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Unit Overview @http://www.zooburst.com/book/zb01_4fb8df58026ce List of resources: last page of unit overview || Check that all learners have set up their Wiki. Question students about how to use resources. || The physical features of ancient Egypt (such as the River Nile) and how they influenced the civilisation that developed there (ACDSEH002). __Historical Skills (Chronology, terms and concepts)__ Sequence historical events, developments and periods (ACHHS205). || Teacher Aide to work with two LD learners. ESL learner to be paired with a 'buddy' student (with high literacy). || Roles of key groups in ancient Egyptian society (such as the nobility, bureaucracy, women, slaves), including the influence of law and religion (ACDSEH032). __Historical Skills (Historical questions and research)__ Identify and locate relevant sources, using ICT and other methods (ACHHS208). || Assign learners to small, mixed ability groups. In groups, collaboratively gather information and present one record for each area (marriage, family life, work and education). Teacher Aide to work with two LD learners || The significant beliefs, values and practices of the ancient Egyptians, with a particular emphasis on ONE of the following areas: everyday life, warfare, or death or funerary customs (ACDSEH033). <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">__Historical Skills (Chronology, terms and concepts)__ <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">Use historical terms and concepts (ACHHS206). || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Learners to work in pairs, ensuring ESL learner and other low literacy learners are paired with learners with high literacy. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Teacher Aide to work with two LD learners || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Contacts and conflicts within and/or with other societies, resulting in developments such as the conquest of other lands, the expansion of trade, and peace treaties (ACDSEH034). <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">__Historical Skills (Historical questions and research)__ <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">Identify and locate relevant sources, using ICT and other methods (ACHHS208). || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">ESL learner to be paired with a 'buddy' student. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The role of a significant individual in ancient Egyptian history such as Hatshepsut or Rameses II (ACESEH129). <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">__Historical Skills (Analysis and use of sources)__ <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">Locate, compare, select and use information from a range of sources as evidence (ACHHS210). || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Assign learners to small, mixed ability groups. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">In groups, collaboratively gather information and present one digital record per group. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Teacher Aide to work with two LD learners. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">Develop texts, particularly descriptions and explanations that use evidence from a range of sources that are acknowledged (ACHHS156) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">Use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written) and digital technologies (ACHH157). || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Learners use the 'buddy' system to collaborate ideas, and to check each others work. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">Use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written) and digital technologies (ACHH157). || Wikispaces, E-blogger, Flickr, Befunky, Artrage, Tux Paint, Movie Maker, Glogster, Blabberize, Prezi, Google Earth, Bubbl.us, Dipity, Museum Box, ZooBurst, Voki, Digitial Camera, Data Projector, IWB. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**Week 1** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Curriculum Links || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">ACARA Year 7 (KLA – History) //The Mediterranean World : Egypt// ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Activity || # <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Introduction of topic and assessment details.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Class brainstorm in Bubbl.us about anything we already know about Egypt.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Demonstration of setting up a Wiki.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Create a personal Wiki to collate and store research, and present reflections. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Resources || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">ZooBurst Link, Bubble.us, Wikispaces, class set of laptops with internet connection.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pedagogy || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">LM to guide learners through set-up of Wiki. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Assessment || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">LM to model how to set up a Wiki.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**Week 2** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Curriculum Links || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">__Historical Knowledge and Understanding__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Activity || # <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Create a digital record describing the importance of the River Nile to Egyptian society (for example inundation and farming, the worship of Hapi (god of the Nile), and the use of the Nile as a means of transportation (preferably created in Prezi).
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Attach / embed chosen resource into your Wiki.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Reflection in Wiki (PMI preferred, but incorporated into a program on the resources list (spoken in Voki etc). Link / embed reflection into your Wiki. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Resources || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Wiki, Prezi, class set of laptops with internet connection. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pedagogy || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">LM to model how to use Prezi.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Assessment || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Check student Wiki's and reflections for understanding and completion of tasks. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**Week 3** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Curriculum Links || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">__Historical Knowledge and Understanding__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Activity || # <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Create a digital record outlining the rights of women (for example in the areas of marriage, family life, work and education). Preferably created in ZooBurst.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Attach / embed chosen resource into your Wiki.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Reflection in Wiki (PMI preferred, but incorporated into a program on the resources list (spoken in Voki etc). Link / embed reflection into your Wiki. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Resources || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Wiki, ZooBurst, class set of laptops with internet connection. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pedagogy || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">LM to model how to use ZooBurst.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Assessment || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Check student Wiki and reflections for understanding and completion of tasks. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**Week** 4 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Curriculum Links || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">__Historical Knowledge and Understanding__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Activity || # <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Create a digital record of the significant beliefs associated with death and funerary customs (for example belief in afterlife) and practices (for example burial in tombs and techniques of mummification). Preferably created in Museum Box.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Attach / embed chosen resource into your Wiki.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Reflection in Wiki (PMI preferred, but incorporated into a program on the resources list (spoken in Voki etc). Link / embed reflection into your Wiki. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Resources || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Wiki, Museum Box, class set of laptops with internet connection. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pedagogy || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">LM to model how to use Museum Box.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Assessment || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Check student Wiki and reflections for understanding and completion of tasks. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**Week 5** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Curriculum Links || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">__Historical Knowledge and Understanding__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Activity || # <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Create a digital record explaining the nature of contact with other societies (for example trade with Cyprus, Crete and Greece). Learners to choose which program to present their research in.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Attach / embed chosen resource into your Wiki.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Reflection in Wiki (PMI preferred, but incorporated into a program on the resources list (spoken in Voki etc). Link / embed reflection into your Wiki. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Resources || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Wiki, class set of laptops with internet connection. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pedagogy || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Teacher Aide to work with two LD learners – less extensive list of resources to choose from.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Assessment || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Check student Wiki and reflections for understanding and completion of tasks. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**Week 6** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Curriculum Links || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">__Historical Knowledge and Understanding__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Activity || # <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Create a digital record of the historical context, early life and achievements of a significant historical figure from ancient Egypt, and how they were perceived by their contemporaries. Preferably created in Glogster.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Attach / embed chosen resource into your Wiki.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Reflection in Wiki (PMI preferred, but incorporated into a program on the resources list (spoken in Voki etc). Link / embed reflection into your Wiki. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Resources || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Wiki, Glogster, class set of laptops with internet connection. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pedagogy || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">LM to model how to use Glogster.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Assessment || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Check student Wiki and reflections for understanding and completion of tasks. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**Weeks 7 & 8** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Curriculum Links || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">__Historical Skills (Explanation and communication)__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Activity || # <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Choose ONE topic from weeks 2 - 6 which you will research further, and refine to prepare for presentation to your class, parents, year 7 teachers, and the Principal.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Create an invitation for parents to attend the class presentation (email, text message, hard copy).
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Link / embed a copy of invitation to your Wiki.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">In Wiki, create a new page called “Presentation”. Link / embed edited and final versions of your presentation here.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Write any dialogue required for your presentation and rehearse dialogue with ICTs. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Resources || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Class set of laptops with internet connection. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pedagogy || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">LM to model what information needs to be included in the invitation to parents etc.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Assessment || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Check updated Wiki pages and watch presentation rehearsals. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**Week 9** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Curriculum Links || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">__Historical Skills (Explanation and communication)__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Activity || # <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Presentation of research to audience. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Resources || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Data projector / interactive whiteboard, link to student Wiki's. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pedagogy || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Facilitate presentation evening. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Assessment || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Graded mark on content and presentation. ||
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