RIC-20104_Australian_Curriculum_History_(Yr_2)_Respecting_the_past

Teachers notes
How to use this book
Each book is divided into sections based on the number of Historical Knowledge and Understanding content descriptions for the year
group. Each content description has been given a general title which is used on the contents page and also in the shaded tabs on the
outside edge of each page throughout the book. The tabs provide easy access to pages within each content description.
Topics within each section follow a similar four-page format comprising a teachers page followed by three student pages. The student
pages may all be related to one aspect of an historical event or connected activities associated with one historical event.
Features
• An historical skills overview with a brief explanation of their meaning. (page vi)
• An historical skills class record. (page vii)
• An overview of historical skills, key inquiry questions, general capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities, is provided on page viii.
It shows at a glance how the topics in each book, including the ‘Additional activities’ provided on the teachers pages, cover the
requirements of the national curriculum for the Year group.
• A template for two time lines is provided on page ix.
• A set of four or fi ve multiple choice quiz questions plus answers for each topic is provided on pages 74–83.
• Answers or possible answers have been given for the student pages of each section. As certain activities require research, discussion
and opinions, some answers are open-ended and are marked as ‘Teacher check’. Answers are located at the back of the book on
pages 84–85.
Four-page format
Teachers page
The first page in each four-page unit is a teachers page which provides the following information:
The title of the unit
A shaded tab giving the general
title of the Historical Knowledge
and Understanding content
description
A time line places important
people and events in context
Suggested resources
Additional activities offer
suggestions of how the topic
may be extended to develop
the historical knowledge and
understanding of the unit
The content description with its
code
An elaboration describing the
focus of the unit in relation to the
content description
The key inquiry questions which
will be answered in part or whole
by the activities within the unit
The historical skills that can be
practised while completing the
unit
The historical concepts that can
be highlighted while completing
the unit
Background information provides
teachers with relevant facts that
put the text and activities in
context with what was occurring in
Australia and the rest of the world
at the same time
Teaching notes highlight specifi c
details of the activities that
need to be prepared, revised or
understood before beginning the
unit
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