Lesson Plan
Early Explorers Assessment Task
An inquiry-based assessment task in which students will demonstrate an understanding of the Age of Exploration and how the journeys of explorers impacted upon other societies.
This lesson plan includes the following resources:
Assessment Plan
Tuning In
- Revise the content of the unit. Provide the students with opportunities to explain what they understand about the Age of Exploration, significant explorers and when and where they explored.
Teacher Instruction
- Display the instructions for the Early Explorers – Inquiry Task on the board. Explain the task to the class and answer any questions the students may have.
- Provide the students with a copy of the inquiry task. Ask the students to use the planning sheet to record:
- the name of their explorer
- the country their explorer comes from
- the journeys their explorer embarked on and in which years
- the societies their explorer came into contact with
- the impact their explorer had on these societies.
Guided/Independent Learning
- Provide the students with an appropriate amount of time to research and prepare their presentations. The number of lessons required to complete the task may vary, according to the individual learning needs of the students in the class.
- While the students are researching, ask them:
- Who is your explorer?
- What journeys did your explorer embark on?
- Did their journeys impact upon any other societies?
Wrapping Up
- Once the students have completed their presentations, allow them to share their research with the class. Encourage the class to provide positive feedback and helpful suggestions for improvement.
- Collect the students’ presentations in order to assess their understanding of the unit objectives.
Differentiation
Extending Students
- Encourage more capable students to research less known explorers.
Supporting Students
- Encourage less confident students to research a better-known explorer e.g. an explorer studied within the unit.
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
- HT2-3
Describes people, events and actions related to world exploration and its effects
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACHASSI082
Present ideas, findings and conclusions in texts and modes that incorporate digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms
- ACHASSI073
Pose questions to investigate people, events, places and issues
- ACHASSI080
Interact with others with respect to share points of view
- ACHASSI077
Examine information to identify different points of view and distinguish facts from opinions
- ACHASSK084
The journey(s) of AT LEAST ONE world navigator, explorer or trader up to the late eighteenth century, including their contacts with other societies and any impacts
- ACHASSI079
Draw simple conclusions based on analysis of information and data
- ACHASSI074
Locate and collect information and data from different sources, including observations
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HistoryAustralian HistoryEarly ExplorersBritish ColonisationInquiry Tasks
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I have used this unit and have been most impressed. Agreed, a rubric would complete the unit fully.
Therese Hynes · Aug 15th, 2019
Hi Therese,
Watch this space! We are in the process of compiling ‘Starter Sheets’ for many of our resources. These will help you to develop rubrics to suit your cohort.
As I’m sure you would understand, all schools are extremely different in the manner in which student understanding is assessed, recorded and reported and we cannot possibly create a rubric that would suit everyone.
We do have a comprehensive set of assessment trackers linked to the Australian Curriculum which can be used to monitor student progress.
These can be found here:
https://www.teachstarter.com/teaching-resource-collection/australian-curriculum-assessment-trackers/
If there is anything else I can assist you with, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Kristian · Aug 15th, 2019
It would be good to have a marking rubric to use with this task
Jodie Payne · May 28th, 2017
Agreed!
Stephanie Heritage · Jun 6th, 2018
Much appreciated!
Celia Nichols · Feb 27th, 2017