[Year 4] Unit 4 - Back in Time - Convict Conversations: The First Fleet and Convicts

Child Convicts of Australia - Escape and Punishment (Museums of History NSW) - YouTube video (NOTE: teacher/parental guidance recommended). 

Beth: The Story of a Child Convict by Mark Wilson - Online Book (PDF Document). 

The Danger Zone: Avoid being a Convict Sent to Australia by Meredith Costain and David Antram (illustrator) - Online Book (PDF Document). 

Eliza Bird: Child Convict by Kerrie Lane and Rachel Tonkin (illustrator) - Online Book (PDF Document). 

The Little Wooden Horse by Mark Wilson - Online Book (PDF Document). 

Colonising Australia Booklet and Assessment Task Instructions - PDF Document. 

Visit the Convict Sydney Website - Sydney Living Museums -  Explore Sydney's convict history in-depth with the Museums of History New South Wales.

• Convict Sydney (Museums of History NSW). 
• First Fleet Ships (Museums of History NSW). 
• Convicts Part 1: 1788-1815 - The Convicts' Colony (Museums of History NSW). 
• Convicts Part 2: 1855-1822 - For the Civic Good (Museums of History NSW). 
• Convicts Part 3: 1822-1826 - Back to Business (Museums of History NSW). 
• Convicts Part 4: 1826-1837 - A World of Pain (Museums of History NSW). 
• Convicts Part 5: 1837-1848 - The Turning Tide (Museums of History NSW). 

The Convict Experience (State Library of NSW) - includes primary sources (Teacher/Parent resource). 

Why were convicts transported to Australia? (Museums of History NSW) - Unit Lessons. 

Digital Classroom - Year 4: Early Explorers (National Library of Australia).

Digital Classroom - Year 4: Endeavour Voyage (National Library of Australia).

Digital Classroom - Year 4: First Fleet (National Library of Australia). 

Australia's Defining Moments Digital Classroom - Exile or opportunity? (National Museum of Australia). 

Australia's Defining Moments Digital Classroom - Convict Punishment (National Museum of Australia). 

Australia's Defining Moments Digital Classroom - A prison continent (National Museum of Australia). 

Australia's Defining Moments Digital Classroom Learning Module: Convicts sent to Australia: 'When prisoners walked the land' (National Museum of Australia).