and the School of Education
Co-constructions of the past: Engaging generation
NOW with the Defence of Darwin
Food for Thought
Charles Darwin University
7 October 2012
Alicia Boyle, The Northern Institute
Janice Crerar, Greg Smith and Sue Smith, School of Education

and the School of Education
Presentation outline
• Project background and aims
• Project approach
• Relationship to the Australian Curriculum
• Inquiry Based Learning
• Scenario Based Learning
• Problem based curriculum, differentiation and
intellectual quality
• Interactive Web Quest - ‘What’s in a name?’

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Project background and aims (1)
• In July 2008 the Chief Minister announced an $11.5 million
initiative to commemorate the role of the Territory in World
War II.
• The DDE facility was developed to form part of World War
II Precinct at East Point with the Darwin Military Museum
and provides links to a distributed digital experience,
using the DDE website and smartphone applications,
encouraging people to visit the WWII heritage sites in
Darwin and beyond.
• The DDE facility focuses on the Defence of Darwin and is
limited to the chronological period 1932-1945, covering
the build-up of military defences and infrastructure in
Darwin to the war’s conclusion.
• The facility officially opened on the 19th February, 2012

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Project background and aims (2)
• Create an education package targeting primary, middle and
high school students that will complement the Defence of
Darwin Experience (DDE), both the permanent exhibitions as
well as the distributed heritage sites featured in the
smartphone application.
• Teacher’s guide to sites and planning a visit
• Teacher’s notes
• Student activities
• Recommended resources
• The resulting material must indicate age groups, subject
areas and links to the Australian Curriculum

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Project approach (1)
• Collaborative team
• CDU – Project Manager and 3 Teacher/Teacher Educators
• Museums and Art Galleries of the NT – DDE Curator
• NT DET – Curriculum and Phases of Learning
• Social Educators Association of the NT
• 20 NT Teachers
• Visited the facility and mapped the key content to relevant Year
Levels in the Australian Curriculum
• Developed templates, iconography, mapped the hard drive
location of over 2000 images and 500 text items
• Divided up Activity development according to areas of interest
• Mapped Activities to the Australian Curriculum V3

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Project approach (2)

and the School of Education
Relationship to the Australian
Curriculum

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Inquiry Based Learning

and the School of Education
Scenario Based Learning

and the School of Education
Scenario Based Learning

and the School of Education
Scenario Based Learning

and the School of Education
Scenario Based Learning

and the School of Education
Problem based curriculum,
differentiation and intellectual quality

and the School of Education
Interactive Web Quest
‘What’s in a name?’
• Working in groups or on your own go to:
http://www.defenceofdarwin.nt.gov.au/
• Choose ‘Education’ from the left hand side menu
Choose Activities ‘Upper Primary’
• Scroll down to the ‘What’s in a name?’ Activity
and open the ‘Educational Outcomes’ Link
• Click on the ‘Back Arrow’ and click on the ‘What’s
in a name?’ Activity in Word format

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Thank You
Questions?
alicia.boyle@cdu.edu.au
Janice.crerar@cdu.edu.au
Gregory.smith@cdu.edu.au
Sue.smith@cdu.edu.au