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SYLLABUS: HISTORY STAGES 4-5 [STAGE 5 MANDATORY]

TOPIC 3: AUSTRALIA BETWEEN THE WARS

AREA OF STUDY: THE DEPRESSION

INQUIRY QUESTION: HOW DID GOVERNMENTS RESPOND TO THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE DEPRESSION?

OUTCOMES AND INDICATORS
LEARNING EXPERIENCE (ACTIVITY)
M5.5: recounts some of the key events and developments in Australian political history.

Recount the reasons outlined in the Background briefing for why Jack Lang was dismissed.

     
M5.6: explains political events and evaluates their impact on civic life in Australia

Read the Letters to the Editor. Write a letter of your own stating your point of view on this issue. Who do you support? Game or Lang? Why?

 

Have Your Say. Should Lang have been dismissed? After reading all the information provided in Background briefing do you believe Jack Lang should have been dismissed?

 

Complete the timeline of events leading to Jack Lang's dismissal.

 

Use the overview and completed timeline to write a recount of the reasons given for Jack Lang's dismissal

 

Read the opinions presented in the newspaper reports in the Media section and Popular opinion.
Write a letter of your own stating your point of view on this issue. Who do you support? Game or Lang? Why?