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Lesson 7
Lesson 7
CURRICULUM LINKS
History
ACHHK030 Differences and similarities between students' daily lives and life during their parents
and grandparents childhoods, including family traditions, leisure time and communications
Discussing kinship as an important part of relationships and family structures in Aboriginal
and Torres Straight Islander societies (for example the extent of a kinship system and the
way in which it influences people's relationships, obligations and behaviour towards each
other
English
ACELY1655 Respond to texts from a range of cultural and experiences
Using writing to depict and comment on people and places beyond their immediate
experience
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this lesson students will
LESSON OBJECTIVES
During this lesson students will
1. Participate in discussions about family structures from different cultures
2. Engage with multimodal resources to further their thinking concepts
3. Complete a small writing task to confirm their understandings
INQUIRY QUESTION FOR LESSON
Discussion with class, if any children know of any terms of family structures that different
cultures use. As children make suggestions, elaborate, support and prompt students
thinking
Recap on previous lessons, on family structure from the past and present, getting students
to think back on what has been learnt on families from the past, present and how they
differed or remained the same.
Prompt students to use key vocabulary from previous lessons on family structure i.e.
nuclear, single parent, blended
Engage students into todays topic KINSHIP (if this term has not been bought up in
previous discussion, teacher to prompt and guide students thinking)
Kin is another word that some cultures use for family. Kinship is the relationship between
family members. Mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, cousins, uncles and aunties are all an
example of kinship.
Teacher to play clip for second time, encouraging children to listen and respond and write
down any words or sentences they hear
Once clip is complete, if needed, continue to further discussions and play clip, pausing if
children have questions or requests
DIFFERENTIATION OF LEARNING
Have students who require extra attention or may disrupt the class sitting close to teacher
during YouTube clip
Allow students with physical ailments to sit on chairs during group time if required
Encourage all students to be engaged in class discussions and scaffold this
ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING/LESSON OBJECTIVES
1. Assessment for learning: Teacher to gather students research sheets to engage with
how successful students comprehension of the lesson. Teachers to use this information to
decipher whether further lessons need to be organised to further childrens learning