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 * __Resource 4__ **

media type="youtube" key="28kOFY4hk54" height="315" width="420"  **__Description of Resource:__**

When Captain Arthur Phillip brought the 11 ships of the First Fleet into Sydney Cove he set up Australias first settlement at what is now called The Rocks in Sydney. He brought with him 759 convicts and 200 soldiers to guard them. So began the harsh job of creating a new country that is now one of the best places on earth to live. When you consider Australia's convict heritage, the harsh and cruel conditions the first settlers suffered, the ignoble history of contact with the indigenous people and the fact that it's population has come from almost every country in the world, it is amazing that today Australia is one of the safest, most law abiding, liberal and free country's on earth. A paradise rich in mineral resources and economic opportunity. And it all started at the Rocks. ESTV take you on a tour of the Rocks area of downtown Sydney. Tourist area, cultural centre and home to restaurants and pubs opposite the famous Opera House and nestled below the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

 **__Relevance to Outcome:__**

Contained in our unit of work, the key learning areas of English and Human Society and Its Environments are inherently linked and students will be expected to plan and create a multimodel text which will be used to show the strategies for the care of a heritage site. In order to maximize learning it is important that there is significant integration across the KLA’s. As this video would not be view until before starting their own multimodel text, it would provide not only inspiration while also giving a frame of reference for how their text may look. The multimodal text that students are expected to create in groups as part of this unit is video be the culmination of research and planning into the future care of a heritage site (BOSNSW HSIE, 2007, p.20). The “//A Touch of History//” video article by ESTV would be a good example as a starting point for students while giving them more valuable insights into the area. Students would be given the opportunity to engage with this form of media and subsequently explore both the context and elements before embarking on their own project.

 **__Aspect of Literacy to be Explored:__**

The video constructed by ESTV uses a variety of visual literacy techniques to convey the information about The Rocks area. The video uses a number of visuals edited together with music along with spoken verbal text. While it would be important for students to focus on the different aspects to the visuals such as the buildings shown it would also be important for them to note the information that is being provided through the spoken text. Students may even wish to write down the information they hear that may or may not assist their previously written exposition. The resource will ultimately be important for students when they create their own multimodal text as they will be able to use this particular video as a benchmark for how they may wish to change in order to suit their own particular heritage site.

 __References:__

NSW Board of Studies (2007). K-6 Human Society and Its Environment Syllabus. Sydney

NSW Board of Studies. (2007). K-6 English Syllabus. Sydney