Your assessment is to consist of THREE elements.
1. Speech Due Week
9
You are to deliver a
2 – 3 minute speech to the class about one of the following topics.
v The Fall of
Singapore
v Bombing of
Darwin
v Attack on Sydney
v Aboriginal
Australian Soldiers
v US soldiers
in Australia
v Field Marshal
Thomas Blamey
v Kokoda Track
v Changi POW
Camp
v Battle of the
Coral Sea
v General Douglas
Macarthur
v Role of Women
in WW2
v Life on the
Homefront.
Please note, there is a limit of 3 students that are allowed to speak
about any given topic. This is to be negotiated with your teacher.
In this speech, you are to include the following elements:
Ø Details about
the event or person.
Ø Their importance
in the war.
Ø Their impact
on Australia and its people.
2. Learning Log (in an exercise book)
Due Week 10
As you are researching for your speech and writing the speech, you are compose
a learning log, which outlines:
Ø Where
you found your information.
Ø What
you learnt from the information.
Ø How useful
each source was, in terms of helping you understand the topic.
Ø How you
went about writing your speech, especially dealing with the source material and the structure of your speech.
3. Peer Assessment
Due Week 7
In
the same book as your learning log, you are to write an assessment of 3 speeches by other students. You are to assess:
- The quality of information
given in the speech
- The quality of the
speech.