Transcript Big ideas:
Yasodai Selvakumaran Rooty Hill High School Big ideas: Content/Concept- intertwine them together! TeachMeet History- National Curriculum May 1 2013 State Library A big ideas approach from a beginning teacher What is a ‘big idea’? “an understanding that is transferable and has enduring value beyond a specific topic.” (Understanding by Design – Wiggins & McTighe) An example from the same ‘big idea’ tweaked across 3 subject programs: ( Year 10 History, Year 11 Aboriginal Studies, Year 11 Society and Culture) BIG IDEA: Focus: Dispossession and consequences Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs- analysis of needs and Past consequences- ‘What happens when?’ hypothetical task mistreatment ( take away one need and ask students how this can of impact on another) Students are to write a personal Indigenous reflection applying Maslow’s theory to Colonisation people and Dispossession. (From both British and allows us to Aboriginal perspectives) understand Students apply their analysis of needs and the Poverty consequences to their own investigation of The cycle today Bringing Them Home report testimonies Metalanguage: Lesson strategy: Primary source investigation of visuals and texts about period to mid 1900s Similar themes between the current syllabus and the new 7-10 Year 7: The Ancient Worlds Year 8: The Ancient World to the Modern World Contact and Colonisation and Medieval History Year 9: The Making of the Modern World: Australia to 1914, Australia in World War 1 and Australia in World War 2 Year 10: The Modern World and Australia: Australia in the Vietnam War Era, Changing Rights and Freedoms, Popular Culture, The role of the United Nations BIG IDEAS take us from the past to the present: Democracy Class struggle Ideals Civilisation Diversity Commerce Citizenship Inequality Inclusive Power Justice Colonisation Multiculturalism Paradigm Shifts Human Rights Dispossession Industrialisation And across transnational experiences for the interconnected world we live in today Capabilities Content Existing expertise Concepts BIG IDEAS : Cross Curriculum Priority Areas can catch the various demands of the new curriculum and shelter the challenge of implementation for successful learning Some Resources? -Textbooks: Oxford Big Ideas Text books: available now in Australia written under the Big Ideas framework Reference: Teaching History With Big Ideas: (2010) Cases of Ambitious Teachers S. G. Grant, Jill M. Gradwell Websites: The Big History Project:http://www.bighistoryproject.co m/HomeLessons with captioned history video resources http://www.capthat.com.au/resources/ history I would love to keep in touch a continue the conversation My Twitter handle i : @yasodaiselva Thank you