This unit is based on the Year 3 Australian Curriculum HASS Inquiry Skills, Knowledge and Understandings. Students explore their local community, past and present. They research their local Indigenous past, and learn about their local Indigenous dialect, and their connections between language, place/country and spirituality. They will investigate things in their local community that have changed and remained the same, as well as groups and individuals that have contributed to our community’s development.
Pose questions to investigate people, events, places and issues
Locate and collect information and data from different sources, including observations
Sequence information about people’s lives and events
Examine information to identify different points of view and distinguish facts from opinions
Interpret data and information displayed in different formats, to identify and describe distributions and simple patterns
Draw simple conclusions based on analysis of information and data
Interact with others with respect to share points of view
Present ideas, findings and conclusions in texts and modes that incorporate digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms
The importance of Country/Place to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples who belong to a local area
How the community has changed and remained the same over time and the role that people of diverse backgrounds have played in the development and character of the local community
Applies skills of historical inquiry and communication
Acquires and communicates geographical information using geographical tools for inquiry
Describes the ways people, places and environments interact
Describes and explains how significant individuals, groups and events contributed to changes in the local community over time
Collect and record relevant geographical data and information from the field and other sources
Identify the origin and content features of primary sources when describing the significance of people, places and events
Interpret maps and other geographical data and information to develop identifications, descriptions, explanations and conclusions, using geographical terminology including simple grid references, compass direction and distance
The significance of Country and Place to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who belong to a local area
A significant example of change and a significant example of continuity over time in the local community, region or state/territory
The role that people of diverse backgrounds have played in the development and character of the local community and/or other societies
In this unit students explore the following concepts;
Lesson 1
First Australians
In this lesson, students will investigate who the first Australian's were and what life would be like without european settlement.
Lesson 2
Local Indigenous Dialect
Students will explore their local Aboriginal clan and dialect.
Lesson 3
Posing Questions/ Acknowledgement of Country
In this lesson, students will prepare questions to pose to their guest speaker. They will also learn about the Acknowledgement of Country ceremony.
Lesson 4
Guest Speaker
Students will have their guest speaker discuss their local dialect and the land in which they belong.
Lesson 5
Our Local Dialect and Land Presentation
In this lesson, students will create a digital presentation based on the information they learnt from their guest speaker.
Lesson 6
Exploring Our Community
Students explore their local community and how their community that has changed or remained the same over time.
Lesson 7
Our Community Past and Present
Students will research and create a digital page on an aspect of their community that has changed or remained the same.
Lesson 8
Influential Community Members
In this lesson, students will research an individual and/or group that has made a difference within their community.
This poster was designed to be used a an individual or whole class graphic organiser for students to record what they already know about a u...
This resource was designed to record students wonderings about a unit of work. That is, what questions would they like answered, and what do...
The Wonder Wall display header has been developed to be used as a word wall display to introduce vocabulary associated with various units of...
Take a journey through time as students explore the development of communities in the past and present.
This is a map of Aboriginal Australia, a resource that will be particularly useful in conjunction with the Foundation-4 HASS Curriculum.
Use these cards to record local dialect and their English translation and display.
This Brainstorm Display was desgned to use in order to promote classroom discussions. You can write the question on the display and use post...
This display serves as a visual reminder for students to engage in active questioning skills.
This set of blank word wall cards allows you to add vocabulary to your word wall as the need arises. Create your own customised word wall ba...
This worksheet was designed to be used a an individual graphic organiser for students to record what they already know about a unit, what th...
Illustrate and annotate what life would have been like if non-Indigenous settlement hadn’t occurred.
Research words from your local dialect, record and write the English translation.
Pose 3 questions to ask our guest speaker. Your questions should relate to local dialect and the land in which they belong. They should help...
Students use this worksheet to write an Acknowledgement of Country appropriate for the local area peoples.
Complete this assessment sheet in response to one of your peers sharing their digital presentation about local dialect and connections with...
Illustrate and describe some things in our local community that have either changed or remained the same.
Use the template to record your research about the community past and present.
This resource has been created to support the Year 3 Unit of Work- Local Community and Change. Students must choose an individual or group f...
Investigate an individual or group that has made a difference in the local community. Illustrate and explain what life what be like if they...
