v9 Childhood: Then and Now Unit Plan

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.

7 x 1 hour lessons

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27x resources/worksheets

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Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum - (QLD/SA/WA/NT/TAS/ACT)

AC9HS1K02

Continuity and change between aspects of their daily lives and their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods

ACHASSK030

Differences and similarities between students' daily lives and life during their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods

ACHASSK029

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

NSW

HT1-1

Communicates an understanding of change and continuity in family life using appropriate historical terms

HT1-4

Demonstrates skills of historical inquiry and communication

VIC

VCHHK061

Differences and similarities between students' daily lives and perspectives of life during their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods, including family traditions, leisure time and communications

VCHHK060

How the present, past and future are signified by terms indicating and describing time

VCHHC055

Identify perspectives about changes to daily life from people in the past or present

VCHHC054

Identify the content features of primary sources when describing the significance of people, places or events

Overview

The key concepts in this unit include:

Identifying ways in which we change as we grow.
Comparing life as a child from the past to the present.
Comparing schooling from the past to the present.
Comparing games and toys from the past to the present.
Interviewing an older person to find out what things are the same and what are different between childhoods of the past and present.

Learning Intention

We are learning to understand the differences and similarities between students' daily lives and life during their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods.
We are learning to understand how the past, present and future are signified by time, some of which have personal significance.
We are learning to understand the differences and similarities between students' daily lives and life during their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods.

Lessons

Past, Present and Future

Past, Present and Future

Understand the difference between the past, present and future.

How Schools Have Changed

How Schools Have Changed

Identify differences between our school and schools of the past.

Identify differences between toys and games from then and now.

Old Fashioned Toys

Old Fashioned Toys

Discover how some old fashioned toys work.

Changing Childhoods

Changing Childhoods

Identify differences between our childhood and children from the past.

Ask questions about the past.

Comparing Childhoods

Comparing Childhoods

Compare childhoods from then and now.

Linked Resources & Activities

KWL - Individual

Curriculum Code: ...

Year Level: Preschool, Foundation, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, High School

Category: Resources

Pre & Primary Essentials Membership

KWL - Individual

Wonder Clouds Display

Curriculum Code: AC9HSFS01, HTe-2, GEe-2, ACHASSI001, ...

Year Level: Foundation, Year 1, Year 2

Category: Resources

Pre & Primary Essentials Membership

Wonder Clouds Display

Curriculum Code: AC9EFLY06, ENE-CWT-01, ENE-SPELL-01, ENE-VOCAB-01, ENE-HANDW-01, ENE-UARL-01, ENe-2A, ENe-3A, VCELY161, VCELY160, VCELY163, ACELY1652, AC9E1LY06, EN1-VOCAB-01, EN1-SPELL-01, EN1-PHOKW-01, ...

Year Level: Foundation, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3

Subject: Creating Texts

Category: Resources, Classroom Displays

Pre & Primary Essentials Membership

Wonder Wall

WALT, WILF & TIB - HASS

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Year Level: Foundation, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Category: Resources

Primary + Unit Plans Membership

WALT, WILF & TIB - HASS

Word Wall Banner and Flashcards - Chevron

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Category: Resources

Pre & Primary Essentials Membership

Word Wall Banner and Flashcards - Chevron

Past, Present and Future - Presentation

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Presentations

Primary + Unit Plans Membership

Past, Present and Future - Presentation

Changing Schools - Presentation

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Presentations

Primary + Unit Plans Membership

Changing Schools - Presentation

Toys From The Past - Display

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1, Year 2

Subject: History

Category: Resources

Primary + Unit Plans Membership

Toys From The Past - Display

Having Fun - Presentation

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Presentations

Primary + Unit Plans Membership

Having Fun - Presentation

Then and Now Flashcards

Curriculum Code: AC9HS1K02, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK030, AC9HS4K03, VCHHK080, HT2-4, HT2-2, HT2-3, HT2-5, ACHASSK085, ...

Year Level: Foundation, Year 1, Year 2, Year 4

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Resources, Thematic Resources

Pre & Primary Essentials Membership

Then and Now Flashcards

Old Fashioned Toys - Presentation

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Presentations

Primary + Unit Plans Membership

Old Fashioned Toys - Presentation

Old Fashioned Toy Instructions – Cup and Ball

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Games & Activities, Classroom Displays

Pre & Primary Essentials Membership

Old Fashioned Toy Instructions – Cup and Ball

Old Fashioned Toy Instructions – Kite

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Games & Activities, Classroom Displays

Pre & Primary Essentials Membership

Old Fashioned Toy Instructions – Kite

Old Fashioned Toy Instructions – Thaumatrope

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Games & Activities, Classroom Displays

Pre & Primary Essentials Membership

Old Fashioned Toy Instructions – Thaumatrope

Changing Childhoods - Presentation

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Presentations

Primary + Unit Plans Membership

Changing Childhoods - Presentation

Super Six Question Starters Display

Curriculum Code: ...

Year Level: Foundation, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Subject: Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Examining Literature, Engaging With & Responding to Literature, Creating Texts

Category: Resources

Pre & Primary Essentials Membership

Super Six Question Starters Display

Time Machine - Presentation

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Presentations

Primary + Unit Plans Membership

Time Machine - Presentation

Comparing Childhoods - Presentation

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Presentations

Primary + Unit Plans Membership

Comparing Childhoods - Presentation

Linked Worksheets

KWL - Worksheet

Curriculum Code: ...

Year Level: Preschool, Foundation, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, High School

Category: Worksheets

KWL - Worksheet

A Timeline of Me

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Worksheets

A Timeline of Me

Childhood: Then and Now - Title Page

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Title Pages

Childhood: Then and Now - Title Page

Comparing Childhoods Assessment Rubric

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Worksheets

Comparing Childhoods Assessment Rubric

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Worksheets

School Days

Toys - Past and Present

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Worksheets

Toys - Past and Present

A Day in the Life of Me

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Worksheets

A Day in the Life of Me

A Day in the Life of… - Interview Questions

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Worksheets

A Day in the Life of… - Interview Questions

Comparing Childhoods Assessment Task

Curriculum Code: ACHASSK030, VCHHK061, HT1-1, HT1-4, ACHASSK029, VCHHK060, VCHHC055, VCHHC054, AC9HS1K02, ...

Year Level: Year 1

Subject: HASS, History

Category: Worksheets

Comparing Childhoods Assessment Task