This unit is based on the Year 3 Australian Curriculum HASS Inquiry Skills, Knowledge and Understandings. Students investigate how The First Australians are connected to Country and Place. The unit will also explore how communities lived in the past, such as their forms of transport, types of technology and their natural and built environments. They will then investigate the causes and effects of changes to these aspects of a community. Finally, they will identify how and why people participate in and contribute to communities and look at the different groups and individuals that contribute to changes in communities.
Causes and effects of changes to the local community, and how people who may be from diverse backgrounds have contributed to these changes
The ways First Nations Australians in different parts of Australia are interconnected with Country/Place
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
The key concepts in this unit include:
Lesson 1
Introducing the Unit
Students will explore how they learn about the past and how they can activate our prior knowledge when looking at the inquiry questions for this unit of work.
Lesson 2
The First Australians
Students to understand how the First Australians, from different places in Australia, are connected to Country/Place.
Lesson 3
Communities of the Past
Students will be exploring what a community is and look at communities of the past and how they lived.
Lesson 4
Comparing Communities
Students will be exploring how communities have changed or remained the same over time and the reasons for these changes.
Lesson 5
My Local Community
Students will explore how and why our local community has changed or remained the same over time, as well as the effects of these changes.
Lesson 6
Diversity in my Community
Students will be exploring how and why people participate in and contribute to communities, as well as the individuals and groups that helped to shape our local community.
Lesson 7
Putting it Altogether
Students will demonstrate their understanding of the diversity of the First Australians and their connections to Country/Place. They will also identify changes to the local community, who contributed to them and the causes and effects of these changes.
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