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Lesson Plan
Assessment – Calling Australia Home
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate knowledge of Australian democracy and citizenship experiences in the 20th century.
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Preparation
To provide greater context for the assessment task, organise a class or school action day that raises money for one of the groups studied throughout the unit. The posters created in the assessment task could then be used as a display to advertise the day to the wider school community.Assessment Plan
Tuning In
- Review the content of the unit. Allow the students to revisit their learning and tasks connected with:
- Australian social conditions in the 20th century
- human rights
- children’s rights
- women’s rights
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People’s rights
- refugees and asylum seekers.
- Explain to the students that they will be required to demonstrate what they have learned throughout the unit by creating a poster advertisement that raises awareness of one of the groups studied and their experiences of democracy and citizenship; in particular, their human rights.
Teacher Instruction
- As a class, brainstorm some of the possible issues related to each group of people. Some examples include:
- women’s rights – reducing the gender pay gap
- children’s rights – child homelessness
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People’s rights – health outcomes for Indigenous Australians compared to non-Indigenous Australians
- migrants – discrimination and racism
- asylum seekers – mandatory detention.
Guided/Independent Learning
- Monitor and support the students as they design and make their poster. The number of lessons required to complete the task may vary, according to the individual learning needs of the students in the class. Ensure that the students know exactly how much time they have and provide regular reminders of how much time is remaining.
- As an alternative, students may use technology to complete the poster. Online poster-making websites such as Piktochart or Canva could be used. Students could also use devices to create a short video advertisement, using movie making and editing applications such as iMovie.
Wrapping Up
- Once the students have completed their advertisements, collect their work so that it may be used to assess the students’ understanding of the unit objectives. Display the posters around the school to raise awareness of the issues with the broader community.
Differentiation
Extending Students
- If a school or class fundraising day is to be held, encourage more confident students to promote the day at school assemblies or in the school newsletter.
Supporting Students
- Provide less confident students with examples for the poster, through a Google Image search.
Assessment Strategies
Suggested Assessment Strategies
- used strategic whole class or individual questioning
- observed student participation during learning activities
- recorded student progress on a checklist
- annotated student work samples
- collected and reviewed student work samples
- facilitated whole class or peer feedback sessions
- encouraged student self-reflection
- administered formal assessment tasks.
NSW Curriculum alignment
- 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
Victorian Curriculum alignment
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACHASSI133
Present ideas, findings, viewpoints and conclusions in a range of texts and modes that incorporate source materials, digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms and conventions
- ACHASSI132
Reflect on learning to propose personal and/or collective action in response to an issue or challenge, and predict the probable effects
- ACHASSK136
Stories of groups of people who migrated to Australia since Federation (including from ONE country of the Asia region) and reasons they migrated
- ACHASSI127
Examine different viewpoints on actions, events, issues and phenomena in the past and present
- ACHASSK135
Experiences of Australian democracy and citizenship, including the status and rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, migrants, women and children
- ACHASSI129
Evaluate evidence to draw conclusions
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