Assessment 1:

Unit of Work

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Unit

Family and Daily Life (then and

now)

Year Level

Grade 1

AUSVELS Domain:

Humanities - History

Strand

AUSVELS

Past and Present Family Life

Historical Knowledge and

Differences in family structures

and roles today, and how these
have changed or remained the

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Understanding

Rationale

For students to explore

similarities and differences
between their own families and

same over time. (ACHHK028)

Differences and similarities
between students daily lives and
life during their parents and
grandparents childhoods,
including family traditions, leisure

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the families of other students in

their class. How family life
changed or remained the same
over time. How the students can
demonstrate how the present is
different from or similar to the
past.

time and communications.

(ACHHK030)

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WEB TOOL EXPLANATION

For my web tool i decided to use weebly.com, using this tool has allowed me to display my unit of
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I feel that the layout is clear and simple to use for teachers who are computer savvy as well as
teachers who are computer illiterate. By having simple tabs at the top of the page, will help viewers to
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topic within the unit, so that they will not need to go into unnecessary pages. Having the related
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for ideas for the past and present family life unit for grade 1.

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RESOURCES
Literacy
- Students will use a wide range
of vocabulary.

Numeracy
Lesson 2: Graph
Lesson 3: Timeline of photographs
Lesson 10: Time of toys

Other (ICT, Excursion, Incursion ideas)

Geography
Lesson 5: World Map

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- Understanding the terminology

then and now

Cooking
Lesson 9: Making lamingtons

- Writing sentences in some of the

lessons.

Art
Lesson 11: Creating their own snakes and ladders
ICT

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Lesson 13: Creating a classroom using IPads

Excursion
Lesson 14: Yarrabee Yesterdays World

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E5 PHASE: ENGAGE
Develops shared norms
Determines readiness for learning
Establishes learning goals
Develops metacognitive capacity
BLOOMS TAXONOMY: Knowledge

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WEEK 1

LEARNING INTENTION
Lesson 1: Family - What is family?
Lesson 2: What does your family
look like i.e how many people are
in your family?

ACTIVITIES/TASK

ASSESSMENT

Lesson 1:
WHOLE CLASS
- Introduce the topic about Family
- Discussion on what does family mean? Who is in a family?
What are the differences of families?
- Teacher then reads a picture storybook to the students
Families are different by Nina Pellegrini.
- Students then reflect and have a group discussion on the book.

Summative
- Assessment of prior knowledge:
Students are able to identify what
is family.
Formative
- Students contribution to the
graph.

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E5 PHASE: EXPLORE
Prompts Inquiry
Structures Inquiry
Maintains session momentum
BLOOMS TAXONOMY: Comprehension

WEEK 2

LEARNING INTENTION
Lesson 3: PART ONE
Understanding that each family is
different and they are still called a
family.
PART TWO
Sequence stages of life and the
changes in relation to the passing
of time.
Lesson 4: What is a family tree?
How does it explain our families.
Lesson 5: Understanding the
different cultures in families.

SUCCESS CRITERIA
- Class discussion throughout the
lessons
- Students are able to recognise
the different changes that occur
when growing. Understanding that
everything changes and in different
ways.
- Students are able to have an
understanding on the different
layout of families and different
cultural backgrounds.

ACTIVITIES/TASK
Lesson 3: PART ONE
INDEPENDANT/SMALL GROUP
- Students in groups of 3 - 4, looking through their family photos
and understanding each other's family situation.
- Students will then make a poster using the photos of them and
put them in age order.
WHOLE CLASS
- Teacher to then read to students a picture story book Whos in
a family by Robert Skutch.
Lesson 3: PART TWO
WHOLE CLASS
- Students are to present their completed poster and explain to
the class what are the changes that they can see from each
stage of the photographs.
Lesson 4:
WHOLE CLASS
- Teacher to have a class discussion about a family tree, what
they are, and display examples of family trees.
INDEPENDANT/SMALL GROUP
- Students are to create their own family tree using the
information and posters displayed around the room of their own
families.
Lesson 5:
WHOLE CLASS
- Teacher to discuss family backgrounds
- Teacher to then show the map of the world and mark where
his/her family comes from.
- Teacher is to then ask students where their families are from.
- Students are to come and mark where their families are from
using the help of the teacher.
- Teacher to then display the map in the room.

ASSESSMENT
Summative
- Assessment of prior knowledge:
Students are able to identify what
a family tree is.
Formative
- Students contribution to group
discussion.
- Students contribution to class
world map.
- Students ability to present and
communicate the changes in their
posters.
AUSVELS & PoLT
(ACHHS038)
(1.4, 2.1)

RESOURCES
L3: Poster Paper
Glue
Scissors
Book - Whos in my family?
L4: Family Tree Template
Coloured Pencils
L5: World Map
Post-it Flags
Pen

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E5 PHASE: EXPLORE
Prompts Inquiry
Structures Inquiry
Maintains session momentum
BLOOMS TAXONOMY: Comprehension

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WEEK 3

LEARNING INTENTION
Lesson 6: Understanding the
difference between families now
and families in the 1850-1900s.
Lesson 7: Comparing family
structures and roles of family
members.

ACTIVITIES/TASK
Lesson 6:
WHOLE CLASS
- Teacher to have a reflection with the class from last lesson and
ask the children to look at their family photos.
- Teacher is to then show images of families in the 1850-1900s.
INDEPENDANT/SMALL GROUP
- Students to break up into small groups of 4 - 5 and compare the

ASSESSMENT
Summative
- Assessment of prior knowledge:
Students are able to identify what
family structures are.
Formative
- Students contribution to group
discussion.

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E5 PHASE: EXPLAIN
Presents new content
Develops language and literacy
Strengths and connections
BLOOMS TAXONOMY: Application

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WEEK 4

LEARNING INTENTION
Lesson 10: How did children
entertain themselves in the past?
What sort of toys did they have?
Lesson 11: How did children
entertain themselves in the past?
What sort of games did they play?
(No electronic games then and

ACTIVITIES/TASK
Lesson 10:
WHOLE CLASS
- Teacher to have a discussion on what toys were like then topics that would be covered:
Did children have much leisure time?
Did they have many toys?
What did the toys look like?
- Teacher to have a discussion on what toys look like now -

ASSESSMENT
Summative
- Assessment of prior knowledge:
Students are able to identify the
different toys and games.
Formative
- Students contribution to group
discussion.

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E5 PHASE: ELABORATE
Facilitates substantive conversation
Cultivates higher order thinking
Monitors progress
BLOOMS TAXONOMY: Analysing and synthesizing

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WEEK 5

LEARNING INTENTION
Lesson 12: Families at work
Lesson 13: How did children
learn? Comparing how classroom
is set up.
Lesson 14: Develop a deeper

ACTIVITIES/TASK
Lesson 12:
WHOLE CLASS
- Teacher to have a discussion and brainstorm on jobs - topics to
be discussed:
What is a job?
Who has a job?
What jobs do you do in your family?
Who works in the family?
What type of work do your parents do?

ASSESSMENT
Summative
- Assessment of prior knowledge:
Students are able to reflect on
what they have learnt the past
weeks.
Formative
- Students contribution to group

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E5 PHASE: EVALUATE
Assess performance against standards
Facilitates students self-assessment
BLOOMS TAXONOMY: Evaluation

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WEEK 6

LEARNING INTENTION
Lesson 16: Families at work
Lesson 17: How did children
learn? Comparing how classroom
is set up.

ACTIVITIES/TASK
Lesson 16:
WHOLE CLASS
- Teacher to discuss and reflect on the previous weeks.
- Teacher to demonstrate final project.
PROJECT
- Students have to create a poster
1: sort images of the 4 topics (food, clothing, toys and games)

ASSESSMENT
Summative
- Assessment of prior knowledge:
Students are able to reflect on
what they have learnt over the
past few weeks.
Formative
- Students contribution to group

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End of unit reflection

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Pluses
What worked?
What was successful?
- Students enjoyed presenting their
family photographs.

Minuses
Issues? Problems? Dangers?
- Having only one lesson per topic within the
unit. Not giving the students enough time to
understand the chosen topic.

Ideas
Improvements for next time?
- Having different resources within each
topic to allow all learning areas to
understand each topic.

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- Students were very detailed when it

came to explaining their backgrounds.
- The use of ICT helped with the visual
learners.

- Some of the students were absent, missed

out on a few topics and found it difficult to
complete the last poster project.

- (Depending on the topic and the

students) having more than one session,
to allow them time to understand.

- Having the excursion to help link in

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with the topic and unit, allowed the

students to see it on a personal basis
and were able to use the information
that they had already learnt prior to the
excursion.

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Department of Education and Training 2014, Principles of learning and teaching p-12, Victoria State Government Education and Training, viewed 28th
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Etsy n.d., Printable pdf family tree page to complement any lesson plan. Suitable for primary school. Draw on features or paste pictures, Designed by
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Food To Love n.d., Classic Lamingtons, The Australian women's weekly, viewed 28th March 2016, <http://www.foodtolove.com.au/recipes/classiclamingtons-14699>.

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Geology 2016, World map political, Geoscience news and information, viewed 28th March 2016, <http://geology.com/world/world-map.shtml>.
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Melbourne Museum 2011, My Grandmothers toy box, Museum Victoria, viewed 28th March 2016, <https://museumvictoria.com.au/pages/38750/MyGrandmothers-Toy-Box-story.pdf?epslanguage=en>.
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Pellegrini, N 1991, Families are different, Holiday House, New York.

R.I.C Publications n.d., Australian curriculum history, R.I.C Group, viewed 28th March 2016, <http://www.ricgroup.com.au/product/australian-curriculumhistory/>.

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Skutch, R 1997, Whos in my family, Tricycle Press, CA, United States.

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TES Iboard 2014, Toy Timeline, TES Global LTD, viewed 28th March 2016, <http://www.iboard.co.uk/search?keywords=toy+timeline>.
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Yarrabee Yesterdays World n.d., School and home life in the early 1900s, Yarrabee yesterdays world, viewed 28th March 2016,
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