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Foundation history
In Foundation, history begins with the child's own story and the people closest to them. Children talk about their family, compare how they have changed since they were a baby, and learn simple time words such as past, present and future. In the Australian Curriculum v9.0 this learning sits within the HASS (Humanities and Social Sciences) learning area.
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Historical knowledge and understanding
- Who is in my family?Full lesson · 25 minChildren name the people in their family, learn that families come in many shapes and sizes, and share one thing that makes their family special.
- Special days and celebrationsTopic outlineChildren talk about birthdays, cultural and religious celebrations and other days their family marks, and how they are celebrated.
Historical skills
- How I have changed: past, present and futureFull lesson · 25 minChildren compare photos and objects from when they were a baby with now, and use the words past, present and future to order events in their own life.
- Family stories and memoriesTopic outlineChildren ask a family member about a memory and retell it, learning that people share the past through stories, photos, songs and special objects.
- Objects that tell a storyTopic outlineChildren look at an old object kept by their family and talk about who used it, what it was for and why it was kept.