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Hass Unit Plan

This unit plan outlines a 4-week unit focused on Australia's federation and constitution, including exploring whether Indigenous peoples should be afforded greater recognition. Students will learn about key events leading to federation, analyze sources from the time, and participate in activities like a mock referendum debate to understand how the constitution can be changed. The goal is to increase understanding of issues around federation while contextualizing them in relation to contemporary issues for Indigenous peoples.

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Hass Unit Plan

This unit plan outlines a 4-week unit focused on Australia's federation and constitution, including exploring whether Indigenous peoples should be afforded greater recognition. Students will learn about key events leading to federation, analyze sources from the time, and participate in activities like a mock referendum debate to understand how the constitution can be changed. The goal is to increase understanding of issues around federation while contextualizing them in relation to contemporary issues for Indigenous peoples.

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HASS UNIT PLAN TEMPLATE

Sub strand: HISTORY Y5/6; CIVICS Y7 Length: 4 weeks


Year level: 5/6; 7 Concept focus
Year level theme – Federation in Australia
 Should ATSI Peoples be afforded greater recognition  Rules in our lives
in the Australian Constitution?  Life around the time of federation
 The nuts and bolts of constitutional change
 Let’s talk change – a parliamentary style debate

Knowledge and Understanding Content Inquiry and Skills Content Descriptions


Descriptions covered (at least one) covered (at least two)
 Impact of a significant event on an Australian colony  Questioning skills
ACHASSK108  Sequencing information
 Key events that led to Australia’s federation and  Analysing sources
constitution ACHASSK134  Communicating ideas and debating
 How Australia’s democratic government is shaped by
the Australian constitution ACHCK048

Knowledge and Understanding Achievement Inquiry and Skills Achievement Standards


Standards aspects assessed aspects assessed
 Explain the significance of an event  Develop appropriate questions to frame an
 Describe continuity and change for ATSI Peoples past investigation
and present  Examine sources to identify different perspectives
 Describe cause and effect on society  Reflect on learning to propose action

Brief description of the units purpose Key Inquiry questions to guide unit thinking
 To increase student knowledge and understanding  What is a constitution?
about key issues related to federation and  What are some of its key features?
contextualise them in relation to issues confronted by  What was life like at the time?
ATSI Peoples today  How do you change the constitution?

Opportunities to incorporate Cross Curriculum Opportunities to incorporate General


priorities Capabilities
 Ethical understanding – questioning the ethics of
 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and behaviour of early white settlers and present day
cultures - life at the time of federation and rights and society in relation to ATSI Peoples
recognition today  Personal/social capabilities – appreciation of
 Sustainability of our system of government as a social insights and perspectives of others
system – should the Australian Constitution be  Literacy - students using persuasive argument in
updated to reflect ‘modern Australia’? role play debate and group work
 Numeracy – apply numeracy skills in relation to
spatial representation in ‘Lolly game’ and
referendum count

Learning activities/experiences Assessment tasks


 Lolly game Formative
 Mock referendum  Group-work - questions in relation to selected
 Mock 2nd reading debate images
 Interpretation of images  Group-work (or individual) - generating persuasive
 Visit to Parliament argument for the debate

Summative
 The debate role-play – peer or teacher
assessment
ICT resources available Learning resources available
 Australian constitution on-line  AGSA Painting images
 Referendum leaflet  Pat Stretton article
 PEO website  Australian curriculum v8.3
 Recognise website

Lesson outline for the 4 week unit Based on 3 lessons of 50 minute duration per
week
Week 1 Week 2

Lesson 1 - Rules in our lives, rule-books and the constitution Lesson 1 - When did federation occur? What was life
as a rule-book (Hwk: Investigate with parents or older carers like for ATSI Peoples around the time of federation?
rules in their lives)
Lesson 2 - Explore AGSA images and then
Lesson 2 - The what and why of the Australian constitution collaboratively attempt questions.
unpacked including its main features explained
Lesson 3 – How is life different now? Should the
Lesson 3 - Making sense of the ‘Division of powers’ via the constitution be changed? How might it change to better
‘Lolly game’ (Hwk: Brainstorm a list of what you think life might reflect and recognise ATSI Peoples? (Hwk: read pat
have been like for ATSI Peoples at the time of federation) Stretton article from Federation and the constitution
resource).

Week 3 Week 4

Lesson 1 - Changing the Australian Constitution; how and Lesson 1/2 - Change for ATSI Peoples and what it
why? might look like in the context of a changed constitution

Lesson 2 - Processes involved Lesson 3 - Parliamentary-style debate

Lesson 3 - Role-play referendum

Potential HASS sub strand connections Potential other learning area connections
 Civics and citizenship  English
 Geography – place and space

Topic background resources (for teacher use Pedagogical resources to support the
only) to support teaching + learning for the unit teaching of the unit
 Federation and the constitution resource –  How to book a visit to parliament
teacher guide  How to conduct a parliamentary-style debate
 The Australian Constitution – pocket book  How to conduct a mock referendum
 Topic materials in relation to proposed  Persuasive argument (DECD Numeracy/Literacy
secretariat)
referendum

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