Children stepping back in time
For Years: 1-6
Key Learning Area: HSIE
Maximum: 75 students per session
Program Duration: 120 minutes
Program Cost: $11 per student
How did people live in the early days in the colony of New South Wales? Children take a step back in time to explore the day-to-day lives of convicts, servants, children and wealthy merchants. With a fun exploration of historical buildings, games and genuine artefacts, students can enjoy a hands-on learning experience and gain a real sense of the differences and similarities between then and now.
The children stepping back in time program is set within a fine example of a Georgian style townhouse located in the centre of The Rocks. The program focuses students on how the wealthy Merchant class and their servants lived in early Sydney.
During the course of the program students will be able to play some Victorian style children's games and handle some archaeological artefacts recovered from the area.
To assist you in getting the most out of the program and to maximise the experience for your students, Sydney Learning Adventures has created comprehensive Teacher Resource Packs for each program.
The Children stepping back in time Teacher Resource Pack includes:
- Explicit outcomes for Stage 2 and 3 students studying HSIE
- Detailed background information for teachers outlining the area of study including information about:
- The Rocks
- Early Sydney society
- Merchants' House
- Domestic life in early 19th-century Sydney
- The uglier side of life. - Tips about teaching a specific literacy focus, in this case the Narrative text type
- A range of pre and post-excursion teaching suggestions
- A bibliography and a list of suggested resources
- An excursion timetable and map
- A range of Activity Sheets to photocopy for students
