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Differences and similarities between students' daily lives and life during their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods (ACHASSK030)

Elaborations
  • comparing and commenting on photographs and oral histories (for example, talking to parents, grandparents and other elders) to find out how daily lives have changed
  • comparing what has changed over time (for example, homes, family traditions, leisure, communication technology, rules, how needs were met then and now, wants, and shopping/consumer habits)
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Social history,  Lifestyles,  Telecommunications,  Recreation,  Families

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