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TERM/WEEKS: Term 2 Wk1 YEAR LEVEL: 5 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: HASS - History

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and creative Ethical Behaviour Personal and social Intercultural
thinking Competence Understanding
Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability

Notes about device access in the classroom:

WEEK/ West Australian SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES = ICT and
LESSON other
Curriculum OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES
LINKS (Introduction, Body and Conclusion)

Week 1 History: 1. Research and gather Formative Introduction: Youtube Clip - The
Lesson 1 The patterns of information about the Assessment:  Introduce the topic Australian Gold Rush for
colonial Australian Gold Rush using Watching students  Watch the You Tube clip - The Australian Gold Rush for Australian Primary
development and QR Codes. and listening to Australian Primary School Students School Students
settlement (e.g. them perform the https://www.youtube.co
 Discuss the lesson objectives to the class
geographical task and reviewing m/watch?v=R8suJWjxR
features, climate, 2. Construct a WordArt their WordArt to mg
Body:
water resources, listing some of the towns make sure Towns
transport, are correct  Using QR Codes on iPad’s, students to walk around the QR Code
that experienced a Gold
discovery of gold) classroom scanning the codes to discover facts about the
Rush
and how this Australian Gold Rush WordArt
impacted upon  Once completed students create a WordArt on the
the environment computers listing some towns they discovered to have
(e.g. introduced experience the Gold Rush
species) and the
daily lives of the Conclusion
different
 Ask the students to show and discuss their WordArt with
inhabitants (e.g.
a pair, and state two facts they learnt about the Gold
convicts, free
settlers, Rush.
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait
Islander Peoples)
(ACHASSK107)