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• VCHHC066

  Sequence significant events in chronological order to create a narrative about one navigator, explorer or trader and Australian settlement

  Elaborations

  • annotating a timeline or other visual representation of key stages of settlement featuring local, regional or state events and people of historical significance
  • placing key events and people of early contact history in chronological order by creating timelines and explaining the sequence
  • listing key events and people’s experiences and linking them together to form a narrative about the past
  • composing historical texts, for example, a biography on a noteworthy individual or group, a report on a significant event

  VCHHC066 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Chronology

• VCHHC069

  Identify and describe continuity and change over time in the local community, region or state and as a result of the effects of European exploration

  Elaborations

  • investigating the establishment of a local community such as 'How did people settle?' 'Who were they?' 'Why did they come to the area?'
  • investigating the contribution that individuals and groups have made to the development of the local community
  • identifying the origins of place names in Australia, for example, those named by French explorers and Aboriginal place names

  VCHHC069 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Continuity and change

• VCHHC070

  Identify and explain the causes and effects of European settlement and exploration

  Elaborations

  • finding historical information to determine the nature of colonial settlement, the effect of significant events and the role of individuals in shaping a colony
  • exploring different stories about contact experiences and early penal life to discover the thoughts or feelings of the people at that time, for example, convicts, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, convict guards and free settlers

  VCHHC070 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Cause and effect

• VCHHC071

  Describe the significance of Australian celebrations, symbols and emblems

  Elaborations

  • generating questions about the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and the nature of contact in early Australia
  • posing questions about explorers, for example, 'Who were they? 'Where were they from?' 'Where did they go?' 'What did they do?'
  • identifying the meaning of celebrations from different perspectives, for example, Australia Day for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples compared with other cultural groups

  VCHHC071 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical significance

• VCHHC067

  Identify the origin and content features of primary sources when describing the significance of people, places and events

  Elaborations

  • using historical terms such as immigration, exploration, development, settlement and naming days of commemoration and emblems when speaking, writing, and illustrating
  • using and understanding the meaning of acronyms, for example, NAIDOC and ANZAC
  • identifying sources to investigate change in the community in the past, such as photographs, maps, and the remains of buildings
  • analysing a range of sources to locate information about the people, places and events in their community’s present and past, for example photographs, maps and oral histories,
  • using information technologies to organise information and make connections, for example, creating tables in word processing software and concept mapping
  • identifying sources to investigate the story of the First Fleet and its arrival, such as paintings, maps, written records/accounts

  VCHHC067 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical sources as evidence

• VCHHC068

  Describe perspectives of people from the past

  Elaborations

  • creating and editing a presentation to record and explain the past using, for example, text, images and sounds
  • recounting the experiences of an individual based on researched facts, for example, a biography, diary or journal of a navigator or convict on the First Fleet
  • creating charts, pictorial stories, maps, digital and oral presentations to explain the past

  VCHHC068 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical sources as evidence

• VCHHK077

  Significance of celebrations and commemorations in other places around the world

  Elaborations

  • exploring for example, Bastille Day in France, Independence Day in the USA, Chinese New Year, Christmas Day, Diwali, Easter, Hanukkah, the Moon Festival and Ramadan
  • comparing the significance of national days in different countries, looking at why they developed and elements they have in common
  • viewing on the internet videos of celebrations of significant days, such as Independence Day in Greece
  • investigating the origins and significance of international celebrations or commemorations, for example, the International Day of Peace, and of celebrations significant to particular cultural groups in Australia and in other countries

  VCHHK077 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Knowledge | Community, remembrance and celebrations

• VCHHK078

  The diversity and longevity of Australia’s first peoples and the significant ways Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are connected to Country and Place (land, sea, waterways and skies) and the effects on their daily lives

  Elaborations

  • examining early archaeological sites that show the longevity of the Aboriginal people, for example, Nauwalabila, Malakunanja, Devil’s Lair, Lake Mungo and Preminghana
  • mapping the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language groups in Australia, with particular emphasis on the local area and state/territory
  • investigating pre-contact ways of life of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people, their knowledge of their environment including land management practices, their sense of the interconnectedness of Country/Place, people, culture and identity, and some of their principles, such as caring for country, caring for each other and respecting all things
  • studying totems in the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and examining the differences between their totems

  VCHHK078 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Knowledge | First contacts

• VCHHK072

  The significance of Country and Place to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who belong to a local area

  Elaborations

  • identifying the language groups of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who belong to the local area and explaining the relationship between language, country, place and spirituality
  • listening to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Elders, grandparents and older community members tell stories associated with the local language groups and the land they belong to

  VCHHK072 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Knowledge | Community, remembrance and celebrations

• VCHHK079

  The journey(s) of a significant world navigator, explorer or trader up to the late eighteenth century, including their contacts with and effects on other societies

  Elaborations

  • identifying key individuals and groups who established contacts with Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania during the age of discovery and exploring their impact on society, including examining the journey(s) these explorers made using internet mapping tools, for example, Christopher Columbus, Vasco de Gama and Ferdinand Magellan
  • using navigation maps to reconstruct the journey of one or more explorers
  • investigating networks of exchange between different groups of people

  VCHHK079 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Knowledge | First contacts

• VCHHK075

  One significant narrative, myths or celebration from the past

  Elaborations

  • investigate the rituals surrounding a corroboree
  • create a narrative or comic book of a Greek myth
  • investigate the origins of the Ancient Olympic Games and/or the games of the Colosseum

  VCHHK075 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Knowledge | Community, remembrance and celebrations

• VCHHK076

  Significance of days and weeks celebrated or commemorated in Australia and the importance of symbols and emblems, including Australia Day, ANZAC Day, Harmony Week, National Reconciliation Week, NAIDOC week and National Sorry Day

  Elaborations

  • identifying and discussing the historical origins of an significant Australian celebration or commemoration
  • generating a list of local, state and national symbols and emblems, for example club emblems, school logos, flags, floral emblems, coat of arms, and discussing their origins and significance
  • examining the symbolism of flags such as the Australian, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags, and recognising special occasions when they are flown, for example, all three flags are flown during NAIDOC week, National Reconciliation Week, National Sorry Day and MABO day
  • recognising the significance of other days or weeks including the Anniversary of the National Apology to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples (2008)

  VCHHK076 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Knowledge | Community, remembrance and celebrations

• VCHHK073

  A significant example of change and a significant example of continuity over time in the local community, region or state/territory

  Elaborations

  • investigating changes and continuity in relation to transport, work, education, natural and built environments, entertainment and daily life
  • investigating a development in the local community from the time of European settlement to the present day, for example, through photographs, newspapers, oral histories, diaries and letters
  • comparing key similarities and differences in photographs from both the past and present of a specific location to identify change or continuity

  VCHHK073 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Knowledge | Community, remembrance and celebrations

• VCHHK080

  Stories of the First Fleet, including causes and reasons for the journey, who travelled to Australia, and their experiences and perspectives following arrival

  Elaborations

  • discussing reasons for the First Fleet journey, including an examination of the wide range of crimes punishable by transportation, and looking at the groups who were transported
  • discussing the treatment of prisoners at that time, and past and present views on the colonisation of Australia; investigating the daily lives and social standing of those who travelled to Australia on the First Fleet, including families, children and convict guards

  VCHHK080 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Knowledge | First contacts

• VCHHK074

  The role that people of diverse backgrounds have played in the development and character of the local community and/or other societies

  Elaborations

  • using local sites, museums and online collections to identify the cultural groups within the local community and their influence over time, for example, as reflected in architecture, commercial outlets and religious buildings

  VCHHK074 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Knowledge | Community, remembrance and celebrations

• VCHHK081

  The nature of contact between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and others, for example, the Macassans and the Europeans, and the effects of these interactions

  Elaborations

  • investigating contact with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples before 1788, for example, the repulsion of the Dutch at Cape Keerweer in 1606 and the trade between the Macassans and the Yolngu people
  • comparing the European concept of land ownership with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' relationship with the land and sea, and how this affected relations between them
  • exploring early contact history with the British, for example, Pemulwuy or the Black War, and the impact that British colonisation had on the lives of Aboriginal people such as dispossession, dislocation and the loss of lives through conflict, disease, loss of food sources and medicines
  • exploring whether the interactions between Europeans and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples had positive or negative effects
  • examining paintings and accounts (by observers such as Watkin Tench and David Collins) to determine the impact of early British colonisation on Aboriginal peoples' country

  VCHHK081 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Knowledge | First contacts