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Our nation: then and now - teacher resource

Teacher guide Our nation: then and now - teacher resource

TLF ID M009448

This is a resource about analysing photographs taken at the time of Federation and comparing them with contemporary photographs. It includes a set of eight photographs and a suggestion about where to find more. The resource also contains detailed suggestions about how students should examine the photographs, a Federation extension activity in which students take on the character of a person in one of the photographs, and two useful student worksheets.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This is a valuable resource for developing and enhancing students' historical skills, particularly those of locating information in historical sources, comparing information from various sources and identifying points of view in the past and present.
  • The detailed lesson suggestions are written for teachers of upper primary and lower secondary and this means they are appropriate for year 6, where Federation first appears in the history curriculum. They may also be of use in year 9 for the elective depth study 'Making a nation'.
Year level

6; 7; 8; 9

Topics Attitudes Classification Federation Secondary sources Primary sources
Learning area
  • History

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  • Name: Education Services Australia
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  • Name: Commonwealth of Australia
  • Organization: Commonwealth of Australia
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  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organization: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
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  • Organization: The Department of Education\, Employment and Workplace Relations (DE
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  • Address: ACT, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.deewr.gov.au
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  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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  • © Commonwealth of Australia 2009. With the exception of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms and the DEEWR logo and copyright material that is owned by third parties, you may use the material in accordance with a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC BY-SA) 3.0 Australia licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/au/ provided that appropriate acknowledgement is made, the material is not subjected to derogatory treatment and any derivative work attributes the original material and identifies the changes that have been made to it.