Year 4 WebQuest Overview

Civics and Citizenship

- Participation (the role and place of…community groups within

society)

History

- Continuity and change (recognising and explaining patterns of

Concepts change and continuity over time through the examination of
beliefs and values, key events and the actions of individuals and
groups)
- Significance ( retelling personal and family events that have
significance)
- Perspectives ( analysing the views of individuals and groups at
different times and explaining how these views might reflect
changing values and attitudes)
- Empathy (identifying differing views in sources and how
individuals and groups were influenced by the beliefs and values
of their society)

Questioning and Researching

- Develop a range of focus questions to investigate (WAHASS27)

- Locate and collect information from a variety of sources (e.g.
photographs, maps, books, interviews, internet) (WAHASS28)

Analysing

- Develop criteria for selecting relevant information (e.g. accuracy,

reliability, usefulness) (WAHASS31)

Skills - Identify different points of view/perspectives in information and/or

data (e.g. distinguish fact from opinion, explore different stories on
the same topic) (WAHASS33)

Communicating and Reflecting

- Present findings and conclusions in a range of communication

forms (e.g. written, oral, visual, digital, tabular, graphic),
appropriate to audience and purpose, using relevant terms
(WAHASS37)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

Embedded throughout the WebQuest is a strong link to the histories and

 cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Students are led
through the WebQuest by ‘I’m Australian Too’ book character ‘Miro’.
Miro provides a stimulus for students to explore their own identity by
introducing his own cultural, spiritual and social groups, and inviting
Cross students to do the same.
Curriculum
Priorities In the WebQuest, students will explore Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander traditions and practices such as bush tucker, hunting equipment
and dreamtime stories. It is anticipated that through exploration and
appreciation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, students will
be inspired to investigate their own identity.

- Literacy – (listening to, reading, viewing,

speaking, writing and creating oral, print, visual
and digital texts, and using and modifying
language for different purposes in a range of
contexts)

- Information and communication technology (ICT)

General capability (ICT effectively and appropriately to
access, create and communicate information and
Capabilitie
ideas)
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- Critical and creative thinking – (generate and
evaluate knowledge, clarify concepts and ideas,
seek possibilities, consider alternatives and
solve problems)

- Personal and social capability – (earn to

understand themselves and others)

- Intercultural understanding (valuing their own

cultures, languages and beliefs, and those of
others; students learning about and engaging
with diverse cultures)

Content Descriptors

Government and Society 

Civics and  
Citizenship The purpose of government and some familiar services provided
 by local government (e.g. libraries, health, arts, parks, environment and
waste, pools and sporting facilities, pet management) (ACHASSK091) 
 

People belong to diverse groups, such as cultural, religious and/or social

groups, and this can shape identity (ACHASSK093) 
First Contacts 

The diversity and longevity of Australia's first peoples and the ways they
History are connected to country/place (e.g. land, sea, waterways, skies) and their
pre-contact ways of life (ACHASSK083)