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Year 5 History Word Search
5 Pre & Primary Essentials Title Pages HASS History 2 Pages

Year 5 History Word Search

This worksheet was created as part of a larger Year 5 History unit designed to cover the history up to federation, including:

  • Early First Nations history
  • Captain Cook and the First Fleet
  • Early colony and convict life
  • The Frontier Wars
  • The gold rush
  • Bushrangers
  • Eureka Stockade
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Learning goals

  • We are learning to understand the reasons (economic, political and social) for the establishment of British colonies in Australia after 1800.
  • We are learning to understand the nature of convict or colonial presence, including the factors that influenced patterns of development, aspects of the daily life of the inhabitants (including First Nations Australians) and how the environment changed.
  • We are learning to understand the role that a significant individual or group played in shaping a colony.
  • We are learning to understand the impact of a significant development or event on an Australian colony.
  • We are learning to understand the nature of convict or colonial presence, including the factors that influenced patterns of development, aspects of the daily life of the inhabitants (including Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islander Peoples) and how the environment changed.
  • We are learning to understand the reasons people migrated to Australia and the experiences and contributions of a particular migrant group within a colony.

Curriculum alignment

HT3-4 old Describes and explains the struggles for rights and freedoms in Australia, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples HT3-3 old Identifies change and continuity and describes the causes and effects of change on Australian society HT3-5 old Applies a variety of skills of historical inquiry and communication HT3-2 old Describes and explains different experiences of people living in Australia over time HT3-1 old Describes and explains the significance of people, groups, places and events to the development of Australia
VCHHC087 Explain the significance of an event and an individual or group that influenced change in the Australian colonies and in Australian society since Federation VCHHK088 The social, economic and political causes and reasons for the establishment of British colonies in Australia after 1800 VCHHC082 Sequence significant events and lifetimes of people in chronological order to create a narrative to explain the developments in Australia’s colonial past and the causes and effects of Federation on its people VCHHK091 The causes and the reasons why people migrated to Australia from Europe and Asia, and the perspectives, experiences and contributions of a particular migrant group within a colony VCHHK092 The role that a significant individual or group played in shaping and changing a colony VCHHC083 Identify the origin, content features and the purpose of historical sources and describe the context of these sources when explaining daily life in colonial Australia, reasons for migration and causes and effects of Federation VCHHC085 Identify and describe patterns of continuity and change in daily life for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, ‘native born’ and migrants in the Australian colonies VCHHC086 Explain the causes of significant events that shaped the Australian colonies, contributed to Australian Federation and the effects of these on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and migrants VCHHK089 The nature of convict or colonial presence, including the factors that influenced changing patterns of development, how the environment changed, and aspects of the daily life of the inhabitants, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples VCHHK090 The effects of a significant development or event on a colony

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

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