Inquiry and skills
Based on the Australian Curriculum, Inquiry and skills in F-6/7 HASS Foundation Year includes:
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Who Lived Here Before You? PowerPoint
A 17 slide editable PowerPoint template introducing students to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples connection to land.
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Blank Timeline Template
A blank editable timeline template to use as a recording worksheet in history lessons.
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Places on a Map - Task Cards
Teach your young learners to read community maps with a set of task cards.
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Secondary Sources Poster
A poster providing the definition and some examples of secondary sources.
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Primary Sources Poster
A poster providing the definition and some examples of primary sources.
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NAIDOC Week 2022 Find-a-Word – Lower Years
A lower-years find-a-word puzzle emphasising topic words from information sheet about the NAIDOC 2022 theme: “Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!”
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NAIDOC Week 2022 Comprehension Activity
A worksheet with text and comprehension questions exploring the 2022 NAIDOC theme.
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Learning About the Past PowerPoint
Use this 15-slide editable PowerPoint template when introducing younger students to historical sources.
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Family and Culture Poetry Prompts – Task Cards
A set of 16 illustrated poetry task cards to help students write about their family and cultural celebrations.
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A Very Special Memory – Worksheet
Explore the role that photographs play in communicating the stories of our past with this simple worksheet.
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A Very Special Object – Worksheet
Explore the role that objects play in communicating the stories of our past with this simple worksheet.
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Tertiary Sources Poster (Version 2)
A poster highlighting some examples of tertiary sources.
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Secondary Sources Poster (Version 2)
A poster highlighting some examples of secondary sources.
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Primary Sources Poster (Version 2)
A poster highlighting some examples of primary sources.
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Tertiary Sources Poster
A poster providing the definition and some examples of tertiary sources.
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NAIDOC Week 2022 – Teacher Information Sheet
A teacher information sheet about the NAIDOC 2022 theme: “Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!”
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NAIDOC Week 2022 Jumbled Word Puzzle
A student word puzzle focusing on topic words from the information sheet about the NAIDOC 2022 theme: “Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!”.
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NAIDOC Week 2022 – Student Information Sheet
A student information sheet about the NAIDOC 2022 theme: “Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!”.
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Natural and Built Environments Teaching Resource Pack
A pack of posters and worksheets to be used when teaching a unit of work on natural and built environments.
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Daily Life - Then and Now Unit Plan
This History unit covers a range of concepts relating to how daily life of the present is different from the past and how it could change in the future.
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Who Lived Here Before?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify that their place is also the place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
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People Live in Places Unit Plan
This Geography unit covers a range of concepts relating to the places students live in and belong to.
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Caring for Our School
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore their responsibility in caring for their school environment.
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Looking After Places
A 60 minute lesson in which students will appreciate the responsibility of all people to care for our natural environment.
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Places We Learn - Schools
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify their school as a special place.
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Assessment - People Live in Places
An assessment task in which students will identify the importance of all to care for our natural environment.
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People in Our Community - Groups
A 60 minute lesson in which students will examine the different groups people belong to, why these groups are important and how these groups celebrate.
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Our Community
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand how the location of places can be represented on simple maps.
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A Comparison of Daily Life - Assessment Task
An inquiry-based assessment task in which students will demonstrate how their world is different from the past and how it might change in the future.
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My House
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the importance of the places students live and explore the people who make up families.
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A Life with Transport
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify different types of modern transport and how they are used.
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Toys From Today
A 60 minute lesson in which students will describe the features of a present day toy.