UNIT OVERVIEW

COMPONENTS EXPLANATION/DETAILS LEARNING EXPERIENCES

Unit Orientation As an introduction to the study of
Indigenous Australia, the teacher will
organise a guest speaker of Indigenous
decent. An introduction to the focus text
will also be covered in this stage where
students will be given the opportunity to
gain a solid foundation of knowledge for
the unit.
Learning Experience 1: Interpreting the
Text.
Students will be given the opportunity to
compare and discuss there different ideas
as to the focus behind the selected text.

Learning Experience 3: Guest Speaker.
Students are encouraged to compose
questions and be a part of a presentation
by an Aboriginal Elder. This will be an
excellent orientation to the unit ahead.

Building knowledge of the field To build upon the background knowledge
the children have, a KWL chart will be
completed. These charts allow myself to
individually gage where each student is
sitting at the beginning of the unit. It will
Learning Experience 2: KWL Chart
Contained within the unit is a KWL chart
that will be used to store students current
knowledge prior to beginning the tasks
and the also look at the things they have
allow me to put into place specific support
systems for students who do not have a
foundational understanding on the topic. It
will also be an excellent tool for me to
keep tracking where each student is at
during the unit.
learnt over the duration of the unit.


Utilising the non-fiction focus text Abdulla, I. (1994). Tucker. Norwood,
South Australia, Australia: Omnibus
Books.

This book depicts the childhood of an
indigenous boy in the 1950s. Its use in
the classroom is to demonstrate the
expectations of children living at the
Murray River around this time.
Learning Experience 1: Interpreting the
text
Students are to analyse the title prior to
looking at the book to see if they can gage
what the text is going to be about.

Learning Experience 12: Visuals enhance
meaning
Students are to look at the visual images
created by Ian Abdulla and question
whether they enhanced the meaning
behind the story.

Responding to texts This text was chosen because of its close
links to both the English and History
strands of the Australian Curriculum. The
book closely depicts the daily life of an
Indigenous Australian and is an excellent
primary source.
Learning Experience 4: Different
Views/Intepretations
Students demonstrate their ability to
respond to texts through the use of
interactive tasks such as drawing a
character from a book and comparing this
to peers.

Learning Experience 12: Visuals enhance
meaning
Students are encouraged to explore texts
with visuals and verbally explain whether
the visual enhances the overall meaning
behind the text.

Exploring text This Unit outline explores various strands
within the English and History Curriculum.
The language, literature and literacy
Throughout all learning experiences links
to the literacy indicators have also been
made.
strands are all covered under English.
This allows students to work on all vital
aspects of their literacy learning.

Assessment
Formative (one strategy and
instrument)
Students will be assessed on their
participation in all learning
experiences. Formative assessment
allows teachers form an opinion on where
each individual student is at in regards to
the particular task. This allows opportunity
to adjust future learning experiences to
accommodate students who may need
extra support or on the other hand
provided gifted students with extended
tasks.
Learning Experience 2: KWL Chart
The KWL charts is an example of
formative assessment incorporated within
the unit as it provides teachers with the
foundation as to each students current
knowledge on the topic.
Summative (one strategy and
instrument)
Students will be assessed on their final
writing task and will be marked as below
satisfactory, satisfactory or above
Learning Experience 11: Plan, Write and
Edit
Students written work on an influential
satisfactory. All students will be given
constructive feedback throughout the
completion of the task.
By the end of this unit, students should be
able to list particular aspects that
contributed the Aboriginal Culture as well
as have a deep understand on a particular
influential Indigenous Australian.
Australian will be used as the summative
assessment for this unit.

Learning Experience 13: Creating a visual
Students are ask to create a visual
representation of their written work to
further enhance what they have wrote.