What Happened Long Ago? Year 1 History / Even Year

Lesson Overview Learning Objective Students will identify traditional houses and shelter developed in northern Australia before, in the past. Prior Knowledge Students need to draw on their prior knowledge of why changes happen in the way people live, which was the focus of previous content lessons. Resources Required Student Handout 9.1 Student Handout 9.2 Past, present, future cards (prepared for use in Foundation Unit) True and False cards (prepared for use in Foundation Unit) Teacher Dialogue Resource Special Instructions The format of this lesson differs to that of previous content lessons. The guided practice slides have been placed intermittently between the concept development slides in order to help students achieve mastery of concepts as they are introduced. It is important to preview the whole lesson prior to implementation to ensure accuracy in delivery. Possible Ancestral Language Connection (ALC) Links Ancestral language should be used to name materials used or particular shelters wherever possible. Vocabulary shelter, elaborate Room resource 9.1

Word Wall shelter – a place giving temporary protection from the weather or danger elaborate – something that has a detailed and complicated design

Activating Prior Knowledge Learning Objective We will identify traditional houses and shelter1 developed in northern Australia before, in the past. Activating Prior Knowledge Look at these pictures of different houses and shelters. Describe what each of these shelters are and what they might be called. Who might live in or use these shelters? What are they made of? What might these shelters give protection from? Vocabulary 1 a place giving temporary protection from the weather or danger

Housing from before, in the past Concept Development The availability of material and tools has changed the types of shelters and houses that Aboriginal people in northern Australia live in. Housing from before, in the past palm fronds branches leaves bark sticks grass The materials that were used had to be found, gathered and carried to where the shelter was being built. Two women carry large sheets of paperbark to use for their hut – Cape York Peninsula. 5

Housing from before, in the past Concept Development The availability of material and tools has changed the types of shelters and houses that Aboriginal people in northern Australia live in. Refer to Teacher Dialogue Housing from before, in the past Northern Territory Northern Territory Simple shelters made from overlapping sheets of paperbark A more elaborate shelter with a frame made from branches. A shelter built for protection in wet weather. Vocabulary 2 something that has a detailed and complicated design Inland Australia A shelter covered in spinifex grass built for warmth in colder weather. 6

Housing from before, in the past palm leaves sticks rainforest Guided Practice The availability of material and tools has changed the types of shelters and houses that Aboriginal people in northern Australia live in. Housing from before, in the past An elderly couple starting their hut in Atherton, north Queensland. Where rainforest Why Protection from rain wind animals cold What palm leaves sticks palm leaves sticks rainforest 7

Housing from before, in the past branches bark woodland Guided Practice The availability of material and tools has changed the types of shelters and houses that Aboriginal people in northern Australia live in. Housing from before, in the past A small gunyah (bark shelter) built over a wooden frame, used in woodland areas. Where woodland Why Protection from rain wind animals cold What branches bark branches bark woodland 8

Housing available now, in the present Concept Development The availability of material and tools has changed the types of shelters and houses that Aboriginal people in northern Australia live in. Housing available now, in the present House in Cape York House in Cape York timber nails bricks metal concrete paint 9

Housing available now, in the present Concept Development The availability of material and tools has changed the types of shelters and houses that Aboriginal people in northern Australia live in. Housing available now, in the present The houses that are built now, can fit a lot more people in them. They are mostly built near schools, shops and other community buildings so that people do not have to travel too far from their home to get to places. House in Cape York Now that food and other resources are more readily available, and these houses are built to last for a long time, Aboriginal people do not need to move around with seasonal change or in search of food as they traditionally would have. 10

Guided Practice The availability of material and tools has changed the types of shelters and houses that Aboriginal people in northern Australia live in. 11

Relevance The availability of material and tools has changed the types of shelters and houses that Aboriginal people in northern Australia live in. This village is in woodland not far from a mountainous rainforest area at Bellenden Ker in Yidinjdji country. The shelters are dome shapes that are connected. It is important to understand that the traditional shelters built by Aboriginal people in Cape York were very different to the houses that are built now, in the present. New machines and materials are being invented all the time that change the style and design of houses that people live in. Some people’s jobs are to build houses, design different styles of houses or create new materials that can be used make houses better and safer to live in. 12

Closure The availability of material and tools has changed the types of shelters and houses that Aboriginal people in northern Australia live in. Pair Share Tell your partner what you have learnt about traditional Aboriginal shelters in Cape York. Traditional shelters in Cape York were sometimes built out of palm leaves.aw Now that new materials have been created, the houses that are built in Cape York are different to before. Bricks and concrete were used to built traditional shelters. Aboriginal people in the past always lived in a shelter. To build a traditional shelter, the Aboriginal people had to find the materials themselves. Here is a picture of a dad, his brother, his sister, his cousin and his child (use stick figures) Is this a family? Show me on your whiteboard and chin-it. true true Rainforest near Ingham in north Qld in 1905. false false true 13

Independent Practice The availability of material and tools has changed the types of shelters and houses that Aboriginal people in northern Australia live in. 14

Independent Practice The availability of material and tools has changed the types of shelters and houses that Aboriginal people in northern Australia live in. 15