HASS 3.8 bundle: Celebrating Diversity

Description

Bundle containing all components of HASS/Science Year 3 unit 3.8

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 3.8: “Celebrating Diversity”
• Minimum time allocation of one hour per week. Extensions are provided for up to 3 hours a week.

This unit examines diversity in Australian society, examining how the community has changed over time and the role of diversity in these changes. The role of diversity in celebrations in Australia. The way the celebrations from around the world are commemorated in Australia is also investigated.

Australia and its neighbouring countries and their similarities and differences are a focus of this unit, and students also consider the role of climate in different environments. There is also a focus on the Australian democratic process, with a mini election, and Australia’s contribution to global democracy.

In parallel, the optional Science activity has students grow a plant, recording conditions influencing its development. The growth of the plant is linked to the diversity theme by looking at the cultural meaning of different plants and their connections to Australia’s communities. This Science activity also links to the sustainability theme of this unit. The unit ends with a celebration of diversity, which students plan and develop as part of their class work, which can be run as a class party, if the teacher so decides.

Multi-Year Level Integration

This unit is compatible with the Unit 4.4 Shaping the Future – Diversity and Technology. It can also be combined with Unit 5.4 Shaping Society – Working Together and Unit 6.4 We Are One, But We Are Many.

For integration with Year 2, the alternate Unit 3.4: Communities Here and Abroad should be used instead.