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Pre-Visit Activities
Pre-Visit Activities
Prior to your visit to Sovereign Hill Costumed Schools, we strongly recommend that your students:
view Bound for the Colonies
complete and submit a character profile
Bound for the Colonies
Bound for the Colonies
Bound for the Colonies explains two families' experiences traveling from England to Australia on board the Marco Polo. This, along with a subsequent discussion led by the class teacher, allows students the opportunity to learn about life on board a ship as seen through the eyes of children as well as the difference between social classes. It allows students the opportunity to know about life prior to arriving at the gold fields.
Reading and/or viewing Bound for the Colonies will support students in developing their character profiles.
Please note: Bound for the Colonies is available on YouTube or as a PowerPoint (see below). Our thanks go to the the author, Colleen Fawkes Ryan, for her support of our program.
Bound for the Colonies.pdfCharacter Profiles
Character Profiles
Role play is an essential component of the Costumed School experience. When in costume, students become a living exhibit of Sovereign Hill Museum and therefore must play the part of a child on the diggings.
Students are encouraged to think about the character they will be portraying by completing a Character Profile. This is best completed reading/watching Bound for the Colonies and active involvement in the subsequent class discussion and explicit teaching.
When completing the character profile, students must take into consideration the Sovereign Hill Costumed School that they will be attending and note the appropriate country of origin, social class and parent employment. Some students may require support to complete this activity.
The class character profiles are to be emailed to Sovereign Hill School one week prior to the Costumed School program: sovereign.hill.sch@education.vic.gov.au
For ease of access, character sheets are best sent in one Word document or as one PDF for each separate Costumed School. Please do not send sheets as a Zip file, as individual documents or as Google Docs.
Character Profile 2025.pdf
Social Stories
Social Stories
Sovereign Hill Museum Association has created social stories to support students with additional needs.
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