Historical inquiry
KEY QUESTION: HOW IS ANZAC DAY IMPORTANT TO AUSTRALIA'S HISTORY?
Overview
The focus of this inquiry is to answer the overarching inquiry question of; How is ANZAC Day important to Australia's history? Each phase of the inquiry has been designed with the overarching enquiry question in mind through the use of specified guiding questions listed below. The overall aim of the inquiry is to inform students about the establishment and importance of ANZAC Day to who we are collectively as a nation and country. The inquiry provides the opportunity for learners to extend and refine their knowledge of what ANZAC Day is through the extensive use of novels, ICT's, images and posters, video's and stories about not only what ANZAC Day is, but who it incorporates, their view and beliefs associated to ANZAC Day and how it is celebrated. The sequence of lessons which incorporate the TELSTAR model of inquiry, allows students to see how ANZAC Day is incorporated into not only the Australian environment as a whole but their local environment as well. The inquiry allows for questions to not only be asked about the given topic, but answered as well through the use of videos and stories which portray the feelings an emotions associated with ANZAC Day. The inquiry also allows for the influence of feelings and emotions experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders through the use of guiding questions like 'Who celebrates ANZAC Day and why?", including online stories and videos associating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders wanting to march in 2012, but being stopped by police. Overall ANZAC Day is important to our country, not only because of our involvement the First World War, but our involvement in all wars and conflicts since, and our promise to always remember those who fought to protect the place that we call home. Lest We Forget.
Year Level: Three
Key Question: How is ANZAC Day important to Australia's History?
Guiding Questions:
Focus Questions:
Description of engaging text: The book 'Memorial' written by Gary Crew and illustrated by Shaun Tan, depicts the discussion between a you boy, is Great - Grandpa or 'Old Pa', Great - Grandma or 'Old Ma', Grandpa or 'Pa', Grandma or 'Ma', Dad and Mum. A discussion about a fig tree that was planted by 'Old Pa' and some of his fellow soldier friends when they returned home from the First World War and the local council that want to cut down, to install traffic lights for the newly constructed road which surrounds the fig tree.
Links to Cross Curricular Priority: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
The focus of this inquiry is to answer the overarching inquiry question of; How is ANZAC Day important to Australia's history? Each phase of the inquiry has been designed with the overarching enquiry question in mind through the use of specified guiding questions listed below. The overall aim of the inquiry is to inform students about the establishment and importance of ANZAC Day to who we are collectively as a nation and country. The inquiry provides the opportunity for learners to extend and refine their knowledge of what ANZAC Day is through the extensive use of novels, ICT's, images and posters, video's and stories about not only what ANZAC Day is, but who it incorporates, their view and beliefs associated to ANZAC Day and how it is celebrated. The sequence of lessons which incorporate the TELSTAR model of inquiry, allows students to see how ANZAC Day is incorporated into not only the Australian environment as a whole but their local environment as well. The inquiry allows for questions to not only be asked about the given topic, but answered as well through the use of videos and stories which portray the feelings an emotions associated with ANZAC Day. The inquiry also allows for the influence of feelings and emotions experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders through the use of guiding questions like 'Who celebrates ANZAC Day and why?", including online stories and videos associating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders wanting to march in 2012, but being stopped by police. Overall ANZAC Day is important to our country, not only because of our involvement the First World War, but our involvement in all wars and conflicts since, and our promise to always remember those who fought to protect the place that we call home. Lest We Forget.
Year Level: Three
Key Question: How is ANZAC Day important to Australia's History?
Guiding Questions:
- How can a book teach me about the war?
- Where did the word ANZAC come from and what does it stand for?
- When, where, why and how is ANZAC Day Celebrated?
- What did it mean then, and what does it mean now?
- What does ANZAC Day have in common with other days celebrated in Australia like Australia Day and NAIDOC Day?
- What feelings and emotions are connected to ANZAC Day?
- How is ANZAC Day important to Australia’s History? What did I find out?
Focus Questions:
- What is the outside of a book called? What does it tell us?
- What can be seen in the pictures? Why?
- Why are the pictures in dark/bright colours? What does this tell us?
- If the book had only had pictures, would we still be able to understand the story?
- When is ANZAC Day? What do you know about it?
- What does the word ANZAC stand for?
- Why and how is it celebrated?
- How do you celebrate it?
- What feelings and emotions are portrayed? What feelings and emotions do you have?
- Why is it significant?
- Who is involved?
- What did it mean then, and what does it mean now?
- How does ANZAC Day affect you?
Description of engaging text: The book 'Memorial' written by Gary Crew and illustrated by Shaun Tan, depicts the discussion between a you boy, is Great - Grandpa or 'Old Pa', Great - Grandma or 'Old Ma', Grandpa or 'Pa', Grandma or 'Ma', Dad and Mum. A discussion about a fig tree that was planted by 'Old Pa' and some of his fellow soldier friends when they returned home from the First World War and the local council that want to cut down, to install traffic lights for the newly constructed road which surrounds the fig tree.
Links to Cross Curricular Priority: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
- Students examine the difference between White Australians and Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders in relation to the ability and allowance to participate in commemorations on ANZAC Day throughout the country.
"History is... relevant because it relates directly to knowledge and understanding of our national character, our civil responsibilities and our sense of personal and community identity. History is not just a school subject. History is a lifetime study, which starts at home and in the classroom."
(Taylor 2005, as cited in Marsh & Hart, 2011, p. 219).
(Taylor 2005, as cited in Marsh & Hart, 2011, p. 219).
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