Learning Experience Plan – Lesson 5 of 12
Year Level
Duration
Focus
Implementation Date
Curriculum
7
60 minutes
Historical Museums
TBA
History
The Australian Curriculum 5.1 - History
Historical Knowledge and Understanding
Historical Skills
The Ancient World
Investigating the ancient past
 The range of sources that can be used in an historical investigation,
including archaeological and written sources (ACDSEH029)
Chronology, terms and concepts
 Use historical terms and concepts (ACHHS206)
Prior Knowledge: What does the learner already know?
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Students know how to sequence developments in a chronological order
Students know and understand the mathematical nature of historical timelines
Students know the meaning of the language of time in history
Students know and understand the place of ancient societies in time and space
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO) - Where does the learner need/want to be?
Declarative Knowledge
Procedural Knowledge
The learner will know and understand:
The learner will be able to:
DK1 – the characteristics of a museums
PK1 – identify types of museums
DK2 – the criteria outlined for the summative assessment
PK2 – identify positive & negative points about existing virtual museums
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Time
ILO
10min
40min
DK1
PK1
PK2
DK2
DK2
DK1,2
PK1,2
10min
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Learning experiences and teaching strategies
What will constitute the learning journey?
Phase 1: Engage, review prior knowledge
 Switch on thinking and prior knowledge by asking students to
name places they could visit to learn about historical periods
in time
Phase 2: Develop skills & knowledge
 Explore types of museums
 Explore example of virtual museums
 list positive & negative aspects
 Open the Weebly
 Introduce the objective (competition)
 Demonstrate how to navigate the website using the
‘Think Aloud’ Strategy
 Outline the format of the class virtual museum
 Divide students in to groups to discuss & record
ideas about what they would like to see or not see in
the class museum (format / layout)
 Explain group expectations to the class
o Maintain inside voices
o Listen carefully to one another
o Give everyone a chance to share their ideas
o Group members will have roles: manager,
scribe, speaker
 Students will report to classmates their ideas
 Collect ideas to use at a later date
Phase 3: Conclusion
 Sum up what happened in today’s lesson
 Assess what students have learnt
Adjustments for needs of
learners
Allow 10 second response time
Resources
Ancient China - Year7 Students
Weebly
Provide students with clear
expectations and instructions
All students will be encouraged
to ask and answer questions to
clarify understanding
Links to examples of virtual
museums
The Palace Museum
The British Museum
Ancient Civilisations
Each group is made up of
students with mixed abilities
which will encourage group
members to use cooperative
skills and make significant
contributions
Be sure that all students have a
clear understanding of
instructions
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