Edss341 Unit of Work
Edss341 Unit of Work
Success Criteria:
I can successfully:
- Understand what migration is.
Assessment:
The Australian Citizenship Test will be used as a form of assessment to see what
students know about Australia and what their citizenship says about them.
Learning Intentions:
Today we are learning:
- To understand the stories of the immigrants and why they chose to come to
Australia.
Success Criteria:
I can successfully:
- Find information about a person who travelled and list why they had/chose to
leave their country and know their story.
Assessment:
The worksheet completed during the excursion will be assessed by the end of the day
when students are engaged in a class discussion in the form of a ‘think, pair, share’ to
share their findings and understandings of what they took away from the Excursion.
Learning Intentions
Today we are learning:
- To reflect on our newfound knowledge and understand the many different
reasons why people came to Australia.
Success Criteria
I can successfully:
- Write a biography on an Immigrants personal journey to understand what
Immigration is.
Assessment:
The assessment in this lesson is the biography that students create. They will write it in
their workbooks for the teacher to read and correct to gain the understanding of the
knowledge that students have gained throughout the Excursion.
Learning Intentions
Today we are learning:
- To gather and understand our own history of Migration.
Success Criteria
I can successfully:
- Create a biography which describes my families reasoning for choosing to come
to Australia.
Assessment:
Students will be assessed on this lesson by the biography they write on their parents
immigration experience. Not only does this allow students to compare and contrast the
many reasons that their parents came to Australia, but also gives students the chance to
develop their writing skills.
Learning Intentions
Today we are learning:
- The understand the difference between a push and a pull factor.
Success Criteria
I can successfully:
- Distinguish the difference between a push and pull factor
- Define each factor and give an example.
Assessment:
- Formative Assessment: The debate that the students participate in will be used
as a form of assessment as it will give the teacher an understanding of the
students knowledge at the designated time.
Success Criteria
I can successfully:
- Describe 1 tradition and 1 belief from my culture.
Assessment:
The ICT presentation that students create will be used as a form of assessment as it
shows they are understanding the traditions and beliefs of their old culture. The ICT
presentation will allow the teacher to gain the understanding of not only the cultures
traditions and beliefs, but how it has impacted the students.
Learning Intentions
Today we are learning:
- The various traditions and beliefs that are found within our classroom.
Success Criteria
I can successfully:
- Compare my culture and beliefs to another students in my class with a different
culture or belief.
- Explain and present my cultures traditions and beliefs to the class.
Assessment:
- The presentations are going to be used as a form of summative assessment as
the students were given a rubric as to what they had to include in their
presentations on their cultures.
- The teacher will present the results to students on a one-to-one basis.
Learning Intentions
Today we are learning:
- To understand the different time periods and who came to Australia and when.
Success Criteria
I can successfully:
- Pinpoint at what time period each culture came over to Australia.
- Participate with my fellow peers to create a class timeline depicting at what time
various cultural groups migrated to Australia
Assessment:
Formative: Students will be assessed by the teacher throughout the course of the lesson
and more so on their investigation on the reasonings they find on the specific events
which caused so many of the same country to move to Australia during one time period.
Assessment:
Students will be assessed on their communication and teamwork in gathering
argumentative points and information to convince the teacher to agree with their points
presented. Students will also be assessed on their understanding of the content by
applying developed knowledge on describing and defining the difference between a
refugee, legal immigrants and asylum seekers.
The teacher will:
- Ensure that all students are interacting, collaborating and the using appropriate
resources to find and create their argumentative points.
- Observe and ensure all students have a role to play in the argument.
- Ensure students let one student speak at time so all students can hear their
argument and are respectful.
- Create a friendly, open and comfortable environment for students to debate and
argue their points to the class and other group.
- Remind students to bring photos of their upbringing to the next lesson
Assessment:
Students will be assessed through observations on their contribution to the class
discussion by expressing their ideas, thoughts, feelings or personal stories that they
recall or can relate to the topic. Students plan of their reflective letter will be collected and
read over by the teacher to assess their understanding of the tasks and ideas they create
from the photo resource.
The teacher will:
- Lead the class discussions to ensure all students remain on topic of the overall
discussion and remained focus.
- Will further explain and clarify words and meanings within the video, so students
grasp a better understanding.
- Provide a clear explanation of what students must do and how students reflective
letter should be planned out.
Success Criteria
I can successfully:
- Work as a team and give my ideas about what i think needs to be put in the song.
- Create a song that includes all cultures and appreciates them.
Assessment:
In this lesson students will be assessed on their cooperation and collaborative skills with
working in a whole class task. Students will also be observed on how they connect and
demonstrate their knowledge of the lyrics to events that they have learnt about in this
unit. Lastly, students reflective writing piece will be collected to assess students
creativity, understanding and knowledge about people’s journey to Australia. How well
the image matches the text written and if it connects to the image overall.
The teacher will:
- Collect all of students work samples of their reflective letter.
- Provide students with a print out sheet of the ‘I am Australian’ lyrics
- Will lead the discussion and the structure of the song being written as a class.
- Prompt students through questions and ideas of what to write in the song.
Learning Intentions
Today we are learning:
- To summarise what we have learnt and prepare our flags and posters for our
immigration museum.
Success Criteria
I can successfully:
- Using inspiration from my countries flag, create a different flag which I think
represents the country I come from.
- Create a poster which summarizes what I have learnt about my culture this unit.
Assessment:
In this lesson students will be assessed on their ability to apply and make meaning of the
knowledge and key understandings they have grasped during this unit of work. This will
allow the teacher to see how successful student are in gaining insight into the content
area of migration.
The teacher will:
- Ensure students are using their newfounded knowledge or prior knowledge to
complete the task.
- Observe the language, terms, explanations being used by students.
- Keep students on track to complete this task within the lesson time frame.
- Remind students to bring in a costume and plate of food relating to their culture
for their final lesson cultural party.
Assessment:
In this final lesson students will be assessed on their overall presentation of their
‘immigration museum’, by how students demonstrate their knowledge and understanding
of the key insights and content that they have learnt throughout this unit. The teacher will
give the students a rubric prior to their presentations so students have an understanding
of the knowledge they need to ensure they include within their presentations.