History - The past in the present

Syllabus outcomes

History K-6

HT1-2    identifies and describes significant people, events, places and sites in the local community over time

HT1-4    demonstrates skills of historical inquiry and communication

Learning intention

We are learning about the importance of Bournda’s historical sites and what they can tell us about the past.

Complexity – What if you had to build a road through the bush? Talk to a partner and come up with some of the challenges you might face. What tools or equipment might you have had available to solves some of your problems.

Higher order thinking – use De Bono’s ‘6 Thinking Hats’ to ask for a deeper analysis and justification of students’ responses to what it may have been like to build a road through the bush in the 1800’s.

History Content

The history of a significant person, building, site or part of the natural environment in the local community and what it reveals about the past (ACHHK044)

Students:

• brainstorm what aspects of the past can be seen at Bournda
• identify a significant person, building, site or part of the natural environment at Bournda and discuss what they reveal about the past and why they are considered important
  investigate an aspect of local history

The importance today of an historical site of cultural or spiritual significance; for example, a community building, a landmark, a war memorial (ACHHK045)

Students:

• identify an historical site or sites in the local community. Discuss their significance, why these sites have survived and the importance of preserving them
• examine local or regional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sites, eg local national parks

Historical concepts and skills

Perspectives: people from the past will have different views shaped by their experiences, ep different points of view about a significant person or site in the local area.

Empathetic understanding: developing an understanding of another’s views, life and decisions made.

Significance: importance of an event, development of individual/group, eg the importance/significance of a local person or site

Students follow the walking track which connects Scotts Bay and the Hobart Beach Camping Ground, following the shore of Wallagoot Lake. During this walk students may encounter sites that relate to Aboriginal occupation of this area. e.g. middens. Students learn about the importance of midden sites for Aboriginal people today, and why all Aboriginal artefacts and sites are protected by law.  The emphasis is awareness and respect to help protect these special places.

Note: Bournda EEC aims to involve the Aboriginal community in programs with Aboriginal education content. Please enquire for further details.

Students take a step back in time to the 1850’s and learn about what Bournda would have been like then.  Students walk along the Bondi Lake track to the old Bournda Road and learn about when the road was first made in 1859 from diary extracts. The old Bournda School site is also explored through its location, old photographs and objects that would have been present at that time.

Students learn about how Bournda has changed over time. From the time of Aboriginal people before Europeans arrived in Australia, to the time of the early settlers and farmland, to the forming of a National Park in 1992.  Students are given cards that represent different times in the history of Bournda National Park and then find their place on a time line marked on the ground. They then play the history tangram puzzle game to consolidate their learning.

Cost

$5 per student per day

Location

BEEC staff will discuss the best location in Bournda National Park for your program.