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 Assimilation; Policy of assimilation; Cultural integration; Women’s liberation movement; Human Environment; Physical environment; Biodiversity; Heritage; Ecosystem; Conservation; Preservation Immigration   Multiculturalism   Urban growth (including green belts, biodiversity, transport networks, environmental issues)   Popular culture (including symbols in a multicultural society)	Aspects of active and informed citizenship   Intercultural understanding   Ecological sustainability	Overview Students explore the domestic technology of Rose Seidler House and the architectural and ornamental artefacts of Rookwood Cemetery in an inquiry-based investigation of past events, lifestyles, and continuity and change from 1950 to the end of the century. Resources, suggested strategies Maps plan of Rose Seidler House Video Rose Seilder House designs and ornamentation at Rookwood Audio Peter Watts, Director HHT of NSW Photography funerary station at Rookwood Cemetery architect Harry Seidler Rookwood crematorium and surrounds, 1938 florist and tearooms at Rookwood aerial photographs of Bicentennial Park explore the sites: place investigations Texts landscape architect on Rookwood sociologist on Rookwood stonemason on Rookwood historical archaeologist on Rookwood major works of Harry Seidler postwar home building demolished houses of Sydney media focus on Rose Seidler House heritage significance of burials glossary of burials and heritage issues Firsthand account Hossein Valamanesh on his gate sculpture Morris Ochert’s memories of the mortuary train to Rookwood Newspaper Media and the modern ideas of Harry Seidler Other sketches of ornamentation at Rookwood Assessment Activities summative
Targeted 5.13 Uses historical terms and concepts in appropriate contexts to answer historical questions with some argument
Knowledge and Understanding
Targeted 5.8 Compares and contrasts the social and cultural experiences of different people at various times
Values and Attitudes
Targeted Develops respect for different viewpoints, ways of living, belief systems and languages

Revisiting notions of citizenship — 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 Citizenship; Assimilation; Integration; Referendum; Kinship; Heritage; Rural identity; Urban identity Immigration   Citizen rights (including government policies, constitutional change)   Community activism (including heritage issues)	Aspects of active and informed citizenship   Aspects of a just society   Intercultural understanding	Overview New Italy and Australian Hall form the basis for an exploration on cultural values in relation to heritage. Activities involve students in considering how the interaction of citizens, government and media can influence future policies, including the future of built and natural environments. Research activity: Resources, suggested strategies Video postwar Italian immigrants to Australia Audio Maria Geracitano, History Teacher descendants of a New Italy pioneer Photography the Volpato’s in their Lismore café coffee machine used in the Volpato’s café painting by Floriano Volpato Gurrigai Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Gallery outside Australian Hall, 1938 activists outside Australian Hall, 1996 explore the sites: place investigations Texts story of settlement at New Italy speech by Gatjil Djerrkura, 1998 Aboriginal PCO, 1996 Aborigines Progressive Association statement ‘Day of Mourning and Protest’ resolution deputation to the Prime Minister, 1938 Aboriginal History Committee campaign brief history of the 1938 event brief history of the Australian Hall site Italian heritage in New South Wales statistics on Italians in Australia Italians in agricultural activities Australian Labor Party Immigration Policy 1966 Arthur Calwell on postwar immigration fifty years of postwar migration understanding where immigrants live White Alien Immigration Report 1944 Newspaper PCO for the ‘Day of Mourning and Protest’ site Debate Commission of Inquiry on Australian Hall speeches at the ‘Day and Mourning Protest’ Assessment Activities formative summative
Targeted 5.16 Locates, selects and organises historical information from a number of different sources, utilising a variety of technological processes to address complex historical problems and issues, with some independence
Knowledge and Understanding
Targeted 5.2 Sequences historical events to show understanding of continuity, change and causation 5.10 Accounts for how and why the nature of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal relations has changed
Values and Attitudes
Targeted Develops respect and acceptance of cultural diversity

 Voicing rights and freedoms — 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 Citizenship; Communism; Anti-communism; Egalitarianism; Kinship; Heritage; Conservation; Preservation Citizen rights (including women’s activism)   Communism (including trade unions)   Egalitarianism (including the Declaration of Human Rights)	Aspects of active and informed citizenship   Aspects of a just society	Overview Students examine competing perspectives around issues linked to Sydney Town Hall and Sydney Trades Hall. Through taking on roles, students explore citizenship and egalitarianism in Australian society. Action-based research: Resources, suggested strategies Video Sydney Town Hall Sydney Trades Hall Audio Vince Higgins, Trades Hall Association Shirley Fitzgerald, City Historian Ben Chifley, Prime Minister 1945-49 Banners examples of Trade Union banners Photography Lord Carrington at Trades Hall, 1957 communist being escorted from Town Hall lift operator at Sydney Town Hall reliefs and murals in Centennial Hall explore the sites: place investigations Texts Theatre and Public Halls Act letter: Chief Secretary to Town Clerk, 1950 council view on Theatre and Public Halls Act letter from The Federated Clerks Union Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 Newspaper Sydney City Council keeps communists out Other plan and design features of Trades Hall 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 5.11 Identifies various marginalised groups who have struggled for rights and freedoms
Values and Attitudes
Targeted Develops understanding of strategies for redressing disadvantage and changing discriminatory practices

  

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