Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse Primary Student Pack, Years 5-6 Educational Outdoor Activities for Kids That Invoke Wonder and Respect for Our Amazing Natural Landscape
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lighthouses Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse Primary Student Pack, Years 5-6 Educational outdoor activities for kids that invoke wonder and respect for our amazing natural landscape. Contents 3 Overview 4 Curriculum Links 6 Topic Web 7 Cape Naturaliste Primary Program 11 Why Lighthouses? 12 Land Ahoy! 13 Daily Duties 14 SMS ...--... 15 Children’s Tales 17 Primary Sources 18 Canarvon Castle Booking Your Cape 22 Whaling Naturaliste Field Trip 24 Whaler Diary To book your tour of Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse or request a copy of our Teacher Guide contact us on 26 Swan Colony Heads South the details below: 27 The Race that Formed a Nation P. +61 (8) 9755 2152 28 Kwirreejeenungup E. [email protected] 29 Noongar Peoples 30 Six Seasons 31 Books ‘n’ Bytes Overview Aim: This package is designed to support an excursion to Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse; for years 5-6 students. Upon completion of this package and a tour of Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse students will: • Survey a range of articles and sources to understand the relationship between the indigenous Wadandi people and the Cape Naturaliste region. • Create a timeline documenting the discovery, exploration and settlement of the capes region referencing researched material. • Have researched and gained understanding of some of the major industries and exports of the southwest region. • Used primary and secondary sources while investigating the lifestyle of early settlers, lighthouse keepers and farmers in the region. • Construct texts to present different points of view from the past and the present. • Gain and understanding of the importance of the maritime industry and maritime aids. • Use a range of communication forms to present information to their class. 3 Curriculum Links Curriculum Framework Links The following chart summarises key curriculum achievement standards covered by this unit of work. The resource materials and activities have been developed to achieve a range of outcomes and be relevant to the ACARA - Australian Curriculum. Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority - The Australian Curriculum History English Historical Knowledge and Understanding - The Australian Colonies Language • Reasons for the establishment of British colonies in Australia Language for interaction after 1800. • Understand that patterns of language interaction vary across social • The nature of convict or colonial presence, including the factors that contexts and types of texts and that they help to signal social roles influenced patterns of development, aspects of the daily life of the and relationships. inhabitants and how the environment changed. Text structure and organisation • The impact of a significant development or event on a colony. • Understand how texts vary in purpose, structure and topic as well Historical Skills - Chronology, terms and concepts as the degree of formality. • Sequence historical people and events. Literacy • Use historical terms and concepts. Interacting with others • Identify questions to inform an historical inquiry. • Clarify understanding of content as it unfolds in formal and • Identify and locate a range of relevant sources. informal situations, connecting ideas to students’ own experiences, Analysis and use of sources present and justify a point of view. • Compare information from a range of sources. Interpreting, analysing, • Identify points of view in the past and present. evaluating Explanation and communication • Navigate and read texts • Develop texts, particularly narratives and descriptions, for specific purposes which incorporate source materials. applying appropriate text processing strategies, • Use a range of communication forms. for example predicting and confirming, monitoring meaning, skimming and scanning. 4 Curriculum Links (Continued) Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority - The Australian Curriculum Geography Interpreting, analysing and concluding • The various connections Australia has with other countries and how these connections change people and places. Cross Curricular Priorities Sustainability The biosphere, including all life forms, relies on the interdependence of social, economic and ecological systems. We recognise that by valuing and actioning sustainable practices as individuals and communities we are preserving our environment for the future. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures The Wadandi people of the southwest maintain a special relationship with the land, sea, sky and waterways. Their knowledge of the local area is extensive and they have lived in this area for tens of thousands of years. Their language and history are intrinsically linked to local flora and fauna and landscapes. 5 Topic Web Your visit to Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse can be used as a springboard to explore a range of topics surrounding lighthouses. You might like to consider the following: Colonial Maritime Land Use History History Exploration of the Farming land British Settlement cape region Agriculture Relations with Trade with Australia IndigenousAustralians Dunsborough Dutch and French Exploration Swan river colony Busselton Maritime navigation Forestry Viticulture Communication Whaling Cape to cape trail Nautical knot tying Farming Cape Farm LH safety, saving time Tourism and money Forestry Sea shanties Aboriginal Heritage Kwirreejeenungup - Cape Yo u r Naturaliste - the place with the History beautiful view. of LHs Lighthouse Sacred sites in Dunsborough and First recorded lighthouse Geographe Bay Chance brother’scompany Experience Dugalup Brook Fresnel optical lens Seymour Park Mercury ceremonial ground Manually operated Quindalup camp ground Modern LH Lifestyle of the LH Keeper Lived remotely with their families Shipwrecks Supplies delivered Carnarvon Castle once per month Dead water mystery Children home schooled Ghosts Nearest town Busselton Limited communication 6 Cape Naturaliste Primary Program Year 5/6 Outcomes Descriptions Activities Resources Historical Knowledge 5 - Reasons (economic, political and social) Introduction to the history of Text: and Understanding - The for the establishment of British colonies in lighthouses. Students brainstorm Lighthouses of the World Australian Colonies Australia after 1800. what they know about lighthouses. Batchelor, J. 2004, Including; Historical Skills - 5 - The nature of colonial presence, aspects Dover Publications, New York. of the daily life of the inhabitants (including • what they do Chronology, terms and Lighthouses for Kids: History, Science, and Lore Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait concepts • why they were used with 21 Activities, House, K.L. 2008, Chicago Review Islander Peoples) and how the environment Press. Analysis and use of changed. • important in earlier years sources compared to now First Order; Australia’s Highway 6 - Australia’s connections with other of Lighthouses Explanation and countries and how these change people and • where they were located Searle, G. 2013, Seaside Lights. communication places. • how they worked Online: Geographical Knowledge • what was life like for the workers and Understanding www.lighthouses.org.au/lights/WA/Cape%20Naturaliste/ Use the Why Lighthouses? and Cape%20Naturaliste.htm Land Ahoy! sheets from the www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfQsjLVjuoU education package or have students research the history of the first www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gtI-pC804Q lighthouses on your own. Pages 10 - 12 from the CNLH Primary Student Pack Historical Knowledge 5 - The nature of colonial presence, aspects Students create a picture of what Text: and Understanding - The of the daily life of the inhabitants (including life was like for settlers around Lighthouses of the World Australian Colonies Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Cape Naturaliste in the early Batchelor, J. 2004, Islander Peoples) and how the environment 1900s by examining texts for Historical Skills - Dover Publications, New York. changed. factual information and differing Chronology, terms and points of view. Lighthouses for Kids: History, Science, and Lore 5 - The environmental and human concepts with 21 Activities, House, K.L. 2008, Chicago Review influences on the location and Students assume a point of view Press. Analysis and use of characteristics of a place and the and create diary entries or similar sources management of spaces within them. based on the texts from the First Order; Australia’s Highway Childrens’ Tales texts to further of Lighthouses Explanation and 6 - The contribution of individuals and explore what life was like in the Searle, G. 2013, Seaside Lights. communication groups to the development of Australian Cape Naturaliste region. Online: Geographical Knowledge society since Federation. How did it differ from kids today? and Understanding 6 - Experiences of Australian democracy www.lighthouses.org.au/lights/WA/Cape%20Naturaliste/ and citizenship, including the status and Cape%20Naturaliste.htm rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfQsjLVjuoU Islander Peoples, migrants, women and children. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gtI-pC804Q Pages 13 - 16 from the CNLH Primary Student Pack 7 Cape Naturaliste Primary Program Year 5/6 Outcomes Descriptions Activities Resources Historical Knowledge 5 - The nature of colonial presence, aspects Students identify the differences Text: and Understanding - The of the daily life of the inhabitants and how between primary and secondary Australian Shipwrecks: A Pictorial History Australian Colonies the environment changed. sources by studying various Christopher, P. 2010,