Perspectives on Kamay

Primary KLAs:
Creative and Practical Arts, English, Human Society and its Environment
Educational levels:
Year 5, Year 6

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© State of New South Wales, Department of Education.

This resource explores the perspectives of the Aboriginal people of Kamay Botany Bay and the men aboard the HMB Endeavour upon their meeting in 1770. It will also help students to understand the history of Australia's Aboriginal peoples and why their stories of the past are equally important to hear. Note to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – images of Aboriginal people who may now be deceased may be shown in this resource.

NSW syllabus outcomes

(HT3-1) describes and explains the significance of people, groups, places and events to the development of Australia

(HT3-2) describes and explains different experiences of people living in Australia over time

(HT3-3) identifies change and continuity and describes the causes and effects of change on Australian society

(HT3-4) describes and explains the struggles for rights and freedoms in Australia, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

(HT3-5) applies a variety of skills of historical inquiry and communication

(EN3-1A) communicates effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and language forms and features

(EN3-2A) composes, edits and presents well-structured and coherent texts

(EN3-3A) uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies

(EN3-7C) thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information and ideas and identifies connections between texts when responding to and composing texts

(EN3-8D) identifies and considers how different viewpoints of their world, including aspects of culture, are represented in texts

Australian curriculum content descriptions

(ACHASSI094) Develop appropriate questions to guide an inquiry about people, events, developments, places, systems and challenges

(ACHASSI098) Examine primary sources and secondary sources to determine their origin and purpose

(ACHASSI099) Examine different viewpoints on actions, events, issues and phenomena in the past and present

(ACHASSI103) Use criteria to make decisions and judgements and consider advantages and disadvantages of preferring one decision over others

(ACHASSI122) Develop appropriate questions to guide an inquiry about people, events, developments, places, systems and challenges

(ACHASSI127) Examine different viewpoints on actions, events, issues and phenomena in the past and present

(ACHASSI131) Use criteria to make decisions and judgements and consider advantages and disadvantages of preferring one decision over others

(ACHASSI132) Reflect on learning to propose personal and/or collective action in response to an issue or challenge, and predict the probable effects

(ACADRM035) Explore dramatic action, empathy and space in improvisations, playbuilding and scripted drama to develop characters and situations

(ACELA1502) Understand how to move beyond making bare assertions and take account of differing perspectives and points of view

(ACELA1504) Understand how texts vary in purpose, structure and topic as well as the degree of formality

(ACELT1608) Identify aspects of literary texts that convey details or information about particular social, cultural and historical contexts

(ACELT1610) Recognise that ideas in literary texts can be conveyed from different viewpoints, which can lead to different kinds of interpretations and responses

(ACELT1612) Create literary texts using realistic and fantasy settings and characters that draw on the worlds represented in texts students have experienced

(ACELY1700) Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations for defined audiences and purposes incorporating accurate and sequenced content and multimodal elements

(ACELY1708) Compare texts including media texts that represent ideas and events in different ways, explaining the effects of the different approaches

(ACELY1709) Participate in and contribute to discussions, clarifying and interrogating ideas, developing and supporting arguments, sharing and evaluating information, experiences and opinions

(ACELY1713) Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital texts

More information

Resource type:
Interactive Resource
Audience:
learner, teacher
ScOT topics:
Aboriginal peoples, Cultural interaction, Aboriginal history, Drama (Arts), Debating, Perspective (Literary devices)
Language/s:
en-AU
Author:
State of NSW, Department of Education
Publisher:
State of NSW, Department of Education
Date created:
Monday, 1 June 2020

Resource ID: f65dd29e-668a-440c-934b-895f223f2bdd