Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level:

Time: afternoon Date: 27/01/2016

Learning Area: History

Students Prior Knowledge:

Students are already capable with the ipads provided
by the school and the corresponding apps and
programs that will be used in this lesson.
This lesson is the second in a series of 4 that tracks
the formation of Australia as a nation, and how various
elements of Australian society have changed.

Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum

Australian Curriculum: ACHASSK137
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Critical and
Literacy
Numeracy
ICT
competence

creative thinking

Ethical
behaviour

Personal and
Social
competence

Intercultural
understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
histories and cultures
Proficiencies:(Mathematics only)

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

Sustainability

Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

Understand that the currency of Australia has changed overtime and the dates and chronological sequence
of this change.

Describe Australian currency at each time point

Describe Australian currency in the present. This includes being able to identify people on our currency and
any security marks that make our currency unique.
Teachers Prior Preparation/Organization:

Provision for students at educational risk:

Ensure that all technology is functional and has been set up

and prepared to run prior to the commencement of class.
ICT organized and ready to run: QR codes, Google slides,
and google forms. Creat student satisfaction survey using
Straw Poll.

Teacher will move around the class to help any

students that may be struggling with the work at
technical or cognitive level.

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:

At the conclusion of the session we will ask students to complete a quick survey that gauges their
satisfaction with the lesson and also how they would like to see it improved.


Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:

[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:

LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)

Time

Motivation and Introduction:

1. Teacher introduces the topic and asks the students what they
know about the Australian currency.

5 mins

Resources/References
Youtube video:
https://youtu.be/QLr4netT8No

2. Play a quick clip that shows how the Australian Currency

changed over time in response to society and world changes
to the form that students can recognise today.
3. For todays lesson students will focus on a timeline of currency
within Australian and how it has changed. By the end of this
lesson students should be able to give a quick potted history of
Australias currency also where we are headed. This will be
assessed with a quick quiz of the content.
Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key
Questions):

10 mins

1. Students will be asked to form a small group and each group

will be allocated an ipad. QR codes have been arranged
around the room in Chronological order. Information within the
QR codes link to information regarding Australias currency at
that particular time.

Information required at teach

time point and linked to a QR
code has already been made.
Content has been uploaded
into Weebly.

2. Each group will pick a point in time and gather information

which the group will record on Google slides.
5 mins

5 mins

3. The google slides completed by the groups will be displayed

on the IWB. Each group will be asked to further explain what
information they discovered at their time point to the class.

Each QR code will also have a

link to the class Google slide.

4. Students use the QR code provided to access the quiz.

QR code for quiz


Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)
1. Lesson conclusion and summary of what was learnt from this
lesson
2. As a reflection for this lesson students will be asked to record
what they thought of the lesson and how it could be improved.

Google forms
Straw poll

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be

judged?)
1. Marks for the quiz will be recorded
2. The work done on google slides can be keep as part of the
students work portfolio for future reference.