SHAPING TIME
5/6
Compare maps of
places with an
earlier map of the
same area (this may
be only 10 years
earlier or may be
200 years earlier).
Write about
changes
Write about
how Aboriginal
people may
have lived in
the area
before
European
occupation.
Go
for
the heritage
walk in Redcliffe
and write about
what you found
Read about original
Aboriginal
Settlement Write
your own theories.
Match Aussie
Slang to
‘English’
meaning
Record European
discovery of
Australia
between 1606 –
1770 on a map
Locate a timeline of
events that relate
to Australia’s
history from
60,000 to 200 year
ago
Outline
Australian
special
days/events –
record on a
yearly calendar
Classify
different
cultural groups
in school in a
Venn diagram
Name and locate on
a map natural and
man made images
that make
Australia unique
Draw a variety
of Australian
images to
accompany map
Illustrate and
display a variety
of typical and
unique Aussie
road signs
Find a typical
Aussie recipe – list
ingredients and
instructions – get
ready to make
Make a collage
of
Multicultural
Australia
Construct an
‘Australian’
building icon out
of clay
Learn the song ‘ A
road to Gundagai’
and the meaning
behind it.
Listen to the
story and the
song ‘Advance
Australia Fair’
Examine a
famous
Australian poem
and turn it into a
song/ rap or
dance
Describe, décor, atmosphere etc felt
in a home/restaurant or place of
different culture
http://www.redcli
ffehistoricalsocie
ty.com/id4.html
Find photographs of places from the past.
http://www.redcliffehistoricalsociety.com/id19.html
Or use Google maps to view the places
Create a story board with the images
How is this place different to the past? What evidence is
there of change? Can you find out when change occurred?
What might have prompted the change? What might the
people in the photograph have done? How have the changes
affected the people in the old photograph? How do we find
out what the people who lived through these changes might
have thought about them?
Predict what
future changes
Determine why
Research a ‘famous
might occur in
people chose to
Australia’ and
our
migrate to
prepare a report
multicultural
Australia
community
It is 2020 Formulate the
Create a graph of the
predict and
number of
different
record the
migrants per
nationalities of
different
‘original’
people in Australia as
cultural groups
country who
of 2002 (almanac)
(population
migrated here
changes)
Analyse an
Justify why
Invent a fictional
Aboriginal work
certain clothing
Aussie character –
of art to
is acceptable and
give a name,
determine
others not
occupation and
colour, form
include other
character (draw)
and story
cultures
Arrange images
Design a survey which
Devise a ‘Trivia’
of ‘fair dinkum’
will provide answers
type game which
artefacts along
to ‘What is
asks about
with
Australian’
Australia/ns
information
Describe your
understanding
Design an invitation
Create a new
of how and why
to an Australian
national anthem
are Australian
celebration –
for our modern
identity and
complete with
time.
image is
illustrations
changing ?
Examine how some people are disadvantaged due to, discrimination, racism or
prejudice