HASS F.5 bundle – My Global Family

Description

Bundle containing all components of HASS/Science Foundation unit F.5

Teacher handbook with complete lesson plans, curriculum mapping and assessment guide, plus all the resource PDFs for

• History & Geography + Science: Understanding Our World
• K/Prep/Foundation Year
• Term 1 – Unit “My Global Family”
• Minimum time allocation half an hour per week, optimal 1 hour a week.

This unit introduces students to a discussion of families. Students identify their own position in a family structure and are introduced to basic terms for family members. Students then place their own family in a global context by looking at where in the world their family members currently live and then where in the world members of their family have ever lived. Students are then introduced to some celebrations in Australia and around the world. The overall purpose of this unit is to draw on similarities between the disparate members of the class, to find out some information about each other and to see that they all have links around the world. This process allows students to get to know each other, recognise their own roots and see that they share some experiences. It is therefore recommended that this unit is taught at the beginning of the school year.

Allowing students to discuss their own family will help them to manage the transition to the school environment. An introduction to countries of the world is placed in a personal context by looking at where in the world the students have family. By extending the global reference back into the past students are reminded that all families have ties to different parts of the world, and thus students can feel more connected to each other. Students who are new to Australia are reminded that students born in Australia have global connections too, and students born in Australia are reminded that they have global connections as well. Students recognition of their global connections also lays the foundations for discussions of global citizenship in later year levels.

Multi-Year Level Integration

For a multi-year level class, this unit can be used to integrate with units for Year 1: Seasons in Our Lives, and Year 2: Our Changing World.