Let's celebrate
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.
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?
Recommended reading
An Aussie year : twelve months in the life of Australian kids by Tania McCartney and Tina Snerling
The big book of festivals by Marita Bullock and Joan-Maree Hargreaves, illustrated by Liz Rowland
Sarah's two nativities by Janine M Fraser, illustrated by Helene Magisson
New Year Surprise by Christopher Cheng, illustrated by Di Wu
Celebrating Australia : a year in poetry by Lorraine Marwood