The following resources are selected as additional support to help further students education in Australian federation.
Resource 1 - Daniel Burton
Parliamentary Education Office - Federation. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/closer-look/federation-cl.html
http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/closer-look/federation-cl.html - The Parliamentary Education Office offers a large amount of information about federation in Australia, the website offers a fifteen page PDF document (http://www.peo.gov.au/uploads/peo/docs/closer-look/CloserLook_Federation.pdf) that covers various elements of federation that are broken down into subsections. These subsections cover a wide variety of topics that would help supplement lessons. The document covers reasons for federation such as; defence, free trade between states. immigration and national pride. The document lists key background information and provides an overview on the various referendums that occurred leading up to federation, this is further discussed through a timeline that lists key dates in an easy to use format that presents the information in a graphical timeline. This graphical timeline presents information in an easy to understand format and helps to provide information for lessons aimed at students in grades 5-6. By providing a resource such as this it helps to deliver lessons that assist in developing students understanding through key concepts including cause and effect, perspectives and empathy and significance as per the Australian curriculum ("History Foundation to Year 10 Curriculum by rows - The Australian Curriculum v7.5," 2015).
Resource 2 - Daniel Burton
Parliamentary Education Office - Federation. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/closer-look/federation-cl.html
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3962777.htm - Behind the News (BTN) provides a multimodal video of Australian federation. The aforementioned link is a five minute video that discusses various topics within Australian federation. It presents the information at a level directly intended for primary school students. The video discusses the effects of pre-federation Australia and highlights difficulties that Australians would have faced on a regular basis such as documentation required whilst travelling interstate and having to change trains because of different sized railway tracks. The video discusses the difficulties of appeasing different colonies in their requirements for a federation and touches on several important historical and geographical concepts such as cause and consequence, historical perspectives, historical significance, responsibility, sources and evidence, culture and belonging. The video also touches on an important facet of humanities and social science education, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures ("History Foundation to Year 10 Curriculum by rows - The Australian Curriculum v7.5," 2015). An important cross-curriculum priority that leads into the important historical concept of cause and consequence and allows for students to begin to understand how the different people within Australia were represented at this stage of our history
BTN also provide a teachers factsheet which highlights specific areas of Australian curriculum that this video discusses. Several activities are also listed in the worksheet as a source of inspiration for lessons for teachers.
Resource 1 - Daniel Burton
Parliamentary Education Office - Federation. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/closer-look/federation-cl.html
http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/closer-look/federation-cl.html - The Parliamentary Education Office offers a large amount of information about federation in Australia, the website offers a fifteen page PDF document (http://www.peo.gov.au/uploads/peo/docs/closer-look/CloserLook_Federation.pdf) that covers various elements of federation that are broken down into subsections. These subsections cover a wide variety of topics that would help supplement lessons. The document covers reasons for federation such as; defence, free trade between states. immigration and national pride. The document lists key background information and provides an overview on the various referendums that occurred leading up to federation, this is further discussed through a timeline that lists key dates in an easy to use format that presents the information in a graphical timeline. This graphical timeline presents information in an easy to understand format and helps to provide information for lessons aimed at students in grades 5-6. By providing a resource such as this it helps to deliver lessons that assist in developing students understanding through key concepts including cause and effect, perspectives and empathy and significance as per the Australian curriculum ("History Foundation to Year 10 Curriculum by rows - The Australian Curriculum v7.5," 2015).
Resource 2 - Daniel Burton
Parliamentary Education Office - Federation. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/closer-look/federation-cl.html
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3962777.htm - Behind the News (BTN) provides a multimodal video of Australian federation. The aforementioned link is a five minute video that discusses various topics within Australian federation. It presents the information at a level directly intended for primary school students. The video discusses the effects of pre-federation Australia and highlights difficulties that Australians would have faced on a regular basis such as documentation required whilst travelling interstate and having to change trains because of different sized railway tracks. The video discusses the difficulties of appeasing different colonies in their requirements for a federation and touches on several important historical and geographical concepts such as cause and consequence, historical perspectives, historical significance, responsibility, sources and evidence, culture and belonging. The video also touches on an important facet of humanities and social science education, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures ("History Foundation to Year 10 Curriculum by rows - The Australian Curriculum v7.5," 2015). An important cross-curriculum priority that leads into the important historical concept of cause and consequence and allows for students to begin to understand how the different people within Australia were represented at this stage of our history
BTN also provide a teachers factsheet which highlights specific areas of Australian curriculum that this video discusses. Several activities are also listed in the worksheet as a source of inspiration for lessons for teachers.
Reference List
Behind The News: Federation. (2014, March 18). Retrieved from http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3962777.htm
History Foundation to Year 10 Curriculum by rows - The Australian Curriculum v7.5. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/humanities-and-social-sciences/history/curriculum/f-10?layout=1
Parliamentary Education Office - Federation. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/closer-look/federation-cl.html
Behind The News: Federation. (2014, March 18). Retrieved from http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3962777.htm
History Foundation to Year 10 Curriculum by rows - The Australian Curriculum v7.5. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/humanities-and-social-sciences/history/curriculum/f-10?layout=1
Parliamentary Education Office - Federation. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/closer-look/federation-cl.html
Bridget Rush Sources
Source 3 - Bridget Rush R.I.C Publications,. Australian History: Understanding our shared past. (2008). WA: R.I.C Publications
- Just one book from a series of seven books designed to provide students with an awareness of the chronology of major events in the history of Australia and the significance of these events in shaping the nation. The book also contains activities teachers can do with their classes .
Source 4 - Bridget Rush Civics and Citizenship Education,. (2015). Civics | Centenary of Federation: Our nation: Then and now. Retrieved 8 September 2015, from http://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/
- Website containing credible and useful information regarding the actual teaching of Civics and Citizenship. Very informative and contains links to ACARA and the Australian Curriculum
Source 5 Bridget Rush McNamara, B. (1999). How Australia is Governed. ACT: CanPrint Communications Pty Ltd.
- a simple guide to Australia’s system of parliamentary democracy. Written by a former member of Department of the Senate this book is filled with distinctive information on how the parliamentary democracy works.
Source 6 Bridget Rush Morcom, M. (2015). This Is Australia: Studies in Society and Environment (6th ed.). Melbourne, VIC: MacMillan Education Australia Pty Ltd.
- By making Australia’s history interesting and personal this book really allows for children to be engaged and love reading and learning from this book. In the book there are exciting narratives, mapping activities, questions for research, room for childrens illustrations, questions that need answers, time lines, flow charts and puzzles.
Source 7 Bridget Rush Net, B. (2014). Australian Federation: One People, One Destiny. NSW: Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd.
- An educational picture book full of easy to read information and insights into the lives of people who impacted the political landscape of Australia. Received “Notable Book” for “The Children’s Book of the Year Awards”.
Source 3 - Bridget Rush R.I.C Publications,. Australian History: Understanding our shared past. (2008). WA: R.I.C Publications
- Just one book from a series of seven books designed to provide students with an awareness of the chronology of major events in the history of Australia and the significance of these events in shaping the nation. The book also contains activities teachers can do with their classes .
Source 4 - Bridget Rush Civics and Citizenship Education,. (2015). Civics | Centenary of Federation: Our nation: Then and now. Retrieved 8 September 2015, from http://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/
- Website containing credible and useful information regarding the actual teaching of Civics and Citizenship. Very informative and contains links to ACARA and the Australian Curriculum
Source 5 Bridget Rush McNamara, B. (1999). How Australia is Governed. ACT: CanPrint Communications Pty Ltd.
- a simple guide to Australia’s system of parliamentary democracy. Written by a former member of Department of the Senate this book is filled with distinctive information on how the parliamentary democracy works.
Source 6 Bridget Rush Morcom, M. (2015). This Is Australia: Studies in Society and Environment (6th ed.). Melbourne, VIC: MacMillan Education Australia Pty Ltd.
- By making Australia’s history interesting and personal this book really allows for children to be engaged and love reading and learning from this book. In the book there are exciting narratives, mapping activities, questions for research, room for childrens illustrations, questions that need answers, time lines, flow charts and puzzles.
Source 7 Bridget Rush Net, B. (2014). Australian Federation: One People, One Destiny. NSW: Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd.
- An educational picture book full of easy to read information and insights into the lives of people who impacted the political landscape of Australia. Received “Notable Book” for “The Children’s Book of the Year Awards”.
Blythe Kunde Sources
Source 8 Blythe Kunde - National Declaration on the Educational Goals for Young Australians. (2008). Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians. Retrieved from http://www.curriculum.edu.au/verve/_resources/National_Declaration_on_the_Educational_Goals_for_Young_Australians.pdf
This website served as a fundamental source for the development of the goals for this lesson. The Melbourne Declaration focuses on specific goals that aim to improve learning outcomes and engagement. The declaration is a reliable source written by a collaboration of Australian Education Ministers. I was able to extract information from this source to develop a social education goal as well as well as a teaching objective. Additionally, it helped me understand the achievement goals I am addressing through my lesson.
Source 9 Blythe Kunde - Museum of Australian Democracy. (n.d.). Getting it Together. Retrieved from
http://getting-it-together.moadoph.gov.au/index.html
Getting it Together contains a series of activities including historical sources such as cartoons, biographies, newspaper extracts, photographs and speeches. This website is a source for students as well as teachers to actively explore the story of federation. For each state, the website provides information and activities on people and places, the road to federation and celebrations and futures. From this website I was able to extract important facts and material and also links to other useful websites. Getting it Together provides the stimulus for this lesson plan, and further an interactive reference for students to explore and discover individually. Provided by the Museum Of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, Canberra, this website is considered a reliable source of information.
Source 8 Blythe Kunde - National Declaration on the Educational Goals for Young Australians. (2008). Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians. Retrieved from http://www.curriculum.edu.au/verve/_resources/National_Declaration_on_the_Educational_Goals_for_Young_Australians.pdf
This website served as a fundamental source for the development of the goals for this lesson. The Melbourne Declaration focuses on specific goals that aim to improve learning outcomes and engagement. The declaration is a reliable source written by a collaboration of Australian Education Ministers. I was able to extract information from this source to develop a social education goal as well as well as a teaching objective. Additionally, it helped me understand the achievement goals I am addressing through my lesson.
Source 9 Blythe Kunde - Museum of Australian Democracy. (n.d.). Getting it Together. Retrieved from
http://getting-it-together.moadoph.gov.au/index.html
Getting it Together contains a series of activities including historical sources such as cartoons, biographies, newspaper extracts, photographs and speeches. This website is a source for students as well as teachers to actively explore the story of federation. For each state, the website provides information and activities on people and places, the road to federation and celebrations and futures. From this website I was able to extract important facts and material and also links to other useful websites. Getting it Together provides the stimulus for this lesson plan, and further an interactive reference for students to explore and discover individually. Provided by the Museum Of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, Canberra, this website is considered a reliable source of information.