Created by educators in Australia, this diagram can be a helpful resource for students, as they embark on the inquiry learning process.

History Program: Year Two A 10 week History program for Year Two. Links to the Australian Curriculum (2015) and comes with worksheets to use. Easy to follow and use! Links to great websites and 5 BLMs! A comprehensive PowerPoint has been included with stunning graphics and simplified information. V...

School hasn't changed much even though our world has. Education needs to shift and adapt to our changing world.

Summary: This two week unit of work with lesson plans for a year one classroom and is focused on the text form of recount, with these lessons illustrating to students how to construct a recount. My first two lessons have the essence of a retell text type. Students are not retelling the story, I am […]

The Australian History Timeline features over 150 film clips outlining Australia's history from pre 1770 to contemporary history. Looking more closely at a decade presents you with information presented in film clips and related websites on events that occurred during that decade.There is also a World Events section highlighting what big world events were happening during the same period.

This week in social studies we have been learning all about technology! We have talked bout different kinds of technology, how it has changed and how it helps us! I used activities from my new technology unit! I started the week on Monday by showing my kids an abacus and the calculator on my cell phone. I asked the kids about what the abacus and calculators do to help us. We compared them and talked about how both objects help us do similar things, but the calculator is faster and easier to…

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