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=__YEAR 1 TERM 4 Integrated Studies/Information Literacy__= =Is life better now than it was 100 years ago?=

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=DIGITAL RESOURCES:= Elementary Schools through the ages. Click HERE to access!

‘Writing Fun’ by Jenny Eather (Text Type: Information Report Click HERE to be taken to Writing Fun.

Massie Library ‘ONLINE’ encyclopedia Britannica. Click HERE to access.

Youtube ‘History of Christmas’ The Christmas Tree: Click HERE to access. (Only use first 1 min 40 sec, afterward inappropriate)

Tenement LIfe 1860 - 1910 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzT8EqhuYxA&feature=related

US Child Labour: 1908 - 1920 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tY1gk6J6zc&feature=related

=PRINT RESOURCES:=

FICTION
TR F WEA (Stored in photocopy room) Wheatly, N. My Place. Historical Fiction: Compares a home over decades through the eyes of each ten year old that lives there. Use page covering 1988 and compare it to house in 1888 for changes in lifestyle and transport, clothing, homes, daily routines. PIC F FRE //French, J.// Queen Victoria’s Underpants. The story of how Queen Victoria came to wear underwear. Compare and contrast clothing from now to Queen Victoria’s time, along with recreational activities. PIC F FAR //Farthing-Knight, C.// Days with Gran A warm, nostalgic portrayal of life in the 1940’s. A factual index at back covering topics as follows · Everday life · Food · Money · Clothing · Entertainment · Transport

BIG BOOKS
BB 305.89915 PIL Pilawuk - When I was Young BB School Days

**NON FICTION**
NF 387 SHU Travel through Time: Makng Waves: Explores what it was like to travel in the past. Observe how transport has changed over time and how this has affected people's lives. NF 385 SHU Travel through Time: Riding the Rails. (As Above) NF 387 SHU Travel through Time: Flying High. (As Above) NF 388 SHU Travel through Time: On the Road. (As Above) NF 371 LOV Australians at work: Teachers NF 371 THO How we live in Australia: Schools NF 331 HER Picture Australia's past: Work NF 640.994 HER Picture Australia's past: Home NF 371 PEA Australia Then and Now: Australians at School NF 331.09 Australia Then and Now: Australians at Work NF 331 MAY Jobs People do NF 307 COM Community Helpers NF 371 SPI What was it like in the Past...? At School. Describes classrooms in the the 1900's, what girls learnt at school in the 1910's? NF 388 ROS What was it like in the Past...? On journeys. Journeys in the 1900's: methods of transport, the introduction of steam trains in 1910. NF 391 KHA What was it like in the Past...? Clothes. 1900's clothes (Edwardian styles), 1910: clothes for war and peace. NF 331 SPI What was it like in the Past...? People at work. Farming, factory work and fishing in the 1900's. Work in service in 1910, and women at work in 1910. NF 307 SPI What was it like in the Past...? In the street. Comparing lives of the rich and poor in 1900's. NF 888 WEB When I was young: Getting around. Contains personal accounts of things grandparents used to do when they were young. NF 648 WEB When I was young: Washing. (As above) NF 381 WEB When I was young: Shopping. (As above) NF 790 WEB When I was young: Playing. (As above) NF 371 WEB When I was young: Going to school. (As above) NF 641.5 WEB When I was young: Cooking and Eating. (As above) NF 941 DUN When I was young: One family remembers 300 years of history. Page 8 - 12 focuses on life 100 years ago. NF 384 POI The Telephone. Goes through the history of how humans have developed communication methods + excellent pictorial examples of the history of the telephone. NF 994.04 MUN Growing Up in Australia. READING LEVEL: LOWER (perfect for students wanting to read/research independently). Covers Australia's past decade by decade. NF 994 CID Take me back. Outstanding resource for written and pictorial examples of everday life, very appropriate for Year 1 level. Introduction contains advice/methods on researching the past (language level appropriate for Year 1). Page 18 illustrates life in the late 1800's, then continues onwards. NF 994 PEA Australia Then and Now: Australians at Home. What was life like for Australians in the past compared to the experiences of life today? Has large historical photographs, simple clear text and questions to encourage discussion. NF 994 GUI Children in Australian History: Another Mouth to Feed. Tells the stories of children in Australia, life during the first half of the 1900's as children faced the effects of hunger, unemployment and war. NF 610 SHU A century of change: Health and Medicine. Examines progress in the last 100 years, discovering how and why change has occured. Includes information on health and medicine focusing on areas such as hospitals, nurses and doctors, pain relief and diseases common in the early 1900's. NF 384 SHU A Century of Change: Communications. Examines progress in the last 100 years, discovering how and why change has occured. Includes information on the postal system, the telephone, cinemas, newspapers and the radio.

NF 331 HER Picture Australia's Past: Work Uses historic photographs to examine the everyday lives of people in Australia beween 1890 and 1970. What has changed in the workplace and what has stayed the same.

NF 640.994 Picture Australia's Past: Home


 * TEACHER REFERENCE/KITS:**

TR KIT (Stored on hanging rack) Kambala Then and Now (HSIE) Photographic collection of Kambala: Girls, Uniform, buildings.