This History presentation has been created to support Lesson 4 of the Australian History to Federation unit. It allows the teacher to walk students through visual examples and explanations.
The economic, political and social causes of the establishment of British colonies in Australia after 1800
Locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources in a range of formats
The role of a significant individual or group, including First Nations Australians and those who migrated to Australia, in the development of events in an Australian colony
Develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems
Develop evidence-based conclusions
The impact of the development of British colonies in Australia on the lives of First Nations Australians, the colonists and convicts, and on the natural environment
Evaluate primary and secondary sources to determine origin, purpose and perspectives
Present descriptions and explanations, drawing ideas, findings and viewpoints from sources, and using relevant terms and conventions
Evaluate information and data in a range of formats to identify and describe patterns and trends, or to infer relationships
Present ideas, findings, viewpoints and conclusions in a range of texts and modes that incorporate source materials, digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms and conventions
The impact of a significant development or event on an Australian colony
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
The role that a significant individual or group played in shaping a colony
The reasons people migrated to Australia and the experiences and contributions of a particular migrant group within a colony
Develop appropriate questions to guide an inquiry about people, events, developments, places, systems and challenges
Reasons (economic, political and social) for the establishment of British colonies in Australia after 1800
Locate and collect relevant information and data from primary sources and secondary sources
Organise and represent data in a range of formats including tables, graphs and large- and small-scale maps, using discipline-appropriate conventions
Sequence information about people’s lives, events, developments and phenomena using a variety of methods including timelines
Interpret data and information displayed in a range of formats to identify, describe and compare distributions, patterns and trends, and to infer relationships
Examine primary sources and secondary sources to determine their origin and purpose
Examine different viewpoints on actions, events, issues and phenomena in the past and present
Evaluate evidence to draw conclusions
The social, economic and political causes and reasons for the establishment of British colonies in Australia after 1800
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
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
The effects of a significant development or event on a colony
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
The role that a significant individual or group played in shaping and changing a colony
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
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
Explain the significance of an event and an individual or group that influenced change in the Australian colonies and in Australian society since Federation
Collect and record relevant geographical data and information from the field and secondary sources, using ethical protocols
Represent the location of places and other types of geographical data and information in different forms including diagrams, field sketches and large-scale and small-scale maps that conform to cartographic conventions of border, scale, legend, title, north point and source; using digital and spatial technologies as appropriate
Interpret maps and other geographical data and information using digital and spatial technologies as appropriate, to develop identifications, descriptions, explanations and conclusions that use geographical terminology
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
Acquires, processes and communicates geographical information using geographical tools for inquiry
Describes and explains the struggles for rights and freedoms in Australia, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Describes and explains the significance of people, groups, places and events to the development of Australia
Describes and explains different experiences of people living in Australia over time
Applies a variety of skills of historical inquiry and communication
Identifies change and continuity and describes the causes and effects of change on Australian society