Learning resources
Resources for teachers and students are listed below, including links to PDFs, web pages, interactives and videos.
These syllabus-linked resources complement a museum visit by providing pre-visit and post-visit information and activities. Please note that certain resources were produced for use in conjunction with visits to past exhibitions.
PROGRAMS
Pre and post visit materials
Childsplay (PDF) at Vaucluse House
Rats: Convict tales (PDF) at Hyde Park Barracks Museum
Archaeology: From dig to display (Student Workbook: PDF) at Museum of Sydney
Archaeology: From dig to display (Sources & Activities: PDF) at Museum of Sydney
Home front: wartime Sydney 1939-45 at Museum of Sydney
ONLINE RESOURCES
CLIC resources
A Convict Story: CLIC interactive
Exhibition development: CLIC resource
HHT resources
A convict started a fire (Video)
A convict without socks (Video)
A day in the life of a convict
Why were convicts transported to Australia?
VIDEOCONFERENCING
A convict story videoconferencing program
EXHIBITION-RELATED RESOURCES
Bridging Sydney (PDF) at Museum of SydneyBuilt for the Bush: the green architecture of rural Australia Travelling exhibition
Home front: wartime Sydney 1939-45 - Commemorating war service: walking tour
Home front: wartime Sydney 1939-45 - Peace and the commemoration of war: video
Martin Sharp Sydney Artist (PDF) at Museum of Sydney
Skint! Making do in the Great Depression (PDF) at Museum of Sydney