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Curriculum Links:
Sequence information about peoples lives and events (ACHASSI076)
Draw simple conclusions based on analysis of information and data (ACHASSI079)
Pose questions to investigate people, events, places and issues (ACHASSI073)
Examine information to identify different points of view and distinguish facts from
opinions (ACHASSI077)
Interact with others with respect to share points of view (ACHASSI080)
Create literary texts by developing storylines, characters and settings (ACELT1794)
Analysing and participating in this lesson plan will help students truly cultivate the history
and creation of their home. They will develop an enhanced insight into the hardship and
suffering of the Indigenous Australians, as well as the convicts who voyaged in
horrendous conditions. It will give students the opportunity to identify different
perspectives of the cause and effects of the British Settlement.
Resources and Materials:
1. Whiteboard and markers
2. Learning Journal
3. Resource: The First Fleet An Aboriginal Perspective
4. Pencils
Lesson Outline:
Introduction:
Through this lesson students will understand the cause and effects of colonial settlement.
The perspectives of Indigenous Australians and convicts will be explored. It is important
for students to assess different perspectives of the issue in order to gain a critical
understanding of the content.
Body:
1. In the first activity, students will create a Venn diagram as a class. The class will be
split into two groups, where one group focuses on Indigenous Australians and the
other focuses on convicts. Students will investigate and compare the lives of
Indigenous Australians before and after colonisation. The second group will also
complete this for convicts. Once completed, students will then present their
diagrams to the class and the class will discuss their findings. Exploring
perspectives of Indigenous Australians is a cross-curricula priority (ACARA, 2017 ).
2. Following the first activity, students will watch a The First Fleet- An Aboriginal
Perspective, short video (refer below) about the impacts of the settlers on the
Indigenous Australians. It is important for students to understand the negative
impact on which the settlers caused on the Indigenous community. The teacher
can then pose a discussion question of what Australia might be like for the
Indigenous community today if the First Fleet didnt settle in Australia.
3. The final activity requires students to draw on their acquired knowledge to create
a journal entry. This task has general capability links with literacy (ACARA, 2017).
Students will take the perspective of an Indigenous Australian encountering
migrants, or a convict leaving their life in Britain and entering unknown land.
Students must consider and express the emotions and hardships which the person
is going through at the time (How are they feeling? What are their thoughts?).
- Students are prompted to remember the feelings and hardships of Eliza Bird to
guide their writing (class book)
Conclusion:
To complete this lesson, students will go back to their history journal and record
interesting information they found, information they want to find out or something they
are still having trouble understanding. The teacher will then collect the students journals
in order to gauge their abilities and understanding of the content.
Assessment:
The assessment for this course will be a summative journal entry. Students will be
assessed on their content knowledge and their ability to express the emotions and
hardships of these people during the time. Students will use the knowledge they have
from journal entries explored within English to create a journal entry. After this lesson, an
extra half an hour will be allocated for students to complete this assessment task.
Reference List
ACARA. (2017 ). HASS. Retrieved from Australian Curriculum :
https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/humanities-and-social-
sciences/hass/
Lane, K. (2007). Eliza Bird Child Convict. Australia : Pearson Education Australia.
Mullen, E. (2016). The First Fleet - An Aboriginal Perspective. Retrieved from YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUVGNYX8o5U