Urban expansion history

A student / Learns to / Learns about / Reflects on / Overview, resources, assessment
Skills / Use complex terms and concepts as they apply to historical issues and forces
Use knowledge of word origins to define specialised and abstract historical terms
Describe how language and graphic features influence how a source is interpreted
Identify and contrast different accounts of the same event or issue and give possible explanations /

Terms and concepts

Assimilation; Policy of assimilation; Cultural integration; Women’s liberation movement; Human Environment; Physical environment; Biodiversity; Heritage; Ecosystem; Conservation; Preservation

Immigration

Multiculturalism

Urban growth (including green belts, biodiversity, transport networks, environmental issues)
Popular culture (including symbols in a multicultural society) / Aspects of active and informed citizenship
Intercultural understanding
Ecological sustainability /

Overview

Students explore the domestic technology of Rose Seidler House and the architectural and ornamental artefacts of Rookwood Cemetery in an inquiry-based investigation of past events, lifestyles, and continuity and change from 1950 to the end of the century.

Resources, suggested strategies

Maps

plan of Rose Seidler House

Video

Rose Seilder House
designs and ornamentation at Rookwood

Audio

Peter Watts, Director HHT of NSW

Photography

funerary station at Rookwood Cemetery
architect Harry Seidler
Rookwood crematorium and surrounds, 1938
florist and tearooms at Rookwood
aerial photographs of Bicentennial Park
explore the sites: place investigations
Texts
landscape architect on Rookwood
sociologist on Rookwood
stonemason on Rookwood
historical archaeologist on Rookwood
major works of Harry Seidler
postwar home building
demolished houses of Sydney
media focus on Rose Seidler House
heritage significance of burials
glossary of burials and heritage issues

Firsthand account

Hossein Valamanesh on his gate sculpture
Morris Ochert’s memories of the mortuary train to Rookwood
Newspaper
Media and the modern ideas of Harry Seidler

Othersketches of ornamentation at Rookwood

Assessment Activities

summative
Targeted
5.13 Uses historical terms and concepts in appropriate contexts to answer historical questions with some argument
Knowledge and Understanding
Targeted
5.8 Compares and contrasts the social and cultural experiences of different people at various times
Values and Attitudes
Targeted
Develops respect for different viewpoints, ways of living, belief systems and languages

Revisiting notions of citizenship history

A student / Learns to / Learns about / Reflects on / Overview, resources, assessment
Skills / Ask questions to explain the meaning, purpose, context of historical sources
Make deductions about the usefulness of sources for the purpose of a specific historical inquiry
Clarify the scope of a historical investigation by defining key terms and concepts
Locate information from a wide variety of written, oral, audio-visual and multimedia resources
Use strategies to organise information from a range of different sources for different purposes /

Terms and concepts

Citizenship; Assimilation; Integration; Referendum; Kinship; Heritage; Rural identity; Urban identity

Immigration

Citizen rights (including government policies, constitutional change)
Community activism (including heritage issues) / Aspects of active and informed citizenship
Aspects of a just society
Intercultural understanding /

Overview

New Italy and Australian Hall form the basis for an exploration on cultural values in relation to heritage. Activities involve students in considering how the interaction of citizens, government and media can influence future policies, including the future of built and natural environments.
Research activity:

Resources, suggested strategies

Video

postwar Italian immigrants to Australia

Audio

Maria Geracitano, History Teacher
descendants of a New Italy pioneer

Photography

the Volpato’s in their Lismore café
coffee machine used in the Volpato’s café
painting by Floriano Volpato
Gurrigai Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Gallery
outside Australian Hall, 1938
activists outside Australian Hall, 1996
explore the sites: place investigations
Texts
story of settlement at New Italy
speech by Gatjil Djerrkura, 1998
Aboriginal PCO, 1996
Aborigines Progressive Association statement
‘Day of Mourning and Protest’ resolution
deputation to the Prime Minister, 1938
Aboriginal History Committee campaign
brief history of the 1938 event
brief history of the Australian Hall site
Italian heritage in New South Wales
statistics on Italians in Australia
Italians in agricultural activities
Australian Labor Party Immigration Policy 1966
Arthur Calwell on postwar immigration
fifty years of postwar migration
understanding where immigrants live
White Alien Immigration Report 1944

Newspaper

PCO for the ‘Day of Mourning and Protest’ site

Debate

Commission of Inquiry on Australian Hall
speeches at the ‘Day and Mourning Protest’

Assessment Activities

formative
summative

Voicing rights and freedoms history

A student / Learns to / Learns about / Reflects on / Overview, resources, assessment
Skills / Plan historical research to suit the purpose of a task with limited guidance
Locate historical information from a wide variety of written, oral, audio-visual and multimedia resources
Use strategies to organise information from a range of different sources for different purposes
Make judgements about the usefulness of materials
Select a form of communication appropriate to purpose and audience
Evaluate the effectiveness of own and others communication with greater autonomy /

Terms and concepts

Citizenship; Communism; Anti-communism; Egalitarianism; Kinship; Heritage; Conservation; Preservation
Citizen rights (including
women’s activism)
Communism (including trade unions)
Egalitarianism (including the Declaration of Human Rights) / Aspects of active and informed citizenship
Aspects of a just society /

Overview

Students examine competing perspectives around issues linked to Sydney Town Hall and Sydney Trades Hall. Through taking on roles, students explore citizenship and egalitarianism in Australian society.
Action-based research:

Resources, suggested strategies

Video

Sydney Town Hall
Sydney Trades Hall

Audio

Vince Higgins, Trades Hall Association
Shirley Fitzgerald, City Historian
Ben Chifley, Prime Minister 194549

Banners

examples of Trade Union banners

Photography

Lord Carrington at Trades Hall, 1957
communist being escorted from Town Hall
lift operator at Sydney Town Hall
reliefs and murals in Centennial Hall
explore the sites: place investigations
Texts
Theatre and Public Halls Act
letter: Chief Secretary to Town Clerk, 1950
council view on Theatre and Public Halls Act
letter from The Federated Clerks Union
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948

Newspaper

Sydney City Council keeps communists out
Other
plan and design features of Trades Hall
Assessment Activities
formative
summative
Targeted
5.18 Selects and uses appropriate written, oral and graphic forms to communicate effectively about the past for different audiences, with clear purpose
Knowledge and Understanding
Targeted
5.11 Identifies various marginalised groups who have struggled for rights and freedoms
Values and Attitudes
Targeted
Develops understanding of strategies for redressing disadvantage and changing discriminatory practices