Learning Experience Plan Lesson 2 of 12

Year Level 7 Duration 60 minutes Focus Overview & Introduction Implementation Date TBA Curriculum History

The Australian Curriculum 5.1 - History Historical Knowledge and Understanding The Ancient World Overview content includes the evidence for the emergence and establishment of ancient societies (including art, iconography, writing tools and pottery) key features of ancient societies (farming, trade, social classes, religion, rule of law) Investigating the ancient past The range of sources that can be used in an historical investigation, including archaeological and written sources (ACDSEH029) Historical Skills Chronology, terms and concepts Use historical terms and concepts (ACHHS206) Historical questions and research Identify a range of questions about the past to inform a historical inquiry (ACHHS207) Identify and locate relevant sources, using ICT and other methods (ACHHS208) Analysis and use of sources Locate, compare, select and use information from a range of sources as evidence (ACHHS210) Explanation and communication Develop texts, particularly descriptions and explanations that use evidence from a range of sources that are acknowledged (ACHHS213)

Prior Knowledge: What does the learner already know? Students know and understand the ethical and safety issues with using ICT Students know how to access the class Blog Students know how to post a comment on the class Blog Students know the meaning of the vocabulary terms used in the Thinking Like a Historian Framework Students know how to use the skimming and scanning strategy used for research purposes

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Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO) - Where does the learner need/want to be? Declarative Knowledge The learner will know and understand: DK1 the characteristics of a hunter-gatherer lifestyle Procedural Knowledge The learner will be able to: PK1 identify key features that characterise a settled society PK2 identify key events that demonstrate the emergence and establishment of ancient society PK3 record answers to key questions on the class Blog

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ILO

Learning experiences and teaching strategies What will constitute the learning journey? Phase 1: Engage, review prior knowledge Switch on thinking and prior knowledge by asking four students at a time to write one word in each column on the pre-drawn tables on the whiteboard to describe what they think or know is meant by the terms hunter-gatherer & settled society Phase 2: Develop skills & knowledge Explain objective Students will take notes while watching a YouTube clip titled Hunter Gathering Societies Students will assess whether their prior knowledge is correct & add or make adjustments to the table where necessary Allow students to access the class Blog so that they can begin researching & answering the questions Phase 3: Conclusion Sum up what happened in todays lesson Assess what students have learnt

Adjustments for needs of learners

Resources

10min

Allow 10 second response time Provide students with clear expectations and instructions

Draw to tables on the whiteboard. Each with two columns titled hunter-gatherer & settled society Whiteboard Markers Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) Computers / Laptops

40min DK1 PK1 PK2 PK3

Provide students with guidance where necessary so that they can work independently on the Blog

YouTube: Hunter Gathering

Societies

10min

DK1 PK1-3

Teacher created Blog Thinking

Like a Historian

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