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Humanities and Social Sciences

Year 1

Above satisfactory

Toys

Summary of task

Students talked with their grandparents, during a school visit, about the toys they played with at the same age. Students used a Venn diagram to record and categorise the similarities and differences in toys at the two different times. These activities took place in class over two 50-minute periods. Students then chose one of the toys from the past for further inquiry and comparison. They were required to ask questions of their grandparents, produce photographic evidence and present their findings in a text scribed by the teacher. These activities took place at home and in class over a one-week period.

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. They identify and describe the features of places and their location at a local scale and identify changes to the features of places. They recognise that people describe the features of places differently and describe how places can be cared for.

Students respond to questions about the recent past and familiar and unfamiliar places by collecting and interpreting information and data from observations and from sources provided. They sequence personal and family events in order and represent the location of different places and their features on labelled maps. They reflect on their learning to suggest ways they can care for places. They share stories about the past, and present observations and findings using everyday terms to denote the passing of time and to describe direction and location.

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.

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Records, classifies and compares information about the past and present

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Learning Area
Categorises a range of objects from the past and present
2
Subject - History
Categorises a range of objects from the past and present
3
Subject - History
Identifies similarities and differences in objects
4
Learning Area
Identifies similarities and differences in objects
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Learning Area
Makes statements about change and the passage of time
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Learning Area
Reports detailed information gathered from inquiry questions
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Subject - History
Makes statements about change and the passage of time
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Subject - History
Reports detailed information gathered from inquiry questions