have chosen and complete the ‘What I/my
partner and I/my group want/s to know’ column of the KWL.
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Students
answer the Knowledge Hunt questions
as well as their own questions using the
web
resources provided. The ‘What I Have Learnt’ column of the KWL is then
completed individually.
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Assess
individual students' ability to work within the KWL structure.
Students will:
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show understanding of the structure
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generate a range of statements
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formulate appropriate questions
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explain and give reasons for their choices
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Students assess their own work using the
rubric within the Knowledge Hunt.
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Use
a
community
of inquiry to explore the
big
question of What effect would the automation of lighthouses have had
on people? The people concerned should be identified as part of
the process, eg Lighthouse Keepers and their families, people working to
supply the lighthouses, sailors.
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Assess students' community of inquiry.
Students will:
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engage in dialogue
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give a variety of responses
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withhold judgments
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explain their reasoning
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accept differing points of view
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make hypotheses
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evaluate suggestions
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be open to changing their opinion
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Map - Tasmania's Lighthouses
- Showing the location of all lighthouses in Tasmania.
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Tasmanian Lighthouses
- Photographs and information about each lighthouse, including its history, keepers and access. Links to more detailed stories about each lighthouse are at the bottom of the page.
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Shipwrecks and Safe Havens
- King Island's lighthouses (at Cape Wickham and Currie) and 7 shipwrecks.
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Drawings and Plans of Tasmanian Lighthouses
- View online copies of the originals, from the collection held by the National Archives of Australia.
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How Lighthouses Work
- Everything you need to know, from the Lighthouse Society of Great Britain.
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- Tasmanian Images 1
- Search the State Library's image collection for "lighthouse", "Eddystone", "Maatsuyker".
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Tasmanian Images 2
- Search the image collection of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
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Being a Lighthouse Kid
- John Kernot describes his childhood on 2 lighthouses in Bass Strait, Cliffy Island and Deal Island during the 1940's and 50's. Click on the title to access the story.
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Deal Island Lightstation Map
- From a 2003 report, this detailed map of Deal Island clearly shows where the lighthouse & residential buildings are located.
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Created by Marianne Watson
LABQuest
E-mail: Marianne.Watson@education.tas.gov.au
Website:
www.maritimetas.org/schools.htm |