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Year
Level: 5
Curriculum:
The impact of a significant development or event on a colony;
for example, frontier conflict, the gold rushes, the Eureka
Stockade, internal exploration, the advent of rail, the
expansion of farming, drought. (ACHHK095)
Locate information related to inquiry questions in a range of
sources (ACHHS102)
General Capabilities:
Literacy
Students develop literacy capability as they learn how to build
historical knowledge and to explore, analyse, question,
discuss and communicate historical information,
concepts and ideas
Students understand that language varies according to
context and they develop their ability to use language flexibly.
This includes understanding and using the language features
of historical texts including topic vocabulary, past tense
verbs for recounting events, complex sentences to
establish sequential or cause-and-effect relationships,
the wide use of adverbs to describe places, people and
events, and extended noun groups employing descriptive
adjectives.
ICT
Students develop ICT capability as they learn to use ICT
effectively and appropriately to access, create and
communicate information and ideas, solve problems and
work collaboratively in all learning areas at school, and in their
lives beyond school.
Students develop ICT capability when they locate, process,
analyse and communicate historical information. They
use their ICT capability to access a range of digital
sources of information; critically analyse evidence and
historical trends; communicate, present and represent their
learning; and collaborate, discuss and debate to coconstruct their knowledge.
Cross-Curriculum Priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
Students will examine historical perspectives from an
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewpoint. They will learn
about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
prior to colonisation by the British, the ensuing contact
and its impacts.
Learning Objectives: (teacher language)
Students use technology effectively to gather the required
information
Students work effectively in pairs