History | Historical Concepts and Skills | Chronology | Sequence significant events in chronological order to analyse the causes and effects and identify continuities and changes (VCHHC097) | As a class create a chronology of continuity and change over time, using object-based analysis. |
| | | Describe and explain the broad patterns of change over the period from the Ancient to the Modern World (VCHHC098) | Discover four different archaeological stratigraphic units and determine the changes that occurred over time. |
| | Historical Sources as Evidence | Analyse and corroborate sources and ask questions about their accuracy, usefulness and reliability (VCHHC099) | Analyse archaeological finds and record their features, using this information to attain usefulness and reliability. |
| | | Analyse the different perspectives of people in the past (VCHHC100) | Compare and contrast the different cultural beliefs and practices of First Nations people and colonial settlers. |
| | Continuity and Change | Identify and explain patterns of continuity and change in society to the way of life (VCHHC102) | Identify similarities and differences in the different stratigraphic units presented, to determine patterns of continuity and change in society and the way of life. |
| Historical Knowledge | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Culture | The nature of sources of evidence about ancient Australia and what they reveal about Australia’s ancient past, such as the use of resources (VCHHK107) | Discover pre-colonial objects and utilise these objects to create a picture of life for First Nations peoples before 1788. |
| | | The importance of conserving the remains of the ancient past, including the heritage, culture and artefacts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (VCHHK108) | Learn about how archaeologists use physical evidence from the past to ascertain what life was like for ancient civilisations. |
| | Ancient World and Early Civilisations – 60,000BC (BCE) – c.650 AD (CE) | The different methods and sources used by historians and archaeologists to investigate history and/or a historical mystery (VCHHK114) | Discover what archaeologists do, what tools they use, and how they discover past worlds through the physical record. |
Geography | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Place, Space and Interconnection | Identify, analyse and explain interconnections within places and between places and identify and explain changes resulting from these interconnections (VCGGC101) | Discover the interconnections within Australia, stemming from both pre-colonial and post-colonial Aboriginal custodianship, and post-colonial settler occupation of land. |
| | Data and Information | Collect and record relevant geographical data and information from useful primary and secondary sources, using ethical protocols (VCGGC102) | Record geographical features of stratigraphic units, using pollen grains and natural materials to pin point geographical location. |
Science | Science Understanding | Science as a Human Endeavour | Scientific knowledge and understanding of the world changes as new evidence becomes available; science knowledge can develop through collaboration and connecting ideas across the disciplines and practice of science (VCSSU089) | Discover how archaeologists use scientific methodology to analyse their dig finds. Learn how as new archaeological records become available, our understanding of the past evolves. |
| Science Inquiry Skills | Questioning and Predicting | Identify questions, problems and claims that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on scientific knowledge (VCSIS107) | Create hypotheses of what will be discovered in a particular stratigraphic unit based on prior knowledge, and contextual information provided. |
| | Planning and Conducting | Collaboratively and individually plan and conduct a range of investigation types, including fieldwork and experiments, ensuring safety and ethical guidelines are followed (VCSIS108) | Use safe archaeological methodology to excavate a stratigraphic unit. |
| | Recording and Processing | Construct and use a range of representations including graphs, keys and models to record and summarise data from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, and to represent and analyse patterns and relationships (VCSIS110) | Record data of objects found, including location, measurements, description, materials and use, to find patterns and relationships in the stratigraphy. |
| | Communicating | Communicate ideas, findings and solutions to problems including identifying impacts and limitations of conclusions and using appropriate scientific language and representations (VCSIS113) | In groups, share their findings with their class. |