Community Past and Present

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.

8 x 1 hour lessons

Cross curriculum

21x resources/worksheets

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Curriculum content descriptions

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

ACHASSI052

Pose questions to investigate people, events, places and issues

ACHASSI053

Locate and collect information and data from different sources, including observations

ACHASSI055

Sequence information about people’s lives and events

ACHASSI056

Examine information to identify different points of view and distinguish facts from opinions

ACHASSI057

Interpret data and information displayed in different formats, to identify and describe distributions and simple patterns

ACHASSI058

Draw simple conclusions based on analysis of information and data

ACHASSI059

Interact with others with respect to share points of view

ACHASSI061

Present ideas, findings and conclusions in texts and modes that incorporate digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms

ACHASSK062

The importance of Country/Place to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples who belong to a local area

ACHASSK063

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

NSW

HT2-5

Applies skills of historical inquiry and communication

GE2-4

Acquires and communicates geographical information using geographical tools for inquiry

GE2-2

Describes the ways people, places and environments interact

HT2-2

Describes and explains how significant individuals, groups and events contributed to changes in the local community over time

VIC

VCGGC074

Collect and record relevant geographical data and information from the field and other sources

VCHHC067

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

VCGGC076

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

VCHHK072

The significance of Country and Place to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who belong to a local area

VCHHK073

A significant example of change and a significant example of continuity over time in the local community, region or state/territory

VCHHK074

The role that people of diverse backgrounds have played in the development and character of the local community and/or other societies

Overview

In this unit students explore the following concepts;

What would life be like in our local area if non-Indigenous people hadn’t settled in Australia?
What is the Indigenous dialect of our local area?
How is language, place/country and spirituality connected for local Indigenous people?
Why is Acknowledgement of Country important?
How has our local community changed and remained the same over time?
How have groups and individuals influenced the development of our community?

Learning Intention

We are learning to recognise the importance of Country/Place to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples who belong to a local area.
We are learning to understand how the community has changed and remained the same over time and that people of diverse backgrounds have helped shape our local communities.