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• History: Level B achievement standards

  By the end of Level B, students identify immediate family members. They recognise some significant events. Students respond to images of personal, family and sites of significance.

  Students assist to sequence significant parts of recent familiar events. They can identify themselves at different...

  Level description | The Humanities | History | Level B

• History: Level B description

  Personal and Present Family History

  The curriculum at Levels A to D provides a study of personal and family histories. Students learn about their own history and that of their family; this may include stories from different cultures and other parts of the world. As participants in their own history...

  Level description | The Humanities | History

• VCHHC014

  Recognise significant events during their lifetime

  Elaborations

  • viewing stories of significant events and activities
  • identifying objects in photos that represent major artefacts for that significant event, for example cake, flag
  • experiencing the use of chronological language to discuss events and activities such as ‘finish’, ‘next’, ‘then’, ‘past’, ‘present’, ‘finished’, ‘now’, ‘then’

  VCHHC014 | The Humanities | History | Level B | Historical Concepts and Skills | Chronology

• VCHHC016

  Explore peoples perspective to events within their daily life

  Elaborations

  • exploring events and the sequence of activities that occur during it
  • assist to create a class multi modal text about a school day or special event
  • experience different peoples stories, choices within and/ or preferences about a shared event

  VCHHC016 | The Humanities | History | Level B | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical sources as evidence

• VCHHC015

  Explore a range of sources that show families over time

  Elaborations

  • explore photos, film, objects and stories about their family past and present
  • assisting to create and view various multimedia texts related to them, their family, recent events
  • experiencing a range of sensory texts that explore recent events and the associated objects and elements
  • exploring objects and elements used during events, such as balloons, streamers, candles etc.

  VCHHC015 | The Humanities | History | Level B | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical sources as evidence

• VCHHC017

  Explore features of objects from the past and present

  Elaborations

  • exploring personally significant toys and objects from their past and present
  • sharing and assisting to sort significant toys and objects from their past and present
  • viewing texts or slideshow presenting significant objects in chronological order from a person’s past and present

  VCHHC017 | The Humanities | History | Level B | Historical Concepts and Skills | Continuity and change

• VCHHC018

  Assist to construct a narrative about a person or a shared past event

  Elaborations

  • assisting in jointly constructed narratives about own life and past events by selecting images, objects or sequence of events from a limited field
  • selecting images and objects to be used in personal texts about a past event or a significant person in their family
  • using a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response to confirm choices during jointly constructed narratives

  VCHHC018 | The Humanities | History | Level B | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical significance

• VCHHK025

  Participate in celebrations and special events of a cultural or spiritual place or site

  Elaborations

  • celebrate significant cultural and commemorative events at community, school and home
  • assisting to prepare and participating in a significant event

  VCHHK025 | The Humanities | History | Level B | Historical Knowledge | Community histories

• VCHHK026

  Explore different technologies used to make their daily life better

  Elaborations

  • experiencing high and low technical solutions to everyday problems, for example egg beater and mixer during cooking, story book and interactive multimodal story
  • learning how technology makes their daily routine and life better

  VCHHK026 | The Humanities | History | Level B | Historical Knowledge | Community histories

• VCHHK019

  Who the people in their immediate family are

  Elaborations

  • identifying the different members of their immediate family
  • assisting to create simple texts that identify the people in their immediate family and their name, for example choices from a limited field images for a PowerPoint presentation or slideshow
  • matching images of self and immediate family members that are ‘the same’
  • recognising the names of immediate family members

  VCHHK019 | The Humanities | History | Level B | Historical Knowledge | Personal histories

• VCHHK021

  Indicate the events at the beginning of the day, at midday and evening

  Elaborations

  • following simple now and then schedule
  • identifying what is next in a familiar regular routine or classroom visual schedule, for example pointing to the image that represents the next activity
  • following and assisting to construct simple timetables using images or objects that reflect regular daily events
  • completing regular daily routine events in sequence, such as unpacking a bag, getting a lunch box out for morning tea

  VCHHK021 | The Humanities | History | Level B | Historical Knowledge | Personal histories

• VCHHK023

  Awareness of significant commemorative events and ways they can assist with preparation

  Elaborations

  • using images and stories to investigate an event, its history, objects and characteristics of these celebrations
  • assisting to prepare for a significant event, for example being supported to make a hat for an Easter bonnet parade, or a card or gift for Father’s day
  • observing the construction and use of a class calendar that counts down and commemorates the events of students, their family and the community

  VCHHK023 | The Humanities | History | Level B | Historical Knowledge | Community histories

• VCHHK022

  Similarities and differences within their daily life from day to day

  Elaborations

  • exploring weekly timetables and calendar to explore significant events that do not happen everyday
  • responding to similarities and differences within their day and completing some routine events with decreasing assistance

  VCHHK022 | The Humanities | History | Level B | Historical Knowledge | Personal histories

• VCHHK024

  Explore significant places and site, and events associated with them

  Elaborations

  • exploring different places and events by experiencing stories and exploring related objects and images
  • visiting and using the spaces of a significant place
  • investigating culture, spiritual importance and/or different events, by experiencing stories and exploring related objects and images

  VCHHK024 | The Humanities | History | Level B | Historical Knowledge | Community histories

• VCHHK020

  The structure of their immediate family

  Elaborations

  • viewing images of their family both past and present
  • using images and stories to explore their family structure
  • learning the terms used for immediate family members such as mother, mum, father, sister
  • sharing and experiencing stories about their immediate family, its members and structure, and viewing stories about their peers’ families

  VCHHK020 | The Humanities | History | Level B | Historical Knowledge | Personal histories