This resource, aimed at the youngest students, provides a paper doll cut-out template for use in a colouring-in activity by students to help them describe their family. Students can colour in one doll to represent each member of their family and the teacher can assist the students to display these in the form of a family tree.
This activity aligns with the Australian Curriculum History, Geography and HASS for Foundation (Prep).
Bundle containing all components of HASS/Science Foundation + Year 1 unit F-1.3
History & Geography + Science: Understanding Our World
K/Prep/Foundation + Year 1
Unit F-1.3: “Families Long Ago”
Minimum time allocation half an hour per week, optimal 1 hour a week.
Multi-Year Level Integration
This unit is specifically intended for integrated Foundation + Year 1 classes. The unit is also broadly compatible with units 2.3 Daily Life in the Past and 3.3 Brisbane Through Time. For other classes or combinations, please use the appropriate year level units.
Bundle containing all components of HASS/Science Foundation + Year 1 unit F-1.4
HASS + Science: Understanding Our World
K/Prep/Foundation + Year 1, Unit F-1.4: “Families and Their Places”
Minimum time allocation half an hour per week, optimal 1 hour a week.
Multi-Year Level Integration
This unit is specifically intended for integrated Foundation + Year 1 classes. The unit is also broadly compatible with units 2.4 Our Earth’s Special Places and 3.4 Communities Here and Abroad. For other classes or combinations, please use the appropriate year level units.
Year bundle containing all components of HASS/Science Foundation units F.1 to F.4
Teacher handbook with complete lesson plans, curriculum mapping and assessment guide, student workbook and model answers, plus all the resource PDFs for
History & Geography + Science: Understanding Our World
K/Prep/Foundation Year
Unit F.1 “Me and My Global Family”
Unit F.2 “Where we Live”
Unit F.3 “Children Long Ago”
Unit F.4 “How Has Life Changed?”
Minimum time allocation half an hour per week, optimal 1 hour a week.
Multi-Year Level Integration
These units are recommended for stand-alone use. For integration with Year 1 and above, we have the F.B year bundle (units F.5-F.8) which have a slightly different layout.
This resource introduces younger students to the idea of different types of historical sources. We examine oral history, textual sources (books, newspapers, letters and journals), historic photographs, drawings and paintings and artefacts.
Aimed at Years 1, 2 and 3, this resource lays the groundwork for dealing with primary and secondary sources required in Years 4, 5 and 6 and aligns with Core Skills in the Australian Curriculum for History, Geography and HASS.
Containing selected examples chosen to complement the Living in the Past resource, this resource presents information about the food from traditional societies around the world.
This resource looks at some children’s games from around the world through time, chosen to complement the Living in the Past resource.
Concentrating on games from Ancient China, Mexico, Egypt and Rome, as well as traditional Aboriginal and Zulu games, this resource aims at helping students identify with children around the world and through time. Instructions are given for playing most of the games, so that students can try the games themselves.
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