Games children play

Topic: The past in the present

Learning Activity

Schools & Teachers

Stage 1

History

Students explore pictures of games and toys from the past to identify things that have changed over time and things that have stayed the same.

Learning intention

We are learning to:

What I'm looking for:

Students examine photos of the games and activities that children have played in the past and discuss similarities and differences.

Number of set tasks:

Students look at a toy catalogue from 1945 and discuss how toys were different in the past.

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Students examine a school sport photograph from 1917 and decide which sports were played in the past.

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HT1-3 describes the effects of changing technology on people’s lives over time

HT1-4 demonstrates skills of historical inquiry and communication

Comprehension: chronology, terms and concepts

Use of sources

explore and use a range of sources about the past (ACHHS034, ACHHS05)
identify and compare features of objects from the past and present (ACHHS035, ACHHS051)

Empathetic understanding

recognise that people in the local community may have lived differently in the past

Research

Explanation and communication

develop a narrative about the past (ACHHS037, ACHHS053)
use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written, role play) and digital technologies (ACHHS038, ACHHS054)

Continuity and change: some things change over time and others remain the same

Empathetic understanding: developing an understanding of another’s views, life and decisions made

Learning across the curriculum

The impact of changing technology on people’s lives (ACHHK046)
Students:

discuss the similarities and differences of technology from the past through a range of sources and sequence them over time
use a range of communications forms to explain how one example of changing technology affected people’s lives

How have changes in technology shaped our daily life?