Introduction

You and your team of time travellers have been teleported back in time to the early years of the Catholic Church in Australia. Your time travel device will allow you to step into the lives of early pioneers.

Your quest using the web is to retrieve information about the life and mission of

• Caroline Chisholm
• Mary MacKillop
• Fr James Dixon
• Archbishop Bede Polding.

Your mission is to locate important information about the work and life of key figures in the history of the Australian Church. You will have to prepare a time capsule that gives an insight into these people. You will need to present your time capsule on your return.

To fulfil the requirements of this quest you must:

• Meet with each of the pioneers though their websites, the Stories of Democracy CD ROM, or other related library resources
• Complete a timeline for each of the pioneers
• Write a newspaper article about one of the pioneers and the contribution they made to the Catholic Church in Australia
• Design and make a symbol to represent the life and mission of the person in your newspaper article.

To complete your quest you will be working in a team of 4 from your class.

The rubric for Assessment will show you what your teacher will be looking for on your return. Please keep referring to it throughout your quest.

Visiting the Pioneers

Use the internet links below to visit the pioneers:

Caroline Chisholm

http://www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/chisholm.htm

http://www.geocities.com/eschiva/chisholm.html

http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/sose/austhist/chisholm.htm

Mary MacKillop

http://www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/mackillo.htm

http://www.sosj.org.au/mary/index.html

Fr James Dixon

http://www.ceo.parra.catholic.edu.au/re/excur/cathed/stpatshistory.htm

Archbishop Bede Polding

http://www.goodsams.org.au/about_us/polding.htm

Bring 5 important facts back with you for each pioneer.

After meeting each pioneer, create a timeline which shows the key events in the life of each pioneer.

If you like you can use the CD ROM Stories of Democracy or related library resources for some of your information.

Exploring With the Pioneers

With your group, you will explore how one of the pioneers contributed to the life and faith of Australians at the time, and produce a newspaper article that documents this. This could take the form of "A Day in the Life of..." or "An Interview With..." or simply an article about the pioneer. You will take up one of the following roles:

Researcher

Use the above sites to locate information regarding their life and their mission.

Reporter

Use the information gathered by the researcher to write the newspaper article.

Illustrator

Create or locate appropriate illustrations to support the article.

Editor

Edits the written work and supports the other team members as they complete their tasks.

Leaving the Pioneers

You now have all the pieces of information for your quest. As a team, you need to prepare your time capsule. The focus of your time capsule will be the symbol you choose to design and make. You need to make the symbol in class and you may use any materials you like. The symbol will represent the life and mission of the person in your newspaper article.

The time capsule must be presented to the class. All team members must participate in some way in the presentation.

Describe to the learners how their performance will be evaluated. Specify whether there will be a common grade for group work vs. individual grades.

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Achieved 3	Working Beyond 4	Score
Task	The task is incomplete and/or it is clear that little effort went into the development of the task.	At least two areas of the task were not completed. The plan followed by the team demonstrated a moderate level of thought.	At least one area of the task was not completed. The plan by the team demonstrated a great deal of thought.	All areas of the task were completed and handled with a high degree of competency. The plan followed by the team demonstrated a great deal of thought.
Process: Teamwork	The final product is not the result of a collaborative effort. The group showed no evidence of collaboration.	The group had problems working together. Little ccllaboration occurred.	The group worked well together, but could have utilised each other's skills better.	It is evident that a mutual effort and cohesive group created the final product.
Process:   Originality	There was little evidence of any original ideas expressed.	The ideas expressed by the work demonstrate a low degree of originality.	The ideas expressed by the work are mostly original.	The ideas expressed by the work demonstrate a high degree of originality.
Content	The group does not have grasp of information and can answer a few questions about topic.	The group demonstrates basic knowledge and is only able to answer basic questions.	The group demonstrates good knowledge but fails to elaborate.	The group demonstrates full knowledge (more than required) with explanations and elaborations.
Presentation	Lack of confidence shown with no eye contact and poor posture. Pace was too fast or slow. Read from notes with evidence of no rehearsal. No interest from audience.	Little confidence shown with very little eye contact. Pace was too fast or slow. Too much reliance on notes at times. Audience's interest was sparked once or twice.	Good presentation with some eye contact and good posture. Presentation flowed freely with little evidence of rehearsal. Lot of interest from most of class.	Confident presentation with good eye contact and posture. Presentation flowed smoothly with evidence of rehearsal. Whole class showed lots of interest.

Now that you have returned, We hope that you understand and appreciate some of the significant pioneers and events that have shaped the identity and growth of the Catholic community in Australia.

Credits & References

Sharing Our Story Unit 36C4 The Story of the Catholic Church in Australia

CD ROM, Stories of Democracy, Curriculum Corporation

Dixon of Botany Bay: The Convict Priest from Wexford, Vivienne Keely CHF

The Australian Church Story, Bruce McClish

Microsoft Education guide to Creating a Timeline in Microsoft Excel.