These activities aim to facilitate a shared understanding of the themes and concepts relevant to Year 3 History. They provide a context for students before they explore related sources from the Treasures Gallery.

What is a community?

Challenge students to think about what a community is. Create a Y-chart and use the Looks like ..., Sounds like ..., Feels like ... strategy to brainstorm the many meanings of community.

Local communities

Ask students to identify and list the different communities they belong to (e.g. sporting, religious, school). Then ask students to list the many different communities within their local area (e.g. cultural, arts, volunteer).

My Place

Use Nadia Wheatley’s book, My Place, to focus students’ attention on change and continuity in your local community.

The National Library of Australia acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples – the First Australians – as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land and gives respect to the Elders – past and present – and through them to all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Cultural Notification

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website contains a range of material which may be considered culturally sensitive including the records of people who have passed away.

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