HASS F.4 bundle: How Has Life Changed?

Description

Bundle containing all components of HASS/Science Foundation Year unit F.4

Teacher handbook with complete lesson plans, curriculum mapping, and assessment guide (3 PDFs) for

• History & Geography + Science: Understanding Our World
• Foundation Year, Unit F.4: “How Has Life Changed?”
• Minimum time allocation half an hour per week, optimal 1 hour a week.

This unit investigates the difference between daily life today and in the past. Students examine celebrations today and in the past; special places, especially natural places and Aboriginal places, and how these places are looked after. They compare modern and old forms of transport, focussing on transport 100 years ago. There is a brief examination of museums and the items displayed in museums, as part of the theme of understanding how we know about the past. Finally the students choose characters from the past and perform a play featuring their characters. If appropriate, the students can dress up as their character and they have props, which identify past objects relating to their characters. In the last week, the students can perform the play for an audience of parents and/or fellow students.

Multi-Year Level Integration

This unit is broadly compatible with the Unit 1.4 Families Around the World and Unit 2.4 Our Earth’s Special Places.