C Y O'Connor Research

The Year 2/3 Class have been researching C Y O'Connor.
As a class the students were interested in finding out about C Y O'Connor and the pipeline. The pipeline runs past the school and is of great interest to the students.

Historical Knowledge & Understandings:
Year 2: 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)
Year 3: The role that people of diverse backgrounds have played in the development and character of the local community (ACHHK062)
Historical Skills:
Historical questions and research
Year 2: Pose questions about the past using sources provided (ACHHS049)
Year 3: Pose a range of questions about the past (ACHHS067)
Analysis and use of sources
Year 2: Explore a range of sources about the past. (ACHHS050)
Year 3:Locate relevant information from sources provided (ACHHS068)

"The students brainstormed a range of questions and these were typed up as a class. As new information came into the class either via web sites, books and even leaflets the children discovered in the community, they looked to see if any questions could be answered. 
The research was done by the whole class and when the sources were exhausted, the children chose which questions they would display as a poster. This was their first project and guidelines for setting out were provided. They also chose which image to place on their work. This was completed over a number of weeks and was integrated into English"

(Year 2/3 - Mr Stephen Powell) 

http://www.goldenpipeline.com.au/trail/media/X165.jpg (in public domain)

That's all for now!

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

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