Let's celebrate

Topic: Present and past family life

Learning Activity

Schools & Teachers

Stage 1

History

Students investigate how old photos can tell us about celebrations in the past and research how, what and why people celebrate in the past and present.

Learning Intention

We are learning to:

use photos to ask historical questions about the past.

Success criteria

What I'm looking for:

I can use a photograph to describe how life was different in the past.

Student Activities

Let's celebrate

Investigate what old photos can tell us about celebrations in the past and investigate how, what and why people celebrate in the past and present.

Number of set tasks:

NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum History K-10

HT 1-4 demonstrates skills of historical inquiry and communication

Comprehension: chronology, terms and concepts

distinguish between the past, present and future (ACHHS032, ACHHS048)

Use of sources

explore and use a range of sources about the past (ACHHS034, ACHHS050)

Research

pose questions about the past using sources provided (ACHHS033, ACHHS049)

Explanation and communication

use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written, role play) and digital technologies (ACHHS038, ACHHS054)

Continuity and change: some things change over time and others remain the same

Perspectives: people from the past will have different views shaped by their experiences

Significance: importance of an event, development or individual/group

Learning across the curriculum

Literacy
Intercultural understanding

How the present, past and future are signified by terms indicating time such as ‘a long time ago’, ‘then and now’, ‘now and then’, ‘old and new’, ‘tomorrow’, as well as by dates and changes that may have personal significance, such as birthdays, celebrations and seasons (ACHHK029).

Students will:

identify days, holidays, events celebrated by students and their families and discuss cultural differences in days celebrated
define and use terms relating to time, sequencing objects or photographs from the past using terms such as then and now, past and present, a long time ago.

How can we show that the present is different from or similar to the past?

How do we describe the sequence of time?