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

Australian History Series Workbook 1: Ages 6-7 years

Family Life

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Contents This is a Ready-Ed Publications' book preview. Section 1: Family Structures and nd Roles 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: Expressi Expressing Time

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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

29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

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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This is a Book Ready-Ed Publications' 1 - A Note for the S Student udent book preview This book, Family ily Life, iss writte written for 6 to 7 year old West Wes Australian re studying H ory and fi finding nding out abo students who are History 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 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. 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 activities in this book are designed to help you learn more about your family and other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s families - we hope you enjoy finding out about them.

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Section ection 1: Family Structures and Roles

Activity

Family Groups

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

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Family Box

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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 family in yourr family. h house h 5. Draw the that you live in. 6. Draw something your family likes to do together.

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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Different Family Structures

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

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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.

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Family Structure Tree 1

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

Inside the leaf:

1.. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Family Structure Tree 2

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

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1. Draw the p people p in yyour mother’s or father’s family. y ite who ho they are. 2. W Write he type of family m structu 3. Label the structure that he/she belonged to.

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

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My Family Tree

Activity

A family tree can be used to record your familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s structure.

T Complete o le the family amil tree usin using pictur picturess and words. Colour the tree tree.

Great Grandfather

Great Grandmother

Grandmother

Grandfather

Grandmother

Grandfather

Father

Mother

Sister

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Brother

Groups Then and Now 1

Activity

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

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A school group

T 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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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.

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Person 1:

Person 2:

Person 3:

Family Group

School Group

Sports Group

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Toys Then and Now

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.

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T Colour all the toys that you play with. 14

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From Old to New You use different objects than your parents and grandparents did when they were children.

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T Lightly shade the items that you use in red.

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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.

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In the Past

Activity

People live differently now than they did in the past.

T Look at the artefacts from the past below. Your parents or gran grandparents par nts will most probably ha have e used them. Label each f and d sayy how it was used an h h l d it. artefact and what has replaced

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Name: __________________

Use: ____________________

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Chores Now and Then

Activity

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

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T Put a tic tickk nex ne nextt to the he chores that you do (or or help with) at home.

T Putting rubbish in the bin.

T Watering the plants.

T Helping with the shopping.

T Cleaning the car.

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

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T Keeping the pets clean and fed.

T Helping with dishes.

Activity

Changing Roles 1

T Draw a picture of: the h person r (people) ple) who cook ood in n your home. cooks the food

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

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

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

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Changing Roles 2

Activity

Roles in the family have changed.

T Draw a p picture of:

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

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

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Electricity 1

Activity

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

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Electricity 2

Activity

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

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Clothes 1

Activity

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

T Look att th the pe people's ple's clothes. C Colour lour tthe e word past or present unde hp ture. Try to put the p tures in order (start with under eac each picture. pictures the oldest) by numbering 1 to 4.

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Clothes 2

Activity

Clothes are usually made from plant and animal sources.

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Cow

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

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Activity

Indigenous Family Structure 1

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

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

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

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

Some people were chosen to marry others.

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Indigenous Family Structure 2

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

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Approximate number of people in the clan:

Territory that they live in and own:

Language:

Customs:

Laws:

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Indigenous Family Structure 3

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

T Illust Illustrate ate some om of the roles of indige indigenous nous men and women.

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Men make weapons for hunting and produce tools.

Women make baskets, mats and string.

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Section 2: Expressing Time

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Past and Future

Activity

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

T Colo Colourr th the wo w word rd past or future und underr each picture. High ght the he words in the speech b ubbles bbles that tell you Highlight bubbles whether they are re talking about bout the past or tthe future.

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Past

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

Future

My grandma went to school a long time ago.

Future

Next week I am going to the zoo.

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T On another sheet of paper draw something that you did before school today and something that you are going to do after school today. Section 2: Expressing Time

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Time Words

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

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T Sort ort an and wr write e tthe e words and phrases below elow into the past, re columns present and future columns.

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

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

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

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One Day

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.

T Fill out the he p plan an below to show some ome o of the things thi gs that you did at thin ay. each time of the day yesterd yesterday.

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Day:

Morning

Afternoon

Evening Night

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

T Fill o outt th the pl plan n below to show som some of the things that you did each day last ast week. week

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A Week at Camp

Activity

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

T Imagin Imagine tha that yyou are at a camp where you can choose the activitie ctiviti s th u would like to do for the he week. Fill out the plan activities thatt yo you ctivity from the pictures belo bel by drawing one activity below for each day.

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Friday

Saturday

Sunday

reading

bike riding

cricket

football

computer games

swimming

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art and craft

skateboarding

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Months

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

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T 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.

September

January

November

June

October

February

April

August

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

One Year

Activity

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

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January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

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Once a Year 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.

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Think about the event that you most look forward year. to each year Colour this balloon. Discuss with your class why it is special to you. Section 2: Expressing Time

Seasonal Calendars

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The names of seasons describe weather patterns in one year.

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Spring

Summer

The Bininj calendar

This calendar is used by some Indigenous Australians. • How many seasons are there? _______ • Colour the seasons yellow. • Colour the wet months blue and the dry months red.

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Bininj Calendar

Seasonal Records

Activity

Seasonal records can record the weather.

T Look att th the weather ather record and answe answ answer the questions.

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

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

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

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Timelines

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.

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Time in Pictures

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

T Draw p T pictures in each box to show …

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

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

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Section ection 3: 3 Daily Life Now and Then

Activity

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

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Photographs Photographs tell us about the past.

T Ask yyour ur p parents, ts, grandparents or oth otherr elder for a photograph of them themselves elves w wh when en they were young. P Pa Paste ste it here.

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Who is in the photograph? ____________________________ What are they doing? _________________________________ Clothes they are wearing? _____________________________ Objects in the photograph? ____________________________ e obje ts in use today? ______________________ Are the objects ___________________________

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Oral History 1

Activity

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

T Intervie Interview w yo yourr m mum, um, dad, a grandparent grandparen or other relative about th h i lif h th t U their life when theyy were young to creat create an orall hi history. Use thi this ur answers sheet to record your answers.

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Name of relative:

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

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

What chores did you have to do?

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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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Oral History 2 People live differently now than they did in the past.

T Draw pict pictures to o show how your mum mum's, s, dad dad's, s, grandparent grandparent'ss or o othe rela ve's life ve' ife was different to you yo other relat relative's yourr own.

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Draw how they communicated.

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

T On you your shie shield dd draw aw or write things that you ou like about your daily life.

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

T Choo Choose e an obj ob object ct from the past. Draw the he object or paste a phot gra h o grap filllll in the m useum card photograph of itt below and fi museum card.

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Object: __________________________________________________________________________________ Year:______________________________________________________________________________________ What it was used for: _______________________________________________________________ What it tells me about daily life in the past: ________________________________ _____ _ ________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________

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Donated by: ___________________________________________________________________________ T Do people still use this object? Yes/No. Section 3: Daily LIfe Now and Then

Heirlooms

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

T Ask T Ask Ask you your par pa parents to help you find an old ol object in your house which ttells lls yyou ou aabout bout daily life in the pa p past st (e.g. an old coin). coin). Bring in the object (or a photograph off the object) to shar share with your class. hotograph o

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

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Treasures in the Attic

Activity

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

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What might these items tell us about the owner of the suitcase's daily life?

A photograph of his family: _______________________________________ _______________________________________ An old fashioned pair of pants and braces: _______________________________________ _______________________________________ A spinning top: _______________________________________ _______________________________________ A bag of marbles: _______________________________________ __ _______________________________ _______________________________________

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Memory Game In pairs, cut out the cards and turn them face down. Take turns turning each card over to create a pair. You can create your own cards to add to these.

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