History
In Years 5 & 6 approximately 20 hours of teaching time is allocated to History per semester. This semester allocation may be spread across one or two terms at the discretion of the teaching team.
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Year 5
Myths and Mysteries of the Crossing of the Blue Mountains
Through an inquiry approach, students investigate the story of the Crossing of the Blue Mountains through a ‘virtual visit’ to the Blue Mountains and participation in a simulation to discover what challenges may have faced early European explorers. |
The Eureka Rebellion – could you have stopped it from happening?
Through historical inquiry and role play, students take on the persona of the people involved in the Eureka Rebellion and make crucial decisions. They are given choices and know that consequences will flow from their decisions. Students engage with some key historical ideas — empathy, causation, values, motivation and consequences |
Hoodwinked!
The Hoodwinked! Storythread is about a group of children (The Bush Kids) living in the Pullenvale area in the 1890’s who possess a great deal of knowledge about their place and as a result understand and care for it deeply and take action to protect it. Through role play, students experience the nature of colonial presence, including aspects of the daily life of the inhabitants and how the environment changed |
Significant Australians
Students explore the roles significant people, such as Ned Kelly, Caroline Chisolm and Mary MacKillop, played in shaping the colony. |
Year 6
Why Federate?
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. |
Talk about Rights
This unit explores the changes to democratic and citizenship rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples since 1900. Students are led into issues through famous Australian speeches. Experiences of Australian Democracy and Citizenship |
For those who've come across the seas…
Students answer the inquiry question: Who were the people who came to Australia and why did they come? as they identify key groups of Australian immigrants during the 1900s and investigate the diversity of their motives for immigration and their experiences. They investigate changing attitudes towards different immigrant groups and bias in media reports that shapes Australian’s opinions about immigration. They challenge perceptions through investigating data from a variety of sources. |
We Are Australian
Students investigate the contribution of individuals and groups to the development of Australian Society in areas including the economy, education, science, the arts, and sport. |