This short unit is based on the Year 1 Australian Curriculum HASS Inquiry Skills, Knowledge and Understandings for History. Students explore and compare the differences and similarities between childhoods from different generations, past and present. There are a range of detailed presentations and activities as well as an assessment task and rubric, making this a complete solution for teaching this unit.
Continuity and change between aspects of their daily lives and their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods
Differences and similarities between students' daily lives and life during their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods
How the present, past and future are signified by terms indicating time, as well as by dates and changes that may have personal significance, such as birthdays, celebrations and seasons
Communicates an understanding of change and continuity in family life using appropriate historical terms
Demonstrates skills of historical inquiry and communication
Differences and similarities between students' daily lives and perspectives of life during their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods, including family traditions, leisure time and communications
How the present, past and future are signified by terms indicating and describing time
Identify perspectives about changes to daily life from people in the past or present
Identify the content features of primary sources when describing the significance of people, places or events
The key concepts in this unit include:
Lesson 1
Past, Present and Future
Understand the difference between the past, present and future.
Lesson 2
How Schools Have Changed
Identify differences between our school and schools of the past.
Lesson 3
Having Fun
Identify differences between toys and games from then and now.
Lesson 4
Old Fashioned Toys
Discover how some old fashioned toys work.
Lesson 5
Changing Childhoods
Identify differences between our childhood and children from the past.
Lesson 6
Time Machine
Ask questions about the past.
Lesson 7
Comparing Childhoods
Compare childhoods from then and now.
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This presentation has been created to support Lesson 1 of the Childhood: Then and Now Unit. It allows the teacher to walk students through t...
This presentation has been created to support Lesson 2 of the Childhood: Then and Now Unit. It allows the teacher to walk students through t...
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This presentation has been created to support Lesson 3 of the Childhood: Then and Now Unit. It allows the teacher to walk students through t...
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This presentation has been created to support Lesson 4 of the Childhood: Then and Now Unit. It allows the teacher to walk students through t...
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This presentation has been created to support Lesson 5 of the Childhood: Then and Now Unit. It allows the teacher to walk students through t...
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This presentation has been created to support Lesson 6 of the Childhood: Then and Now Unit. It allows the teacher to walk students through t...
This presentation has been created to support Lesson 7 of the Childhood: Then and Now Unit. It allows the teacher to walk students through t...
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This title page has been designed to use at the beginning of the Childhood: Then and Now unit. You may choose to have students paste the...
This assessment rubric has been designed to use alongside the ‘Comparing Childhoods’ assessment task provided in the Childhood: Then and Now...
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This easy-to-use worksheet is a fantastic way for children to identify different parts of their childhood before comparing their own childho...
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This assessment task has been designed to use at the conclusion of the Childhood: Then and Now unit. It allows students to make comparisons...
