Key Inquiry Questions
- What aspects of the past can you see today?
- What do they tell us?
- What remains of the past are important to the local community? Why?
- How have changes in technology shaped our daily life?
Key syllabus Outcomes
HT1-2 identifies and describes significant people, events, places and sites in the local community over time
HT1-3 describes the effects of changing technology on people's lives over time
HT1-4 demonstrates skills of historical inquiry and communication
On the day activities
Kamay Botany Bay National Park provides an excellent opportunity for students to explore historic life in the heritage listed National Park. They will explore aspects of the past and consider how people lived at different time periods – Aboriginal living, First contact, Alpha Farm and present day. They will also consider the traditional Aboriginal use of these areas. There will be an opportunity for all students to dress up in period clothing from 1850s to 1900s. Students will examine objects and evidence of Aboriginal use of the land in the past, the arrival of Captain Cook and the use of the land for farming, including the Alpha Farm house.
During the day the students will work with their teacher to create a class historical narrative. They will collect authentic evidence to include in the scrapbook during their visit.
The scrapbook can be used to capture words, sentences, feelings, drawings, crayon rubbings etc that reflect some of their experiential learning during the day.
The class kit contains one scrapbook with 4 sections:
- Aboriginal living
- First contact
- Alpha Farm
- Present....now
The kit also has crayons, jotting paper, a glue stick and pencils.
Teachers will be asked to bring a camera, ipad or phone to take pictures during the day. The images could be included in the scrapbook back at school.
Every class scrapbook will be different as it should reflect the experiences and the learning undertaken by the students.
Excursion pack will be sent once a booking has been made.
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