History Lesson Plan

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Class: Stage 1 Date: 7 September 2018 Time: Start: 10:00am

Finish: 11:00am

Key Learning Area: History Lesson Topic: Past in the Present

Recent Prior Experience: Student have undertaken a research task to find out about The Rocks and its history. Prior to going on their Site Study, the
students generated open-ended inquiry questions that they would ask at the Site Study. The students have also engaged in their Site Study to The Rocks,
where they had the opportunity to immerse themselves in its historic nature as ask their open-ended inquiry questions during the day. Students were provided
with iPod touches during the Site Study to take photos and video of what they observed.
Syllabus Outcome(s): Indicators of Learning for this lesson: Assessment:

- Identifies and describes
significant people, events,
places and sites in the local
community over time. HT1-2
- Describes the effects of
changing technology on
people's lives over time. HT1-3
- Demonstrates skills of historical
inquiry and communication.
HT1-4
By the end of this lesson, the students will:
- discuss what they have learnt after engaging in
the Site Study to The Rocks
- Create a classroom bulletin board displaying
images taken from the Site Study.
- Develop their own classroom museum evolving
around the changes over time.
- Record student’s degree of contribution and
participation to class discussions
- Observe and record student’s ability to
communicate their findings from the Site
Study
- Observe and collect evidence of students
working collaboratively to research and
create their museum display.
- Collect evidence of student’s ability to
develop a museum exhibit evolving around
the changes over time

Any safety issues to be considered: Resources:

- Make sure that all chairs are tucked in to avoid - 12 x laptops (1 per pair)
injury. - Interactive Whiteboard
- Make sure that all students are seated - 12 x shoe boxes/cardboard boxes
properly. - Printer
- When students walk around, make sure they - Glue
don’t run. - Pin board
- Keep an eye on what all students are doing at - Site Study Journal
all times. - Google Folder (photos of Site Study) for student access.
- When students are using scissors, make sure
they are using it appropriately and are not
running around.

Lesson Content / Indicators of Learning
(What is Taught):
Note key skills, concepts and values
addressed in each section. Link to your
Indicators of Learning.
INTRODUCTION
- Students sharing their observations
from the Site Study.
- Display images from the Site Study
that students have taken
DEVELOPMENT
- Working collaboratively– student
work in small groups to research
and design a museum exhibit
evolving around the changes over
time.
- Research skills
- Generate a class bulletin board
using images taken by the students
CLOSURE
- Students present their museum
exhibits
LESSON SEQUENCE
Timing Teaching Strategies / Learning Experiences: Resources and Organisation:
(mins) (How it is taught)
Write detailed steps showing what the teacher (T) will do and
what students (Ss) will do.
T provides Ss with the opportunity to share and discuss their Organisation:
general observations and reactions from the Site Study Have Ss gather on the carpet ready
experience. T asks volunteers to share their findings in regard for a group discussion. Each Ss
10 mins to the inquiry questions that they had developed during the pre- should be able to see the interactive
visit lesson. whiteboard.
T displays images that Ss had taken during the Site Study and Resources
T places the images in a google drive folder that can be - Site Study journals
accessed by all the Ss in the class. - Google drive folder with
photos
T explains the Ss will partake in a class Museum exhibition Organisation:
where, in pairs, they will design and make a diorama/museum Place Ss into pairs and assign them
exhibit. This diorama should display the changes that have a focus before providing them with
occurred in The Rocks over time. Each pair is assigned a materials to create their exhibit.
30 mins specific topic for their exhibit e.g. Transportation, Resources:
People/Community, Buildings, Leisure activities. Each pair - 12 x shoe boxes/cardboard
takes a laptop to help them with their research. T provides each boxes
pair with a cardboard box and Ss begin to research and create - Printer
their exhibits. - Glue
- Pin board
Whilst Ss are creating their museum exhibit dioramas, T begins - Google Folder (photos of
to create the Site Study Bulletin consisting of photos taken by Site Study) for student
Ss during the Site Study. access.
Once Ss have finished creating their Museum exhibits, T asks Organisation:
volunteers to help set us the class room for the exhibition. Ss Set the classroom with the tables on
20 mins place their exhbits on a table and each group shares their the outside and the centre is clear for
exhibits one by one to the class. T assess Ss work, providing Ss and T to walk around.
student with effective feedback after they present. Resources:
- Tables
- Ss exhibits