Brief Unit Outline

Mon (Single class) Wed (double class 100min) Thurs (single class 50min) 3 (ENGAGE & EXPLORE)

Week 1 (ENGAGE) 2 (ENGAGE) 1 Unit overview with students, intercultural understanding activities, expectations, - looking at the same aspects we assessment. want to look at for the next topic - Students explain their own but focusing on their own or a cultural identity partners culture (creating a dance or ensemble to this) - Write a story about how your whether its a story or just culture was developed, what inspiration they got from it inspired you and made you who you are -Perform

Engage process Introduce new topic Wordle, article about before time Australian history

Choose groups

Sarahs 1st lesson

Sharees 1st lesson

Explore - Give key inquiry questions Create sub questions

Week 4 (EXPLORE) 2 Explore con.

5 (EXPLORE)

6 (EXPLAIN)

Students continue to explore Students explain and present and put information together on their information to the teacher Library sources, Guest speaker, their Weebly page and another group where new internet sources, questions arise, things they might have not answered. Weebly, recap. Sarahs 2nd lesson We can use this as an assessment of how they are travelling

Week 7 (ELABORATE) 8 (ELABORATE) 9 (EVALUATE) 3 - Explore new questions that has - Continue to elaborate new Weebly arise questions - form deeper understanding on - Finalise Weebly page

Summative Assessment 1 due

material Week 10 (EVALUATE) 4 11 (EVALUATE) 12 (EVALUATE)

Summative Assessment 2
Give brief of

Incursion performance Bangarra Rehearsal, students continue dance theatre (how they tell a rehearsing and filming story of their culture)

Using the e5 model, this lesson evaluates students understanding of the inquiry unit as they demonstrate their comprehension skills by creating a dance or drama film based on an aspect they have learnt this unit.

Plan for ideas Rehearsal Write scripts, Build props/sets

Sharees second lesson

References: Incursion, elder as guest speaker Incursion Banngarra Dance Theatre Company (If unable then well watch some pieces on their DVD) iMovie, Apple application, http://www.apple.com/mac/imovie/ My Place, Decades Timeline, <http://www.myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/Before%20time/decade_landing_24.html>. Weebly.com Wordle made from the My Place article, <http://www.wordle.net>