Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION Year Level: 5 Time: 9:00- 9:45 Date: 7/03/13 Students Prior Knowledge:

Learning Area: ICT Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum

Able to use the Internet to research historical topics appropriately.

Sequence historical people and events (ACHHS098)

Aware of the reasons why the British colonised in Australia

Have experience with manually creating a timeline of historical events

General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson) Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical competence creative behaviour thinking Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures Proficiencies:(Mathematics only) Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

Personal and Social competence Sustainability

Intercultural understandin g

Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb) As a result of this lesson, students will be able to: Extract critical dates and events from the information collected Create an online timeline based on the information gathered Works independently to complete task Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation: Available computers (computer room booked) Provide safe and appropriate websites for students to research the topic Timeline maker link provided to students Provision for students at educational risk: Place children with vision impairments close to the big screen Supervise class by moving around the room, and attending to students who tend to struggle with ICT

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement : Were my instructions clear and understandable? Were students able to follow the correct steps in creating a timeline online? Could students state important dates/events from the colonial period? What did the students find challenging?

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation: Was the task engaging for students? What parts of the lesson can be changed or improved? Did the task achieve its desired objectives? What interruptions affected the flow of the lesson?

[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:

Time

LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant) Resources/References Motivation and Introduction: Align these with the segment where they will be introduced. 1. Teacher instructs all students to move quietly down the mat in the computer room. 2. Teacher begins by saying In previous lessons we have discussed the reasons for British colonisation within Australia. Who can share with the group some of these reasons? Prompt the class to begin a

3 min

discussion. Computer for each student, and pen and paper.

3. The teacher will ask the students if they remember any significant people in the late 1700s or early 1800s who influenced the Australian colonies. 2 min

4. Whilst students are still on the mat, teacher explains the task for the day, When we move back to our computers, we will be logging onto our year 5 wiki and you will see that I have attached three links. Individually you will explore and extract the most relevant dates and events from the time period, that you will later use to form your timeline

2 min

Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):

1. Teacher instructs students to go back to their computers and spend 15 minutes examining the websites provided. Teacher will circulate the room supervising the students use of the internet, and making sure students are staying on task.

15 min

2. Once the 15 minutes of research time is up, the teacher will ask the students to come back to the mat, to explain the next part of the task., Year 5s, after collecting all of the important dates from these websites you will now summarise your data but using the online tool timeline maker from the soft school website. Choose a maximum of 12 events that happened during colonisation to add to your timeline.

3. Teacher explains each step in using timeline maker. a. Click Start b. Fill in the title E.g. Australian Colonisation c. Change the amount of events to suit your research d. Write in the event date. E.g. 11 November 2014 e. And a brief event description. E.g. Remembrance Day 10 min f. Once all information is included click Generate Timeline.
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Projector screen and softschools.com

4. Ask the students if there are any questions regarding this task or using timeline maker. Direct different questions as student to check for understanding. What is the next step once you have found all your information?

5. The teacher tells the students to return to their computers in which they will complete their time line task.

6. Teacher circulates the room making sure students are using the Internet appropriately, and tending to students who are experiencing problems.

Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students) 7. To finish the lesson, teacher selects students at random to inform the 2 min class on a few key dates that they have come across in todays lesson. Can anyone name the important event that happened on the 26 of july 1802?. 8. Teachers informs students Please screen shot your time-line, and I min place it in your file on the wiki. We will be coming back to this mind map in future lessons.
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Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?) 9. Teacher asks students to collect all their belongings, and return to the classroom for their next lesson.

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be judged?) 10. Teacher asses a group of students using a checklist to document achieved outcomes. 23. - This list will determine Student skills. Teacher assesses one group using a checklist to document achieved outcomes. This list will asses students on: Extract critical dates and events from the information collected Create an online timeline based on the information gathered Works independently to complete task