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Personal History unit

Year Level: 2.
Overview: Students will explore milestones and significant events in their personal and family history;
diverse structures of families and the continuity and change in family life by comparing their
grandparents/parents/caregivers childhoods to their own.
Links to curriculum:
Sequence significant events about personal and family history to create a chronological narrative
(VCHHC053).
Identify perspectives about changes to daily life from people in the past or present (VCHHC055).
Identify examples of continuity and change in family life and in the local area by comparing past a
present (VCHHC056).
Who the people in their family are, describe where they were born and raised and how they are rel
each other and how their stories are communicated and shared (VCHHK058).
Differences in family structures of families and the role of family groups today, and what they have
common and how these have changed or remained the same over time (VCHHK059).
Differences and similarities between students' daily lives and perspectives of life during their pare
grandparents childhoods, including family traditions, leisure time and communications (VCHHK061
Understandings: Concepts:
- History is the story of people. It is a continuous and systematic narrative - Diverse family structur
shared to others through pictures, oral and written modes. - Names of family memb
- The diverse family structures: same-sex families, interracial families, - Chronology of life even
nuclear families, only child families, large families, single parent families, - The continuity and cha
extended families, blended families, adoptive parent families, grandparent family life.
families, kinship groups, tribes and villages (Beren, 2013). - Multiculturalism.
- Immediate family is the people whom the child lives with (Summerskill, - Special family occasion
2012).
- Extended family is the people whom extend past the immediate family. This
can be realities, friends and/or members of the community (Summerskill,
2012).
Rich question: What Contributing Questions: Vocabulary Car
is my personal and - Who is in your family? Mum Sist
Dad Bro
familys history? - Who are your other family members whom you
Step dad Gra
dont live with?
Birthday Gra
- What are some special events that have Christmas Aun
Special Unc
happened in your life? Cou
- What stories are told about the past in your occasions Ste
family?
- How do you think your childhood is different to
your parents/caregivers/grandparents?

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