2003 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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Iron in the Blood Activity
IRON IN THE BLOOD
WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY ALAN TUCKER
- What is your position on brutal punishment?
- Why do you believe prisoners were treated in this way?
- If you met Patrick Logan, what five questions would you most like to ask?
- Debate Today prisoners' lives are too easy.
- Pretend to be Captain Alexander Maconochie and be interviewed by the class.
- Design a new cover for the book. Add title and illustrator.
- Use body movements to show you understand how to move in leg irons.
- Write ten facts about convicts and commandants in colonial Australia.
E-Learning Lesson Planner by Tony Ryan and Eric Frangenheim.
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Iron in the Blood (29 K)
Retrieval sheet noting name of commondant, area, years, punishments and death.