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Year 2

Year 2 Level Description

The Past in the Present

The Year 2 curriculum provides a study of local history. Students explore, recognise and appreciate the history of their local area by examining remains of the past and considering why they...

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Key inquiry questions

  1. What aspects of the past can you see today? What do they tell us?
  2. What remains of the past are important to the local community? Why?
  3. How have changes in technology shaped our daily life?

Year 2 Content Descriptions

Historical Knowledge and Understanding

The Past in the Present
  1. The history of a significant person, building, site or part of the natural environment in the local community and what it reveals about the past (ACHHK044)
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/1
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/3
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/4
  2. The importance today of an historical site of cultural or spiritual significance; for example, a community building, a landmark, a war memorial (ACHHK045)
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/1
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/4
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/5
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/6
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/crossCurriculum/1
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/crossCurriculum/2
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/crossCurriculum/3
  3. The impact of changing technology on people’s lives (at home and in the ways they worked, travelled, communicated, and played in the past) (ACHHK046)
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/1
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/4
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/5
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/6
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/crossCurriculum/1

Historical Skills

Chronology, terms and concepts
  1. Sequence familiar objects and events (ACHHS047)
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/1
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/2
  2. Distinguish between the past, present and future (ACHHS048)
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/1
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/5
Historical questions and research
  1. Pose questions about the past using sources provided (ACHHS049)
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/1
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/4
Analysis and use of sources
  1. Explore a range of sources about the past. (ACHHS050)
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/1
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/4
  2. Identify and compare features of objects from the past and present (ACHHS051)
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/1
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/4
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/6
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/crossCurriculum/1
Perspectives and interpretations
  1. Explore a point of view (ACHHS052)
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/1
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/4
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/crossCurriculum/3
Explanation and communication
  1. Develop a narrative about the past (ACHHS053)
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/1
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/3
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/4
  2. Use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written, role play) and digital technologies (ACHHS054)
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/1
    • http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/3

Year 2 Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 2, students analyse aspects of daily life to identify how some have changed over recent time while others have remained the same. They describe a person, site or event of significance in the local community.

Students sequence events in order, using a range of terms related to time. They pose questions about the past and use sources provided (physical, visual, oral) to answer these questions. They compare objects from the past and present. Students develop a narrative about the past using a range of texts.

Year 2 Work Sample Portfolios

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