The Past in The Present | Kamay Botany Bay EEC
Stage 1 - History
Location
Kamay Botany Bay EEC - Kamay Botany Bay National Park, Kurnell
Overview
Students will gain an understanding of how Kamay Botany Bay was inhabited, in the past, by the Gweagal people, and by settlers who farmed here in the 1800s. Students will explore both the bush and the beach.
Students will be actively involved in dress up roleplays and investigating artefacts.
Key syllabus outcomes
- HT1-2 identifies and describes significant people, events, places and sites in the local community over time
- HT1-3 describes the effects of changing technology on people's lives over time
- HT1-4 demonstrates skills of historical inquiry and communication
Key inquiry questions
- What aspects of the past can you see today?
- What do they tell us?
- What remains of the past are important to the local community? Why?
- How have changes in technology shaped our daily life?
Learning across the curriculum content
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
- Sustainability
- Literacy
Suggested timetable
| 9:45 - 10:30 | Introduction, toilets & fruit break/recess |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Alpha Farmhouse |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Shoreline and rock platform |
| 12:30 - 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Aboriginal tools and equipment and Bush Walk (Banks/Solander track) |
| 2:00 | Wrap up, pack up, toilets and depart |
* There may be variations to timetable based on specific location, group size and weather
Students will:
- Explore historic life in the heritage listed National Park.
- Explore aspects of the past and consider how people lived through time – continuous Aboriginal living, during the European farming period, and to the present day.
- Learn about traditional Aboriginal custodianship of the land, water and resources.
- Dress up in period clothing from 1850s and perform traditional chores at Alpha Farmhouse.
- Look at primary and secondary sources as evidence of Aboriginal inhabitation, the arrival of Captain Cook and land use for farming in the 1800s.