Stage 1 History Unit
Present & Past Family Life
Objectives:
Students
Students
- develop knowledge and understanding about the nature of history and key changes and developments from the past
- develop knowledge and understanding about key historical concepts and develop the skills to undertake the process of historical inquiry
Stage 1 - Historical Concepts
- Continuity and change: some things change over time and others remain the same, e.g changes and similarities in family life over time; aspects in the local community that have changed or remained the same.
- Cause and effect: events, decisions or developments in the past that produce later actions, results or effects, e.g how everyday life has changed over time; how changing technologies affected peoples' lives over time.
- Perspectives: people from the past will have different views shaped by their experiences, e.g different points of view about a significant person or site in the local area.
- Empathetic understanding: developing an understanding of another's views, life and decisions made, e.g how people lived in the past in the local community and decisions they made.
- Significance: importance of an event, development or individual/group, e.g the importance/significance of a local person or site and a personal or family event that has significance.
Stage 1 - Historical Skills
Comprehension: chronology, terms and concepts
- discuss and recount stories of family and local history
- sequence familiar objects and events(ACHHS031, ACHHS047)
- distinguish between the past, present and future(ACHHS032, ACHHS048)
- explore and use a range of sources about the past(ACHHS034, ACHHS050)
- identify and compare features of objects from the past and present(ACHHS035, ACHHS051)
- explore a point of view within an historical context(ACHHS036, ACHHS052)
- recognise that people in the local community may have lived differently in the past
- pose questions about the past using sources provided(ACHHS033, ACHHS049)
- develop a narrative about the past(ACHHS037, ACHHS053)
- use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written, role play) and digital technologies.(ACHHS038, ACHHS054)
Outcomes: A student
HT1-1
communicates an understanding of change and continuity in family life using appropriate historical terms |
HT1-2
identifies and describes significant people, events, places and sites in the local community over time |
HT1-4
demonstrates skills of historical inquiry and communication |
Content:
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Key inquiry questions:
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Webquests/Units/Worksheets
Teach This - worksheets
Past & Present Family Life - sample unit from BOS, NSW
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Old toys - colour & write worksheets
Families Past & Present - Catholic Schools of the Clarence NSW
Then & Now - worksheets
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Families Past & Present Banner - downloadable
Past or Present - worksheets
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What is this? Six historical objects
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Old & New Toys - sorting cards
Year 1 unit overview - Exploring Family Life (word doc)
Family Theme Page - Enchanted Learning
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- NESA Sample Unit
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- NSW State Library Units
- Interactives/Infographs
100 years of change - infograph
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Past v Internet Generation - infograph
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- Histories
Technology In The Home - Then and Now
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- YouTube/Videos
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Feeding The Family - video to download (209mb)
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- Family Traditions/Celebrations
Different Ways We Celebrate - Scholastics
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Family Traditions Unit - resource
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Celebrations - thematic topic
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Programming Template
updated Feb 2022