Lesson+2+Deciding+Directions


 * LESSON** **Level: 4**
 * Domain: HUMANITIES**
 * Dimension: HISTORY**
 * Learning Focus:** This lesson is the second in a unit of work that supports the attainment of VELS level 3.25, where students explore significant events in Australian history and make links and comparisons with contempory Australia.
 * Objectives:** That students will work collaboratively to produce a timeline of events, documenting their understandings of Australian history.

1pm
 * =__Time__ =

1:15

1:25

1:45 || =__Learner Activities__ = Students will assemble on mat in whole group and listen to introductory story.

Students will participate in discussion about what they know about time lines and the history of Australia, referring to the "wordle" they created in the previous lesson.

The students will work in groups to complete the lessons task of creating a time line.

Students will reassemble on the mat to participate in group sharing of the info they have contributed to the time line, and what area they will focus on for the next few lessons. || =__Teacher Activities__ = The teacher will introduce this "deciding directions" lesson by discussing the pror lesson, and the info covered by creating a "wordle".

The teacher will re-familiarize students with time lines, and their purpose, and inform students of the requirement of todays lesson ( create time line)

The teacher will ask students to reflect on the "wordle" they produced in the previous lesson, and ask the focus question of the lesson, "When do you think the significant events occured in Australian history?" The teacher will write responses on the white board, and divide answers and students into four groups, asigning one group of answers per group.

The teacher will instruct students to work in groups to determine when the events they are looking at occurred. The teacher will then have students add information to the class time line that has been constructed.

Teacher to support students regarding issues of sequence and years, without providing answers, as the time line will be used as an assessment tool when students compare when events actually occurred and in which order.

The teacher will assemble students on mat to facillitate the sharing of the students contributions to the time line. and inquire about which area students would like to explore in greater depth ( directions). || =__Resources__ = Copy of "Walking the Boundaries" White board & markers Copies of students wordles from previous lesson. A4 Paper, sticky tape, blue tack, coloured markers, rulers. ||