Their final composition will consist of a number of multimodal texts that they have created and arranged into a cohesive digital story to share with others. This pack for years 3 6 is designed to use for literacy rotations, contract activities, extension work, group work, individual work or fast finishing activities. My place tells the story of one location in sydney over a period of 240 years, providing useful material for the outcomes and subject matter related to ccs2. How does knowing about each other, our families our culture, our neighbourhoods, our celebrations and our places help us to. My place by nadia wheatley is a very popular australian childrens book that follows the lives, technology and cultural events that changed the way australians live for for 20,000 years. My place for teachers teaching resource external websites. The making of my place information includes interviews and chapter readings with author nadia wheatley, interviews with tv series producer penny chapman, as well as production information and materials, including poster designs, cast and crew lists, press kit and details about the my place. This blooms and gardner grid is based on the book my place by nadia wheatley. Ive mentioned nadia wheatley and donna rawlins wonderful book my place 1987 a number of times on this blog.
A twentieth anniversary edition was released in 2008. My place by nadia wheatley, illustrated by donna rawlins, everyone is part of history, and every place has a story as old as the. A 3 minute video showcasing a selected english text my place by nadia wheatley for use with primary aged children for intercultural understanding. Focusing on video clips and associated stills, the teaching activities reflect and support the australian curriculum objectives for studies in. My place by nadia wheatley teaching history, picture book. I used it as an example in my post on sense of place in literature and also focused on it as a book to read to children in a post on australia day this year.
Be sure to visit this beautiful interactive website based on my place by nadia wheatley. At a time when australian history was regarded by many as an account of two hundred years of white british settlement, my place firmly positioned the first australians as the beginning and end of the tale, and also showcased the way in. The teaching activities were written for years 34 and years 56, though many teachers of higher grades will find ideas that they can adapt for their class. Students completed a series of activities associated with a teacherled reading and discussion of my place by nadia wheatley and donna rawlins. It depicts the history of one particular piece of land in sydney from 1788 to 1988 through the stories of the various children who have lived there. There is an accompanying book, making my place by nadia wheatley which features interviews with cast and crew and a selection of onset photographs.
My place picture book, teaching history, books australia. These activities use resources from the website my place for teachers, which is the. Some of the worksheets for this concept are phillis wheatley 1753 1784 early african american poet, phillis wheatleys poem on tyranny and slavery in the, my place, teachers notes primary by nadia wheatley when i was, julian wheatley, libertys kidslibertys kids, my place unit of work, writing sentences improving sentence structure. My place for teachers is an exciting source of rich educational materials designed to support teachers in exploring issues and contexts presented in my place based on the childrens book my place by nadia wheatley and donna rawlins, along with the recently launched television series, the my place for teachers interactive website provides. Rss feed all images on this website are creative commons except where otherwise stated. Nsw english syllabus literacy continuum bostes suggested book list. Well discuss the changes that have happened over time. Find my place nadia wheatley lesson plans and teaching resources. My place by nadia wheatley is such a rich text that supports so many aspects of the hass curriculum across australia.
My place, the classic australian picture book, is a time machine which takes the. This video is part one in a unit based around the book my place by nadia wheatley. My place was the 1988 childrens book council of australia childrens book of the year award for younger readers. In 2010, the abc produced a part television series based on my place. My dad does yoga by phillip gwynne and andrew joyner my fathers islands by cristobel mattingley my gallipoli by ruth starke and robert hannaford my happy life by rose lagercrantz and eva eriksson my hippopotamus is on our caravan roof getting sunburnt by hazel edwards my life and other stuff i made up by tristan bancks my place by nadia wheatley.
Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. Each page demonstrates what the homes looked like and a map of the area in which the house is positioned. In response to my second post my daughter nicole read the book again to her three children jacob, rebecca and elsie. Donna rawlins depicts life in australia at different times in its development by viewing one place in different years while moving backwards from 1988 to. Students can present their findings in the form of a poster or dot point answers. My place by nadia wheatley and donna rawlins picture book.
Teaching activities the teaching activities provide suggested teaching strategies to support the use of the my place tv series in the classroom. A worksheet to help with any aboriginal artdesign project. Explore background information, aligned with the my place stories, on events and people significant to australias history. Work samples humanities and social sciences year 3 satisfactory my place. Dont copy the questions, but answer each one in a full sentence, so that you end up with 10 facts. Behind the scenes information including interviews with nadia wheatley writer and penny. Chris frasers literacy work for programming woodlands literacy zone. Copies of maps from each decade objective b a student. Short video clips from the my place episodes covering 1788 to 2008 can be downloaded for viewing. Nadia wheatley began writing fulltime in 1976, after completing postgraduate work in australian history. Worksheet study illustrations for objects, clothing etc that depict the era, eg the hills hoist patented in 1958. The making of my place information includes interviews and chapter readings with author nadia wheatley, interviews with tv series producer penny chapman, as well as production information and materials, including poster designs, cast and crew lists, press kit and details about the my place websites. My place by nadia wheatley, illustrated by donna rawlins, everyone is part of history, and every place has a story as old as the earth.
All big house big tree my place nadia wheatley sydney park tempe. Each week, we will be focusing on a different time period. My place series, based on the book by nadia wheatley and donna rawlins. This video is a readthrough of the book, and is intended for educational purposes only. After examining several chapters of nadia wheatley s my place, s tudents will use a range of apps on their ipads to tell their own stories.
On this website you will find rich educational material to support primary and lowersecondary teachers using the my place tv series in the classroom. Buy a discounted big book of my place online from australias leading online bookstore. Unit outline focus of the unit involves the study of my place by nadia wheatley, to allow students to better understand the effect the developing world has had, and how the world has changed significantly since the colonisation of australia. Unit of work for year 3 and 4 by alexander wharton on my place by nadia wheatley. This video is a readthrough of the book, and is intended for educational purposes only, in flipped primary class. These activities use resources from the website my place for teachers, which is the companion site for the my place series, based on the book by nadia wheatley and donna rawlins. This little book reveals a series of stories about the history of children in australia. Short video clips from the my place episodes covering 1788 to 2008. This resource encourages students to engage deeply with the text and the revolving cast of characters as they practice the reading strategy of summarising. This term our program will be based on the australian childrens classic my place, written by nadia wheatley and donna rawlins. Education australia has other resources available for purchase. Starting from 1988 the individual little stories go back in time dating back to 1788. Some of the worksheets displayed are phillis wheatley 1753 1784 early african american poet, phillis wheatleys poem on tyranny and slavery in the, my place, teachers notes primary by nadia wheatley when i was, julian wheatley, libertys kidslibertys kids, my place unit of work, writing sentences improving sentence structure.
Wheatley displaying top 8 worksheets found for this concept some of the worksheets for this concept are phillis wheatley 1753 1784 early african american poet, phillis wheatleys poem on tyranny and slavery in the, my place, teachers notes primary by nadia wheatley when i was, julian wheatley, libertys kidslibertys kids, my place unit of work, writing sentences improving sentence. About the author 2008 nadia wheatley is an australian writer, born on april 30, 1949 in sydney, new south wales, australia. Multiculturalism the australian childrens diversity. In this unit, we are going to look at the book my place, written by nadia wheatley. This resource is a fourteen page pdf document with activities to do based on the book my place by nadia wheatley and donna rawlins. This document contains eight worksheets for students and five answer sheets for the teacher. From the moment it was first published, my place was greeted with delight by adults as well as young readers. Have students go to the libraryuse the internet to research about australian history using the following questions as a guide. Study of a local environment curious creative minds.
The site offers teaching ideas based on scenes from the program with links to timelines, worksheets, activities, and further resources. Worksheets are phillis wheatley 1753 1784 early african american poet, phillis wheatleys poem on tyranny and slavery in the, my place, teachers notes primary by nadia wheatley when i was, julian wheatley, libertys kidslibertys kids, my place unit of work, writing sentences improving sentence structure. Download clips and stills from the tv series, as well as teaching activities and. She writes for adults as well as for children and her. Work samples my place at the australian curriculum. Booktopia has my place, big book paperback by nadia wheatley. We are also going to look at film clips from the my place television series that was made about the book. Visiting the real place in my place trevor cairney. Looking at the book my place by nadia wheatley the students will be able to see the impact over time that we have had on the natural. Ask children to justify their selections what things have changed.