A student	Learns to	Learns about	Reflects on	Overview, resources, assessment
Skills	Use complex terms and concepts as they apply to historical issues and forces Use knowledge of word origins to define specialised and abstract historical terms Describe how language and graphic features influence how a source is interpreted Identify and contrast different accounts of the same event or issue and give possible explanations	Terms and concepts Suffrage; Franchise; White Australia; National identity; Citizenship; Global community Federation   Australia’s Constitution (including the role of the Governor General and the rights of citizens)   Voting rights   White Australia	Aspects of active and informed citizenship   Aspects of a just society   Intercultural understanding	Overview Primary source materials linked to Government House and the Sydney Customs House are combined with secondary source materials in an examination of the ways that historical sources can be used to construct history. Resources, suggested strategies Maps State Rooms at Government House site plan of Government House gardens area bounded by Phillip’s Domain Video Government House Audio Peter Watts, Director HHT of NSW Photography archival photos of Government House archival photos of Sydney Customs House architectural changes at Customs House contemporary architecture of Customs House cultural facilities at Customs House explore the sites: place investigations Texts Governors of New South Wales HHT program at Government House chronology of first year of Federation glossary of immigration 1901-39 politicians, people and Federation human rights after Federation chronology of moves to Federation inventory of Federation places Chinese and the Immigration Restriction Act Immigration Restriction Act, 1901 Alfred Deakin’s speech to the Bendigo ANA Debate The Case for Racial Unity, 1901 Assessment Activities summative
Targeted 5.14 Uses historical terms and concepts in appropriate contexts to answer historical questions with some argument
Knowledge and Understanding
Targeted 5.6 Explains political events and evaluates their impact on civic life in Australia
Values and Attitudes
Targeted Develops understanding of the nature of various democratic institutions

 Changing Technologies — history

  

A student	Learns to	Learns about	Reflects on	Overview, resources, assessment
Skills	Ask questions to explain the meaning, purpose, context of historical sources Make deductions about the usefulness of sources for the purpose of a specific historical inquiry Clarify the scope of a historical investigation by defining key terms and concepts Locate information from a wide variety of written, oral, audio-visual and multimedia resources Use strategies to organise information from a range of different sources for different purposes	Terms and concepts Working man’s paradise; Conservation; Preservation New technologies   Living conditions (including transport networks)   Working conditions (including trade unions)   Environmental issues	Aspects of active and informed citizenship   Aspects of a just society	Overview Students examine interpretative materials from Eveleigh Railway Workshops and the Industrial Park incorporating Lithgow Blast Furnace as part of an inquiry-based investigation into the early 20th century living and working conditions of employees at both these places. Research activity: Resources, suggested strategies Video archival footage of working the Davy Press Audio Lucy Taksa on families and unions Lucy Taksa on work for women at Eveleigh Photography archival images of Eveligh Workshops explore the sites: place investigations Texts history of Eveleigh Workshops conservation at Eveleigh workshops labour history of Eveleigh workshops military history Eveleigh workshops State Mine heritage site at Lithgow Main Street Lithgow 1869-1932 Eveleigh and the NSW transport system heritage at Launceston Railway Workshops perspective on heritage at Eveleigh Newspaper Launch of the Eveleigh Workshops Register Interview oral history at Eveleigh workshops social history at Eveleigh workshops Assessment Activities formative summative
Targeted 5.16 Locates, selects and organises historical information from a number of different sources to address complex historical problems and issues
Knowledge and Understanding
Targeted 5.7 Describes major features of social and cultural life at different times in Australia’s history
Values and Attitudes
Targeted Develops appreciation of environments and a sense of responsibility for their future

Issues of Aboriginal heritage — history

A student	Learns to	Learns about	Reflects on	Overview, resources, assessment
Skills	Plan historical research to suit the purpose of a task with limited guidance Locate historical information from a wide variety of written, oral, audio-visual and multimedia resources Use strategies to organise information from a range of different sources for different purposes Make judgements about the usefulness of materials Select a form of communication appropriate to purpose and audience Evaluate the effectiveness of own and others communication with greater autonomy	Terms and concepts Dispossession; Paternalism; Policy of protection; Heritage; World heritage; Conservation; Preservation Pre-European contact   Post-invasion contact (including dispossession, paternalism, policy of protection)   Heritage issues (including heritage management)   Environmental issues (including environmental management)	Aspects of active and informed citizenship   Intercultural understanding   Ecological sustainability	Overview Contact, including first encounters, between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Parramatta and Willandra Lakes regions is the starting point for students to identify heritage and environmental issues and varying perspectives on managing built and natural environments. Action-based research: Resources, suggested strategies Maps Willandra Lakes: megafauna, quarry, ochre and bone points World Heritage area of Willandra Lakes Lake Mungo and surrounding area Photography archival images of Parramatta Park aerial view of Parramatta Park, 1970 explore the sites: place investigations Texts Aboriginal cultural heritage of Willandra community groups on World Heritage the illusions experienced in new lands glossary of Willandra lakes aboriginal burials at Willandra Lakes aboriginal interpretation of Parramatta Park Newspaper transport pressures threaten Parramatta Park Interview perspective on Parramatta Park and aboriginal heritage perspective on Parramatta Park and non-aboriginal heritage Assessment Activities formative summative
Targeted 5.18 Selects and uses appropriate written, oral and graphic forms to communicate effectively about the past for different audiences, with clear purpose
Knowledge and Understanding
Targeted 5.1 Recounts some major events in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal relations
Values and Attitudes
Targeted Develops appreciation of the cultural, linguistic and spiritual heritages of themselves and others

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