Lesson Plan

Subject Area:
Lesson Duration:
Lesson content focus:

SOSE
85 mins

Contact Teacher: Xiaowei.Lin (Alina)

Class:

OSV2G

Date:

20/10/2015

PPT 4~11
Primary Source Analysis
Influence of World events
Population

Lesson Format:
Task

Duration

Starter:
Primary Source Analysis
According to last lesson, we know the popular culture (ppt 4)
(turnplate, frequency modulation (FM) radio, batteries)
Transistor radio is a radio receiver which uses transistors to amplify
the sound. Transistor radios can be cheap and small and some use
very little electric power. Some can amplify the weak radio waves
that are usually not picked up by weaker vacuum tube radios.

10 minutes

Go through PPT 4, PPT 5, PPT 6

(have music/information in anytime/everywhere)

Main Activity/Development

PPT6(AnewAustralia)
Q:Askstudentsthe3significanteventshappenedin1914,1929,1939

5 minutes

Takeoutyournotebook,copydownthese3events

PPT7&8(InfluenceofWorldevents)
Activity:Doinpairs,makeatleast3negativeand3positiveinfluencesfrom
theseevents(theappropriatemeasure)andwriteinthenotebook.(iftyping,
pleaseprintitoutandsickintoyournotebook)

20 minutes

After15minutes,eachgroupneedtoshareonenegative/positiveinfluences.

PPT9(AchangingAustralia)personhistory164165

LivingtheAustraliandream(housing)
ThekeycomponenttolivingtheAustraliandreaminthe1950swasraisingafamily
inyourownhome.TomostAustraliansthismeantabrickhouseonaquarteracre
suburbanblock,andmanyreturningservicemenwerekeentopursuethisdream.
Returnedservicemenwereevenofferedcheapwarservicehomeloanstohelpthem
begintheirnewlivesandtokickstartthebuildingindustry,whichhadvirtuallystood
stillduringthewar.
However,therapidpostwarpopulationgrowthexperiencedduetothearrivalof

10 minutes

Checklist

nearly200000migrantsby1950andmanymorestilltocome,plustheemergingbaby
boom,meantthatAustraliafacedahousingshortage.
Asthedemandforlandincreased,newsuburbsbegantosprawloutbeyondtheexisting
limitsofcapitalcitiesineverystate.Manysuburbshadlimitedtransportand
infrastructuretocopewiththethousandsofpeoplelivingthere,whichleftmany
feelingisolated,particularlywomenandmigrants.

Worksheetpopulation
Gothroughwithstudentsfirstandfinishinclass.

Usecomputertotypingyouranswer
NeedtitlePopulationNumeracySourceAnalysis
Questions
Onepage,around250words

35 minutes

DueonthisFriday,needtobeprintitoutandIwillcollectinthe
beginningoflesson.

Extension Activity:
Womens weekly image analysis
Review:

Homework:
Worksheet population
Differentiation/Adjustment:

Additional Notes:
Worksheet population, due on this Friday

Womens Weekly --- Image analysis

This 1951 cover of the Australian Womens Weekly is a cartoonists interpretation of
the common suburban scene of the era.

Questions:
1. Describe what is happening in this picture.
2. Explain the insights that the illustration provides into the 1950s
suburban experience.
3. How useful is this source for historians examining the post-war
reconstruction era?