This unit includes everything you need to teach a Past and Present unit for Year 1 HASS for the entire term! Paired with my Families: Continuity and Change unit, you can tick off all your History planning.

Through this unit, students explore continuity and change in relation to aspects of every day life, including transport, schooling, clothing, homes and toys.

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What's included?

Past and Present HASS PowerPoint

• 160 + slides.

• Vocabulary loading slides.

• Lesson aligned slides with warm-ups, content and conclusions.

• Hyperlinked contents.

• Bonus templates. 

10 x Detailed Lesson Plans

• 40+ pages of activities and lessons.

• Learning intentions.

• Detailed steps. 

• Resource lists.

• Activities with flexible options.

• Assessment rubric.

• Cover pages.

Lesson Outline

Lesson 1: Play in the Past - Comparing past and present playgrounds.

Lesson 2: Toys from the past - Comparing past and present toys / interviewing a grandparent.

Lesson 3: Schooled on the Past - Exploring how schooling has changed.

Lesson 4: Transport Time Machine - Comparing past and present transport.

Lesson 5: Talking 'Bout Communication - Investigating how communication has changed.

Lesson 6: Mirroring the Past - comparing past and present clothing and making predictions about the future. 

Lesson 7: Time to Shop - Exploring how shopping and consumer habits have changed over time. 

Lesson 8: Family Fun Time - Comparing family leisure activities from the past / interviewing a family member.

Lesson 9: Living in the Past - Exploring how homes and aspects of home life have changed throughout time.

Lesson 10: Flashback! (Assessment) - Explaining how various aspects of life have changed and stayed the same over time.

Bonus: This unit has recently been revised and updated to align with the Australian V9 curriculum. The old unit has also been included as a separate file. Please note that some lessons may have been integrated and refreshed from other year levels, to align with curriculum updates. The details of the V8 unit are below:

What's included?

Past and Present

Past and Present PowerPoint:

• 75 + slides.
• Vocabulary warm-up slides
• Activity slides linked to each lesson plan. 

10 x Detailed Lesson Plans: 

• Includes learning intentions.
• Detailed steps. 
• Resource lists.

34 Pages of Activity sheets: 

Topics include:

• See, think, wonder.
• Toys from the Past.
• Sorting Toys.
• Changing Transport.
• Transport Time Machine.
• Times of Tech.
• Talkin' About Communication.
• Schools in the Past.
• Flashback! (Assessment)