Australian Curriculum: History Planning Tools

This year we have been working on developing planning tools that can be used with the History Learning Area. We can now share these documents and they can be downloaded via the blog.
Important Information:

• Years F-2 have the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) incorporated and the language has been modified in the general capabilities and EYLF. Years 3-7 have the language taken directly from the Australian Curriculum.
• The planning tool has been designed to be used over one semester/2 terms. 
• It is a word document so activities and links can be inputted easily. 
• ScOT codes have not been hyperlinked so you can copy and paste the codes into the portal's resources online.

Click on the links below to open the document.

F-6 Planning Tools

Foundation        Personal and Family Histories
Year 1                Present and Past Family Life
Year 2                The Past in the Present
Year 3                Community and Remembrance
Year 4                First Contacts
Year 5                The Australian Colonies
Year 6                Australia as a Nation

Year 7 Planning Tools - Depth Studies

Year 7                Investigating the Ancient Past
Year 7                The Asian World
Year 7                The Mediterranean World

The TDS team at Sawyers Valley Primary School hope that these planning tools will support you when teaching History.

Happy planning!

Mr Stephen Powell 
TDS Coordinator 
Year 2/3 Level 3 Classroom Teacher 

Copyright notice for use of Australian Curriculum material.
© Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority 2013.
This is an extract from the Australian Curriculum.
ACARA neither endorses nor verifies the accuracy of the information provided and accepts no responsibility for incomplete or inaccurate information. In particular, ACARA does not endorse or verify that:

• The content descriptions are solely for a particular year and subject;
• All the content descriptions for that year and subject have been used; and
• The author’s material aligns with the Australian Curriculum content descriptions for the relevant year and subject.

You can find the unaltered and most up to date version of this material at http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/
This material is reproduced with the permission of ACARA.

Marvellous Mrs Ewen

In Term 1 we looked at “The Past in the Present” and the children were fascinated by the stories told by Mrs Ewen about her childhood. So the children posed some questions to our “Marvellous Mrs Ewen” and interviewed her using the questions. They needed to write the responses and they made a small booklet. The booklet has a wonderful portrait completed by each child.

The Historical Skills and Understandings covered were:

• The history of a significant person,
• The impact of changing technology on people’s lives (at home and in the ways they worked, travelled, communicated, and played in the past)

The Historical Skills taught were:

• Pose questions about the past using sources provided
• Explore a range of sources about the past. 
• Use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written, role play) and digital technologies

Copyright notice for use of Australian Curriculum material.
© Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority 2013.
This is an extract from the Australian Curriculum.
ACARA neither endorses nor verifies the accuracy of the information provided and accepts no responsibility for incomplete or inaccurate information. In particular, ACARA does not endorse or verify that:

• The content descriptions are solely for a particular year and subject;
• All the content descriptions for that year and subject have been used; and
• The author’s material aligns with the Australian Curriculum content descriptions for the relevant year and subject.

You can find the unaltered and most up to date version of this material at http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/
This material is reproduced with the permission of ACARA.

National Reconciliation Week - 27th May ~ 3rd June 2013

Next week is National Reconciliation Week. With the Cross-curriculum priorities in the Australian Curriculum, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, my class will be looking at why this week is being recognised and remembered. (Year 3 - Community and Rememberance).
http://www.reconciliation.org.au/home/get-involved/national-reconciliation-week
This website has some useful resources to enhance your students' and personal understandings.
My class have been looking at Dreaming Stories from the website http://www.abc.net.au/dustechoes/ providing animated stories, teacher's guides and student activities. This resource was found via the portal using the ScOT code in the DoE Resources online. Well worth a look!
Have a great weekend!
Mr Stephen Powell 
TDS Coordinator 
Year 2/3 Level 3 Classroom Teacher

Secrets of the Afterlife ~ Western Australian Museum

Year 7 Teachers will be excited to see "Secrets of the Afterlife" currently at the Western Australian Museum. http://museum.wa.gov.au/whats-on/afterlife/

Go to the Teacher Education resource section and preview some wonderful videos and they have also articulated links to the Year 7 Australian Curriculum: History. Worth a look and maybe consider a possible excursion.
Enjoy! 
Mr Stephen Powell 
TDS Coordinator 
Year 2/3 Level 3 Classroom Teacher

History Cafe: Local Area Planning Reflection

Thank you to the people who attended the first History Cafe at Sawyers Valley. The sun was shining and the tea and coffee was a welcome friend for people who travelled up the hill. We thank you for making the effort.
At the cafe we:

• Discussed the Overarching Concepts and looked at the glossary.
• We discussed the pictures of the Sawyers Valley Hotel and looked at developing inquiry questions using the Overarching Concepts.
• We explored the blog and the planning tool developed by Sawyers Valley TDS team.
• Finally we created a paper chain to link the Overarching Concepts, Historical Knowledge and Understanding, Historical Skills and General Capabilities to show how they work together to create a rich History experience in our classroom.

As the sun set, and the air temperature dropped we said farewell and look forward to doing it all again on the 11th of June!

Please go to http://www.det.wa.edu.au/professionallearning/detcms/portal/ to register for the next History Cafe looking at evidence.

Please share this blog with your friends, if you haven't already done so. 

Thank you

Mr Stephen Powell

TDS Coordinator

Year 2/3 Level 3 Classroom Teacher

History Cafe: Planning for Local Area History

We have the first of our History Cafes at Sawyers Valley Primary on the 21st of May 2013.
For details and registration, please go to:
http://det.wa.edu.au/professionallearning/detcms/portal/.  
(Please note that this workshop is for DOE employees)

We will be looking at ways to explore your local area history making direct links to the Australian Curriculum: History.

The TDS team look forward to seeing you there!

Mr Stephen Powell

TDS Coordinator

Year 2/3 Level 3 Classroom Teacher