Ein Forschungsvorhaben zum Recycling in der Schule – AT
Students had completed a unit on the environment and personal and community responsibility for it. They compared strategies to improve the environment in Germany and Australia and how schools can lessen environmental impacts. They learnt about formal …
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Cook’s logbook – AT
Students, under teacher guidance, collaboratively traced the journey made by James Cook in the Endeavour between 1768 and 1771 to create a class map of the voyage. This map is included as part of the work sample. Students then chose four locations along …
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Who are we? – AT
Students answered a series of questions based on class data gathered and represented by the teacher as part of an interdisciplinary unit on Australian identity. They reflected on their learning experiences, including songs such as ‘I Am Australian’, and …
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Eine neue Schuluniform – AT
Students learnt about describing personal items such as clothes, and how to express preferences and opinions. In this task, students were asked to present a persuasive argument to the school principal about the current school uniform, and suggest a …
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Alltag interview and recount – AT
Students learnt about describing and relating daily routines and activities, and how to write and talk about these using the past tense. They were introduced to the topics using ‘Das Tagesablaufdomino’ game (for everyday routines and related vocabulary). …
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Hotel proposal – AT
Students adopted the persona of a project manager asked to make a recommendation about the location of a new hotel. They were provided with a map containing three different sites along with a list of requirements for consideration: road access, water …
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Spending and saving – AT
This task was part of a unit of work exploring how to make informed choices as a consumer. Students were presented with a scenario in which they were given a gift of $3000. They were required to save half of the money while being free to spend the other …
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Gold rushes: wants and needs – AT
Students studied life on the nineteenth century gold fields from the perspective of the gold miners. They investigated the wants and needs of miners at the time, using teacher-selected source material, and made a comparison with present-day wants and …
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Letter: The stolen generations – AT
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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Mi Familia– AT
Students learnt about family members, nationality (saying where they are from) and how to describe physical characteristics in the third person. In this task, students were asked to create a short, written description about a family member(s) including …
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Expressing preferences about food – AT
Students learnt about types of food and how to state preferences for food they like and dislike. Students had previously learnt phrases such as me gusta la___ and were taught the plural form me gustan las/los____ and how to add the verb comer/beber to …
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Around the town – AT
Students learnt about places around the town starting with cognates (escuela, parque, supermercado, zoo, piscina, cine, teatro, biblioteca). Students were given familiar vocabulary with a graphic organiser to write sentences like ‘Yo voy a …’. Opportunities …
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Letter to pen friend – AT
Students learnt how to write about themselves and about their daily routine in Spanish, and answer questions relating to their personal world. Students completed various activities including games, oral dialogues, and reading and listening tasks related …
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Research report: Qin Shi Huangdi – AT
Students investigated the life, achievements and influence of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi as part of their study of life in ancient China. Supported by the class teacher and the teacher-librarian, students identified and located sources of historical information, created …
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Reflection: The legacy of Rome – At
Students were asked to reflect on the legacy of ancient Rome for modern society, and write a response as part of an end-of-unit task. They were asked to make connections between the ancient and modern worlds, incorporate images in their texts, and to …
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Examining sources – AT
Students examined a selection of seen and unseen sources from the early medieval period and were asked to apply their historical inquiry skills to analyse and interpret these sources. They recorded their observations on a teacher-created worksheet. The …
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Description: Castles – AT
Students were asked to write a description of the changes in the design and function of castles in medieval Europe. They worked with their class teacher and the teacher-librarian to locate appropriate written and pictorial source material and were provided …
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Social media: Aztecs and Incas - AT
Students were asked to create a series of social media posts regarding an aspect of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. They were required to choose an appropriate platform incorporating text and images and were provided with teacher-created templates …
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Postcard from Angkor Wat - At
Students were asked to imagine visiting Angkor Wat in Cambodia and to design and write the two sides of a postcard detailing what they had seen and learned at the site. They were provided with a teacher-created template to record their thoughts and observations, …
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Remembering and commemorating - At
Students examined the ways in which war memorials in Australia and overseas assist people to remember and commemorate the past. They were provided with a teacher-produced worksheet listing nine different war memorials and were asked to record a summary …
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