Serena Gibson-Page

EDFD260
Assessment #1

Lesson Plan






Curriculum











Lesson Objectives:

Students Prior Knowledge:

What Australian culture looks like today including health care, the environment, beliefs,
money, food, shelter, transport, family units and the law.

Who Indigenous Australians are, and what makes them different.

Indigenous culture within modern day Australian society including the arts, ceremonies,
beliefs, family units, relationships and lore.






Students will use a range of sources to research and collect information about the first
Australians Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples before the arrival of Europeans
including their connection to country, beliefs, barter systems, use and respect for the
environment, foods, medicines, ceremonies, clothing, shelter, tools, and roles performed by
men, women and children.

Students will analyse their research findings and make comparisons between the Indigenous
cultures both past and present.


Date: Thursday 15
th
August 2013 Time: 11.30-12.30

Unit: Australian History Lesson #3
Level: 4A
HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
The diversity and longevity of Australias first peoples and the ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait
Islander peoples are connected to Country and Place (land, sea, waterways and skies) and the
implications for their daily lives. (ACHHK077)

HISTORICAL QUESTIONS AND RESEARCH
Pose a range of questions about the past (ACHHS083)
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LESSON STRUCTURE:

Time Introduction & Motivation: Teaching Approaches &
Resources
11.30
11.45am

(15minutes)











































1 Minute
Welcome students back from lunch and encourage them
to sit in their groups at their desks and settle in so the
lesson can begin. Comment on students who are
promptly back and settled at desks.
Once all students settled start with:

5 minutes
Recap on prior learning

Revise the previous areas of learning and investigation
regarding Australian culture and the presence of
Indigenous cultures both Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples today. Ask students to reflect on their
learning from the previous lessons asking
What are some aspects that make up the Australian
culture today?
Write responses on whiteboard using concept map.
Responses should include health system (hospitals,
doctors, medicine), the environment (Different States e.g.
Northern Territory is Dry/Desert, Coastal areas West and
East coast near the sea, Australian Capital Territory
(ACT) is cold), food (meats, dairy, fruits and vegetables,
beliefs (all different religions), money (Aus Dollar), the
arts (Ballet, theatre, concerts), transport (cars, buses,
ferrys, bikes, trains, planes), housing (flat, house,
caravan), language (English), family units, and the law
(how we treat each other and the way in which we live)
and finally Australians (people) if this response has not
been given prompt students by asking what about the
people that live within Australia are they part of the
culture? Extend by asking Who are the people that live
within Australia?

Focus on the aspect of Australian people and revisit
discussions about the many different cultures within
Australia in particular previous investigations of the
Indigenous cultures which is inclusive of both Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander peoples present within
Australia society today (NAIDOC week, Jessica
Mauboy, art, language etc).
Ask students What does Indigenous Australian mean?
Explain Indigenous means native to Australia or
Australias first inhabitants. Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples were the first to live in Australia.



Classroom rules.







Whiteboard and markers.

CONCEPT MAP OF
AUSTRALIAN CULTURE
(APPENDI X A)



















New Concept Map of
PEOPLE the who and what of
Indigenous culture today.
(APPENDI X A)










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3 minutes
Ask students to close their eyes and ask
Ask stimulating questions such as
Imagine what life would have been like for the first
Australians, the first people to ever live in Australia.
How long ago do you think the very first Australians
lived in Australia?(PAUSE) Where did they come
from?(PAUSE) What did they look like?(PAUSE)
Class opens eyes
Write some responses on whiteboard. Ask students to
add their own inquiry questions about the first
Australians. Write on board

1 minute
Introduce todays lesson
Explain to students the lesson outline.
Students will have to put their researcher hats on
as they will be travelling back in time to explore
what life was like for the first Australians.

Students will use a range of sources including a
thinglink, the artefact display from the Qld
Museum and the school library to research and
collect information about the first Australians
including their connection to country, barter
systems, use and respect for the environment,
foods, medicines, clothing, shelter, tools, and
roles performed by men, women and children.

Students will then use their findings to make
comparisons between the Indigenous cultures
both past and present and represent this using the
workbooks provided to be glued into History
books. Hand out workbooks.

After this the class will come back as a whole
group to discuss their findings and revisit the
question we have asked that are on the
whiteboard to see if we can answer them.


INFORM STUDENTS THEY WILLHAVE
APPROXIMATLEY 40minutes to research. Teacher will
ring bell when there is 5 minutes remaining any students
in the library will be notified by their classmates when
bell rings to come back to the classroom and finish off
their findings.





WHI TEBOARD AND
MARKERS


























PAST and PRESENT
WORKBOOKS

















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5 minutes
MOTIVATION

Explain the quickest way of travelling back in time is by
hopping into our time travel machine. Instruct everyone
to fasten their seat belts. Turn off lights and set timer to
go back 40 000 years and start Youtube simulation.

Stop at 1.29min and open thing link. Explain to students
that they have arrived in Australia 40 000 year ago and
that as a class you will watch the clip The First
Australians as an introduction of what Australia was like
then. Ask students to pay special attention to what
Professor Janet McCalman has to say.
Start clip and stop at 3.19min
Ask students What do they mean by Australia was Terra
Nullius? Explain Terra Nullius means a land belonging
to no one or no mans land and that is what people
believed many years ago however ask student s how
many lives did Professor Janet McCalman say were
actually living in Australia then? Looking for 1.6
Billion in response.

Direct students to get started on their research and
explain they can choose what resources they would
like to use to investigate. (28 students in pairs = 14
groups)
Explain that there is only 6 laptops/ 4 Ipads for
groups to access the thinglink which means that there
can only be 10 groups investigating the thinglink at a
time. The other 4 groups will have to source the
library or explore the displays set up at the back of
the room. Remind students of the appropriate
behaviour whilst in the library and inform them that
the librarian has set aside a collection of literature for
them to look at.

Assist students in negotiating resources and transition
only a couple of pairs at a time.












Youtube clip Time Machine
0.12sec start
stop at 1.29min


Thing link Australian History
First Australians clip.















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Time Main Content: Teaching Approaches &
Resources

11.45am

12.25pm

(40
minutes)


Students research information regarding the Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander cultures of the past. They record their
findings in the Past and Present Worksheet under the past
heading next to the appropriate area of investigation.


While students are researching walk around and observe.
Discuss findings with students and help them differentiate
the key points and interesting facts.


Librarian is expecting students to come in and has gathered
a collection of relevant literature for them to research.

THINGLINK
(AUSTRALIAN
HISTORY)
(APPENDI X B)

INDIDGENOUS
CULTURES
MUSEUM
DISPLAYS
(APPENDI X C)

LIBRARY BOOKS

PAST & PRESENT
WORKSHEET
(APPENDI X D)
























Support and/or Extension
Activities


Create a poster representation
of their findings to present to
class.






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Time Conclusion: Teaching Approaches &
Resources

12.20pm






12.24pm



12.25pm-
12.30 pm

Ring classroom bell to signalled 5 minutes of work time
remaining. Instruct students to start finishing up their
research.

Nominate class member to walk to library and inform
students it is time to come back to class.

Instruct student pairs to make their way back to their desks
as quietly as they possibly can ready for a group discussion
on findings.

Students are asked to present their findings. Write finding
into a comparison chart on the board include columns Past
and Present. Encourage students to make comparisons on
similarities and differences ask What are some of the
similarities of the indigenous culture from the past that are
still present today? Draw lines connecting the similarities
within the table. Ask students to identify the differences
Who can tell me what some of the differences are? write
the responses at the bottom of the table. Ask reflective
question Why do you think that some of the Indigenous
culture from the past is still present today and other areas
have changed over time? Ask students to write this
question and what they believe in their books. Explain that
this question will be investigated in the next History
lesson.

Classroom handheld bell.








Count down of 3 -2 -1.
Acknowledge attentive
behaviour.


WHITEBOARD &
MARKERS. DRAW
COMPARISON CHART
PAST/PRESENT AT
BOTTOM OF TABLE
DIFFERENCES.
(APPENDI X E)






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Assessment of Learning
Formative

Past and Present workbook.

Students findings including their discussion and identification on the similarities and differences of
Indigenous cultures in the past and in the present with particular reference to their connection to
country, beliefs, barter systems, use and respect for the environment, foods, medicines, ceremonies,
clothing, shelter, tools, and roles performed by men, women and children.





Evaluation

Reflect on the success of lesson in meeting objective goals and student engagement.









Safety Considerations




Internet access is structured so that educational sites are the only access online.
Students handle all artefacts with care.
All chairs are pushed under desks if not being used.
Noise does not get excessive.
Correct posture is displayed by students sitting at computer.
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UNIT: AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
YEAR: 4A
TEACHER: Miss Page

Lesson # 3 Indigenous Cultures Past and Present
60minutes

Year 4 Level Description
First Contacts
The Year 4 curriculum introduces world history and the movement of peoples. Beginning with
the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait I slander peoples.
I NQUI RY QUESTI ON:
What was life like for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait I slander Peoples before the arrival
of the Europeans?

RESOURCES
TI ME MACHI NE YOUTUBE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtUuCMgYB9w

THI NGLI NK
4 I PADS
6 LAPTOPS
Go to this website: http://www.thinglink.com/
1. Login email : serena_page20@hotmail.com
Password: nicole1984
2. Once logged on click on the outline of the
person in the top right hand corner of screen
3. When dropdown menu appears click on the
image (Mini Yellow/ Gold picture of
Australia)
4. Australian History thinglink should appear
full screen. Run mouse over the map of
Australia to reveal the linked websites. Click
on website for access.
PLEASE NOTE: If the Australian History
Thinglink does not appear full screen go the right
hand side menu and click on edit.

I ndigenous Cultures Past and Present Workbook

Museum Artefacts
Aboriginal Culutre, Land
Artefact 1
Aboriginal, Boab Nut, carved illustrations
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perspex box Artefact 1
Aboriginal, Basket, Head
box Artefact 1
Aboriginal, Basket, Baby
box Kit 1
Aboriginal Tools
box Kit 1
Aboriginal Technology & Trade
box Kit 1
Aboriginal Science: Rainforest
box Kit 2
Aboriginal Culture, Lore
box Kit 1
Aboriginal Culture, Language
box Kit 2
Torres Strait Islands, Weris (Fish Scoop)
box Kit 1
Torres Strait Islands, Mat (pandanus)
free standing Artefact 4
Torres Strait Islands, Drum
display case Artefact 4
Torres Strait Islands, Dhari (Feather Headdress)
free standing Artefact 1
Torres Strait Islands, Basket, Woven
box Kit 2
Torres Strait Islands, Ailan Kastom
perspex box Specimen 1
Mornington Island, Head Dress, Ceremonial
perspex box Artefact 1
Arnhem Land, Basket
perspex box Artefact 1