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TEACHER'S NOTES CONTINUED
Pg 18:
Q: When did Queen Elizabeth (1533-1603) reign?
A: Queen Elizabeth reigned from 1558 till her death in 1603.
Q: What book did the quote, 'Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thy shoes (thou)' come from?
A: Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'
Q: What country did Louis XIV reign?
A: France
Pg 21:
Q: What is gravity?
A: Gravity is the force exerted by every particle of matter on every other particle. It's also why things fall down.
Q: What was Blackbeard the pirate's real name?
A: Edward Teach
Q: What was the Agricultural Revolution?
A: The Agricultural revolution was from about 1750 till 1900 and was brought about by a need to feed large populations of people. Land reorganisation, new crops and improved drainage all contributed to a new large scale style of agriculture.
Q: Who was Bach?
A: Bach (1685-1750) was a famous composer during the Baroque period.
Q: What was the Age of Enlightenment?
A: The Age of Enlightenment was a period of intellectual activity in the cause of education and culture during the eighteenth century - primarily in Germany.
Pg 23:
Q: What were the working conditions like during the Industrial Revolution?
A: Working conditions were poor and often children were conscripted and had to work 12 to 14 hour days for negligible wages.
Q: What was the Declaration of Independence?
A: The Declaration of Independence was made in 1776 by thirteen English colonies in North America breaking all allegiance to the British crown.
Q: What did the English really start to deposit in Australia around 1788?
A: Convicts
Q: What was the French Revolution about?
A: The French Revolution (1789) was an uprising of the lower classes against royalty and nobility.
Q: How did they execute people during the French Revolution?
A: Guillotine
Pg 24:
Q: What was the name of the officer that led Napoleon's defeat?
A: Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)
Q: What was Darwin's Theory of Evolution?
A: The Theory of Evolution is that all life evolved from the same single cell. One branch of this cell eventually evolved into a form of ape from which man descended.
Q: Why did this outrage some people?
A: It contradicted many religious beliefs such as God created the Earth in seven days.
Q: Who were the slaves in America before its abolition?
A: African slaves
Pg 27:
Q: Who was Picasso?
A: Picasso (1881-1973) was a twentieth century artist who along with Braques invented Cubism.
Q: What was the League of Nations?
A: In 1919 after the First World War all the nations of power joined to created the League of Nations to avoid further war.
Q: What was the Great London Blitz?
A: From September 7 1940 till May 1941 Germany heavily bombed London, killing 40,000 and
injuring 46,000.
Pg 28:
Q: What were the names of the astronauts who first walked on the moon?
A: Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz" Aldrin. A third astronaut, Michael Collins, piloted the craft.
Q: Name some famous rock'n'roll musicians.
A: Buddy Holly, Bill Hayley and the Comets, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles
Q: What are some of the consequences of the computer revolution?
A: Instant communication, change in the workforce - easy to work overseas and from the home office, greater opportunity in science and all areas with a fast and accurate tool as a resource.
Pg 30: If you could foresee the future what might be some of the historic events?
Space travel? Everlasting life through cloning? Invasion by an alien speciesActivities
· Ask the students to present a page to read to the class in character eg:
Prehistoric man with grunts and uggs
Leonardo with an Italian accent
Queen Elizabeth in a very proper manner
Napoleon with a French accent
Wright brothers with American North Carolina accent
The future in a robotic computer voice
· Ask the students to pretend they are a robot town crier from the future, and to present a news article from the future about their shoes.
· Ask a student to mime one of the characters in the book. The other students must guess who that character is.
WRITING
· Ask each student to pick a period of history shown in the book and to write down what really happened. This can be done in groups or in pairs and presented to the class.
· As a class create your own historical newspaper such as Knicker News or The Hat Gazette. The students can pick their own historical events and redefine them according to underwear or hats.
· The students will need to research the language and look of the period. Ask each student to work on one article each that can then be collated as a class to create their own book.
· Create your own Knicker News timeline using different events. Maybe one about Australian history.
· Make a list of words relevant to each time period in history.
· Ask students to pick some of the events in the time line and turn them into full newspaper articles with illustrations.
· Pick other historical events not shown in Shoes News and write about how shoes could also have affected these.
· Working in groups of 3 to 4 write your own play about each newspaper article in Shoes news that is to be performed in front of the class. Students could research costuming of the time and come up with some simple costumes and props.
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