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2003 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

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Iron in the Blood Activity

IRON IN THE BLOOD
WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY ALAN TUCKER

  1. What is your position on brutal punishment?
  2. Why do you believe prisoners were treated in this way?
  3. If you met Patrick Logan, what five questions would you most like to ask?
  4. Debate Today prisoners' lives are too easy.
  5. Pretend to be Captain Alexander Maconochie and be interviewed by the class.
  6. Design a new cover for the book. Add title and illustrator.
  7. Use body movements to show you understand how to move in leg irons.
  8. Write ten facts about convicts and commandants in colonial Australia.

E-Learning Lesson Planner by Tony Ryan and Eric Frangenheim.


FILES TO DOWNLOAD

word iconIron in the Blood (29 K)
Retrieval sheet noting name of commondant, area, years, punishments and death.

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