A Tale of Torrens Island

Special Introductory Cost:

• $75
• $50 equity pricing*

*Equity pricing is available for rural, remote, and government category 1-4 schools.

Loan Period

The loan period runs for 13 days, from the Monday of week one to the Thursday of week two. 

Collection

Boxes are located at the South Australian Maritime Museum in Port Adelaide, and can be collected during the museum opening hours of 10am to 5pm. Delivery via courier service can be organised for an additional fee.

Payment

An invoice will be generated upon the return of the Museum in a Box kit. If opting to use a courier, the costs will be included in this invoice. 

Cancellations & Late fees

Cancellations must be made two weeks before your booking start date; cancellations after this period may incur the full cost of hire.  In the case of late returns, we may charge a late fee of up to $75.

Return Process

Museum in a Box kits must be returned as near as possible to the condition they were sent out in, and in accordance with the return information provided in your booking. Excessive disorder may incur an additional administration cost. Some general wear and tear is expected; however, we will ask borrowers to cover the costs of replacing lost or damaged items.

Museum in a Box is brought to you by the History Trust of South Australia with generous support from the Thyne Reid Foundation. Each box takes a curriculum-aligned approach to exploring the history of South Australia. Museum in Box brings history to life by providing opportunities for students to interact with objects from the past and discover their stories.

Year 5

HASS content descriptors

• ACHASSI094 Develop appropriate questions to guide an inquiry about people, events, developments, places, systems and challenges.
• ACHASSI095 Locate and collect relevant information and data from primary sources and secondary sources. 
• ACHASSI102 Work in groups to generate responses to issues and challenges.

Health and Physical Education content descriptors

• ACPPS057 Recognise how media and important people in the community influence personal attitudes, beliefs, decisions and behaviours.
• ACPPS058 Investigate the role of preventive health in promoting and maintaining health, safety and wellbeing for individuals and their communities. 

Year 6

HASS content descriptors

• ACHASSK136 Stories of groups of people who migrated to Australia since Federation (including from ONE country of the Asia region) and reasons they migrated. 
• ACHASSI122 Develop appropriate questions to guide an inquiry about people, events, developments, places, systems and challenges.
• ACHASSI123 Locate and collect relevant information and data from primary sources and secondary sources.
• ACHASSI130 Work in groups to generate responses to issues and challenges. 

Health and Physical Education content descriptors

• ACPPS057 Recognise how media and important people in the community influence personal attitudes, beliefs, decisions and behaviours. 
• ACPPS058 Investigate the role of preventive health in promoting and maintaining health, safety and wellbeing for individuals and their communities. 

Year 7/8

History content descriptors

• ACHHS207/ACHHS150 Identify a range of questions about the past to inform a historical inquiry. 
• ACHHS209 /ACHHS153 Identify the origin and purpose of primary and secondary sources. 
• ACHHS210/ACHHS153 Locate, compare, select and use information from a range of sources as evidence.
• ACHHS211/ACHHS154 Draw conclusions about the usefulness of sources. 

Health and Physical Education content descriptors

• ACPPS076 Evaluate health information and communicate their own and others’ health concerns. 
• ACPPS077 Plan and use health practices, behaviours and resources to enhance health, safety and wellbeing of their communities. 

Year 9

History content descriptors

• ACDSEH083 Experiences of slaves, convicts and free settlers upon departure, their journey abroad, and their reactions on arrival, including the Australian experience.
• ACDSEH085 The short and long-term impacts of the movement of peoples during this period. 
• ACDSEH090 Living and working conditions in Australia around the turn of the twentieth century (that is 1900). 
• ACHHS166 Identify and select different kinds of questions about the past to inform historical inquiry.
• ACHHS169 Identify the origin, purpose and context of primary and secondary sources. 
• ACHHS171 Evaluate the reliability and usefulness of primary and secondary sources. 

Health and Physical Education content descriptors

• ACPPS092 Propose, practise and evaluate responses in situations where external influences may impact on their ability to make healthy and safe choices. 
• ACPPS095 Critically analyse and apply health information from a range of sources to health decisions and situations. 
• ACPPS096 Plan, implement and critique strategies to enhance health, safety and wellbeing of their communities. 

Year 10

History content descriptors

• ACOKFH024 Developments in technology, public health, longevity and standard of living during the twentieth century, and concern for the environment and sustainability. 
• ACHHS184 Identify and select different kinds of questions about the past to inform historical inquiry. 
• ACHHS187 Identify the origin, purpose and context of primary and secondary sources. 
• ACHHS189 Evaluate the reliability and usefulness of primary and secondary sources. 

Health and Physical Education content descriptors

• ACPPS092 Propose, practise and evaluate responses in situations where external influences may impact on their ability to make healthy and safe choices. 
• ACPPS095 Critically analyse and apply health information from a range of sources to health decisions and situations. 
• ACPPS096 Plan, implement and critique strategies to enhance health, safety and wellbeing of their communities. 

Year 5

HASS content descriptors

• AC9HS5S01 Develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems. 
• AC9HS5S02 Locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources in a range of formats.

Health and Physical Education content descriptors

• AC9HP6P08 Analyse and rehearse protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies that can be used in a range of online and offline situations.
• AC9HP6P09 Investigate different sources and types of health information and how these apply to their own and others’ health choices.
• AC9HP6P10 Analyse how behaviours influence the health, safety, relationships and wellbeing of individuals and communities. 

Year 6

HASS content descriptors

• AC9HS6K03 The motivation of people migrating to Australia since Federation and throughout the 20th century, their stories and effects on Australian society, including migrants from the Asia region. 
• AC9HS6K03 Develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems.
• AC9HS6S02 Locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources in a range of formats.

Health and Physical Education content descriptors

• AC9HP6P08 Analyse and rehearse protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies that can be used in a range of online and offline situations. 
• AC9HP6P09 Investigate different sources and types of health information and how these apply to their own and others’ health choices. 
• AC9HP6P10 Analyse how behaviours influence the health, safety, relationships and wellbeing of individuals and communities. 

Year 7/8

History content descriptors

• AC9HH7S01/AC9HH8S01 Develop historical questions about the past to inform historical inquiry. 
• AC9HH7S02/AC9HH8S02 Locate and identify primary and secondary sources to use in historical inquiry. 
• AC9HH7S03/AC9HH8S03 Identify the origin, content, context and purpose of primary and secondary sources. 
• AC9HH7S04/AC9HH8S04 Identify and describe the accuracy and usefulness of primary and secondary sources as evidence. 

Health and Physical Education content descriptors

• AC9HP8P09 Investigate how media and influential people impact attitudes, beliefs, decisions and behaviours in relation to health, safety, relationships and wellbeing.
• AC9HP8P10 Plan and implement strategies, using health resources, to enhance their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing.

Year 9

History content descriptors

• AC9HH9K01 The causes and effects of European imperial expansion and the movement of peoples in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and the different responses to colonisation and migration. 
• AC9HH9K05 Continuities and changes and their effects on ways of life and living conditions, political and legal institutions, and cultural expression around the turn of the 20th century in Australian society. 
• AC9HH9K07 The development of Australian society in relation to other nations in the world by 1914, including the effects of ideas and movements of people. 
• AC9HH9S01 Develop and modify a range of historical questions about the past to inform historical inquiry. 
• AC9HH9S02 Locate, identify and compare primary and secondary sources to use in historical inquiry. 
• AC9HH9S03 Identify the origin and content of sources, and explain the purpose and context of primary and secondary sources. 
• AC9HH9S04 Explain the usefulness of primary and secondary sources, and the reliability of the information as evidence. 

Health and Physical Education content descriptors

• AC9HP10P09 Critique health information, services and media messaging about relationships, lifestyle choices, health decisions and behaviours to evaluate their influence on individual attitudes and actions. 
• AC9HP10P10 Plan, justify and critique strategies to enhance their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing. 

Year 10

History content descriptors

• AC9HH10K14 Changing historical perspectives over time in relation to the developments in technology, public health, longevity, standard of living in the 20th century, and concern for the environment and sustainability. 
• AC9HH10S01 Develop and modify a range of historical questions about the past to inform historical inquiry. 
• AC9HH10S02 Locate, identify and compare primary and secondary sources to use in a historical inquiry. 
• AC9HH10S03 Identify the origin and content of sources, and explain the purpose and context of primary and secondary sources.
• AC9HH10S04 Explain the usefulness of primary and secondary sources, and the reliability of the information as evidence. 

Health and Physical Education content descriptors

• AC9HP10P09 Critique health information, services and media messaging about relationships, lifestyle choices, health decisions and behaviours to evaluate their influence on individual attitudes and actions.
• AC9HP10P10 Plan, justify and critique strategies to enhance their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing.