FIRST CONTACT TOPICS: - AUSTRALIA'S FIRST PEOPLE - ABORIGINALS AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS - FIRST FLEET - WORLD NAVIGATORS/ EXPLORERS
Programs and Activities:
These seven learning activities focus on interpreting and analysing historical documents using a variety of tools (software) and devices (hardware), and illustrate the ways in which content, pedagogy and technology can be successfully and effectively integrated in order to promote learning. In the activities, teachers assist students to comprehend the nature of a historical source, locate its provenance and context, ask questions about it, distinguish between the claims it makes and the assumptions and values that give it its present shape, and compare it with competing sources.
UNIT OF WORK WITH WORKSHEETS: This unit of work helps students develop an awareness of the passage of time and of how events of the past can shape those of the present. The unit focuses on the students’ own history and that of their community.
Famous Americans
Animated biographies: Choose any of the famous Americans from the list and flick through the pages to learn about them