My birthday week – AT
Students positioned their birthday on a template provided by the teacher. Students also recorded the date of each day on the template and used text and images to indicate all personal or public events and celebrations occurring within the week.
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Then and now – AT (Year 1)
Students talked about schools in the past – ‘then’ – compared to the present – ‘now’. They drew pictures and wrote a simple text to illustrate and describe schools in the past and present. The teacher supported students in editing, scanning and including …
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Save the bushland – AT
Students undertook a teacher-led excursion to a local bushland area that had been marked for potential redevelopment. Students examined and discussed arguments for and against the redevelopment. Students then wrote letters to the editor of the local newspaper …
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Toys – AT
Students talked with their grandparents, during a school visit, about the toys they played with at the same age. Students used a Venn diagram to record and categorise the similarities and differences in toys at the two different times. These activities …
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Gold rushes: wants and needs – AT
Students studied life on the nineteenth century gold fields from the perspective of the gold miners. They investigated the wants and needs of miners at the time, using teacher-selected source material, and made a comparison with present-day wants and …
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My place – AT
Students completed a series of activities associated with a teacher-led reading and discussion of ‘My Place’ by Nadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins. Students completed a Venn diagram to record similarities and differences between known or familiar places. …
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Museum catalogue: Australia’s federation – AT
Students were provided with a collection of printed and digital images depicting people, places and events from the Australian colonies at the end of the nineteenth century. They were asked to make a selection from this collection for inclusion in a new …
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Environmental investigation – AT
Students investigated the impact of human activity on the environment. They listened to a teacher reading of ‘The Lorax’ by Dr Seuss and wrote a letter to the Once-Ler outlining their concerns about his intentions to commence production in their local …
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Paragraph: Ancient Egypt - AT
Students examined a series of images of the wall decorations of two different ancient Egyptian tombs. They used the information in the images to make inferences and draw conclusions about life in this ancient society. Students expressed their ideas in …
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Brochure: A referendum to change Australia’s Constitution - AT
Students created a brochure outlining both the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ cases for Australia becoming a republic. This brochure would be distributed to members of the public before the vote which took place in 1999. The task was completed after an introductory unit …
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Anzac Day invitation – AT
Students explored the important symbols associated with the commemoration of Anzac Day (25 April). The teacher and teacher-librarian provided students with pictorial sources and real or replica artefacts using a ‘memorial box’ borrowed from the Australian …
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My holiday story - AT
Students produced a sequence of drawings of the key events in a recent holiday. The drawings were completed in class on a teacher-provided template. The teacher then interviewed the student, posing questions about the holiday. A transcript of the interview …
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Museum in a box – AT
Students visited a local museum to investigate aspects of life in the past. Following the visit, students chose objects or technologies for teacher-guided research and inquiry, and students sequenced developments along a simple timeline and wrote scaffolded …
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Australia: your life so far – AT
Students produced a ‘profile’ of Australia on the eve of federation in 1901. In class during one 50-minute lesson, they completed sections of a teacher-created proforma to draw together information and ideas from their study of Australia’s history and …
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Letter: Life in Ancient China - AT
Students were asked to adopt the perspective of a peasant in ancient China and to write a letter describing the main features of their life. This task was undertaken at the end of a unit on ancient China in which students investigated housing, work, clothing, …
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My special place – AT
Students produced a drawing of an important place in their lives. The teacher then interviewed the students regarding the reasons why the places depicted were important. The explanations were transcribed by the teacher. The drawings and explanations formed …
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Harmony Day – AT
Students completed a teacher-created worksheet to answer questions, and gather and interpret information associated with Harmony Day (21 March). As part of the task students completed a survey of the cultural heritage of their year group, and recorded …
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Establishing a new colony – AT
Students investigated the early years of settlement of one Australian colony. Using sources provided by the teacher, and with the regular support of the teacher-librarian, they generated a series of inquiry questions to lead to the creation of a collection …
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'Stolen' – AT
Students were engaged in a series of activities associated with the theme of reconciliation. Students listened to a teacher-reading of ‘The Shack that Dad Built’ by Elaine Russell and completed a tabular comparison of lives and experiences. Students listened …
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Comparing countries - At
Students selected two countries, one in Africa and one in South America. With teacher guidance, they undertook a structured inquiry to identify and compare the geographical features of each country. Students recorded their word-processed findings and …
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