HASS 3.7 bundle: Our City Our Past

Description

Bundle containing all components of HASS/Science Year 3 unit 3.7

Teacher handbook with complete lesson plans, curriculum mapping and assessment guide, student workbook, and a workbook with model answers (5 PDFs) for

• HASS + Science: Understanding Our World
• Year 3, Unit 3.7: “Our City Our Past”
• Minimum time allocation of one hour per week. Extensions are provided for up to 3 hours a week.

This unit investigates the history of the students’ capital city in their state or territory, from Aboriginal times to the recent past. Teachers may also wish to replace the focus on the capital city, with a focus on the local community. Suggestions for how to adapt this unit for a study of the local community are given in the lesson plan for week 2.

Students will undertake a guided Scientific Investigation to examine an aspect of the history of their capital city or local community. The Scientific Investigation will introduce students to the Scientific Process and how conclusions are drawn from examinations of data. Students will use this process to undertake a research project on a relevant theme.

They will examine the importance of Country/Place to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples who belong to a local area and how the community has changed and remained the same over time and the role that people of diverse backgrounds have played in the development and character of the local community. Students will also consider the similarities and differences between places in terms of their type of settlement, demographic characteristics and the lives of the people who live there, and people’s perceptions of these places.

Multi-Year Level Integration

This unit is compatible with Unit 4.3 The Origins of Australia, Unit 5.3 The Colonial Experience In Australia. It can also be combined with Unit 6.3 Young Australia.

For integration with Year 2, the alternate Unit 3.2: Brisbane Through Time should be used instead.