v9 Then and Now

This unit is based on the Year 2 Australian Curriculum HASS Inquiry Skills, Knowledge and Understandings. In this unit, students will investigate the technologies used by their local First Nations Australians. They will then explore how the developments of technologies has changed the way people live at home, work, travel and communicate. Finally, they will discover the effects of these changes to interconnections with other places in the world.

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Curriculum content descriptions

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

AC9HS2K02

How technological developments changed people’s lives at home, and the ways they worked, travelled and communicated

ACHASSK046

How changing technology affected people’s lives (at home and in the ways they worked, travelled, communicated and played in the past)

NSW

HT1-3

Describes the effects of changing technology on people’s lives over time

HT1-4

Demonstrates skills of historical inquiry and communication

VIC

VCHHK065

The effect of changing technology on people’s lives and their perspectives on the significance of that change

Overview

The key concepts in this unit include

Investigate technologies used by local first Nations Australians.
Understand how developments in technology have changed our daily life at home and at work.
Explore the changes that have occurred in travel and communication and how these developments impact our connectedness to the rest of the world.

Learning Intention

We are learning to identify how changing technology affected people’s lives (at home and in the ways they worked, travelled, communicated and played in the past).
We are learning to identify how changing technology affected people’s lives (at home and in the ways they worked, travelled, communicated and played in the past).

Lessons

Lesson 1

Past and Present

To understand that things change over time and the difference between the past and the present.

Lesson 2

First Nation Australians

We will be looking at the technologies used in the daily lives of First Nations Australians.

Lesson 3

Changes at Home & Work

To understand that technology has made people’s lives at home and in the workplace easier and more productive.

Lesson 4

Transport Over Time

We will understand changes have occurred in transport over time.

Lesson 5

Change in Communication

To understand that developments in technology have changed the way we communicate with one another.

Lesson 6

Questions About the Past

To learn to ask questions that help us understand more about the past.

Lesson 7

Then and Now

Today we will demonstrate what we understand about the developments of technology over time and how technology has changed the way people live at home, work, travel and communicate.

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v9 Then and Now

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

NSW

VIC