Australian History Series Workbook 1: Family Life by Ready-Ed Publications

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Australian History Series Workbook 1: Ages 6-7 years

Family Life

Section 3: Daily LIfe Now and Then

Treasures in the Attic

Activity

Sometimes we can find parts of the past in our homes.

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 Sam has found an old suitcase in the attic of his new house! Look at the items that are inside! What might these items tell us about the owner of the suitcase's daily life?

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Title: Australian History Series WORKBOOK 1 Family Life

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Heirlooms

Contents

Some objects are special to people and are kept for a long time. These objects are called heirlooms.

How many years old is the object? Why is your family keeping the object? What does it tell you about daily life in the past?

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Past and Future Time Words Important Words One Day One Week A Week at Camp Months One Year Once a Year Seasonal Calendars Seasonal Records Recount Timelines Time in Pictures

Family Groups Family Box Different Family Structures Family Structure Tree 1 Family Structure Tree 2 My Family Tree Groups Then and Now 1 Groups Then and Now 2 Toys Then and Now From Old to New Old and New In the Past Chores Now and Then Changing Roles 1 Changing Roles 2 Electricity 1 Electricity 2 Clothes 1 Clothes 2 Indigenous Family Structure 1 Indigenous Family Structure 2 Indigenous Family Structure 3

Section 2: Expressing Time

 Draw the object.

Section 1: Family Structures and Roles

Ask your parents to help you find an old object in your house which tells you about daily life in the past (e.g. an old coin). Bring in the object (or a photograph of the object) to share with your class.

Activity

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Section 3: Daily Life Now and Then Timekeeping Devices Photographs Oral History 1 Oral History 2 My Shield Personal Artefacts Heirlooms Treasures in the Attic Memory Game

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Personal Artefacts

Activity

Some objects provide us with information about how people lived in the past.

Book 1 - A Note for the Student

 Choose an object from the past. Draw the object or paste a photograph of it below and fill in the museum card.

This book, Family Life, is written for 6 to 7 year old Australian students who are studying History and finding out about your family life and how and if it has changed over the years.

The first part of the book allows you to look at your family in the recent past and in the present, and to find out how families have changed or stayed the same. This part also gives you a chance to look at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.

The activities in this book are designed to help you learn more about your family and other people’s families - we hope you enjoy finding out about them.

Daily Life Now and Then is the third and final part of the book and it includes activities which will help you find out about the lives of your parents and grandparents when they were young.

The second part of this book will help you find out about time and the past, the present and the future. It will do this by looking at events and dates that are important to you.

Object: __________________________________________________________________________________

Year:______________________________________________________________________________________ What it was used for: _______________________________________________________________ What it tells me about daily life in the past: ________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________

Donated by: ___________________________________________________________________________  Do people still use this object? Yes/No. 4

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Activity

My Shield Shields can be used to celebrate people and things.

Section 1:

ď ą On your shield draw or write things that you like about your daily life.

Family Structures and Roles

Your name

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Activity

Family Groups

Your family is a group that you belong to. There are many different types of families all around the world.

Draw the members of your family.

Oral History 2

Activity

People live differently now than they did in the past.

 Draw pictures to show how your mum's, dad's, grandparent's or other relative's life was different to your own. Draw one of their family traditions.

Draw what they did or where they went in their leisure time.

Find and name someone in your class who... has three people in his/her family:

is an only child:

has four or more siblings:

 h  as an extended family member living with them:

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Draw what they wore.

Draw how they communicated.

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The past can be recorded orally. People can tell you what they remember about the past.

 Interview your mum, dad, a grandparent or other relative about their life when they were young to create an oral history. Use this sheet to record your answers.

Family Box

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Oral History 1

Activity

 Decorate the box by following the numbered steps.

Year of birth:

How did you travel to school? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

What was your favourite toy? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

What did you wear to school?

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What did you do for entertainment? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _________________________________________________________________

What types of food did you eat?

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1. Draw how you feel when you are with your family. 2. Print the names of your family. 3. Print your surname. 4. Draw the people in your family. 5. Draw the house that you live in. 6. Draw something your family likes to do together.

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_________________________________________________________________ _______________________________

Family

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What chores did you have to do?

Name of relative:

Once you have decorated your box… • Cut out the box and fold tabs along the dashed lines. • Put something inside the box that reminds you of your family.

• Glue the sides together.

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Activity

Different Family Structures

Photographs tell us about the past.

All families are different. All family structures should be valued.

 Draw the different types of families. A family with one parent and one or more child is known as a singleparent family.

A family with one parent, one stepparent and one or more child is known as a blended family.

A family that consists of people who are not part of the immediate family (e.g. grandma, aunt, uncle) is known as an extended family.

 Ask your parents, grandparents or other elder for a photograph of themselves when they were young. Paste it here.

A family with a mother, father and one or more child is known as a nuclear family.

Photographs

Activity

Who is in the photograph? ____________________________ What are they doing? _________________________________ Clothes they are wearing? _____________________________ Objects in the photograph? ____________________________ Are the objects in use today? ___________________________ Condition of photograph? _____________________________

 Use the another sheet of paper to draw and label other types of family structures. 8

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Colours in photograph? _______________________________ Section 3: Daily LIfe Now and Then

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Timekeeping Devices

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Timekeeping devices measure time. They have changed over the years.

All families are different. All family structures should be valued.

Inside the leaf:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Draw the people in your family. Write who they are. Label the type of family structure that you belong to. Cut out the leaf. Write your name on the back of the leaf.

ď ą Name the timekeeping devices.

Family Structure Tree 1

ď ą In the circles number the pictures in the order that you think they were invented. 44

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Activity

Family Structure Tree 2

All families are different. All family structures should be valued.

Inside the leaf:

Section 3:

1. Draw the people in your mother’s or father’s family. 2. Write who they are. 3. Label the type of family structure that he/she belonged to.

Inside the 1. Draw the people in your grandmother’s or grandfather’s family. leaf: 2. Repeat steps 2 and 3 above.

Daily Life Now and Then

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Activity

Time in Pictures

As we get older we are able to do things that we couldn’t do before.

Draw pictures in each box to show …

A family tree can be used to record your family’s structure.

 Complete the family tree using pictures and words. Colour the tree.

Great Grandfather

Great Grandmother

Grandmother

Grandfather

two things that I did as a baby

My Family Tree

Activity

Grandmother

two things I can do now that I couldn't do as a baby

Grandfather

Father

Mother

two things I might be able to do when I’m older that I can't do now

Sister

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Brother

Groups Then and Now 1

Timelines

Activity

The groups that you belong to today may be similar to the groups that your parents or grandparents belonged to.

A timeline can be used to record events of the past. It can record events that have happened a long time ago and events that have happened more recently.

 Trace around each group in a different colour. Match each group with what they do by colouring the star the same colour.

 Complete the personal timeline. For each age write or draw either: something that you did that year (e.g. lost your first tooth, started school).

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Learn



Play football

A dance group

Dance



A choir

Age:



something new that you learned to do (e.g. crawl, play cricket).

Sing

Age: A football team

Activity

Age:

A netball team

Play netball

Age:

A school group

 Ask a parent, grandparent or other relative if they were once a member of any of these groups. Place a tick next to the groups that they were members of. 12

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Activity

Recount Photographs can remind us about things that we have done in the past.

 Glue a photograph in the space below. Use the photograph to tell a story about where you were, who you were with and what you were doing.

Groups Then and Now 2

Activity

The groups that you belong to today may be similar to the groups that your parents or grandparents belonged to.

Write your name in the first column below, then fill out the table by putting a tick next to the groups that you belong to. Do the same for three older people who you know. Person 2:

Person 3:

Family Group

School Group

Person 1:

Your Name:

Sports Group

Dance Group

This is a photo of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................................................................................................................

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Choir Group

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Other ..................................................................................................................

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Some toys that you play with today will be different from the toys that your parents or grandparents played with as children. Some will be similar.

 Look at the pictures below and tick one or both of the boxes underneath.

 Past  Present

Seasonal Records

Activity

 Past  Present

Seasonal records can record the weather.

 Look at the weather record and answer the questions.

Average temperatures in 2010 Location Perth Melbourne Sydney Canberra Hobart

Highest 45 40 39 30 29

Lowest -2 -4 -3 -2 -5

Toys Then and Now

Activity

Which city recorded the highest temperature in 2010?

__________________________________________________ Which city recorded the lowest temperature in 2010? __________________________________________________  Past  Present

 Past  Present

Which city had the lowest highest temperature in 2010?

 Past  Present

__________________________________________________ Which city had the highest lowest temperature in 2010? __________________________________________________ As well as the temperature, what else might seasonal records record?

 Past  Present

 Colour all the toys that you play with. 14

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 Past  Present

__________________________________________________  Use another sheet of paper to create your own seasonal record on a topic of your choice. Section 2: Expressing Time

Seasonal Calendars

Activity

The names of seasons describe weather patterns in one year.

 Match the pictures with the seasons. Colour the pictures.

Spring

Summer

 Number each set of pictures below in order (one being the oldest and four being the newest).

Winter

You use different objects than your parents and grandparents did when they were children.

The Bininj calendar

This calendar is used by some Indigenous Australians.

• How many seasons are there? _______

Bininj Calendar

Autumn

From Old to New

Activity

• Colour the seasons yellow. • Colour the wet months blue and the dry months red.

 Lightly shade the items that you use in red.  Lightly shade the items that your parents used in blue.  Lightly shade the items that your grandparents used in yellow.

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Activity

Old and New

Many of the things that you use and see in your home are different to those that your grandparents and parents used.

There are some events that happen once a year, such as birthdays and some celebrations like Australia Day. If something happens once a year it happens annually.

ď ą In the balloons below write or draw some events or celebrations that only happen once a year.

ď ą Draw lines to match the old and new household objects.

Once a Year

Activity

Think about the event that you most look forward to each year. Colour this balloon. Discuss with your class why it is special to you. 16

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One Year

People live differently now than they did in the past.

A year is a period of time made up of 12 months.

Look at the artefacts from the past below. Your parents or grandparents will most probably have used them. Label each artefact and say how it was used and what has replaced it.

Follow the instructions below. • • • •

Draw a yellow sun in the summer months. Colour the autumn months orange. Draw rain in the winter months. Colour the spring months green.

January

February

In the Past

Activity

March

October

August

November

June

September

December

Use: ____________________

________________________

July

May

Use: ____________________

Replacement: ____________

________________________

April

Name: __________________

Activity

Name: __________________

Use: ____________________

________________________

Replacement: ____________

________________________

Draw stars in the month of your birthday. 36

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Chores Now and Then

Activity

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A month is a period of time. Most months have 30 or 31 days, but one of the months (February) has only 28 days.

Some chores that we do in the home have changed and some have stayed the same.

 Put a tick next to the chores that you do (or help with) at home.

Months

Sing this little chant to help you remember how many days make up each month. 30 days has September, April, June and November. except February, which has 28 and 29 in a leap year!

Keeping the pets clean and fed.

 Helping with the shopping.

Putting rubbish in the bin.

All the rest have 31

There are 12 months in a year. Cut out the 12 months of the year and arrange them in order on a blank sheet of paper.

Cleaning the car.

Write some chores that your parents or grandparents did in the past.

Helping with dishes.

January

November

June

October

February

April

August

July

May

March

December

Watering the plants.

September

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Next to each month, use the rhyme to write how many days are in each month. Section 2: Expressing Time

A Week at Camp

Activity

Activity  Draw a picture of:

A week is a period of time made up of seven days.

 Imagine that you are at a camp where you can choose the activities that you would like to do for the week. Fill out the plan by drawing one activity from the pictures below for each day.

Saturday

Thursday

Sunday

Friday

Wednesday

reading

bike riding

cricket

football

computer games

swimming

writing

music

art and craft

skateboarding

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flying a kite

the person (people) who bought/sourced the food in your mother's/father's home when they were a child.

the person (people) who cooked the food in your mother's/father's home when they were a child.

horse riding

the person (people) who buys/ sources the food in your home.

Tuesday

the person (people) who cooks the food in your home.

Monday

Changing Roles 1

 Ask your grandparents who did the cooking and food shopping in their homes when they were children. Compare your answers with other members in the class. Section 1: Family Structures and Roles

Changing Roles 2

Activity

Roles in the family have changed.

 Draw a picture of: the person (people) who cleans your home.

the person (people) who looks after the children in your home.

One Week

Activity

A week is a period of time made up of seven days.

 Fill out the plan below to show some of the things that you did each day last week. Monday .............................................................................................................. ......................................................................................................................................

Tuesday ..............................................................................................................

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Wednesday ....................................................................................................

......................................................................................................................................

Thursday........................................................................................................... the person (people) who looked after the children in your mother's/father's home when they were a child.

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the person (people) who cleaned your mother's/ father's home when they were a child.

Friday ...................................................................................................................

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Saturday ........................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................................

Sunday ................................................................................................................ ......................................................................................................................................

 Ask your grandparents who cleaned and looked after the children in their homes when they were children. Compare your answers with other members in the class. 20

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Activity

One Day

Electricity 1

Activity

Morning, afternoon, evening and night, are all words used to talk about the different times of one day. One day is a period of time.

ď ą Fill out the plan below to show some of the things that you did at each time of the day yesterday.

Electricity has changed the way we live. Homes in the past did not have electricity.

ď ą Draw things that use electricity in the house below.

Day: Morning

Bedroom

Bathroom

Office

Afternoon

Kitchen

Evening Night

Laundry

Discuss how electricity has made household chores much easier for people today. 32

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Electricity 2

Activity

Electricity is a resource that we use in our homes today.

Important Words

Activity

Some words can be used to talk about the past. Some words can be used to talk about the present.

Colour all the things that use electricity in the picture below.

In the bubbles write words that you can use to talk about the past.

Draw items that people used in their homes before electricity. For Light

For Heat

What room is this?

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In the stones write words that you can use to talk about the present.

Activity

Time Words

The clothes that we wear today are different to those that your parents and grandparents wore in the past.

There are words and phrases that we can use to describe when things are happening, have happened or will happen.

 Sort and write the words and phrases below into the past, present and future columns. Present

 Look at the people's clothes. Colour the word past or present under each picture. Try to put the pictures in order (start with the oldest) by numbering 1 to 4.

Future

Past

Clothes 1

Activity

Next week

Many years ago

At the moment

A long time ago

Last week

Today

Once upon a time

Yesterday

Tomorrow

In a few days time

Right now

Next year

On another sheet of paper draw: • something that you remember doing a long time ago. • the job that you would like to do when you are older. 30

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Present

Past

Present

Past

Present

Past

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Clothes 2

Some words are used to talk about the past and some words are used to talk about the future.

Clothes are usually made from plant and animal sources.

Cotton Plant

My parents lived in a different house before I was born.

Cow

Past

Future

My grandma went to school a long time ago.

 Ask your parents or grandparents if they had to make their own clothes when they were young. Draw them here.

When I grow up I am going to be a doctor.

Silk Worm

 Colour the word past or future under each picture. Highlight the words in the speech bubbles that tell you whether they are talking about the past or the future.

 Today, few of us make our own clothes. We buy them from the shops. What plant and animal sources would be used to make our clothes today? Draw clothes that could be made from the sources. Sheep

Past and Future

Activity

Past

Future

Next week I am going to the zoo.

Future

Past

Future

On another sheet of paper draw something that you did before school today and something that you are going to do after school today. 24

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Activity

Expressing Time

Traditional indigenous families join together to form bands. Bands join together to form clans.

ď ą The kinship system helps clans live peacefully. It decides people's roles in a clan. Illustrate some of these roles.

band family

Some people were chosen to pay off another person's debts.

A man or woman could not speak to his/her mother-in-law.

clan

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Indigenous Family Structure 1

Some people were chosen to look after the sick or elderly.

Some people were chosen to marry others.

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Activity

Indigenous Family Structure 2

Indigenous Australians live in groups known as clans. Clans share the same territory, the same language, customs and laws.

Activity

Indigenous Family Structure 3

Men's work is different to women's work in traditional indigenous clans.

ď ą Illustrate some of the roles of indigenous men and women. ď ą Research an indigenous clan.

Men hunt large animals.

Clan name:

Women gather plants, seeds and insects and hunt small animals.

Approximate number of people in the clan:

Territory that they live in and own:

Men make weapons for hunting and produce tools.

Language:

Women make baskets, mats and string.

Customs:

Laws:

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