ESH203 Teacher as Planner Assessor & Reporter

Zacchaeus Klan

Assessment Task 1

Grade 4 Lesson Sequence about the Significant events in history that lead to the colonisation of
Australia in 1788.
Sequence of
Learning
Activity

General
Capability

Curriculum
Content Code
and Description

Activity 1
Crimes and
punishments
- Read the first six
pages of The First
Fleet, by Alan
Boardman (the
Multimodal)
- Students complete
questions relating
to the crimes that
convicts
committed in The
First Fleet book
(see appendix A).

Activity 2

Activity 3

Activity 4

The Voyage
Developing convict profiles Life from the bottom of
- Students research a
the hull
- Students reread pages
- Students use one of the
convicts life from the
8-24 of The First
following websites to
websites provided (see
Fleet, by Alan
research the journey of
appendix B)
Boardman, which
a convict on the First
- Students then develop a
outlines the voyage.
Fleet (see appendix B) - Students create a story
profile of someone who
- Students write a letter
has been convicted of a
map, recounting the
from the convicts
crime. Using that
journey of the voyage.
perspective, describing
information, students
their voyage to
complete a newspaper
Australia.
report, detailing:
- what crime committed was
- who was involved
- statements from witnesses
- Class reports collated to
create a front page of an
18th century newspaper

Activity 5

Activity 6

Life at Botany Bay

- View the Convict Life
video
- http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=l1Y7bte
EPsk (Two Shot
Media, 2011)
- Imagine you are a
convict who has just
arrived in Australia.
Write a narrative
about life during early
colonisation.
- Students use the Life
at the Barracks
website to develop
their understanding.
(Department of
Education and
Training, 2011).

Australia became a
colony
- Individually,
students write a
persuasive speech
outlining their view
of the following
topic.
Those aboard the
first fleet were the
best people to start
the new colony in
Australia.

Literacy
Strand: (Level 3: Grade 4) Text Knowledge
Use growing knowledge of the structure and features of learning area texts to comprehend and compose an increasing number and range of texts
(ACARA, 2013a).
History
Strand: Historical Skills and Understanding (Grade 4)
ACHHK079: Stories of the First Fleet, including reasons for the journey, who travelled to Australia, and their experiences following arrival
(ACARA, 2013b).

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ESH203 Teacher as Planner Assessor & Reporter

Zacchaeus Klan

Evidence of
Understanding

Class discussions
Graphic organisers
Open and closed
question worksheet

Focus Questions

What was life like aboard the First Fleet?

What crimes did convicts commit to book
themselves a ticket on the First Fleet to Australia?
What impact did the transportation of convicts have on Australias history?

Essential
Question
Overarching
Understanding

Student concept maps

Class discussions
Factual recount

Assessment Task 1

Class discussions
Brainstorming of ideas
to include
The transactional text

Significant events in history lead to the colonisation of Australia in 1788.

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Formative assessment Formative assessment

One on one
Mind map of what they
questioning
will include
The recount story map The Narrative

Formative assessment
Graphic organiser
The Persuasive
speech

What was life like during early colonisation?