History (Foundation)

T1 T2 T3 T4 Historical Knowledge and Understanding Activities Suitable Topics/Themes

Personal and Family Histories

Who the people in their family are, where they were born and raised and how they are related to each other The different structures of families and family groups today, and what they have in common How they, their family and friends commemorate past events that are important to them How the stories of families and the past can be communicated *Creating simple family trees with pictures or photographs *Identifying the different members of a family My Family

*Drawing and discussing our families. *Graphing the number of people in our families. *Reading stories and watching film of different families using images and stories to identify similarities and differences between students' families and those of other children *Discussions and sharing about celebrations throughout the year Easter, Christmas, ANZAC Day, NAIDOC, Ramadam, birthdays, Mothers Day, Fathers Day *Discuss the Welcome to Country and recognition to traditional owners at assemblies. *NAIDOC activities, AEIO activities *Newstelling sessions specifically targeting sharing the story of an object from home, describing its importance to the family

My Family

NAIDOC Easter Christmas Mothers & Fathers Days My Family News NAIDOC

T1 T2 T3 T4 Sequence familiar objects and events

Historical Skills Chronology, terms and concepts

*Sequence pictures showing personal and school events. *Make timelines or books showing childrens lives and other events Also covered in Maths and Science (life cycles) Excursions, Incursions, News Also covered in Maths and Language News My Family News

Distinguish between the past, *Newstelling, recounts, incidental activities present and future *Using simple terms to denote time 'then', 'now', 'yesterday', 'today', 'tomorrow'

Historical questions and research

Pose questions about the past *Inquiring from members of their families about their history using sources provided *Posing questions about family or about personal photographs, for example How old was I? Where was I? What was I doing? *Posing questions about objects- Is it old or new? What was it used for?

Analysis and use of sources

Explore a range of sources about the past *Identifying relevant features of photographs of family and friends *Describing interesting features of objects and photographs connected to the past *Distinguishing between what is old and what is new, using such clues as the condition of the object *Suggesting ideas about what objects from the past may have been used for *Comparing objects from the past with those of the present, using comparative language such as 'older', 'newer' News Picture talks (language)

Identify and compare features of objects from the past and present

News Integrate older objects into themes of Farms (butterchurns etc), Sea (fishing and toys)

Perspectives and interpretations

Explore a point of view *Inviting parents, grandparents and elders into the classroom to communicate about their childhoods and comparing with today Grandparents

Explanation and communication

Develop a narrative about the past Use a range of communication forms and digital technologies *Newstelling relating a story about their own life or describing an event they have experienced *Recounts of incursions and excursions *Representing ideas and creating imaginative responses through talking, drawing and play News Recounts Throughout all of above

Resources

Have your preschooler draw a family portrait. Help him label his mom, dad, brother, sister, or grandparents in the portrait. Discuss family origins. Have your preschooler talk to his parents and find out his family origin. Where was he born? Where were his parents born? Where were his grandparents born? Discuss where each family member was born and what country his ancestors are from. Use a map to locate where each family member was born. Discuss any family traditions his family has. For example, do they have a favorite family meal or something special they do as a family during the holidays. Compare his family traditions to other families traditions. How are his family traditions similar or different than other families? Have your preschooler discuss his family. How many family members does he have? Does he know all of his cousins, aunts and uncles? Have your preschooler find out more about his family. He can interview each of his family members to learn more about them. Questions he might ask could be: What is your birthday and when were you born? What is your favorite thing to eat? What are your favorite things to do? Talk about animal families and human families. How are they the same and how are they different?

The Family Book Todd Parr Are you my mother?