e5 Phase: Engage

*Develops shared norms *Determines readiness for learning

*Establishes learning goals *Develops metacognitive capacity
Week/Session

Learning Intentions
What will students know or be able to do
after the lesson?

Blooms Taxonomy: Knowledge

Activities/Tasks

Success Criteria
How will you know? Evidence?

Week One:
Session One
focus:
Learning about
Australian history
and events.

Session One:
Learning Intention:
To find out about Australias history and
events that happened, and learning
about the meaning of the word
commemorate.
Success Criteria:
The criteria would be successful by
students being able to show their
understanding and investigating skills
when discussing and completing work
together as a whole class. Childrens
discussions are an important aspect to
show educators that the children
understand what is happening, and is
able to share their knowledge through the
work that is happening in either
individual, small, or whole class activities.

Session One:
Introduction to the topic being learnt Historical terms and events
in Australia to students.
Big book called The Big Book of Australian History by Peter
Macinnis would be read to the whole class (Macinnis 2014).
A class discussion: Discuss the meaning of the term
commemorate, and scribe Who we remember for someones
achievements.
The meaning would be first explained to the students by the
educator.
Whole class: completing a mind map about different Australian
events that happened.
- What Australian events do we celebrate?
Whole class: discussing and listing down important dates that we
celebrate in Australia referring to the mind map created earlier.
Print blank calendars for students:
http://files.havefunteaching.com/fun-activities/arts-andcrafts/calendar.pdf. (Arts&Craft 2006).
Students would be provided with a calendar worksheet, where
students can fill in the months and dates and mark the important
events taken place. Students can decorate and paste into their
workbooks.

Assessment: Formative
(Used to inform teaching and learning during
the learning process, Examples include self
and peer assessment, learning journals,
rubrics etc.)
Summative
(Point in time assessment such as end of unit
tests and assessment tasks)
Thinking tools
Session One: Formative:
Observations during in-class activities; of
students non-verbal feedback.
Questions and answer sessions, both
formal- planned and informalspontaneous.
Conference between the instructor and
student at various points.
In-class activities where students
informally present their results.
Summative:
Project
Performances
Inquiry Phase:
Blooms Taxonomy: Remembering,
understanding, applying, analyzing, and
creating.
Mind map
De Bonos thinking hats:
White hat (Asking questions)
Blue hat (Thinking about thinking)
Black hat (Judging)
Yellow hat (being optimistic).

Session Two
focus:
Introduced to
learning about
Australia Day and
Australias history.

Session Two:
Learning Intention:
To have a good understanding of
Australias history, and how Australia Day
started. Discussing about the importance
of the national anthem.
Success Criteria:
The criteria would be successful by
students being able to understand the
Australian history, and provide reasons to
why Australia Day is an important event
in Australia. By unpacking the national
anthem, students sharing their ideas and
knowledge about what the key terms
meant can show childrens understanding
of what the words are symbolizing. A
discussion would be conducted with
students and educator where students
can learn and share their knowledge with
the rest of the students. This would show
to the educators that the students would
either have some or a lot of knowledge
obtained by reading a book about the
country of Australia, learning about the
history, and unpacking deeply key words
and meaning in the Australian Anthem.

Session Two:
Class discussion:
- What Australia Day is?
- How Did Australian history started?
Picture storybook: My Country by Ezekiel Kwaymullina and
Sally Morgan would be read to the whole class. (Kwaymullina &
Morgan 2011).
Students would be learning about the Aboriginal community being
the first people to have settle in Australia. A worksheet is provided
for students. Worksheet would be printed before lesson starts:
http://www.teachthisworksheet.com/static_worksheets/getThumb/
1249/big/width:420/height:554. (Teach this 2016).
Class discussion: About Australian animals. Listing different types
of well-known Australian animals.
What types of Australian animals can you name?
Worksheet: Use scissors and glue to cut and match up the
appropriate animal name and picture.
http://www.teachthisworksheet.com/static_worksheets/getThumb/
1254/big/width:420/height:554. (Teach this 2016).
Whole class: The lyrics to Australias national anthem would be
handed to the students.
https://www.google.com.au/search?
q=aboriginal+worksheets&biw=1301&bih=630&source=lnms&tbm
=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAsLysr43MAhWIMaYKHayYBdQQ_
AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=australian+anthem+&imgrc=TwLZCvsbn0b
zVM%3A. (Fantastique 2013).
View: YouTube clip of the national anthem would be played on the
screen. (Education2015).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFW-8-flxX0
Educator with the students discuss:
Why is the Australian anthem important?
What does some of the words mean?
Refer to: http://www.tedegan.com.au/docs/KutjuTeacherNotes.pdf.
(Nielsen 2011).

Session Two: Formative:

Observations during in-class activities; of
students non-verbal feedback.
Conferences between the instructor and
student at various points.
In-class activities where students
informally present their results.
Questions and answer sessions, both
formal- planned and informalspontaneous.
Summative:
Projects (project phases submitted at
various completion points could be
formatively assessed).
Performances
Inquiry phase:
Blooms Taxonomy:
Remembering
Understanding
Applying
Analyzing
Creating
De Bonos thinking hats:
White hat (Asking questions)
Green hat (Being creative)
Blue hat (Thinking about thinking)

Session Three
focus:
Learning about the
Australian flag and
the importance of
signs, symbols, and
emblems that
represent Australia.

Session Three:
Learning Intention:
Understanding the importance of signs
and symbols of Australia, and about the
Australian flag.
Success Criteria:
At the end of each session for one or two
weeks students are encouraged to learn
the content and then show their
understanding through their final
understanding to be an artwork or a
project that students can demonstrate
their understanding. For students to
make their own Australian flag and
labelling the important parts of the flag
demonstrates what students have
learned about Australia Day. The
evidence is shown through their artwork
and also by students being able to help
others when completing their work. This
is a way for students to help share their
understanding by helping others when
completing the task.

Session Three:
Whole class: Put up a picture of The Golden Wattle on the
whiteboard projector.
http://indianapublicmedia.org/focusonflowers/files/2010/03/golden
_wattle.jpg. (Focus on Flowers 2016).
Ask students:
What kind of flower is it?
Why do you think this flower is important?
Where does this flower come from?
Explain: The golden wattle is Australias floral emblem that
represents Australia. Explain why and read the information to the
students.
View:
https://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/publications/symbols/factsheets/n
ational_floral_emblem.pdf. (Its an Honour 2014)
Task: In workbooks draw a golden wattle and write in one or two
sentences about the golden wattle:
Why it is an important emblem in Australia?
Where do you think the Golden Wattle came from?
View: Australian flag
Whole class: Explain parts of the Australian flag. Discuss about
the union jack, the Southern Cross, and the commonwealth star.
http://www.teachthisworksheet.com/static_worksheets/getThumb/
1247/big/width:420/height:554. (Teach this 2016).
Individual work: construct own flag, and label the parts of the flag
by following the picture of the Australian flag on the board.
Reflection: Color in the map of Australia, and write down as much
as they can all the things they have learnt about Australia Day,
and Australia History.
What I know about Australia history?
What I want to know more about Australia day?
What I have learned?
Print: http://www.kidzone.ws/geography/australia/mapaustralia.gif.
(DLTK 2016).

Session Three: Formative:

Observations during in-class activities, of
students non-verbal feedback.
Reflection tasks that can be viewed on
students work.
Question and answer sessions, both
formal- planned and informalspontaneous.
Conferences between the instructor and
student at various points.
In class-activities where students
informally present their results.
Summative:
Projects (Project phases submitted at
various completion points could be
formatively assessed.)
Performances.
Thinking tools:
Blooms Taxonomy:
Remembering
Understanding
Applying
Analyzing
Evaluating
Creating
De Bonos thinking hats:
White hat (Asking questions)
Black hat (Judging)
Green hat (Being creative)
Yellow hat (Being optimistic)
Blue hat (Thinking about thinking)
K-W-L:
What I know?
What I want to know?
What I have learned?