This unit is based on the Year 1 Australian Curriculum HASS Inquiry Skills, Knowledge and Understandings. Students explore time through photos of the stages of life and use terminology including yesterday, today, a long time ago, etc. They create a timeline of months and seasons, and significant events in their life. Students explore how we record memories and celebrate significant events. They explore how changed can happen to a person quickly or over time, and investigate what changes may happen in Year 1. Students create a time capsule of information on themselves.
Pose questions about past and present objects, people, places and events
Collect data and information from observations and identify information and data from sources provided
Sort and record information and data, including location, in tables and on plans and labelled maps
Sequence familiar objects and events
Explore a point of view
Draw simple conclusions based on discussions, observations and information displayed in pictures and texts and on maps
Present narratives, information and findings in oral, graphic and written forms using simple terms to denote the passing of time and to describe direction and location
Differences in family structures and roles today, and how these have changed or remained the same over time
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
Differences and similarities between students' daily lives and life during their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods
Demonstrates skills of historical inquiry and communication
Communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools for inquiry
Communicates an understanding of change and continuity in family life using appropriate historical terms
Collect and record geographical data and information from the field and other sources
Represent data and the location of places and their features by constructing tables, plans and labelled maps
Sequence significant events about personal and family history to create a chronological narrative
Interpret data and information to draw conclusions and describe the direction and location of places, using terms such as north, south, opposite, near, far
Identify the content features of primary sources when describing the significance of people, places or events
Differences in family structures of families and the role of family groups today, and what they have in common and how these have changed or remained the same over time
How the present, past and future are signified by terms indicating and describing time
Differences and similarities between students' daily lives and perspectives of life during their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods, including family traditions, leisure time and communications
In this unit students explore the following concepts;