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YEAR 9 HISTORY ASSESSMENT TASK: MOVEMENT OF PEOPLES
Your assessment task for Year 9 History is a biographical activity. You will need to research a well-known Australian
from colonial times and develop the following activities:
Part 1: A FACEBOOK PROFILE, which reflects certain aspects of the person’s character, experience and context.
You will be given a powerpoint template to complete for this activity.
(50 marks)
Part 2: An ANALYSIS of the choices you made when completing the Facebook template for your historical
person. You will explain and justify these choices.
(40 marks)
Part 3: An ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY in which you list the websites and consider the reliability and
trustworthiness of each website.
(10 marks)
A model Facebook profile for John F. Kennedy (assassinated US President) will be utilised in the following instructional
section for Part 1, in order that you may more clearly understand task requirements. This is found at the back of this
booklet. Follow the instructions of your teacher within this guideline.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR PART 1: FACEBOOK PROFILE
1. Download the ppt file that has the Facebook Profile template on it. This may be found on the school website.
2. DUPLICATE THE FILE as you will actually be writing over the text that is already in the template. Your final
document will be completed on the duplicate document not the original file as this is a back-up copy for you
should you need it.
3. Familiarise yourself with the sections you will be completing on the Facebook page.
4. Choose a character from the following list: Mary Reibey, John Macarthur, Elizabeth Macarthur or Francis
Greenway.
5. Research ONLY from the websites you will find located at the end of this section. If you wish to research
beyond these websites you must seek permission from your teacher and include the reference in your
bibliography. You are being assessed on how honestly you use sources of information. Plagiarism will be
punished.
6. As you read about your character, record information, which helps you to complete the sections of their
Facebook profile.
7. Complete the following sections of your Facebook profile for your historical person. You will be typing over
the John F. Kennedy example - your teacher will model this for you. Make sure that you duplicate the
original template so that you have a backup copy should anything go wrong. Typing OVER the existing
example will ensure that the general layout of the page remains the same. This is excellent practice for
presenting PowerPoint presentations, as you must use text boxes, which you will size and, usually, re-size, to
suit your needs. BUT REMEMBER, DUPLICATE THE PPT FILE FIRST AND THEN TYPE OVER IT. The required
sections are listed below by page number.
PAGE 1 OF THE PROFILE PAGE - TYPE ONTO YOUR DUPLICATE DOCUMENT.
(a) Change the name of the person located in the top tab in the blue bar at the top as well as in the main
text box underneath and on the left under the profile picture. Just place your cursor over the text and
replace with the appropriate name.
(b) Change the profile picture – this will probably be a painting, sketch or drawing as there were no cameras
around at this time. To insert a new picture firstly select the picture you want from your research and
perhaps store it on your desktop. Then click on the existing profile picture and insert the selected picture
of your historical person. For most computers when you right click as you hover over the picture there is a
command that says ‘Change Picture’. Use that command.
(c) Change main area of residence at the time this Facebook profile is occurring. If your person has moved
around, you may wish to include previous residences.
(d) Change date of birth – or include nearest approximation to when they were born if you cannot determine
exact date.
(e) Change the Religion / Belief system – what did they believe in? Did they have a particular religion or
belief system?
(f) Change the Hometown – where were they born?
NB You will have to change the information for elements c-g on pages 1 AND 2 of the template – not just
the first page.
(g) Change the 5 Friends pictures and names following the same method outlined above. Think about who
their friends would have been, and include the names and profile pictures for 5 friends. Think carefully
as you will need to reflect on why these people are their friends in the Analysis Section. Remember, there
may also be some people who are more like associates rather than close friends. Therefore, if you were
to use these associates to reply to posts, they may express a tension because theirs is a potentially
strained relationship. Look at the LBJ reply to JFK’s post to see an example. Feel free to experiment with
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posting from different perspectives in part (i) but do so in a thoughtful manner. This shows that you
have been researching a range of potential historical responses to events that have occurred.
(h) Change the posts. You must have at least 6 dated posts as this reveals events and responses happening
over time. You must also include one pending status update in the “Write something” box next to the
profile picture. Use your research carefully to demonstrate a sense of change over time and how your
person is responding to these events. Again, please note that in the Analysis Section you will need to
analyse why you chose these particular events in the life of your person.
NB. Try to use the “voice” of your historical person – no 21st century jargon, colloquialisms etc. You will
need to show that you have some sense of how the way people spoke in the past may be different to
your own experience.
(i) Change the replies to include at least 4 replies to these posts. Be careful that these shed further light on
the nature of the relationship with the friend replying. (How well you perform in this element will depend
upon how well you understand why your historical person has particular people as friends and why such
friends would reply in this particular way. Again, remember, you will be asked to analyse and justify your
choice of replies later.)
PAGE 2 OF THE PROFILE PAGE
(j) Change Basic Information – most information here will transfer across from the general information on
Page 1 but Relationship Status is also required.
(k) Change Personal Information. For Activities list a few of the key things that your person has gotten up
to so far in their life. For Interests, you may need to “read between the lines” of your research. As much
as possible, think about what a person like yours may have been interested in given their gender, social
class, occupation, environment etc. For Favourite Food think about what foods would have been
available to them based on their social class as well as the food that would have been available in
colonial times. Obviously something like Ben and Jerry’s icecream would not have been an option!
(l) Change Contact Information to update where they now are. Obviously phones were unheard of at this
point so just include likely address.
(m) Change images and titles on the photo albums in the bottom left corner. Consider including images and
titles of a location relevant to events being discussed.
PAGE 3 OF THE PROFILE PAGE
(n) Change the name of your person in the “Photos of JFK” section.
(o) Choose 5 photos that are relevant and show something important about your historical person. NB: You
will need to explain and justify your choice of photos in the Analysis Section so choose carefully. Please
also note that you may look outside the listed websites for images if you read about them but an image
of them is not included in the website. However, you will have to list this in your Bibliography. Options for
photos could include photos of particular objects associated with your person; photos of particular
people or locations that are significant to the person; and documents, posters, maps could also all be
used if they have particular relevance to the person.
PAGES 4 & 5 OF THE PROFILE PAGE
(p) Using the text boxes on these pages list significant events in your person’s life. You may not know exact
months or, sometimes years, but in such cases, try to make an educated guess based on your research.
This timeline should reflect the posts and replies that you made on Page 1 of the Facebook profile. Make
sure you choose carefully as these events should be significant to the person because they had some
effect on the person, their decisions and the way their life developed.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR PART 2: ANALYSIS OF FACEBOOK PROFILE
(a)
Explain why you have selected THREE of the five people listed as Friends. In your answer explain their
relationship with your historical person, demonstrating an understanding of how they could have been
influential in the life of your historical person.
(b)
Explain what FOUR posts and FOUR replies are about. These should be linked to the timeline you have
developed on pages 4-5 of your Facebook Profile. As you explain, explain why your historical person
responded in such a way. You could refer to the additional information you’ve supplied on pages 1 - 5 as a
way of understanding this person, their character, motives and beliefs etc. Your explanation of the replies to
the posts should discuss something about the nature of the relationship between your historical person and
the Friend who replied.
(c)
Choose THREE photos that you consider to be the most important photos for your historical person.
Explain, in detail, why EACH photo in the three you have selected was important. What does it reveal about
the person? Why is it significant? Again, use elements from the rest of your Facebook Profile to justify your
choices. You are aiming to show a deep understanding of your character.
To assist you with the layout of your analysis a scaffold is provided.
ANALYSIS OF FACEBOOK PROFILE
(a)
ANALYSIS OF 3 FRIENDS
Friend # 1 - State name. Compose 2 - 3 sentences explaining the connections between this Friend and your
historical person. Include a comment on whether it was a close friendship, acquaintance, loose association
etc. and the type of influence this Friend would have had in the life of your historical person. Use additional
information in the FB profile to assist your analysis.
EXAMPLE: Lyndon Baines Johnson and John Fitzgerald Kennedy were political allies but there was some tension between them. They had both
battled for the Presidential nomination in 1960 but JFK had won and although he asked LBJ to be his Vice-President, many people felt that LBJ,
who had had a successful career in politics for many years, resented JFK’s inexperience and superior appointment. However, he did support
many of JFK’s policies and when JFK was assassinated, completed his term as President.
(b)
ANALYSIS OF 4 POSTS and 4 REPLIES
Post # 1 (start with the earliest post at the bottom) For each post give the date. What is the post about?
What event is it referring to and how does your historical person seem to feel and think about this event?
Why do they respond in such a way? Use additional information in the FB profile to assist your analysis.
If there was a reply to this post, explain what it was about and how this reflected the relationship that your
historical person had with the person replying. Use additional information in the FB profile to assist your
analysis.
EXAMPLE: The post that is dated April 17th 1961 refers to the invasion of the Bay of Pigs in Cuba on the 17th April 1961 when the US government
attempted to overthrow the Cuban communist leader Castro. As President, JFK oversaw this mission, a natural extension of many of the
command positions he took as a naval officer commanding a PT boat. Castro actually repelled the invasion and many people involved in the
attack were killed or gaoled in Cuba. This explains JFK’s somewhat ironic comment that Castro could become a “major thorn in the side of the
US.” The USA saw communism as a major threat and believed that communism must not spread but many countries saw communism as the
way forward. The battle between capitalism and communism was called “The Cold War.” LBJ’s reply to JFK’s post reinforces that the US
government took communism seriously. They feared its advance across the world. On a personal level, LBJ’s somewhat sarcastic response “You
think?!” reinforces that LBJ resented JFK’s inexperience, despite the fact that he did support anti-communism policies.
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(c)
ANALYSIS OF 3 PHOTOS
Photo # ____ Include description of what the photo shows and, if known, when the event happened or the
object was made etc. Explain why this is a significant photo – what does the photo reveal about your
historical person. If we are to truly understand your historical person why is this photo so important? Use
additional information in the FB profile to assist your analysis.
EXAMPLE: Photo # 3 is the Inauguration of JFK – he is being sworn in as President. The ceremony demonstrates the importance of such an event
and would have represented a high point in JFK’s life as he had been working towards this for a long time. The timeline reveals how he had
gradually climbed the ladder of US politics from his election to Congress in 1946 and to the Senate in 1952. His wife and members of the
Kennedy family surround him. It is worth noting that although his religion was Catholic and many presidents had been Protestants up until
then, this religious difference was not enough to exclude him from government. The dominance of male Anglo-Celtic/Saxon politicians
reinforces that this was a time of “white-male politics”. Jackie Kennedy was known more for her fashions than her political views.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR BIBLIOGRAPHY
For your Bibliography you will need to list the websites you used and briefly annotate each site for its usefulness and
credibility. This means that you will provide a brief explanation of how you used the information from each website
in your assignment. But you will also explain why the website may, or my not be completely reliable or trustworthy.
An entry may look like this:
President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address (1961) http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=91
This website was helpful because it provided some of the key aspects of the text of Kennedy’s first address as President revealing his passion
and determination. But it also provided an image of the speech that I used in my ‘Photos’ section. This site is reliable as it is maintained by the
United States Government as a public record and as such, it contains a range of public documents included for the historical record. As the
speech is well known, the content of the speech may be verified be cross-referencing with other sites, therefore reinforcing the credibility of the
site.
NB: If you use any websites that are NOT on the resource list you must also include them in your Bibliography along
with an evaluation of their reliability. Make sure you have received your teacher’s permission to add additional
websites.
RESOURCES
If you use other websites for images for your Facebook Profile you MUST include these in your bibliography.
MARY REIBEY
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/reibey-mary-2583
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/digital-gallery/women-in-the-records/mary-reibey/mary-reibey
http://www.reibeyinstitute.org.au/about/mary-reibey/
http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/convict-women-in-port-jackson
https://scratchingsydneyssurface.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/8-february-2013-mary-reibey/
http://www.australiaonnet.com/about-australia/famous-australians/mary-reiby.html
http://womenintheblack.com.au/mary-reibey-one-of-australias-first-female-entrepreneurs/
http://banknotes.rba.gov.au/assets/pdf/biographies/mary-reibey.pdf
JOHN MACARTHUR
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/macarthur-john-2390
http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/MacarthurElizabethandJohn
http://www.camdenparkhouse.com.au/john-macarthur.htm
http://www.belgennyfarm.com.au/about_belgenny
http://mcnamarafamily.id.au/album/macarthur_john.html
http://www.myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1800/decade_landing_20.html?tabRank=4&subTabRank=3
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1302011h.html
http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/macarthurs-and-the-merino-sheep
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ELIZABETH MACARTHUR
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/macarthur-elizabeth-2387
http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/MacarthurElizabethandJohn
http://www.camdenparkhouse.com.au/john-macarthur.htm
http://www.belgennyfarm.com.au/about_belgenny
http://www.australianstamp.com/coin-web/feature/history/macarth1.htm
http://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/elizabeth-farm
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1302011h.html
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/22789120
FRANCIS GREENWAY
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/greenway-francis-2120
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/macquarie/greenway/
http://www.hdhs.com.au/Our-Health-Service/About-HDHS/significant-areas/Francis-Greenway
http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/francis-greenway-convict-architect-in.html
http://australian_biography.academic.ru/388/GREENWAY,_Francis_Howard_(c._1777-1837)
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Greenway-131
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/macquarie/greenway/bigge.html
http://www.daao.org.au/bio/francis-howard-greenway/biography/
FAKEBOOK for a gallery of “Fakebook” profiles that other students have completed. Note that these vary greatly in
quality so make sure you follow the requirements outlined in THIS assessment task! It is clear that the students in
the Fakebook gallery are completing a different assessment task from another school so do not copy their work.
However what they have completed may offer some inspiration for how to organised your ideas into particular
sections on your historical figure’s Facebook profile. For example, consider how some students have utilised the
“friends” facility and used different friends’ posts to also reveal information about the historical figure.
http://www.classtools.net/main_area/fakebook/gallery/
Websites that gives advice about how to assess the reliability of a website.
http://journalism.about.com/od/reporting/a/Eight-Ways-To-Tell-If-A-Website-Is-Reliable.htm
https://www.edb.utexas.edu/petrosino/Legacy_Cycle/mf_jm/Challenge%201/website%20reliable.pdf
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FACEBOOK PROFILE EXAMPLE