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By incorporating making into the history curriculum, teachers can help students recognize that everything has history, and creatively engage them in reinventing that history. 
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From Foundation to Year 7 this board has a comprehensive list of ideas for teaching Australian History. Personal and family histories, present and past family life, the past in the present, community and remembrance, first contact, the Australian colonies and Australia as a nation. See more at: http://www.ricgroup.com.au/categories/society-environment-history/
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So many great teaching ideas here...love this gummy bear activity!
's curator insight, November 2, 2015 4:34 PM
great ideas for all year levels 
Von Sawers's curator insight,
January 22, 2016 7:17 PM
I too love the gummi bear activity. Making it understandable!!
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This unit presents a learning sequence for Year 6 students to develop their historical inquiry skills by investigating the key figures and events that led to Australia's Federation. Individually and as a group they will produce a range of presentation formats, narratives and descriptions of life at the time of Federation, based on evidence from their examination of historical sources
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The planning of activities has been based around a Multiple Intelligences/Bloom's Taxonomy Grid. Students may be involved in designing their own inquiry by selecting from the range of activities outlined on this grid
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Brilliant selection of resources linked directly to Year 1 AC History Content Descriptors: Present and Past Family Life
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To help young children develop an understanding of the past, teachers can design a historical inquiry around topics that are relevant to their students (e.g. school, family, toys)
Maree Whiteley's insight:
Great teaching ideas via Kate Smyth: Use an inquiry approach and pose questions to stimulate prior knowledge and ideas e.g. What was school like in the olden days? Use primary sources e.g. Watch original film footage or observe historical images or documents Decode visual sources- e.g. children can take turns to describe what they can see in a picture. Ask students to identify particular aspects, label different features, write a caption Ask questions to give an overview of the image- what people can you see? where are they? what are they doing? who do you think they are? why? Are there any letters, words, numbers? Ask questions to elicit details about the visual source such as- what are they wearing? what are they holding? what sorts of clothes are they wearing? what sorts of hairstyles? what sorts of foods/games/classrooms? What are they doing in the picture? What does the picture tell us about women, race, children, age etc;
Analyse primary sources- e.g. compare similarities and differences with school today. Imagine what school will be like in the future. Provide graphic organisers which allow students to organise their knowledge and ideas. E.g. 'T Chart" (before and now), Venn Diagram (similarities and differences).Address historical concepts e.g. change and continuity, cause and effect, chronology.
Teach and use different types of historical language (e.g. language of historical time- 1940s, decade, long ago, in the olden days OR the language of historical processes such as similarity, difference). Talk about historians use primary sources to find out about the past Construct an historical narrative about what school was like in the past Think about what school will be like in the future
For further reading: Cooper, H.(2002). History in the early years. Husbands, C. (1996). What is history teaching?
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If you decide to visit somewhere you've never been before, how do you find your way? If you're in a car, the driver might use a GPS. You might use a smartphone app to give you directions. Perhaps you might go really ‘old school' and use a printed map or street directory. But how did explorers navigate their way around the globe over 200 years ago?
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No GPS, No smartphone...how did explorers navigate their way around the globe 200 years ago? Some fantastic History and Geography resources here from ABC Splash.
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The Little Girl Giant and the Diver Giant have had a heart-warming reunion.
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Amazing Arts event inPerth this week...ANZAC, Lighthouse Girl, Welcome to Country, heritage and culture.
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History is being integrated into primary schools in very different ways. Maree Whiteley is starting a conversation about the challenges teachers are facing and how to overcome them. .
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So, how are YOU teaching history in your primary classroom? The idea behind this blog post is to get some real feedback and start a dialogue with real primary teachers about AC: History and identify any challenges you are facing (and suggested solutions worth sharing). Your comments on the blog post are most welcome.
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Do you want your early childhood students to learn about the Victorian era? Come along and see what we can provide!
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Fabulous resource right here in the Perth suburb of Sawyers Valley...thanks to the creative folk at Sawyers Valley PS ��
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On May 13, 1787, the “First Fleet” of military leaders, sailors, and convicts set sail from Portsmouth, England, to found the first European colony in Australia, Botany Bay.
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This history unit of work is aimed for a year six class and is on the topic of 'Australia as a Nation'.
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A good starting point for Year 6 AC History.
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Aligned to AC History key concepts: Continuity and Change; Cause and Effect; Significance; Evidence; Perspectives; Empathy and Contestabilitiy
Catherine Smyth's curator insight,
March 31, 2014 5:34 PM
This Canadian project provides useful ideas for developing historical literacy and historical understanding. Similar concepts such as evidence, significance and historical perspectives are embedded in the Australian Curriculum:History. These historical concepts are articulated in the Shape Paper :history http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/_resources/Australian_Curriculum_-_History.pdf 
Anne-Maree Johnson's curator insight,
April 2, 2014 4:55 PM
Aligned with Australian Curriculum Concepts- Continuity and change, Cause and effect, Perspectives, Empathy and Significance. |
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A breakdown of all the case studies for Australian History Mysteries website for Australian Primary and Secondary schools.
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GREAT NEW UNIT FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS
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Well done to all students who clearly shone through their passion for history and demonstrated their advanced learning during the HEP Highlights Exhibition. Creative and thorough exhibits on display for the large crowd in attendance. Thank you to Federation University Australia in Ballarat.
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Primary years students demonstrating their critical thinking and historical understandings by creating a museum-style exhibit to share with their local community.
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A US public school has released snapshots of blackboards with scribbles and drawings from almost 100 years ago, after they were discovered earlier this week.
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Evidence of the past and what life (school days) was like 100 years ago.These images would make a fantastic Visible Thinking activity: What do you SEE? What do you THINK is going on? Where to you THINK this could be? What are you WONDERING about these images?
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HTAA Annual Conference hosted by HTANSW 28-30 Sept 2016 Sydney Grammar School
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Day 1 of the HTAA2016 Conference had many dedicated Primary History sessions...check out the highlights and resources here.
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Each year teachers and students in Australian schools prepare for ANZAC DAY. This year will be no different. Via Catherine Smyth
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Are you ready for ANZAC Day in your school?
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PERTH transformed into the Land of the Giants for three days, but the memories of the epic event will last a lifetime for countless West Australians.
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Can't get those images out of your mind? Remembering The Giants...download photos and videos here thanks to The West and @PerthNow
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Teachers, by their nature, are storytellers. You can improve this skillset with seven steps for engaging younger students through narrative.
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A powerful tool in any classroom...."Storytelling is the oldest form of teaching. It bonded the early human communities, giving children the answers to the biggest questions of creation, life, and the afterlife. Stories define us, shape us, control us, and make us. Not every human culture in the world is literate, but every single culture tells stories...." HIStory, HERstory, OURstory...hearing stories, reading stories and writing stories...an essential element in every classroom!
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No TV. No electricity. No running water. No car. Imagine living on sheep stations in New South Wales in the 1860s.
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Amazing collection of audio-visual resources for Year 5 AC History...An Australian Colony, 'what was life really like in Australia in the 1800s?'
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How do you improve history instruction for young people? My advice might seem hopelessly out of touch with the realities that history educators face in classrooms every day. But as a complete heretic
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Hear, hear...let's be creative and foster a lifelong love of history ������
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ANZAC Day1 commemorates the landing of troops at Gallipoli in Turkey on 25 April 1915. ANZAC2 stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. It became a word associated with the qualities of courage, endurance and mateship3, even though the soldiers faced an impossible task and many lives were lost.
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A multi-model collection of activities, images and information relevant for AC History and AC Civics & Citizenship in primary classrooms.
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My Year 4 class built this 'Ghost Ship' from the first fleet. The sails are their written accounts as child convicts on board the ship from England to Australia. | See more about ships, australia and children. Via Catherine Smyth
Maree Whiteley's insight:
This is such a creative way to teach this Year 4 AC History topic...thanks Sharon!
Catherine Smyth's curator insight,
April 27, 2014 11:07 PM
An amazing collection of creative teaching ideas and classroom-based activities created by a classroom teacher. |
Love this idea of incorporating STEM and/or STEAM aspects into an historical inquiry..."Through this small making project, they were exploring the history of innovation and communication. At the same time, they were learning about making electrical connections, how to use tools, and how to troubleshoot their work when it failed..."