Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
YEAR: 5
Comprehend texts
Word Knowledge
ICT
Creating with ICT
STATEMENT OF IDENTIFICATION
Students will be using the literacy, critical and creative thinking and ICT general capabilities
in this activity because of the creative and literary nature. The students need to have an
understanding of the learning area vocabulary and be able to comprehend the facts in the
fact sheets given to them. They need to be able to process the information and identify and
clarify their ideas on their posters. They are to use ICT to create their poster and generate
their ideas.
CROSS CURRICULUM PRIORITES
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Culture:
OI 6: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have lived in Australia for tens of thousands of years and experiences can be viewed
through historical, social and political lenses.
INQUIRY QUESTION: How did the miners work together at the Gold Fields and what were
Identify similarities and differences between members of groups and their beliefs
LEARNING INTENTIONS:
We will create a poster to represent how groups worked together on the gold fields
We will identify the similarities and differences between different groups
RESOURCES:
Phoster app
iPads
Fact sheets about different groups found at the gold fields
Cards identifying different groups found at the gold fields.
A4 paper
Pencils
STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS
1. One member of your group is to come up to the board and choose a group that was
found in the gold fields
2. When your group member has chosen the group you are, another group member is
to collect the fact sheet on that group from the front of the classroom
3. As a group you are to read the fact sheet and discuss any beliefs or cultural
identifiers found
4. As a group, design a poster on a piece of A4 paper that expresses these beliefs and
identifiers
5. One member of the group is to write down what the symbols and pictures on your
poster represent
6. As a group you are to design your poster on the Phoster app which will then be
shared with the class
7. Come to the carpet as a class when you are done and we will discuss the similarities
and differences between each group using your posters.