Please note that the local area images we used in the classroom have been removed from this version for

copyright reasons.

This purpose of sharing this presentation is to give an idea of the input that the students were given each week about the history of their local community and

the building styles and materials used in the area.

European Settlersin -- -------

Year 3 History

Minecraft Community Project

Stage 1- Week 1

Look at these first buildings in the -- ------- area.

Think about...

• What kinds of buildings were the first ones built in the area?

• What materials are these buildings made of?

• What do they look like ...the roofs, the walls, the windows? Are the buildings symmetrical?

• Can we still see buildings like this today?

-- ------- General Store

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Home of the ------ Family,1895

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----------’s Dairy, 1903

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House in1907

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-- ------- Hotel, 1905

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A soldier’s home, -- -------, 1918

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Now think about your Minecraft Community...

• You are the first people to move into the area since the Aboriginal people.

• What will you build first?

• What materials will you use?

• What shape will your buildings be?

You are a Team!

• Plan who does what (work in pairs if you like)

• Stay together so no one gets lost

• Choose a good place to settle

• Remember which way you went from the spawning point so you can find it next time

• Name a landmark as a meeting point

European Settlersin -- -------

Year 3 History

Minecraft Community Project

Stage 2 - Week 2

Let’s look at some of the homes built during

the next stage of -- -------’s history...

a Post war home in -- -------

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another home built after the war (WWII)

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What materials are used?How high is the house?

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Notice the shape of the windows in this post-war home.

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What is different?

The first homes in our area looked like this:

The Post War homes looked like this:

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The next two photos are taken from almost the same

place, 10 years apart.

What things are the same? What things are different?

-- ------- -------, 1951

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-- ------- -------, early 1960s

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What differencesdid you notice

in the main streetof -- -------?

Now for Stage 2:In your group...

• What are you going to build next?

• How are your Stage 2 homes going to be different

from your first homes?

• Does your community need some shops? A church?

• Use the timeline worksheet to build a home that

looks historically authentic (real).

European Settlersin -- -------

Year 3 History

Minecraft Community Project

Stage 3 - Week 3

Look at these buildingsin the -- ------- area

since the 1970s

Think about...

• What materials are being used at this time?

• What do they look like ...the roofs, the walls, the windows? Are the buildings symmetrical?

• How have homes changed since the first European settlers moved into the area?

------ ---- Shopping Centre

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House built in the 1970s

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This house was also built in the 1970s.

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This house was built in the 1990s.What is the same?What is different?

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Now think about your Minecraft Community...

• Time to build some more modern homes made from brick, with tiled roofs.

European Settlersin -- -------

Year 3 History

Minecraft Community Project

Stage 4 - Week 4

What will buildings of the future look like?

Think about...

• What materials will be used?

• Many new homes are designed to take care of the environment.

• What will your idea home look like?

This house is built from natural materials and uses very little energy.

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This “eco house” emits NO carbon.

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The grass roof on this house helps to keep it cool.

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This house is built mostly underground to keep it cool.

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This houseboat can go anywhere!

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This cylindrical house uses skylights to let sunlight inside.

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This week you need to put the ‘finishing touches’ on your

community• You need the basic services: homes, water, roads,

food supply (farms and shops or markets)

• Do you have extra services like: hospital, school, Church, police, parks, meeting spaces...?

• What other things will bring new settlers?

• What shape will your buildings be?

• What materials will you use?