STAGE 2 UNIT 7 NSW DET aligned HSIE unit- Sydney Cove penal settlement          

• History uses sources to construct narratives of the past

This complete unit is designed to compliment and is aligned to the recent unit rolled out by NSW Education Department 2025. It is based on the unit of work

Unit 7 HSIE STAGE 2

Duration: 8 weeks + 2 weeks optional consolidation

This unit teaches students to use sources of evidence, including stories, images, objects and sites, to explore what life was like in the Sydney Cove penal settlement. They will research and describe the experiences of people who lived in the penal settlement, including Aboriginal Peoples, convicts, marines and settlers.

Syllabus outcomes

• HS2-ACH-01 describes Aboriginal Peoples’ obligations to Country, Culture and Community
• HS2-HIS-01 explains how people lived in the past, how navigation connected the world, and what life was like in the Sydney Cove penal settlement, using sources as evidence

What is included in this pack?

• PowerPoint with over 500 slides (editable-please note AI generated slides are not 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 complete 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.

Related learning

The learning in this unit will relate to ideas and content in Stage 2 Unit 6 and will be built on in future units as reflected in the Scope and sequence – HSIE K–6.

Please Note that some of the links provided in the NSW DET word document are broken, and so substitute sites and video links have been provided where needed

Some things you will need for this unit:

• Writing materials
• Recommended websites and videos embedded within the presentation
• individual whiteboards
• colour printer

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.

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