HISTORY

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Religious Education / Spiritual Education

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The University of Notre Dame 2010 developed by C McGunnigle

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Geography History The Arts

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TERM/WEEKS: YEAR LEVEL: 5 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: History

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM HISTORY

General Capabilities:
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and creative Ethical Behaviour Personal and social Intercultural Understanding
thinking Competence
Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures Asia and Australias engagement with Asia Sustainability

WEEK/ AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING KEY RESOURCES
LESSON LINKS OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES QUESTIONS
Historical Historical Skills (include learner diversity)
Knowledge &
Understanding
ACHASSK110 To research and The profile the Motivation Do you know https://answer
1
explore significant students create 1. Test students prior knowledge by using anything garden.ch/
groups who shaped will be published AnswerGarden. Students type any about the
the Swan River on Kidblog. The information they already know about the Swan River Pic Collage-
Colony. teacher can look Colony? app on Ipad
Swan River Colony to create a word cloud.
at the students
Create a profile of 2. Explain to students that they are going to
understanding. Who, What, https://kidblog.
their group using travel through time back to the 1800s. When and org/home/
pic collage. Presentation- Students will be allocated to one of five Where? - of
summary of groups. the group.
what they have
learnt. Lesson Content How did they
3. QR codes will be set up around the shape the
classroom and outside the classroom they Swan River

will have questions to answer, resources, Colony?

pictures and videos that the students can

How do the
look at. Students move around in their
different
groups. groups link
4. Students create a profile of their particular together?
group on pic collage. They can use any of
 the resources they discovered on their
history hunt to go on the profile.
5. Once they have finished publish the profile
onto the class blog page.
6. Each group presents a 2min summary. The
others groups need to comment on the blog
after the presentation.

Motivation
2 Research and Timeline will be Who do you https://docs.go
1. Show class pictures of Perth and Fremantle ogle.com/
explore the actions published on the think
of their particular class blog page, over time, one from present, 1900s and contributed
group over time, where teacher 1800s. Ask students if they can see the to these https://www.ti
while investigating can assess changes over time. changes in metoast.com/
how their actions students 2. Students get back into the same groups as the 1800s?
have influenced WA understanding. https://kidblog.
last week, according to the group they are org/home/
today. How did the
Presentation of researching.
group feel
Create a timeline finished product. about events?
Lesson Content
showing the groups
3. A google doc set up before (one for each
actions and any How did
group), students need to access this. There
significant events others feel
that took place. are resources on it to look at. about their
4. Students are to use the information they decisions?
collected last week and research they find
How did their
today to create a timeline. Students first
actions effect
record information on google docs.
the future of
5. Each person in the group is researching a
Australia?
different part.
 6. Create Timeline on Timetoast individually.
After they finish publish the timeline on
Kidblog.
7. Each group selects one timeline to show,
present a 2min summary. The others groups
need to comment on the blog after the
presentation.

Motivation Who is the https://kidblog.

3 Research an Research will be
person? What org/home/
1. Brainstorm influential people with the
influential person presented to the
was their
that was part of class in a 2 students that they know of and discuss
major English Letter
their group as a minute what they did that was so important. Writing App-
contribution
group. presentation. iPad
to the group?
Lesson Content
Write a letter as The letter will 2. Give each group a person to research that
What would
the person be available on was a big part of their group.
they write to
researched Kidblog for the 3. In their groups they will research who the the future of
individually and teacher to read
person was and what they contributed to Australia?
publish on Kidblog. and mark.
the group.
4. Once they have researched the person and
checked with the teacher, they will go to
the English Letter Writing app.
5. Individually students will compose a letter as
the person they researched to the future of
Australia.
6. Once they have each written a letter, they
will publish it on Kidblog.
7. Each group will then present what they
found out about their person.
 Collaborate research Storyboard will Motivation What are http://www.st
4
of particular group be presented to 1. Show students a short video related to the three oryboardthat.co
during the Swan the class along task they are to do and discuss. important m/
River Colony period with published 2. Students sort back into their groups and events that
from previous on Kidblog. happened to https://kidblog.
begin to collaborate their research from
lessons your group? org/home/
previous lessons
Teacher can use
Create a storyboard both How would
Lesson Content
with pictures and presentation and you have felt
3. Students work together to create a
text about the the published if you were
story/report on what their chosen group
events in which product to apart of this
their particular experienced during the Swan River Colony group?
assess
group faced understanding. event.
4. Students create pictures or find copyright If they could
of done
free pictures relating to their story/report.
something
5. Students use storyboard that through the
differently,
link the teacher gives them to create their what would it
storyboard be?
6. After time given, students present their
storyboard to the class.
7. Storyboard is then uploaded to kidblog for
the teacher to assess.
8. Students also answer three questions (see
Key Questions) on Kidblog so the teacher
can see individual understanding