This complete unit is designed to compliment the recent unit rolled out by NSW Education Department 2026.

It is based on the unit of work Unit 3 HSIE · People have lived in the past.

This is the complete unit.

Duration: 8 weeks + 2 weeks optional consolidation

This complete unit teaches students to recount memorable past events through stories, images, or objects, and sequence personal events and objects in order of recency. Students engage with Cultural objects to uncover information about the past and its relevance to the present. They compare features of daily life that have changed over time, using stories, images and objects as key sources of information.

Syllabus outcomes

• HSE-ACH-01 identifies ways that Aboriginal Peoples connect with Country, Culture and Community
• HSE- HIS-01 identifies information about daily life and transport in the past, using stories, images and objects

What is included in this pack?

• PowerPoint with over 510 slides (editable)
• Student workbook and assessment tasks
• PDF for easy printing
• Teaching notes under each slide
• Quick links to units.
• Sections for each lesson included in the PowerPoint presentation.
• Self Assessment tasks.
• Video links
• Created for use with the IWB.
• Suggested teaching prep for each lesson.
• Outcomes and indicators included for each lesson.

This is a comprehensive unit which will save you hours of preparation time. It is important at the start of each lesson that you read the teaching notes as there is some Lesson preparation needed for some lessons. These include printing sets of cards in some lessons, printing worksheets for assessment purposes so that work samples are available for each child.

Some things you will need for this unit:

• writing materials
• book "Greetings from Sandy Beach" by Bob Graham
• Large blank book to make a class book
• Objects which could be used for a celebration eg candle, balloon, present
• Note: Request families provide photographs or objects connected to a celebration. Students will also need 3 images of events from different time periods in their life to sequence in Lesson 5. It may be easier to ask for all these at the one time.
• digital devices
• printed copies of images from school or community events
• Three photographs of events of the student’s life which can be used to sequence the life of the student. For example, a baby image, a birthday, first day of school.
• book "Baby business" by Jasmine Seymour
• paper or cards for a word bank
• paper for anchor chart
• word bank
• guest speaker

Important note

The font which has been used in this presentation is the Google font Edu NSW ACT foundation which needs to be downloaded onto your computer (this can be done by clicking on the blue link provided). You must restart your device once installed and all of the formatting will be correctly in place. This step is VERY important otherwise your units will be misaligned.

• Due to the 'wordiness' of the document, I have used AI images that CANNOT be edited, in order to make it more user friendly for Kindergarten students.
• Please be aware of this when purchasing this product. The rest of the PowerPoint slides have been made editable.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures: when planning and programming content relating to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures, teachers are encouraged to:

• involve local Aboriginal Communities and/or appropriate Knowledge Holders in determining suitable resources
• use Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander-authored or endorsed publications
• read the principles and protocols relating to teaching and learning about Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures and the involvement of local Aboriginal Communities.

The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Guide to evaluating and selecting education resources has been developed to assist teachers in selecting appropriate resources for teaching about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, Cultures and Languages respectfully and effectively.

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Printing and Use: You may print this product for your personal use or for use within your own classroom. Sharing printed copies with other teachers, schools, or organisations is not allowed.

You MAY make one copy for backup purposes, but not with the intent to redistribute.

Please buy additional licenses if more than one teacher in your school is going to be using it.

This is not to be sold for commercial use.

You may not repackage, sell or give away part of all of this product to others.

You may not offer or share part or all of this product anywhere on the internet as a download or copy including, but not limited to, personal sites or school sites that are on a page that is open to the public, sharing google drive links with others that are not your students or their family, internet or email small sharing groups, shared databases , open education resource groups such as Amazon inspire.

You may not use on commercial sites such as OUTSCHOOL

Attribution is given to © State of New South Wales (Department of Education), 2026.