SCU School of Education

Lesson Plan Template Australian Curriculum

Class/Stage:

Lesson/Period:

Year 8 HSIE
3
Topic/Main Concepts/Themes/Key Inquiry Question(s):
Indigenous culture/ dreaming in Australia
SYLLABUS CONTENT to be covered

Lesson Length:
50 mins
Key Concepts:
- Aboriginal dream time and culture

-develop knowledge and understanding of the nature of history and significant changes and developments from the past, the modern world and Australia
- develop knowledge and understanding of ideas, movements, people and events that shaped past civilisations, the modern world and Australia
- describe the differences between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal relationships to Land and Country
LEARNING OUTCOMES to be addressed/ achieved:
Describes major periods of historical time and sequences events, people and societies from the past HT4-2

Historical Skills:
-

Analysis and use of sources

Empathetic understanding
Perspectives and interpretations

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General Capabilities (Australian Curriculum, 2012)

(tick those addressed in this lesson)
Literacy
Intercultural understanding
Personal and social capability
Information and communication technology capability
Critical and creative thinking
Numeracy
Ethical behaviour

Cross Curriculum Priorities (Australian Curriculum, 2012)

(tick those addressed in this lesson)
Sustainability
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

Other Learning Across Curriculum Areas (Australian Curriculum 2012):

(tick those addressed in this lesson)
Civics and citizenship
Difference and diversity
Work and enterprise
Elements of NSW Quality Teaching Framework addressed:
Intellectual quality (deep knowledge, deep understanding)
Quality learning environment ( High expectations, engagement, social support)
Significance ( cultural knowledge, inclusivity, connectedness)

Prior Knowledge/Experience
Students have been introduced
to Indigenous culture

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Considerations/Preparation
Equipment required/Room bookings etc
-Computer and projector
Indigenous Australian
- worksheet
Dreamtime
- copies of dreamtime stories
culture
Settlement

Key Vocab

Safety Risk

Any other considerations?

Large print worksheet
Increase font size on PowerPoint

N/A

STAGE OF
LESSON
1. INTRODUCTION
Context of the
lesson
Expected learning
outcomes/goals
Key question/s

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TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES

Return worksheet- have students glue them in.

Revise last lesson
When did the first fleet arrive?
Who discovered Australia?
Who first mapped Australia?
What is terra Nullius? Why could cook claim it?
Why was the land so important to the aboriginal people?

RESOURCES

TIME
10 mins

Worksheets

2. THE BODY
Teacher directed
learning?
Independent
student inquiry/
learning?
(Description of the
teaching and
learning activities)

Introduce lesson- Aboriginal culture and the dreaming

Go through 3 dream time stories.
Guided discussion about the stories
What are they telling us about? How do they believe it happened?

In pairs create a dream time story? It must be based around the idea that all life comes from the land. It can be
done as a piece of creative writing, a poem, a song or a dance.

15 mins

Students are to share what they have created with the class. They must explain what the story is about.

10 mins
15 mins

Extra task if finished earlyContinue to write journal from last lesson. In this entry explain your culture. If you did the British perspective talk
about what is it like to see this new culture?

3. CONCLUSION
(Pack up and
organise
Summary of lesson
Future directions/
linking to next
lesson etc)

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15 mins

Double period

-PowerPoint
- projector/computer
- worksheet

SELF- EVALUATION and REFLECTION

Assessment
(Assessment of/for
Learning)

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