Family treasures
Learning intention
We are learning to:
- Use photographs and artefacts to learn about the past
Success criteria
What I’m looking for:
- I can identify information about the past by using a photograph or artefact
Student Activities
Family treasures
Explore special treasures from Australian families in the past.
NSW syllabus for the Australian curriculum: History K-10
A student:
- HTe-1 communicates stories of their own family heritage and the heritage of others
- HTe-2 demonstrates developing skills of historical inquiry and communication
Students:
Comprehension: chronology, terms and concepts
- distinguish between the past, present and future (ACHHS016)
Use of sources
- explore and use a range of sources about the past (ACHHS018)
- identify and compare features of objects from the past and present (ACHHS019)
Explanation and communication
- develop a narrative about the past (ACHHS021)
- use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written, role play) and digital technologies (ACHHS022)
Continuity and change
- some things change over time and others remain the same
Empathetic understanding
- developing an understanding of another’s views, life and decisions made
Learning across the curriculum
- Literacy
How the stories of families and the past can be communicated, for example through photographs, artefacts, books, oral histories, digital media, and museums (ACHHK004)
Students:
- pose questions about another's object or photograph
- discuss then and now; past and present
- What is my history and how do I know?
- What stories do other people tell about the past?
- How can stories of the past be told and shared?
Background notes for teachers
This activity is designed to introduce students to photos as historical records of people, places and events in the past. Students examine photos from the State Library of NSW to find out about what family life was like in the past. They compare family life in the past to family life in the present by considering that some things change over time and some things stay the same.
Additional resources
Further information about Quong Tart can be found in the Stage 3 Learning Activity, Who was Quong Tart?
The entire magazine article about the Spicer family can be found on Trove: Pix, Vol. 19 No. 24 (14 June 1938) (pp. 9-12)