HASS - Above satisfactory - Year 6
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can explain the significance of an event/development, an individual and/or group (WS5, WS6, WS7, WS11). The student describes and explains continuities and changes for different groups in the past …
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Government scavenger hunt – ABOVE
Students completed a scaffolded internet research task. They were provided with a sequence of links to teacher-curated on-line resources housing the answers to specific questions. Students recorded their answer to each question on a digital worksheet …
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Email to a member of parliament – ABOVE
Students explored levels of mobile phone use and ownership in Australia as part of a unit on resources, consumers and businesses. They then wrote an email that might be sent to their local federal member of parliament requesting new legislation in relation …
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Migration to Australia – ABOVE
Students completed scaffolded inquiry into migration to Australia. Part 1 involved an examination of the sources of migration. Part 2 involved using data to draw conclusions about the nature and purpose of migration. The task involved students conducting …
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Letter: The stolen generations – ABOVE
As part of their examination of past experiences of citizenship within Australia’s democracy, students watched excerpts from the film ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ and read teacher-selected personal accounts written by members of the Stolen Generations. With the …
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Refugees and citizenship – ABOVE
Students completed three tasks to explore different perspectives on the experiences of refugees in Australia. These tasks took place at differing stages of a unit of work on migration. Firstly, students were provided with a list of notable Australians …
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Demonstration and verbal response: Net games – ABOVE
Over eight lessons, students were engaged in a net games unit of work. The focus was on manipulating and controlling a ball/object using another piece of equipment. Modified tennis equipment (low/short nets, short-handled rackets), lowered badminton nets …
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Design project: Automata - ABOVE
Students investigated some of the key mechanical systems that are used and relied on in daily life, such as the muscles that move their own head, locking and unlocking mechanisms, toys that move and mechanisms in the family car. They critiqued these key …
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