WS01 - Australia’s Federation
Humanities and Social Sciences, HASS F–6, Year 6
- Multimodal investigation
Annotations
1. Uses relevant terms such as European settlement and colonies to describe events presented on a timeline.
2. Identifies people, experiences and events important to the national story.
3. Sequences events leading to Federation on a timeline.
4. Selects and organises information to support the museum display’s explanations.
5. Selects an image to identify the role of a key person at an event.
6. Examines a source to consider what it tells us about the society in which it was created.
7. Uses relevant terms such as federal parliament and Commonwealth of Australia to describe events presented in captions.
8. Selects an image of a place associated with the development of Australia’s democracy to exemplify the events leading to Federation.
9. Examines a source to describe what it commemorates.
10. Describes a place and its connection to Australia’s democracy.
11. Uses relevant terms such as proclamation of the Commonwealth of Australia to describe events presented in captions.
12. Selects an image of a place associated with the development of Australia’s democracy.
13. Explains connections between Australia’s system of government and the British Westminster system.
14. Uses relevant terms such as two houses of parliament to describe events presented in captions.
15. Uses relevant terms such as federal parliament, constitution, convention and proclamation of the Commonwealth of Australia to describe events presented on a timeline or in captions.
16. Uses a map to locate Australia’s near neighbours and the countries of origin of those who now call Australia home.