History Uses Sources to Construct Narratives of the Past | Kamay Botany Bay EEC
Stage 2 - History
Location
Kamay Botany Bay EEC - Kamay Botany Bay National Park, Kurnell
Unit description
Students investigate Kamay Botany Bay as a significant historical site using a range of sources to construct narratives about the past. Through hands-on, place-based learning, students explore Aboriginal Peoples’ ongoing connection to Country, examine how navigation connected the Great Southern Land to the wider world, and investigate the experiences of people associated with exploration and the establishment of the first British penal settlement. Students analyse and interpret sources, compare perspectives and use evidence to communicate their understanding of how people lived, interacted and experienced this place over time.
- HS2-ACH-01 describes Aboriginal Peoples’ obligations to Country, Culture and Community
- HS2-HIS-01 explains how people lived in the past, how navigation connected the world, and what life was like in the Sydney Cove penal settlement, using sources as evidence
Aboriginal Peoples have the oldest living continuous Cultures in the world
- Examine NSW sites of archaeological evidence of the oldest living continuous Cultures in the world
- Explain how the arrival of the First Fleet affected Gadigal Peoples
People have used navigation to connect with other places and people
- Compare journeys and reasons for significant voyages of global navigation
- Describe how Willem Janszoon, Dirk Hartog, Abel Tasman, Macassan traders and Lieutenant James Cook connected the Great Southern Land or Terra Australis to the world using maps and images as sources of evidence
Sources provide evidence of how people lived in the first penal settlement at Sydney Cove
- Identify reasons for the establishment of a British penal colony at New South Wales
- Describe the experiences of men, women and children on the First Fleet voyage using sources as evidence
- Research and draw conclusions about resources transported with the First Fleet, using sources as evidence
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Introduction, toilets & fruit break |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Aboriginal tools and weapons exploration and modelling |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Whale sculpture, beach shoreline and rock platform exploration |
| 12:30 – 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:00 | European exploration-maps, sketching and/or 3D sculpturing |
| 2:00 | Toilet break, reflection, wrap up, roll call and departure |
* There may be variations to timetable based on specific location, group size and weather
Students will:
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Examine Aboriginal tools, stories and cultural practices to understand Aboriginal Peoples’ connection and obligations to Country and cultural evidence that demonstrates the oldest living continuous Cultures in the world.
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Discover the journey and purpose of Lieutenant James Cook through role play, discussion and source analysis.
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Investigate the shoreline and rock platform as important sources of food and resources for Aboriginal Peoples.