Stage 1 history
Location
Kamay Botany Bay EEC
Kamay Botany Bay National Park, Kurnell
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?
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.
Learning across the curriculum content
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
- Sustainability
- Literacy
View The Past in the Present excursion outline
