LESSON: Engage - Introduction to Colonisation

TIME: 60 mins
CONTENT DESCRIPTORS

DATE: 29/4/2015

YEAR: 5

ACHHS098: Sequence historical people and events

ACHHS099: Use historical terms and concepts
ACHHS102: Locate information related to inquiry questions in a range of sources
ACHHS104: Identify points of view in the past and present
ACHHS106: Use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written) and
digital technologies.
GENERAL CAPABILITIES:
Literacy
Numeracy
Critical and creative thinking
Information and communication technology (ICT) capability
Personal and social capabilities
Intercultural Understanding
CROSS CURRICULUM PRIORITIES:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
Sustainability
INQUIRY QUESTION: What do we know about the lives of people in the
Australias colonial past and how do we know?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this lesson students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their
ability to:
-Describe the different experiences of people in the past
-Identify a range of sources and locate and record information related to this
inquiry
- Sequence events and people in chronological order using timelines
LEARNING INTENTIONS:
To explore the term to come and to create a timeline that illustrates the different
events and people involved in Australias colonial past in the 1800s.
RESOURCES:
-

1800s timeline Activity

Introduction to Colonisation PowerPoint

Year Fives Learning Exploration Poster/Contract
Colonial People by Samantha Frappell.

- Nearpod App on students Ipads

- Ipad per student
STUDENTS PRIOR KNOWLEDGE:
-

Students have examined European exploration and colonisation in Australia

and throughout the world up to the early 1800s, including the First Fleet,

Captain Cook and the history of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples.
Students have examined the impact of exploration on other societies, how
these societies interacted with newcomers, and how these experiences

contributed to their cultural diversity.

LESSON PROCEDURE:
Motivation and Lesson Introduction
- Introduction to the Term in History!
This term, you will be discovering and exploring what life was like in the 1800s in
colonial Australia. You will be looking at the foundation of British colonies, why it
was necessary to bring the convicts to Australia, and how a colony was developed.
You will learn about what it was like for different people during the 1800s, in
Australian history, by adopting different perspectives each week in order to gain a
thorough understanding of what colonial life was really like.
Over the first four weeks we will examine the political and economic developments
and the social structures within the colonies of Australia, and more specifically the
Morton Bay colony.
- Year Fives Learning Exploration Agreement
But before we go more in depth, lets have a look at our Year Fives Learning
Exploration Poster. This poster will tell you what I would love for you to be able to
do by the end of each week in our History lessons this term. Lets have a look at it.
-

Explain weeks 1 through 10 in detail

Explain to the class that your goal is to help them learn about Australias

colonial history in exciting, hands on, and productive environment.

Get the students to sign the agreement. When they have all finished,
teacher to proceed to sign as well.

Lesson Content
- Nearpod Content
1. Once the children are seated back at their desks, instruct them to take out

their Ipads and get onto Nearpod.

2. Whilst they are doing this, set up the teacher version of Nearpod on the
smart board, which contains the sign on code.
3. Once all students can access the information, run through the questions
ensuring that time is left to discuss students prior knowledge.
4. If the students get stuck on what they learnt in Year 4, show the YouTube
video (link in resources) in order to encourage memory recall.
5. Have a brief discussion and allow time for questions.
- Timeline
1. Each student will need one piece of card with the year of research written
on it.
2. Each card will have the QR codes to the relevant websites needed for
students to complete the activity successfully.
3. Each student will have to successfully match the information from the
website with the correct information card and the relevant year.
4. Once they have found the correct card, they will then glue the information
card to the year card and once all the students have finished we will gather
the class and get students to line up and create the timeline in ascending
order according to the Year of the event.
5. The students are to copy their specific information in to their workbook.
6. Allow time for questions about any unfamiliar words, people or events that
the students may have come across, record this on the smart board and
briefly discuss as they arise. Explain that this timeline will be displayed in
the classroom on our history wall.
Lesson Conclusion
Play a game of around the world using information gained throughout the lesson
and about topics that the students had questions about and that were discussed.
ASSESSMENT/EVALUTION OF STUDENT LEARNING:
Introduction to the workbook will occur once the timeline activity has been
completed. Each student will copy their section of the timeline into their book,
which will be used as a formative assessment piece that the students can call
upon throughout the unit. This will assist students in establishing a broader
understanding of the content and how events, people and places were connected
throughout the 1800s in colonial Australia.
LESSON MODIFICATION TO ACCOMMODATE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS:
Student A suffers from Anxiety. To cater to their needs, I have modified the

activities slightly for the student to only include the exploration of one website to
find the information needed as the student often feels overwhelmed by large
amounts of reading and content. Working both individually and as a class group
allows opportunities for social interaction and peer learning to occur.
EXTENDED ACTIVITIES FOR FAST FINISHERS:
Colonial People Worksheets.
During this Unit a number of worksheets will be made readily available to Students
who finish a task quickly. These worksheets are designed to create thinking skills
related to Activities found in the book.
-Colonial People: Samantha Frappell, p4. Come to Australia
-Colonial People: Samantha Frappell, p13. Great Escape
References
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2015). History: Year 4
Level Description. Retrieved from
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/humanities-and-socialsciences/history/curriculum/f-10?layout=1#level4.

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2015). History: Year 5.

Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/humanities-and-socialsciences/history/curriculum/f-10?y=5&s=HKU&s=HS&layout=1.

Australian History Timeline. (2013). 1800's - 1900's. Retrieved from

http://www.aushistorytimeline.com.

Convicts to Australia. (1994). Timeline. Retrieved from

http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/res-03.html.

Frappell, S. (2012). Colonial People. South Yarra, Australia: Macmillan Teacher Resources.

Just Teach Resources. (2015). The Australian Colonies: Convicts and Colonies.
Retrieved from http://www.justteach.com.au/yr5-the-australian-colonies_convictsand-colonies.html.

McDowall, C. (Composer). (2010). Australia - Culture in the Colonies. [Web Video].

Retrieved From http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR3McxG9Py4.

My Place for Teachers. (2011). Australia in the 1800's. Retrieved from

http://www.myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1800/decade_landing_20.html?t
abRank=1.