Chequerboard: Bell's gone!

SUBJECTS:  History

YEARS:  F–2

School finishes for the day and parents are waiting to take their children home.

Find out what school pickup time looked like in 1974.

Things to think about

1. 1.What do you remember about your first day of school? How did you feel at the end of the first day? Did you have anything to bring home? What did your family want to know about your day? How did you get home from school?
2. 2.During the clip, notice the shape of the cars in the background. Where are the parents waiting for their children? How does the teacher let the children go? What does the boy show his mother?
3. 3.How can you tell this video was filmed many years ago? How is school pickup time the same and different today? Talk to as many older people as you can about what school was like for them. Ask about their classroom, uniform, school bag, lessons, lunchtime and homework. What things have changed? What has stayed the same? Why do you think this is so?
4. 4.Find out about cars and transport in the 1970s. What questions can you ask an older person about this? For example, 'Were many cars air-conditioned when you were my age? How did you play recorded music in cars when you were a child?' Ask an adult to help you with an online image search for 'Australian family car 1974'. How do cars look different today?

Date of broadcast: 19 Mar 1974

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