Learning Experiences Australia as a Nation: This unit is to provide students with an understanding of the beautiful country, in which they live. It will look at the traumatic history of the 1900's and the political stance in that era.
This unit will focus primarily on advancing students English skills in relation to: -Language -Literature -Literacy This unit will focus on two main History learning areas: - The Stolen Generation -Australia as a Nation Today
To commence this unit, prior knowledge (gained within Year 4/5) of different genres of texts, the purpose and meaning of texts, the language features, colonisation, Aboriginal culture, the First Fleet should be established. It is essential that students unfamiliar with these concepts are introduced to these themes. Revision for the entire class may be necessary.