Teaching suggestions 1. Students must be made aware that the two illustrations depict the same One refers to the possible owners township. 2. Water was easily available. Water is essential to of the each lot, and the other refers solely to the area of the agriculture. lots. 3. For defence purposes because it was situated on Then, verbally compare the two illustrations. The students the border of the township. A post could then should to the legend in order to fully understand the be built OR Perhaps no settler would like to be questions. situated between two Crown plots. If no one showed interest in lot 12 then the Crown would Example: acquire it. The Crown would then have acquired a * How many lots were owned by the Crown?(2) * How many lots were owned by the Church? good area for agriculture (lots 11+12+13= 12 km²). (1) * How many were left for the new settlers? (17) 4. Yes, because water is easily available. *What lots had access to the river? How important was water? ( Lots 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18. Water is vital to agriculture. It is needed to water the crops) Although no drawing was included in the lots at the top of the illustration, they were nevertheless opened for settlers to choose them, if they so wished. Question iii demands some imagination. Give students some time to discuss it among themselves (in groups of three). A variety of different answers are possible. Accept all those that are backed with sound reasoning. SECTION B6e HELP THE CROMPTONS CHOOSE! –
Teaching suggestions Students must be made aware that the two illustrations depict the same township. One refers to the possible owners of the each lot, and the other refers solely to the area of the lots. Then, verbally compare the two illustrations. The students should to the legend in order to fully understand the questions. Example: * How many lots were owned by the Crown?(2) * How many lots were owned by the Church? (1) * How many were left for the new settlers? (17) *What lots had access to the river? How important was water? ( Lots 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18. Water is vital to agriculture. It is needed to water the crops) Although no drawing was included in the lots at the top of the illustration, they were nevertheless opened for settlers to choose them, if they so wished. Question iii demands some imagination. Give students some time to discuss it among themselves (in groups of three). A variety of different answers are possible. Accept all those that are backed with sound reasoning. 1. 2. Water was easily available. Water is essential to agriculture. 3. For defence purposes because it was situated on the border of the township. A post could then be built OR Perhaps no settler would like to be situated between two Crown plots. If no one showed interest in lot 12 then the Crown would acquire it. The Crown would then have acquired a good area for agriculture (lots 11+12+13= 12 km²). 4. Yes, because water is easily available. SECTION B6e – HELP THE CROMPTONS CHOOSE!
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