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TERM/WEEKS: Term 2 Wk2 YEAR LEVEL: 5 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: HASS - History

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and creative Ethical Behaviour Personal and social Intercultural
thinking Competence Understanding
Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability

Notes about device access in the classroom:

WEEK/ West Australian SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES = ICT and
LESSON other
Curriculum OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES
LINKS (Introduction, Body and Conclusion)

Week 1 History: 1. Research and gather Formative Introduction: Scootle - Australian

Lesson 2 The patterns of information on the Assessment:  Discuss the lesson objectives to the class Colonies: gold
colonial resource the Australian Reviewing the
development and Colonies: gold on Scootle students iMovie to Body: iMovie
settlement (e.g. gain an  Students use the resource Australian Colonies: gold on
geographical understanding of Scootle, students gather information by taking notes on
features, climate, 2. Construct a short iMovie their current important towns and dates.
water resources, based on a town during knowledge of the
 Students are then to work in pairs to create a short
transport, the Gold Rush, including topic
discovery of gold) iMovie on iPads or computers based on a town during the
the date the town was
and how this Gold Rush, including the date the town was founded.
founded and when its
impacted upon Students can research their chosen town further on the
Gold Rush began.
the environment Internet for further information. The information should
(e.g. introduced remain basic, as the iMovie’s will be presented in class at
species) and the
the end of the lesson.
daily lives of the
different  The teacher should walk around and make sure students
inhabitants (e.g. are on task with their iMovies
convicts, free  Students present their short iMovie to the rest of the
settlers, class.
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Conclusion
Islander Peoples)  Students gather on the mat and teacher asks selected
(ACHASSK107) students to state a new fact they learnt about the
Australian Gold Rush.