After Your Visit: The Final History Detective Challenge!
Congratulations, History Detective! You’ve finished your virtual excursion of Hyde Park Barracks.
Now use the historical evidence you collected to answer our big inquiry question:
What can Hyde Park Barracks reveal about life in colonial Sydney?
Your final mission: Become a museum curator and create your own mini exhibition about the past.
Become a Museum Curator
Imagine you are creating a museum exhibition about life at Hyde Park Barracks.
Your Mission:
1. Choose THREE historical sources from your History Detective Journal.
2. Create a museum display with pictures, drawings, and labels.
3. Explain what each source shows about life in colonial Sydney.
4. Answer our big inquiry question using at least TWO pieces of historical evidence.
Be creative: Give your exhibition a title and present it to your classmates.
Reflect on your Investigation
Complete these sentences in your History Detective Journal:
- One thing I found out about life in colonial Sydney was…
- The most interesting historical source I found was…
- One question I still have about Hyde Park Barracks remains…
Well done, History Detective! You’ve finished your virtual site study.