a)+Overview+and+Summary

= = = Unit of Work = = = = Sydney: Then, Now and Tomorrow =

Unit Overview
 The following integrated unit of work draws on outcomes from both the HSIE KLA and English KLA.  ====Students have spent 3 weeks of HSIE working on a locally adapted version of the NSW Board of StudiesUnit //Places: Then, Now and Tomorrow.// The focus of this has been taking the perspective of different community groups in terms of the affects that changes in the local environment on have their lives. They have compared historic and contemporay images of local land use and discussed with their local elders (Indig and non-Indigenous) changes that have occured in their lifetimes. The book //My Place// by Nadia Wheatley has been used as a way of accessing multiple perspectives and relating this to known groups in their area. ====


====The Literacy component of this unit consists of 10 lessons which will explore the place of texts (written, visual and multimodal) in the communal negotiation of the use of land. Emphasis will be on the diversity of group perspectives within the community. Students will be guided towrds the deign and creation of a rich multimodal task that will draw on knowledge, skills and understanding gained in both Litarecy and HSIE lessons. ====

Focus Outcome
 HSIE: CCS2.2 Time and Change Explains changes in the community and family life and evaluates the effects of these on different individuals, groups and environments.

Lessons
 Lessons 1-5 are listed in detail and incorporate the identified resources. They further help to suitably prepare students for the rich multi-modal task that they complete at the end of the unit.

Lessons 6-10 exclusively focus on the completion of the rich multi-modal task.  