This term in History, Year 4 will cover these topics: 

 Journeys of the World - The Age of Exploration: This topic introduces world history and the movements of peoples. Students examine the impact of exploration on societies and how these experiences contributed to their cultural diversity. 

First Contacts: Life Before Colonisation. This topic provides students with the opportunity to study Australia’s original human inhabitants, and the arrival and consequences of occupation by the British. 

This unit will be linked to both our English and PDH units of work for Term 2.

Excursion: The Story of British Colonisation in Sydney

Year 4 will be going on an excursion to Sydney to learn about British Colonisation and its impacts on the Eora people.

Topics covered within the tour include:

• First contact between the Eora and British
• The Aboriginal way of life before and after colonisation
• Significant people and events that fashioned the British penal colony
• Relevant sites in the development of Sydney

Students will have the opportunity to dress up as the governor or soldiers, convicts or free and given the real identity of a significant person.