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Simpson And His Donkey Research Task
3 4 5 6 Pre & Primary Essentials Resources ANZAC Day Worksheets HASS Analysing, Interpreting & Evaluating History 1 Page

Simpson And His Donkey Research Task

This research resource provides students with a series of questions to guide them during their research of John Simpson Kirkpatrick. Students are encouraged to use books and Internet sources to find information about him and his place in war history.

Great for literacy rotations and pair or independent research task around Anzac Day or Remembrance Day.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to use comprehension strategies to find literal and inferred meaning in texts and to begin using our growing knowledge base to evaluate texts.
  • We are learning to use comprehension strategies to find literal and inferred meaning in texts and to begin using our growing knowledge base to evaluate texts.
  • We are learning to use comprehension strategies to find literal and inferred meaning in texts and to use and expand on our knowledge to analyse and evaluate texts.
  • We are learning to use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and evaluate texts.
  • We are learning to use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources.
  • We are learning to use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and to connect and compare content from a variety of sources.
  • We are learning to use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information, comparing content from a variety of print and digital sources.
  • We are learning to understand the celebrations and commemorations in places around the world (for example, Lunar New Year in countries of the Asia region), including those that are observed in Australia (for example, Christmas Day, ANZAC Day, NAIDOC Week, Diwali, Easter, Hanukkah, the Moon Festival and Ramadan).
  • We are learning to understand the days and weeks celebrated or commemorated in Australia (including Australia Day, Anzac Day and National Sorry Day) and the importance of symbols and emblems, e.g. flags.

Curriculum alignment

AC9E6LY05 9 Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning, and to connect and compare content from a variety of sources AC9E3LY05 9 Use comprehension strategies when listening and viewing to build literal and inferred meaning, and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features AC9E4LY05 9 Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning, to expand topic knowledge and ideas, and evaluate texts AC9E5LY05 9 Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning to evaluate information and ideas AC9HS6S02 9 Locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources in a range of formats AC9HS5S02 9 Locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources in a range of formats AC9HS4S02 9 Locate, collect and record information and data from a range of sources, including annotated timelines and maps AC9HS3S02 9 Locate, collect and record information and data from a range of sources, including annotated timelines and maps AC9HS3K02 9 Significant events, symbols and emblems that are important to Australia’s identity and diversity, and how they are celebrated, commemorated or recognised in Australia, including Australia Day, Anzac Day, NAIDOC Week, National Sorry Day, Easter, Christmas, and other religious and cultural festivals ACHASSI123 8.4 Locate and collect relevant information and data from primary sources and secondary sources ACELY1680 8.4 Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features ACELY1713 8.4 Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital texts ACELY1692 8.4 Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating texts ACHASSI053 8.4 Locate and collect information and data from different sources, including observations ACHASSK064 8.4 Days and weeks celebrated or commemorated in Australia (including Australia Day, Anzac Day, and National Sorry Day) and the importance of symbols and emblems ACHASSI095 8.4 Locate and collect relevant information and data from primary sources and secondary sources ACELY1703 8.4 Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources ACHASSI074 8.4 Locate and collect information and data from different sources, including observations
EN2-4A old Uses an increasing range of skills, strategies and knowledge to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on increasingly challenging topics in different media and technologies EN3-3A old Uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies GE3-4 old Acquires, processes and communicates geographical information using geographical tools for inquiry HT3-5 old Applies a variety of skills of historical inquiry and communication HT2-1 old Identifies celebrations and commemorations of significance in Australia and the world GE2-4 old Acquires and communicates geographical information using geographical tools for inquiry HT2-5 old Applies skills of historical inquiry and communication EN3-UARL-02 new Analyses representations of ideas in literature through genre and theme that reflect perspective and context, argument and authority, and adapts these representations when creating texts EN3-UARL-01 new Analyses representations of ideas in literature through narrative, character, imagery, symbol and connotation, and adapts these representations when creating texts EN3-RECOM-01 new Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension EN3-OLC-01 new Communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding EN2-UARL-01 new Identifies and describes how ideas are represented in literature and strategically uses similar representations when creating texts EN2-RECOM-01 new Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension EN2-VOCAB-01 new Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words EN2-OLC-01 new Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting
VCELY319 Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources VCGGC074 Collect and record relevant geographical data and information from the field and other sources VCGGC088 Collect and record relevant geographical data and information from the field and secondary sources, using ethical protocols VCELY288 Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating texts VCHHK076 Significance of days and weeks celebrated or commemorated in Australia and the importance of symbols and emblems, including Australia Day, ANZAC Day, Harmony Week, National Reconciliation Week, NAIDOC week and National Sorry Day VCELY257 Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features VCELY347 Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital texts

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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Students can use this completed task to create and  present their findings as a digital presentation or poster.

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