Source Materials – Early Years P-2 Prep Year One Year Two Focus Area: Personal and Family Histories Focus Area: Present and Past Family Life Focus Area: The Past in the Present Photos of the students and their lives Diaries (especially pictorial diaries or Use photos of local street names of significance Photos of the students’ families scrapbooks) or collect evidence on a walk School photos of people/places they might Pictures that show a place changing over time Study local church/ school buildings recognise (eg old photos of the school grounds) (eg documenting the growth of a building in the War memorial in area (can search on web for Games from the past school) war details) Stories from books (factual and imaginary) Grounds; older homes v modern homes Check for any heritage buildings near the school; Artefacts from the past (eg old technology; old Calendars – showing dates/months/years Consider an excursion that includes some toys; Pictures of the seasons heritage sites Old clothes; old books; tools) Older movies v modern animations (short Seek historical photos of region Folk tales, nursery rhymes, songs sections/snippets only) Identify people of local significance; if they are Books and items relevant to different family Use members of families to explain how their still alive, ask them to come to the classroom Commemorations so that cultures that are not role has and explain what they have done; perhaps a represented in the classroom are also covered relative could also do this. Include aboriginal Changed in the family (eg grandma might be elders in your visitors; could also include able to talk about what her mother did and Oral histories (eg from grandparents) firemen, doctors, policemen etc. Discuss how compare this with) the job of these people has changed over time. What the child’s mother does; different cultures can also be explored using sympathetic family Artefacts like old phones; tape players etc orcommunity members. Artefacts from the home Games from the past (also with prep) Pictures could illustrate changes in transport over time (students could place these in chronological order on a washing line) Use story books like Fang Fang’s Chinese New Year by Sally Rippin
Source Materials – Early Years P-2 Prep Year One Year Two Focus Area: Personal and Family Histories Focus Area: Present and Past Family Life Focus Area: The Past in the Present Photos of the students and their lives Photos of the students’ families School photos of people/places they might recognise (eg old photos of the school grounds) Games from the past Stories from books (factual and imaginary) Artefacts from the past (eg old technology; old toys; Old clothes; old books; tools) Folk tales, nursery rhymes, songs Books and items relevant to different family Commemorations so that cultures that are not represented in the classroom are also covered Oral histories (eg from grandparents) Diaries (especially pictorial diaries or scrapbooks) Pictures that show a place changing over time (eg documenting the growth of a building in the school) Grounds; older homes v modern homes Calendars – showing dates/months/years Pictures of the seasons Older movies v modern animations (short sections/snippets only) Use members of families to explain how their role has Changed in the family (eg grandma might be able to talk about what her mother did and compare this with) What the child’s mother does; different cultures can also be explored using sympathetic family orcommunity members. Artefacts from the home Games from the past (also with prep) Pictures could illustrate changes in transport over time (students could place these in chronological order on a washing line) Use story books like Fang Fang’s Chinese New Year by Sally Rippin Use photos of local street names of significance or collect evidence on a walk Study local church/ school buildings War memorial in area (can search on web for war details) Check for any heritage buildings near the school; Consider an excursion that includes some heritage sites Seek historical photos of region Identify people of local significance; if they are still alive, ask them to come to the classroom and explain what they have done; perhaps a relative could also do this. Include aboriginal elders in your visitors; could also include firemen, doctors, policemen etc. Discuss how the job of these people has changed over time. Artefacts like old phones; tape players etc
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