Past and present
Summary of task
Students recorded, with teacher guidance, a definition of ‘the past’ and a definition of ‘the present’. Following class discussion, and teacher provision of examples, students drew pictures and wrote explanatory texts to support each definition. Students then completed a series of activities to support the development of critical thinking about their own past and present. First, students recorded the contents of their school bags. Students then completed two Venn diagrams to identify the similarities and differences between bedrooms in the past and present, and classrooms in the past and present. These activities took place in class with teacher guidance over a period of two weeks.
Achievement standard
By the end of Year 1, students identify and describe important dates and changes in their own lives. They explain how some aspects of daily life have changed over recent time while others have remained the same.
Students sequence personal and family events in order, using everyday terms about the passing of time. They respond to questions about the past using sources provided. Students relate stories about life in the past, using a range of texts.