Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Week 3: Citizenship Learning Though Australian History


Welcome, Prep-Y parents/carers.
Over four weeks we will undergo a unit of inquiry designed to teach citizenship in the context of student’s history, particularly focussing how we commemorate past events and how these can be appreciated.

Activate Prior knowledge
I will ask ‘what do you celebrate/commemorate?’. We will explore national and global commemorations/celebrations in the video and picture below. 
Video 1. Celebrations (Clarke, 2015)

Figure 1. Birthday Celebration

The video contains information on Australia Day. I recognise this can be a controversial issue. We will focus on discussing what Australia culture is for us, and present a balanced representation of this history. Feel free to contact me if you wish to discuss further.
Key terms will be discussed and class word-walls will be created. You can help your child’s learning by discussing at home what your family celebrates and why.

Introduction
Your child will reflect on their history and put significant events on a timeline (written and/or drawings), thinking of:
·         What do I celebrate?
·         What does my family celebrate?
Your child will choose an event in their life and think ‘how has this changed my life?’. You can discuss with your child at home when family celebrations occur.

Project
Students share a commemoration important to them. Through discussions and brainstorming, we will decide on commemorative events and make a calendar of these, discussing their importance. This clearly demonstrates that similarities and differences in ways people celebrate are welcomed.
Using our calendar, we will vote on an upcoming commemoration or celebration to inquire into further. I will facilitate the making of a class K-W-L chart (completing K-W at this time) of the commemoration to see our starting understandings, and completion will show our new understandings (Brady & Kennedy, 2014).
Figure 2. KWL Chart

Students will become ‘History Detectives’ to ask and investigate questions about the commemoration and be guided by:
·       Investigating past and present differences in the celebration/commemoration
·       How the celebration affects groups of people differently
·       Using the 6HSM questions (example below)
Figure 3. 6HSM Framework

Where Will We Find Information?
·       Through adults sharing. Parent or grandparent volunteers to present how they commemorate events would be appreciated.
·       Story books e.g. Holidays and Celebrations
Figure 4. Holidays and Celebrations (Story Jumper, 2014)

·       Videos, example below                                            
                                            Video 2. Harmony Day (ClickView, 2018)
Using This Knowledge
We will complete K-W-L chart, then create short written and visual campaign signs for the school/community, educating people about the commemoration. Following this, we will plan how we can commemorate this in our class on the day/week it is celebrated and implement these as final activities. The classroom will be open for you to participate in the commemoration. This will assist students to find how they can participate as active citizens (Gilbert & Hoepper, 2016).  

Why and What We Are Learning
This unit builds identity and diversity awareness, belonging, understanding different perspectives and skills of inquiry, empathy, analysing and discussion. Students will explore concepts of time, significance and history (Tudball & Brett, 2014; Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2010). The unit is informed by the Early Years Learning Framework and Australian Curriculum.
Figure 5. EYLF Links (DEEWR, 2009)
Figure 6. Australian Curriculum Links (ACARA, 2019)

If you have any questions, please comment.
Miss Young

References
Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2019). Humanities and 
Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10
          curriculum/humanities-and-social-sciences/ 

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2010). The Shape of the
           Australian Curriculum. Retrieved from 
http://docs.acara.edu.au/resources/Shape_of_the_Australian_Curriculum.pdf 

Brady, L., & Kennedy, K. (2014). Curriculum construction (5th ed.). Frenchs Forest, 
NSW: Pearson Australia.

Clarke, L. (2015). Australian celebrations [Video]. Retrieved from 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-aLGvNTFSA

ClickView. (2018). What is harmony day? [Video]. Retrieved
from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2YtEIKlVFM  

Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations. (2009). The Early 
Years Learning Framework: Belonging, being and becoming. Retrieved
from https://docs.education.gov.au/node/2632 

Gilbert, R & Hoepper, B. (2016). Teaching humanities and social sciences: History,
             geography, economics & citizenship in the Australian curriculum. (6th ed.). 
             Melbourne: Cengage Learning.

Story Jumper. (2014). Holidays and celebrations. Retrieved from 
           https://www.storyjumper.com/book/index/16044522/Holidays-Celebrations#

Tudball, L., & Brett, P. (2014). What matters and what's next for civics and citizenship
           education in Australia?. The Social Educator, 32(2) 4-15.

Images sourced from:
https://pexels.com/
Creative Commons, attribution not required
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5 comments:

  1. Sue SeanApril 4, 2019 at 1:50 AM

    Hi Eloise,

    I really like how you use different resources such as videos, photographs, storybooks and parents/grandparents volunteers to engage students in their learning as well as how you involve parents/carers in their child's learning throughout the unit.

    I was wondering how students will complete the KWL chart in the project section – by writing or drawing? You may need to consider their early literacy skills? You might also want to consider the age-appropriateness of the example website that you gave in your blog post?

    As the target audience of the blog post are parents/carers, I am unsure if using education terminology such as formative assessment is suitable. You may want to consider using parent-/carer-friendly language when you explain how you will assess students' learning?

    There are a few details that you may have inadvertently missed in your reference list (e.g., use the hanging indent paragraph style for every new reference and double spacing; use an italic font for the title of books, web pages and web documents).

    Kind regards,
    Sue Sean

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    1. EloiseApril 7, 2019 at 4:42 PM

      Hi Sue Sean, how did you indent your references on Blogger?

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    2. Sue SeanApril 15, 2019 at 4:22 PM

      Hi Eloise! I did my reference list in a word document first and then copied and pasted it on Blogger. I hope this helps!:)
      Regards,
      Sue Sean

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  2. Tahlia AdamsApril 9, 2019 at 7:29 AM

    Hi El,
    I like how you have included a video of some different celebrations in Australia, one thing you might want to consider before showing the video to the students though, is a questions to the class about what celebrations they already know about. This way before you activate their knowledge you can find out what celebrations they already know about.

    I also noticed in the video there is a controversial celebration that is Australia Day, which you would need to be mindful of as some people do not see it as a day to celebrate and would need to be prepared if questions are raised from students or parents reading the blog post.

    I am not sure I understand where you have said (‘World Day of Culture’ is approaching, we will choose a celebration/commemoration to inquire into further). Will the students be looking into world culture day or are they choosing something different to inquire further.

    I would also suggest inserting the YouTube video and books as pictures or actual videos instead of just having links to different pages.

    Your last paragraph is a great summary for parents to see exactly what their child will be learning and there is some good references there to back up what you are saying. Also don't forget to put titles of books etc in italics.

    All the best
    Tahlia



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