The kindy children love talking about History and Tonya Wood has incorporated History into her news telling sessions.
Historical Knowledge and Understanding:
How the stories of families and the past can be communicated, for example through photographs, artefacts, books, oral histories, digital media, and museums (ACHHK004)
Historical Skills:
Chronology, terms and concepts
· Distinguish between the past, present and future (ACHHS016)
Analysis and use of sources
· Identify and compare features of objects from the past and present (ACHHS019)
Explanation and communication
· Use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written, role play) and digital technologies (ACHHS022)
Lesson Sequence:
Prior to Lesson:
1. A ‘Newsbox’ has been
sent home with 3 students including instructions regarding the collection of an
item from home that is significant to the child’s family history.
2. Teacher should look in the ‘Newsbox’ when the child brings it in and locate the
modern item or a picture of the item for comparison later.
Lesson
1. Children sit in a circle in a small group of 6 – 8 children. The
child with the ‘Newsbox’ is to show and discuss the item they have brought
along. The child is encouraged to use the news telling framework of ‘Who, What,
Where and When’.
2. Children within the
audience are encouraged to ask questions related to the item or make comments
as they relate it to their own experience.
3. The teacher should show
the modern day equivalent of the item (a photograph will suffice) and ask for
the children to identify and compare features of the items from the past and
present.
4. The item is then placed
in the ‘Kindy Museum’.
5. This activity can be followed up with the group
of children doing a painting, drawing or collage to show the items from the
past and present.
6. Activity is repeated
with another small group of children and another child sharing their ‘Newsbox’.
Here are some pictures of paintings completed after the Newsbox session.
"There's brown in the light, it was used for the train."
"The lantern and I painted the train. The lantern stopped the train"
"Mum use to turn it and get coffee. It was hard"
"A truck 'a' olden days truck"
To see how this all works in the kindy classroom, come along to the next "Hike through History: K-3" on the 5th of September. Places are limited, so make sure you visit the IPL website to register your place!
Happy History Teaching!
Mr Stephen Powell
TDS Coordinator Year 2/3 Level 3 Classroom Teacher
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