Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level:

Time:

10:40

Date: 30.01.17

Students Prior Knowledge:

Learning Area: Humanities and social sciences

Strand

Can investigate people, events, places and

issues

History

Topic from the Australian Curriculum

Sequence information about peoples lives and

events

Examine different viewpoints on actions, events, issues and

phenomena in the past and present
ACHASSI099
Present ideas, findings, viewpoints and conclusions in a
range of texts and modes that incorporate source materials,
digital and non-digital representations and disciplinespecific terms and conventions
ACHASSI105
Sequence information about peoples lives, events,
developments and phenomena using a variety of methods
including timelines
ACHASSI097

General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)

Critical and
Literacy
Numeracy
ICT
competence

creative thinking

Examine information to identify different points

of view and distinguish facts from opinion

Able to draw on simple conclusions based on

analysis of information and data
(ACHASSI079)

Express ideas, findings and conclusions that

can be represented in a digital format.

Can screenshot and locate screen captured

images in the library of an ICT device.

Ethical
behaviour

Personal and
Social
competence

Intercultural
understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
histories and cultures
Proficiencies:(Mathematics only)

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

Sustainability

Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
Create and complete a KWL chart on Canva
Design a Wanted Poster as students put themselves in the position of the Policemen during the Gold Rush


Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:

Fully Charged iPads (enough for each student)

The Book Creator app downloaded and readily

Provision for students at educational risk:

Hearing and vision impaired students to sit

close to the teacher when instructions are
given to increase understanding of the
instructions

Ensure students with a behaviour problem are

not sitting together or in the same group. This
will increase teacher supervision over
behaviour through surveillance by the teacher
and increased attentiveness of the student

Keeping eye contact for those students with

attention difficulties so that they are more
aware to decrease the chances of getting
distracted.

Students who do not have 4 members in a

group can complete the remaining lesson as a
group.

working on each iPad

Allow students time to create a SpiderScribe

account

The link to The Police lesson is available for

students

Have a secure internet connection

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:

[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:

LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)

Time

Motivation and Introduction:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher will explain the plan for this
lesson
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Resources/References
Align these with the segment
where they will be
introduced.

Today we are continuing on with the Gold Rush Web Quest.

You will find todays lesson under the tab named The
Australian Bushmen under Gold Rush Adventures.

2. The teacher will check the students understanding by asking:

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Hands up if anyone can tell me what we are doing today,

and where to find this lesson


3. Before they begin the tasks, a YouTube video is provided to
motivate the students

https://youtu.be/igHIfPy4C
eE

Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):

4. Students will log onto their devices and visit the web quest home
page
o

http://goldrushpov.weebly.com

5. One member from each group of 4 is to complete this Australian

Bushmen experience lesson.
6. Students are instructed to read the By the end of this lesson section
at the beginning of the lesson so that they are aware of what they
should achieve by the end of the lesson.
7. Students are to create a KWL Chart based on the information
provided throughout the lesson
o

To begin with, the students will fill out the What do I Know?
(K) section. This is what the students already know about
the Australian Bushmen during the Gold Rush.
Students will then fill out the What do I want to Know (W)
section this is where they will write about information that
they want to find out more about, or aspects of the Gold
rush they find interesting and wish to develop their
understanding.
Students will then be instructed to complete their How will I
find out section (H) this is where they will write the
various resources presented to them

8. An informative student-made video about the Australian bushmen is

to be watched after they have completed the K, W, and H section
9. Once students have viewed the video, they will be instructed to add
interesting points they didnt know into the learned section of their
KWHL Chart
10. Students can then move onto task two
11. Task two requires students to watch another YouTube video titles
Australian Gold Rush
12. Once they have viewed the video, students will be required to
answer the following questions and add their responses to the KWL
Chart


What did the video say about violence and racism?
What did the angry bushmen do?
How is life different today, and how did the gold rush help
Australia to develop?
13. Students will then be instructed to visit websites about the miners
licence throughout the Gold Rush and answer the questions below
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Did the miners help each other or allow the police to catch
them?
What did this mean for the amount of gold the miners
received?
o Did they lose gold as they were helping each other,
or did they make a larger profit as they turned each
other in?
Why did the government raise the prices?
Why couldn't the miners renew their license?
o What did this mean for their Gold Digging career?

14. After students have completed their work to the best of their ability,
they are to screenshot their KWHL chart and import the image/s
into the groups book creator app.
15. Students should then finish their Web Quest by completing the
Strike It Rich! Game as the Australian Miner

Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be judged?)